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Essex Association

Hornchurch, Essex

St Andrew

Thursday, 16 January 1913 in 3h 9 (19)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by Holt's Ten-Part

1 William A Pye

2 John Dale

3 Edward H Hawkins

4 Ernest J Butler

5 George R Pye

6 Harry F Dawkins

7 Alfred Pye (C)

8 Charles Barlow

* First peal of Grandsire Triples: 3 and 4

Source - G Pye peal book

Essex Association

Great Bentley, Essex

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 18 January 1913 in 2h 46 (7–0–27 in A)

5040 Plain Bob Major

Composed by Benjamin Annable

1 George A Andrews

2 Harry Cowell

3 Alfred Andrews

4 Ernest Eady

5 Percy R Almond

6 Joseph Bowell

7 George Jennings

8 William J Nevard (C)

First peal: 2,4

First peal in the method: 1,3,5,7

First attempt as conductor on eight bells

Essex Association

Maldon, Essex

St Mary

Thursday, 13 February 1913 in 2h 55 (13 in G)

5040 Treble Bob Minor (7m)

Being 720 each of London Scholar's Pleasure, College Exercise, Cambridge Surprise, New London Pleasure, Woodbine, Kent and Oxford.

1 John D Buckingham (C)

2 Alfred South

3 Harold Finch

4 Frederick White

5 Fred Chalk

6 Horace J Mansfield

Ringing World page reference: 101.0129

Essex Association

Gestingthorpe, Essex

St Mary

Monday, 17 February 1913 in 3h 12 (16 in F)

5040 Minor

1 Ernest Pearson

2 Olave Broyd

3 Harry Cansell

4 Lewis Wiseman

5 Albert Catterwell (C)

6 Walter Nice

First peal as conductor - 5.

E. Pearson was elected a member before starting, and this was his first peal and first attempt.

It was rung to celebrate the birthday of a daughter of H. Cansell.

Ringing World page reference: 102.0144

Essex Association

West Ham, Greater London

All Saints

Thursday, 6 March 1913 in 3h 20 (28 in D)

5080 Kent Treble Bob Royal

Composed by Comp. York Green

1 William H Doran (C)

2 August Scambler

3 William H Theobald

4 James Scholes

5 William Truss

6 Rueben Sanders

7 Frank C Newman

8 John Moule

9 George Hayden

10 Henry Torble

Ringing World page reference: 104.0174

Essex Association

Goldhanger, Essex

St Peter

Monday, 10 March 1913 in 2h 45 (6½ in A♭)

5040 Treble Bob Minor (6m)

Being 720 each of Cambridge Surprise, New London Pleasure, London Scholar's Pleasure, College Exercise, Woodbine, Kent and Oxford.

1 John D Buckingham (C)

2 Fred Chalk

3 Horace J Mansfield

4 Frederick White

5 Charles J Mann

6 Arthur Appleton

First peal of Treble Bob Minor. Rung as a birthday compliment to Charles J. Mann.

Ringing World page reference: 104.0178

Essex Association

Sible Hedingham, Essex

St Peter

Saturday, 5 April 1913 in 3h 18 (18¼ in E)

5040 Minor (7m)

Being 720 each of Cambridge Surprise, Woodbine, Oxford and Kent Treble Bob, Double Oxford, Double Court and Plain Bob.

1 Lewis Wiseman

2 Albert Catterwell

3 Harry Cansell

4 Olave Broyd (C)

5 Walter Nice

6 George Ponnal

Ringing World page reference: 108.0246

Essex Association

Harlow Common, Essex

St Mary Magdalene

Wednesday, 16 April 1913 in 2h 45 (12–0–9 in G)

5024 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by Henry Dains

1 James Wheeler

2 Harry Bottrill

3 William Dellar

4 Charles Peacock

5 William Wheeler

6 George Dent (C)

7 John Cordell

8 Harry Smale

First Peal of Major - 4.

