The church bells of Kent: their inscriptions, founders, uses, and traditions . ltm convenconis suiii fuit int^ eos in eadem Curia Scitt qd pdci Petrus & Isabella recogfi* pdcm mesuagiu cum ptiii esse Jus ipius Wirti Ut illudquod idem Wilhns het de dono pdcoJj Petri & Isabelle Habend & Tenend eidem Wittmo & her suis de Capit^ dnis feodi illius p svicia que ad pdcm mesuagiu ptinent imppm Et pterea ijdem Petrus & Isabella concesserunt I? se & her ipius Isabelle qd ipi warantizabut pdco Wittmo & tiedib3 suis pdcm mesuagiu cum ptifi cont oines homines imppm. Et ^ hac recognicone warantia fine & con
The church bells of Kent: their inscriptions, founders, uses, and traditions . ltm convenconis suiii fuit int^ eos in eadem Curia Scitt qd pdci Petrus & Isabella recogfi* pdcm mesuagiu cum ptiii esse Jus ipius Wirti Ut illudquod idem Wilhns het de dono pdcoJj Petri & Isabelle Habend & Tenend eidem Wittmo & her suis de Capit^ dnis feodi illius p svicia que ad pdcm mesuagiu ptinent imppm Et pterea ijdem Petrus & Isabella concesserunt I? se & her ipius Isabelle qd ipi warantizabut pdco Wittmo & tiedib3 suis pdcm mesuagiu cum ptifi cont oines homines imppm. Et ^ hac recognicone warantia fine & concordia idem Willms dedit pdcis Petro & Isabelle Centum solidos argenti. Kane. Here we have, without doubt, the author of this groupof bells. At what part of his business career William leBelyetere purchased the house in Canterbury it is impossibleto say, but the record shows that he was there in 1325. He places his foundry-stamp sometimes on the inscriptionband and sometimes on the crown of the bell. The bell at Cliro^iological Account. n. St. Georges Church, Canterbury, has also on the crown asmall shield with a plain cross upon it, which I shall recur topresently. The bells at Patrixbourne and Postling have each of themthis shield (Fig. 3.), of which I am at aloss to make out the meaning. I havebeen told that it is to be found some-where in the county, in some stained-glass in a church window, and thattradition assigns it as armorial bearingsto Earl Godwin. This last is, of course,complete nonsense. But I should liketo know if the first piece of informationbe correct, and whether it throws anylight upon the meaning of the le Belyetere apparently had no successor, thenext Kentish bell-founder traceable being too far off in point ofdate, and moreover, being almost certainly not an east Kentman at all. With him his foundry-stamp disappears, but thesmall shield with the plain cross remained in Canterbury, forit turns up on bells some 150 years later in date. Theini
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