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Hugh II Watts
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Q.
Quinton, South Northants. St. John the Baptist Church.
SP 77670 54330
1
1682
MB
JOHN TIBETS CHVRCHWARDEN MATTHEW BAGLEY MADE MEE 1682.
2
1719
TR
RUSSELL OF WOOTTON MADE ME 1719.
^^^ Bell locations, table layout only ^^^
Bell No.
(Previous/earlier bell No.)
Date
Founder
Special attributes
Inscription
Column
1
Extra columns
1a,1b
, displayed
where applicable.
(Bell No.) in brackets.
Column
2
Column
3
Auxiliary column
3a
,
displayed
where applicable
Column
4
All tabulated abbreviations :
c = circa .......... ? = uncertainty .......... preR = pre-reformation date ............... rc = recast ............... unr = unringable ..............
Auxiliary bell types >>>
S = Sanctus; Sv = Service; C = Clock; A = Angelus; B = Bourdon; Un = Unused; Dis = Disused;
Special attributes abbreviations :
KT
= Keltek Trust ......
RH = Royal-headed bell ......
RHrc = Royal-headed bell recast ...... ChCT = Churches Conservation Trust ......
Branch abbreviations as and where used.
Cw = Culworth; ..... Dav = Daventry; ..... Gsb = Guilsborough; ..... Kett = Kettering; ..... Ntn = Northampton; ..... Pet; ..... Peterborough; ..... Rut = Rutland; ..... Thr = Thrapston; ..... Tow = Towcester; ..... Well = Wellingborough;
Founder abbreviations.
A :
EA - Edward Arnold......... B&RA - Bartholomew & Robert Atton...... BA - Bartholomew Atton...... RA - Robert Atton;
Bagley :
Bg - Bagley (generic)...... HB - Henry Bagley...... H1B - Henry I Bagley...... H2B - Henry II Bagley...... H3B - Henry III Bagley...... MB - Matthew Bagley...... M1B - Matthew I Bagley...... M3B - Matthew III Bagley...... WB - William Bagley;
B :
JhBb - John Barber...... JB&C - James Barwell & Co...... TmBt - Thomas Bett...... RcB - Richard Benetlye...... WmBs - William Blews & Sons...... TB - Thomas Bond...... AB - Alfred Bowell...... BrF - Brassfounders...... JB - John Briant...... TmsB - Thomas Bullisdon...... BsEF - Bury St. Edmunds Foundry;
C :
CC - Charles Carr...... JsC - Joseph Carter...... RbC - Robert Catlin...... RC - Robert Chamberlain...... WC - William Chamberlain...... R3C - Richard III Chandler...... Ch&M - Chapman & Mears...... P&C - Pack & Chapman...... TC - Thomas Clay...... JdeC - John de Colsale...... CvSS - Covington of Stony Stratford;
D :
JDB - John Danyell successor 'Brede' ...... MD - Michael Darbie...... WmD - William Dawe...... WD - William Dobson;
Eayre :
JE - Joseph Eayre...... T1E - Thomas I Eayre...... T2E - Thomas II Eayre...... T&JE - Thomas & John Eayre;
E :
IE - Islip Edmunds...... Eijs - Eijsbouts...... B2E - Bryan II Eldridge...... WmE - William Emerton;
F :
WdeF - William de Flint;
G :
G&J - Gillett & Johnson...... CG - Christopher Graye;
H :
EH - Edward Hall...... TmHr - Thomas Harrys...... WH - William Haulsey...... SdeH - Symon de Hazfelde...... GgH - George Hedderly...... T1H - Thomas I Hedderly...... EdwH - Edward Hemins...... JsHe - Jo[h]anna Hille...... RHe - R. Hille...... JH - John Hodson...... RcH - Richard Holdfield;
K :
JhK - John Kebyll...... JK - James Keene...... RK - Richard Keene...... E1K - Ellis I Knight;
L :
