I beg to forward the following inscription on one of the bells in the tower of St. Nicholas Church, Sidmouth. I have not met with it elsewhere; and you may, perhaps, consider it worthy of being added to those given by Cuthbert Bede and J. L. Sisson:
"Est michi collatum
Ihc istud nomen amatum."
There is no date, but the characters may indicate the commencement of the fifteenth century as the period when the bell was cast.
G. J. R. Gordon.
At Lapley in Staffordshire:
"I will sound and resound to thee, O Lord,
To call thy people to thy word."
G. E. T. S. R. N.