Editing St Sepulchre-without-Newgate (section)

===Bells===
The bells are referred to in the nursery rhyme ''[[Oranges and Lemons]]'' as the "bells of [[Old Bailey]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Community — Bells|url=http://stsepulchres.org/our-community/bells/ |publisher=stsepulchres.org}}</ref>

In 1605, London merchant tailor  John Dowe paid the parish [[Pound sterling|£]]50 ({{Inflation|GBP|50|1605|r=-3|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}) to buy a [[handbell]] and to mark the execution of prisoners at the nearby gallows at [[Newgate Prison|Newgate]].<ref name="BHO">{{cite book|title=St. Sepulchre's and its neighbourhood|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/old-new-london/vol2/pp477-491|series=Old and New London, Volume 2|publisher=[[Cassell (publisher)|Cassell, Petter & Galpin]] (courtesy of [[British History Online]])|date=1878|pages=447–491}}</ref> This execution bell is displayed in a glass case in the [[nave]]. Between the 17th and 19th centuries, the clerk was responsible for ringing it outside the condemned man's cell in [[Newgate Prison]] the night before his execution, and announcing the following "wholesome advice":<ref name="BHO"/><ref name="Piper&Jervis"/>
{{quotation|
All you that in the condemned hold do lie,<br />
Prepare you, for to-morrow you shall die;<br />
Watch all, and pray, the hour is drawing near<br />
That you before the Almighty must appear;<br />
Examine well yourselves, in time repent,<br />
That you may not to eternal flames be sent.<br />
And when St Sepulchre's bell to-morrow tolls,<br />
The Lord above have mercy on your souls.<br />
Past twelve o'clock!
}}

Given proximity to Newgate Prison and the [[Old Bailey]], built on the site of the prison, certain of the bells in its tower, aside from marking time, celebrating weddings and communion, were rung to announce executions. In the first years of the court this was as the condemned felon was led to [[Tyburn]].<ref name="Piper&Jervis">{{cite book|title=The Companion Guide to London|first1=David|last1=Piper|first2=Fionnuala|last2=Jervis|page=350}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=London's secret sights: 14 odd attractions you never knew were there|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/uk/london/11230633/Londons-secret-sights-14-odd-attractions-you-never-knew-were-there.html?frame=3106622|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref>
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File:1064640-Church of St Sepulchre.JPG|The bell tower
File:NewgateExecutionBell.jpg|The Execution Bell
File:St Sepulchre-without-Newgate 2020.jpg|Exterior
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