RgL - Roger Landen...... L&P - Lester & Pack...... LeicF - Leicester Foundry...... LdnF - London Foundry...... LBS - London Foundry, Balcombe Shield;
Mears :
CGM - Charles & George Mears...... GMc - George Mears & Co...... GM - George Mears...... GMs - George Mears & Son...... TMs - Thomas Mears & Son...... T1M - Thomas I Mears...... T2M - Thomas II Mears...... M&S - Mears & Stainbank...... Ch&M - Chapman & Mears;
M :
Mg - Mellours (generic)...... RcM - Richard Mellours...... RM - Robert Mellours...... RbMt - Robert Mot;
Newcombe :
N - Newcombe...... Ng - Newcombe (generic)...... N&W - Newcombe & Watts...... EN - Edward Newcombe...... T1N - Thomas I Newcombe...... T2N - Thomas II Newcombe...... R1N - Robert I Newcombe ........ R2N - Robert II Newcombe;
N :
NV&C - Naylor Vickers & Co...... WmNn - William Noone;
Norris :
MwN - Matthew Norris...... TmN - Thomas Norris...... Tb1N - Tobias I Norris...... Tb3N - Tobias III Norris;
O :
H2O - Henry II Oldfield...... TO - Thomas Osborn;
P :
P&C - Pack & Chapman...... L&P - Lester & Pack...... HP - Henry Penn...... RPd - R. Purdue;
R :
AxR - Alexander Rigby......TR - Thomas Russell;
Rudhall :
A1R - Abraham I Rudhall ........ A2R - Abraham II Rudhall ........ TRud - Thomas Rudhall ........ Rd-g - Rudhall (generic);
Rufford :
Rg - Rufford (generic) ........ JR - John Rufford ......... WR - William Rufford;
S :
RcS - Richard Sanders...... Skg - Seliok (generic)...... JS - John Seliok...... Rc2S - Richard II Seliok...... JhS - John Sleyt...... RS - Robert Stainbank...... M&S - Mears & Stainbank...... JStd - John Sturdy...... StmF - Stamford Foundry;
Taylor :
JT - John Taylor & Co...... JTs - John Taylor & Son...... JTss - John Taylor & Sons...... JTy - John Taylor (Buckland Brewer, Oxford, Loughborough)...... JTBF - J. Taylor Bell Founders......
RT - Robert Taylor...... RTs - Robert Taylor & Son...... RTss - Robert Taylor & Sons...... W&JT - William & John Taylor...... WT - William Taylor...... TE&S - Taylor, Eayre & Smith;
W :
JWs - J. Warner & Sons...... WG - Wesley Group...... WBF - Whitechapel Bell Foundry...... JhWy - John Woolley...... RcW - Richard Wood...... WorcF - Worcester Foundry...... RdeW - Richard de Wymbis(h);
Watts :
W - Watts......Wg - Watts (generic)......FW - Francis Watts...... H1W - Hugh I Watts...... H2W - Hugh II Watts...... WW - William Watts...... N&W - Newcombe & Watts;
Y :
JY - John Yorke (John of York)
Acknowledgements :
Daventry branch inscription inventories;
Guilsborough branch inscription inventory;
John Taylor Bellfoundry Archives,
(kindly extracted by Chris Pickford, co-archivist at the J.T. Bellfoundry Museum and Archives).
Geoff Pullin - PDGCBR; Barry Care - Moulton; Brian Hardie - Nassington; Chris Dalton; Ringing World; Michael Lee - Fotheringhay;
The Bells of St. Lawrence, Towcester;
"Church Bells of Northamptonshire" & "Church Bells of Rutland", both books by Thomas North
;
Dove's Guide;
1989 PDGCBR inventory by Denis Pearson;
Inventory of The Church Bells of Northamptonshire and Rutland in 1938 by Rev. E. S. Powell, M.A.
Photographs taken by the author©, except one, where otherwise mentioned.©A.Hiams.
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