Ringing World page reference: 110.0275

Essex Association

Braintree, Essex

St Michael

Monday, 21 April 1913 in 3h 5 (12 in F)

5056 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by Henry Johnson

1 Walter Sadler

2 George F Williams (C)

3 Harry P Emery

4 George Melbourne

5 Andrew Schufflebotham

6 Edward Claydon

7 William Grimwade

8 Ernest Newman

Ringing World page reference: 111.0291

Essex Association

Colne Engaine, Essex

St Andrew

Saturday, 10 May 1913 in 2h 45 (9–2–7 in G)

5040 Minor (7m)

Being 720 each of Cambridge Surprise, New London Pleasure, Woodbine, Kent and Oxford Treble Bob, Double Court and Plain Bob.

1 Andrew Schufflebotham (C)

2 Ernest Newman

3 Frank Claydon

4 James Fleuty

5 James French

6 Arthur Saunders

Ringing World page reference: 113.0330

Essex Association

Feering, Essex

All Saints

Saturday, 24 May 1913 in 3h 16 (18 in F)

5344 Superlative Surprise Major

Composed by Arthur Knights

1 Walter Sadler

2 Henry W Kirton

3 Andrew Schufflebotham

4 Ernest Newman

5 John Sadler

6 William Keeble (C)

7 Ernest W Beckwith

8 David H Elliott

First peal of Superlative - 2.

Rung in honour of Empire Day.

Ringing World page reference: 115.0365

Essex Association

Earls Colne, Essex

St Andrew

Saturday, 24 May 1913 in 3h 3 (14–0–15 in F)

5088 Plain Bob Major

Composed by G F Williams

1 Ernest Newman

2 Andrew Schufflebotham

3 Walter Burst

4 Henry W Catterwell

5 Frank Claydon

6 William Keeble (C)

7 James French

8 James Fleuty

Rung for Empire Day.

Ringing World page reference: 115.0365

Essex Association

Harlow Common, Essex

St Mary Magdalene

Saturday, 7 June 1913 in 2h 39 (12–0–9 in G)

5024 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by Henry Dains

1 James Wheeler

2 George Dent (C)

3 Henry J Tucker

4 William Dellar

5 William Wheeler

6 Walter Tarling

7 Harry Bottrill

8 Harry Smale

Rung as a farewell peal to H. Smale, who has since left for Australia.

Ringing World page reference: 118.0415

Essex Association

Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 14 June 1913 in 3h (13 in F♯)

5088 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by Arthur Knights

1 George Jordan

2 Alfred Prior

3 Henry J Tucker

4 Walter Prior

5 John Luckey

6 Thomas Jordan

7 Thomas J Watts

8 William Watts (C)

First peal by A. Prior who hails from Leyton. Rung as a birthday compliment to Mrs. F. Butler.

Ringing World page reference: 118.0416

Essex Association

Hornchurch, Essex

St Andrew

Saturday, 21 June 1913 in 3h 16 (19)

5072 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

1 Edward Hawkins

2 Arthur C Chaplin

3 George R Pye (C)

4 Ernest J Butler

5 George Jaye

6 Frank Newman

7 John Dale

8 Ernest Pye

Rung as a birthday compliment to Arthur C Chaplin

Source - E Pye peal book

Essex Association

West Ham, Essex

All Saints

Thursday, 21 August 1913 in 3h 23 (28)

5043 Stedman Caters

Composed by John Carter

1 William H Doran

2 William Truss

3 Henry Torble

4 George R Pye (C)

5 Augustus Scrambler

6 James Scholes

7 William H Theobald

8 John Moule

9 Ernest Pye

10 George Ptter

* First peal of Stedman Caters: 5

Source - E Pye peal book

Essex Association

Halstead, Essex

St Andrew

Saturday, 23 August 1913 in 3h 3 (14½ in F)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by A variation of Parker's Twelve-Part

1 William Root

2 Andrew Schufflebotham (C)

3 Horace H Cooper

4 Lewis Wiseman

5 Frank Claydon

6 Walter Burst

7 James Fleuty

8 John Root

First peal - 8.

First peal of Grandsire on the bells.

