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

 

 

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