Bells of Chorley Parish Church

The 17th Century - the first recorded recasting

By the middle of the next century, what was probably the surviving bell was itself in need of attention. It was decided to break it up, add more metal and recast it. The following entry from the Parish Register tells what happens.

Decimal quarto Decembrist 1646

Weighed at Chorley the Great Bell who by our Weights cometh to 7701i, being broken in 43 pieces the same metal was cast at Witan By Geoffrey Scott, to who was added 5 score pounds of new metal, at the price of 8d (err) 1i, who makes the whole weight to be 8631i, and pd to the ballooner, for casting 81i, &for metal added 31i-15 which all is xi1i-xvs (£11-15s)

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