Stockton, St Chad - Inscriptions

Bell Position Inscription
Treble Inscription band

THOS MEARS 1803
On waist

RECAST AT THE EXPENSE OF W H FOSTER ESQ 1909
On shoulder

213
Second Inscription band

DANIELL BLACKSHAWE THOMAS NOCK WARDENS 1685 (Copied from Ellis Hughes original)

On waist

RECAST AT THE EXPENSE OF W H FOSTER ESQ 1909
On shoulder

237
Third Inscription band

I RUDHALL FECT
On waist

RECAST AT THE EXPENSE OF W H FOSTER ESQ 1909
On shoulder

214
Fourth Inscription band

THOMAS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1812
Fifth Inscription band

THIS IS THE GIFTER OF SVR WILLIAM WHITMORE 1634  (3 and 4 reversed)

Tenor Inscription band

GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO PATRI ET FILIO ET SPIRITVI SANTO  IOHN LEE  THO FARMER  WAR
Below ins. band

1651
On soundbow

GVLIELMVS WHITMORE MILES HVIVS ECCLESIAE PATRONVS ET INSTAVRATOR
On lip

IPSE IN ECCLESIAM TRIUMPHANTEM ADSCITVS ME ECCLESIAM MILITANTIS AD VSVM VOVIT ET DESIGNAVIT