beneson

Updated: June 14, 2025

The names of many of the other ecclesiastics connected with the church are known: among these, we need only mention William Lorynge canon, who in the time of Richard II. caused the great bell called the Cuthborow bell to be made; and Simon Beneson, sacrist, who left land, which is called Bell Acre, towards the maintenance and repair of the bells.

Rev. Thomas Perkins - Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory : A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings