Great Bell rules

Great Bell rules
© Copyright text based on Tong Church guide by R.M.C. Jeffery , picture C.P. Hunt
Picture 17 of 45

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Rules for when the Great Bell of Tong (weighing an impressive 2 tons 10 cwts) should be rung and tolled. Note the misspelling of ‘sovereign’.

The bell was gifted by Sir Henry Vernon in 1518.


See also:
The Great Bell of Tong, Sir Henry Vernon (1445-1515)