The Church Bells

The Tower has a ring of five bells together with a light sanctus bell

The oldest bell dates from the early fourteen hundreds and bears the initials of the Bell Founder John Walgrave

It is known from a will of 1408 that John Walgrave was a foreman in the works of William Dawe founder of the great Aldgate bell foundry in London

Four of the remaining five bells are made by either Bartholomew Attom or his son Robert Attom who were patriotic bells makers in Buckingham during Tudor and Stuart times

The second oldest Tingewick bell bears the inscription "Bartholomew Attom. Bell Found 1591"

They were patriotic in the sense that bells of theirs at Mixbury and Hanslope bear the legends, "God save King James", and "God save King Charles”

The youngest bell is dated1721 and bears the name of the Church Warden Jon Yeates and William Stokes

The initials of John Yeates and Henry Markham may also be seen on an old churchwardens chest of the perio

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