Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Ten bells; the inscriptions on two are as follows, the rest merely bearing the names of churchwardens, &c.:
5. "God prosper the parish. A. R. 1701."
10. "I to the church the living call,
10. "And to the grave do summon all. 1773."
The latter seems to be a favourite inscription. The Rev. W. S. Simpson mentions it (Vol. viii., p. 448.) on a bell in one of the Oxfordshire churches.
Fotheringay, Northamptonshire. Four bells:
1. "Thomas Norris made me. 1634."
2. "Domini laudem, 1614, non verbo sed voce resonabo."
The two others respectively bear the dates 1609, 1595, with the initials of the rector and churchwarden, and (on the fourth bell) the words "Praise God." On a recent visit to this church I copied the following inscription from a bell, which, being cracked, is no longer used, and is now placed within the nave of the church. This bell is not mentioned by Archdeacon Bonney in his Historic Notices of Fotheringay, though he gives the inscriptions on the four others.
"Non clamor sed amor cantat in aure Dei. A. M. R. R. W. W. I. L. 1602."