Ringing World page reference: 128.0135

Essex Association

Earls Colne, Essex

St Andrew

Saturday, 6 September 1913 in 3h 6 (14–0–15 in F)

5184 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by Arthur Knights

1 Frank Claydon

2 Henry W Kirton

3 William Keeble (C)

4 Andrew Schufflebotham

5 James Fleuty

6 Arthur Edwards

7 James French

8 Arthur Saunders

J. Fleuty has now rung each bell in the tower to a peal.

Ringing World page reference: 130.0168

Essex Association

Barking, Essex

St Margaret

Saturday, 20 September 1913 in 3h 2 (22¼ in E)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by Carter's variation of Parker's Twelve-part

1 William G Jackson

2 Walter Beard

3 Frederick C Russell

4 George W Faulkner

5 Thomas Faulkner

6 Ebernezer Andrews

7 Caleb Fenn (C)

8 Albert C Hardy

This peal was rung in honour of the marriage of Miss Lily E. Sunaway and Mr. George Cottis, a member of the above Association and St. Margaret’s Society, Barking, which had taken place a few hours previously at the above church.

Ringing World page reference: 133.0214

Essex Association

Sible Hedingham, Essex

St Peter

Saturday, 11 October 1913 in 3h 15 (18¼ in E)

5040 Minor (5m)

Being 720 each of Double Court, Plain Bob and Woodbine, and two each of Oxford and Kent Treble Bob.

1 Harry W Catterwell

2 Harry Cansell

3 Lewis Wiseman

4 Walter Nice

5 Albert Catterwell (C)

6 George E Pannell

Ringing World page reference: 137.0286

Essex Association

Gestingthorpe, Essex

St Mary

Sunday, 12 October 1913 in 3h 3 (16 in F)

5040 Minor (5m)

Being 720 each of Double Court, Plain Bob and Woodbine, and two each of Oxford and Kent Treble Bob.

1 Ernest Pearson

2 Ernest Turner

3 Lewis Wiseman

4 Harry Cansell

5 Albert Catterwell

6 George E Pannell (C)

First peal as conductor - 6.

Ringing World page reference: 137.0286

Essex Association

Gestingthorpe, Essex

St Mary

Sunday, 12 October 1913 in 3h 3 (16 in F)

5040 Minor (5m)

720 each of Double court, Plain Bob and Woodbine and two each of Kent and Oxford Treble Bob

1 Ernest Pearson

2 Ernest Turner

3 Lewis Wiseman

4 Harry Cansell

5 Albert Catterwell

6 George E Pannell (C)

First as conductor-6

RW 31st October 1913 (page 286)

Essex Association

Colchester, Essex

St Peter

Thursday, 23 October 1913 in 3h 14 (21 in E)

5184 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by Daniel Prentice

1 George Burch

2 Herbert T Pye

3 William Button

4 Richard W Stannard

5 Henry Evers

6 Stanley Hull

7 Albert Burch

8 William J Schofield (C)

First peal on the bells since being recast by Messr. Taylor & Co. in the New Year.

The above ringers are all members of the local company, and the peal was rung at the first attempt.

Ringing World page reference: 137.0285

Essex Association

West Ham, Essex

All Saints

Thursday, 6 November 1913 in 3h 30 (28)

5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal

Composed by Arthur Knights

1 Alfred W Grimes (C)

2 Arthur J Neale

3 William Truss

4 Thomas King

5 George R Pye

6 James E Davis

7 William H Theobald

8 Reuben Sanders

9 Henry Torble

10 Ernest Pye

Source - E Pye peal book

Essex Association

Saffron Walden, Essex

St Mary the Virgin

Monday, 24 November 1913 in 3h 17 (22–2–24 in D)

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by Charles Middleton

1 Frederick Pitstow (C)

2 Robert Strong

3 Harold N Pitstow

4 Alfred E Pitstow

5 George Sparrow

6 Frederick Housden

7 Frederick J Pitstow

8 Arthur James

First peal of Cambridge Surprise - 3 & 6.

Rung as a birthday compliment to the ringers of treble and 2nd. The ringer of 3rd is only 15 years of age.

