The church bells of Kent: their inscriptions, founders, uses, and traditions . l in the Middle Ages. I suppose they were anecessity for the sake of protection.* The stamps used by Robert Burford passed into the handsof a founder who uses the trade-stampFig. 19; and as I find in the Cityrecords very shortly after 1418 oneRichard Hille mentioned—who was mostcertainly a bell-founder—I have everyreason for believing him to have been theman. My arguments for this will befound in Surrey Bells, p. 54. He was,Fig. 19. as I have already mentioned, sole * I do not think Dommer continued the business. Th
The church bells of Kent: their inscriptions, founders, uses, and traditions . l in the Middle Ages. I suppose they were anecessity for the sake of protection.* The stamps used by Robert Burford passed into the handsof a founder who uses the trade-stampFig. 19; and as I find in the Cityrecords very shortly after 1418 oneRichard Hille mentioned—who was mostcertainly a bell-founder—I have everyreason for believing him to have been theman. My arguments for this will befound in Surrey Bells, p. 54. He was,Fig. 19. as I have already mentioned, sole * I do not think Dommer continued the business. The widow must havebeen very well-to-do, and there was probably no need. Clearly the stami)spassed into other hands, as will be shown directly. Dommer occurs atintervals on the Hustings rolls as late as 1438, and he was evidently a manof consequence in the ward. The house he and his wife lived in was knownby the sign of The Helm on the Hoop, and I trace its transfer from handto hand for many years. It was in Algate Street, outside the City walls, />.,in Portsoken 36 Chronological Account. executor to Alice, widow of John Dawe, which is to mymind strong evidence for connecting the said John with thebell-founding trade, and consequently establishing him as theson of William Founder. There are only two bells left in Kent which bear the abovetrade-stamp ; the 2nd at Luddesdown and the 3rd at we know of three more ; the 3rd at the desecrated Churchof St. Mary Magdalene at Canterbury, sold, it is presumed,for old metal when the church was destroyed ; the 4th atCheriton, lately recast, and one of which Mr. Bryan Faussetthas preserved the record ; the 4th at Great Chart. Of these the Luddesdown bell has—without any accom-panying legend—a cross (Fig, 5), thefoundry - stamp (Fig. 19), fleur-de-lis(Fig. 4), the cross here given (Fig. 20),and another fleur - de - lis, all equallyspaced round the haunch. The Staplebell has the crosses Figs. 5 and 20,and the foundr
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