5th:

Campana melodie geret nomen ...... (incomplete) (Bell sings in memory of the name [of some saint]) Pre-Reformation (Leicester foundry?) date unknown 3cwt-3qr- 5lb 6th: + BE. YT .KNOWNE. TO.ALL. THAT .DOTH.ME.SEE. THAT .NEWCOMBE.OF.LEICESTER.MA MEE.1611. Edward? Newcombe of Leicester 1611 4cwt-1qr-15lb

7th:

+ ROBARTE NEWCOMBE MAD ME. 1586 Robert Newcombe II of Leicester 6cwt-1qr- 2lb The initial crosses on the two Newcombe bells are reproduced below (taken from woodcuts used to illustrate T.North's 'Church Bells of Leicestershire: New Inscriptions, Traditions and Peculiar Uses' [1876]). The cross from the 6th bell is on the left, and the cross from the 7th is on the right.
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