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MSS Book. Notes and gleanings
from various places in Herts and Essex
Author: J L Glasscock Jnr (covers
1882 – 1925)
[Folio 4] Great Hallingbury
Augt 11th 1883 –
The church is dedicated to St
Giles. There are five Bells, no Priest,
Sanctus, or other small Bell.
[Bells described, including
Coat of Arms on 3rd bell]
Item. I took a squeeze of the
above from which I made plaster casts to send to Mr North.
[Folio 5]
[…]
During Harvest the 3rd
Bell is rung as a gleaning bell at 8am and 6pm
(d) The Passing Bell is rung
24hrs after death but the sex is not denoted.
(e) No ringing at Funerals
[…]
(h) Bells are rung on Easter
Sunday Whitsunday & Xmas Day.
[…]
Oct 3rd 1883.
I saw today by the courtesy of
Revd Oswald the Parish Registers & Churchwardens accts of Gt Hallingbury.
The Register commences in 1537 the first part appears to be bound in what
appears to be an old missal – I looked through the greater portion of the Register
but had not time to make any extracts. I
noticed however one or two singular entries relating to suicides bastard
children, & death by frost &c. Item
To look through this again and make extracts.
The Churchwardens Accts are in
a paper Book covered with Parchment the earliest account is 1526 – The entries
as a rule are similar to those in the Stortford accounts & the writing is
also similar. I had not time to go through the whole, I looked through the
earlier ones carefully & made the following extracts, I should however have
liked if I had the time to examine the remainder more minutely. […]
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