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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture This is a wild guess (my knowledge of bells is post-Stedman) but could bells specially donated for a soul's sake / chantry bells have been excluded from the rule? Jane On 5 February 2018 16:55:58 GMT+00:00, Anne Willis <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and >culture > >Does anyone know of any reason why parish churches in England exceeded >the three bells permitted under Canon Law? > > > >If you look at the Edwardian surveys for a county a number of churches >will have four or five bells in their towers, though the majority will >have one to three. > > > >The five bell towers in Wiltshire, and probably Shropshire, can be >attributed to various local conditions, but how did the parish get away >with it? It was cathedrals who were allowed five or more bells. > > > >And was there any particular reason for having four bells? > > > >Anne > > > > > > >********************************************************************** >To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR >NAME >to: [log in to unmask] >To send a message to the list, address it to: >[log in to unmask] >To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion >to: [log in to unmask] >In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: >[log in to unmask] >For further information, visit our web site: >http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion