DEEPING ST JAMES PRIORY CHURCH BELLS

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The present tower and spire are not the first, this having to be pulled down and rebuilt in 1717, when the original 5 bells were rehung. The present frame of iron dates from 1900. The back 5 bells rehung on ball bearings in 1976.

Treble:

7cwts, 2qtrs, 24lbs. (379 kilos) J Taylor, 1923.
Hung on ball bearings

Second:

9cwts, 20qtrs, 4lbs. (485 kilos)
Alex Rigby made me 1704 Recast by J Taylor, 1900

Third:

12cwts, 0qtrs, 3lbs. (611 kilos)
Non clamor sed amor cantat aure dei
(Let love be sung not shouting in Gods hearing) Recast by J Taylor, 1900

Fourth:

13cwts, 1qtrs, 14lbs. (680kilos)
Sce Jacobe (St James). Has the original founder’s mark and initials R.C., probably Richard Selyoake, Nottingham Circa 1500.
Recast by J Taylor 1823.

Fifth:

12cwts, 2qrts, 11lbs. (640 kilos)
Non sono annimabus mortuorum sed uribus viventium,
1624 Tobie Norris cast me (I do not sound for the souls of the dead but for the ears of the living).

Tenor:

16cwts, 3qrts, 22lbs. (861 kilos)
Jesus Speede me. Non Sono annimabus mortuorum sed auribus viventium Tobie Norris fecit 1623
(Jesus encourage me. I do not sound for the souls of the dead but for the ears of the living).