TREBLE | 7¾ cwt (394 kg) dia. 33¾ ins. (85.7 cm) On the crown 3 shields (Richard Brayser of Norwich C.1450) Inscription: + (lions head set in a cross) Dac In Conclave ٱ (lions head) Gabriel Nuc Vage Suabe “Let Gabriel make sweet sound in this chamber” |
SECOND | 9¼ cwt (470 kg) dia. 37 ins. (94 cm) On the crown 3 shields (Richard Brayser of Norwich C.1450) Inscription: + (cross) Petrus Ad Eterne ٱ (lions head) Ducat Nos Pascua Vite “Let Peter lead us to the pastures of eternal life” |
TENOR | 10 cwt 19 lbs (517 kg) dia. 40 ins. (102 cm) On the crown 3 shields (Richard Brayser of Norwich C.1450) Inscription: + Bikl (lions head) ٱ Iklm Iklm Rsfti No Mbt “The Lord shall bless his people with Peace” |
- All have plain bearings.
- The bells are hung in a timber three bell frame made by Messers Day & Sons of Eye in the early 1920’s typical of their design, substantial in construction.
- Prior to 1920 when George Day re-hung the bells it is thought they were in deed a medieval ring of three.
- The Tenor was recast in 1919 by Mears & Stainbank, London having had a large visible crack in the crown.
- Both the Treble and the Second bells have cast in crown clapper staples whilst the Tenor has a modern type of staple and clapper arrangement with a central drilling.
- The bells are Simpson tuned, the Treble and Second being Maiden but the Tenor is a little flattened. The bells are pitched, in ascending order of size, at B, A and G above middle C.