74: Church Bells and the Fifth: It was a very common custom to ring the bells on November 5th in memory of the failure of the gunpowder plot. Payment to the ringers for ringing on November 5th will be found in many books of churchwardens’ accounts. In the Curry Rivel accounts, under the date 1727/1728, there is an order signed by Sir William Pynsent that no money be given to the ringers upon any holiday, chargeable to the public but on the 5th day of November, and then not exceeding 5s. ….
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