Ringing World page reference: 142.0368

Essex Association

Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex

St Mary the Virgin

Monday, 1 December 1913 in 3h (13 in F♯)

5056 Bristol Surprise Major

Composed by Frederick Dench

1 John Luckey

2 George Jordan

3 Thomas Jordan

4 Frank M Butler

5 Walter Prior

6 Thomas J Watts

7 William T Prior

8 William Watts (C)

First peal in the method by all the band ; also the first in the method on the bells. Great credit is due to Mr. J. Luckey for the way he rang the treble, he being in his 72nd year. The peal was rung in honour of Queen Alexandra’s birthday and as a birthday compliment to Mr. F . M. Butler.

Ringing World page reference: 143.0384

Essex Association

Gospel Oak, Middlesex

St Martin

Saturday, 13 December 1913 in 2h 42 (12½ in G)

5040 Surprise Minor (7m)

Being 720 each of Chester, Carlisle, Lincoln, London, Wells, York and Durham.

1 William Truss

2 George A Black

3 John Moule

4 William H Theobald

5 William Miller (C)

6 Harry Torble

This is the first peal of Surprise Minor on the bells. The band thank the Vicar for giving permission to ring and Mr. A. E. Brightman for having everything in readiness . These methods are all Class IV.

RW 0144.0403 (19/12/1913).

Essex Association

Barking, Essex

St Margaret

Monday, 15 December 1913 in 3h 8 (22)

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by C Middleton

1 Albert C Hardy

2 Thomas Faulkner

3 Charles T Coles

4 Frank Bennett (C)

5 Reuben Sanders

6 Caleb Fenn

7 Alfred W Grimes

8 Ernest Pye

SOurce - E Pye peal book

Essex Association

Hornchurch, Essex

St Andrew

Thursday, 18 December 1913 in 3h 9 (19)

5088 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by A Craven

1 Ernest J Butler

2 William A Pye

3 Edward Hawkins

4 George R Pye

5 William Billenness

6 Alfred Pye

7 John Dale

8 Ernest Pye (C)

First peal in the method: 2

This was G R Pye's 600th peal

Source - E Pye peal book

Essex Association

Writtle, Essex

All Saints

Friday, 26 December 1913 in 3h 5 (18½ in F)

5040 Stedman Triples

Composed by Pitstow's Variation

1 Robert Wood

2 Frederick W Edwards

3 Frederick G Radley

4 Thomas Lincoln

5 Henry Head

6 Arthur Head

7 William Lincoln (C)

8 William E Emery

This is the first peal in method by an entirely local band.

Ringing World page reference: 146.0006

Essex Association

Dagenham, Essex

St Peter and St Paul

Saturday, 27 December 1913 in 2h 49 (13 in G)

5040 Minor (3m)

Being 720 of Double Court, 720 of College Single, and five 720s of Plain Bob, each called differently.

1 Miss Cissie Playle

2 Arthur C Chaplin

3 Alfred A Playle

4 Edward H Hawkins

5 George W Playle

6 Robert F Miles (C)

Bell News volXXXII p526

Essex Association

Witham, Essex

St Nicolas

Monday, 29 December 1913 in 2h 58 (18 in E)

5040 Minor (3m)

720 Double Court, 2x 720 Oxford Treble Bob, 4x 720 Plain Bob.

1 Walter H Chalk

2 Arthur Chalk

3 Charles P Chalk

4 James Chalk

5 William Chalk Jr

6 Fred Chalk (C)

1st Peal - 1 & 4.

1st of minor with a bob bell - 3.

1st in 3 methods - 2.

From the Tower Records.

Essex Association

Sible Hedingham, Essex

St Peter

Tuesday, 30 December 1913 in 3h 18 (18¼ in E)

5040 Minor (3m)

Being two 720’s each of Kent and Oxford Treble Bob, and three of Plain Bob, called differently.

1 Lewis Wiseman (C)

2 William Clark

3 Fred Wiseman

4 Bernard Pettitt

5 Sidney Hale

6 William Ruffle

First Peal - 3, 5 & 6.

First Peal away from Treble - 2.

First Peal of Minor - 4.

Lewis Wiseman's first peal as conductor.

This is the first peal ever rung in this tower by a local company. S. Hale was elected a member previous to starting for the peal.

Ringing World page reference: 147.0025

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