Registrar's Office, Court of Chancery, June 14. 1851.
The baldrick was a leather thong, or strap, fastened with a buckle, for
the purpose of suspending the clapper inside the bell, both of which had
loops or eyes to receive it; from its continual wear, new baldricks were
often required. I subjoin a few extracts from the parish accounts of St.
Antlins, or St. Anthony, Budge Row, relating thereto.
1590. "Paide the smythe for making a new clapper for the great
bell, x_s._
"Paide for a _bawdrick_ for the great bell, ii_s._ vi_d._
"Paide for a _buckell_ for the same, vi_d._
"Paide for a _baldrick_ for the fift bell, i_s._ viii_d._
1594. "Paide for a new _bawdricke_ for one of the bells the
Crownacion daie, ii_s._