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Bill Butler has agreed to supply his collection of events that happened on this day. These complement the automated extracts from PealBase.

Bill Butler's Events for 13th January

Year	Event	Reference
1753	In an attempt to ring the extent of Major, James Barham's band at Leeds, Kent rang 20,163 Plain Bob Major, taking 13 hours and 34 minutes. More than eight ringers were involved. See December 30, 1752 and April 7, 1761.	BN1883/160
1772	The Norwich Scholars rang 6048 Imperial the Third Major in 3 hours and 58 minutes at St Michael, Coslany.	H&A/183
1897	William Short conducted the first peal of Double Norwich Court Bob Major to be rung in Birmingham. This method, which was popular all over the country at the time, was first rung to a peal in Norwich on January 15, 1771.	BN1897/523
1903	John Carter composed the method Forward, a principle in which all the bells treble bob hunt, but make Kent places when they are in 3-4. On this day they rang the first peal of Maximus in the method at Birmingham, the peal being composed by John Carter and conducted by William H Barber.	BN1903/499

Birthdays for 13th January

1861	Alfred Pye born
1883	William C Dowding born

First pealers for 13th January

1891	First peal rung by Thomas Everett. Recorded peal total is 11.
1891	First peal rung by William J Russell. Recorded peal total is 2.
1891	First peal rung by Frank L Sparks. Recorded peal total is 3.
1891	First peal rung by William H Tubb. Recorded peal total is 4.
1894	First peal rung by Frank Buck. Recorded peal total is 43.
1894	First peal rung by George Langford. Recorded peal total is 17.
1894	First peal rung by John [Ilkley] Nelson. Recorded peal total is 18.
1897	First peal rung by Thomas J Gould. Recorded peal total is 3.
1897	First peal rung by Edward Spooner. Recorded peal total is 1.
1900	First peal rung by Luke Meakin. Recorded peal total is 2.
1902	First peal rung by Frederick Barham. Recorded peal total is 2.
1902	First peal rung by Edward Kidby. Recorded peal total is 1.
1903	First peal rung by William [Crayford] Saunders. Recorded peal total is 4.
1903	First peal rung by Herbert [Crayford] Wood. Recorded peal total is 7.
1903	First peal rung by Albert Charman. Recorded peal total is 7.
1903	First peal rung by Benjamin Cousins. Recorded peal total is 3.
1903	First peal rung by William G Wingrave. Recorded peal total is 1.
1903	First peal rung by George [Henley] Shipp. Recorded peal total is 11.
1904	First peal rung by J S Simpson. Recorded peal total is 1.
1906	First peal rung by Herbert Lade. Recorded peal total is 2.
1906	First peal rung by Arthur Meadows. Recorded peal total is 1.
1906	First peal rung by Frank Sutcliffe. Recorded peal total is 3.
1906	First peal rung by Herbert T Goodman. Recorded peal total is 2.
1906	First peal rung by William J [Calverton] Manning. Recorded peal total is 2.
1906	First peal rung by Charles W [Simpson] Smith. Recorded peal total is 40.
1908	First peal rung by Arthur Burr. Recorded peal total is 4.
1908	First peal rung by Frederick Osborne. Recorded peal total is 1.
1908	First peal rung by William Wenban. Recorded peal total is 323.
1912	First peal rung by Vernon Allen. Recorded peal total is 3.
1912	First peal rung by Jacob Williams. Recorded peal total is 4.
1912	First peal rung by Edward Hayton. Recorded peal total is 1.
1912	First peal rung by Sidney J Millward. Recorded peal total is 3.
1913	First peal rung by Edward Smethurst. Recorded peal total is 2.
1913	First peal rung by William F Peachey. Recorded peal total is 1.
1914	First peal rung by Clifton Fielding. Recorded peal total is 1.
1914	First peal rung by William [Calverton] Clarke. Recorded peal total is 1.
1914	First peal rung by Herbert E Tompkins. Recorded peal total is 10.
1914	First peal rung by James Tompkins_jun. Recorded peal total is 1.
1914	First peal rung by Reuben Underwood. Recorded peal total is 2.
1915	First peal rung by Thomas Feerick. Recorded peal total is 1.
1917	First peal rung by Francis T Waite. Recorded peal total is 24.
1921	First peal rung by Stephen Maddison. Recorded peal total is 13.
1921	First peal rung by Frederick A [Great Wymondley] Adams. Recorded peal total is 3.
1921	First peal rung by Ralph E Croft. Recorded peal total is 8.
1921	First peal rung by Kathleen Avenell. Recorded peal total is 7.
1921	First peal rung by George Chandler. Recorded peal total is 7.
1921	First peal rung by Claude Heather. Recorded peal total is 3.
1921	First peal rung by Charles A Slyfield. Recorded peal total is 4.
1923	First peal rung by Thomas C Larkey. Recorded peal total is 66.
1923	First peal rung by Thomas W Taffender. Recorded peal total is 167.
1923	First peal rung by Christopher Law. Recorded peal total is 5.
1923	First peal rung by Arnold Burchnall. Recorded peal total is 1.
1926	First peal rung by Albert [Davenham] Smith. Recorded peal total is 1.
1927	First peal rung by Harry [Bristol] Bennett. Recorded peal total is 12.
1929	First peal rung by Edward M Curtis. Recorded peal total is 1.
1929	First peal rung by Leonard Willmott. Recorded peal total is 2.
1931	First peal rung by John H Botham. Recorded peal total is 51.
1933	First peal rung by Harry Garrod. Recorded peal total is 1.
1923	First peal rung by George F Tuke. Recorded peal total is 3.
1934	First peal rung by Arthur Preston. Recorded peal total is 3.
1934	First peal rung by Thomas M Roberts. Recorded peal total is 1.
1934	First peal rung by Vida F Dubben. Recorded peal total is 1.
1934	First peal rung by William Ruttley. Recorded peal total is 5.
1934	First peal rung by Cecil H Smart. Recorded peal total is 12.
1940	First peal rung by George Curtis. Recorded peal total is 4.
1940	First peal rung by Harold Williams. Recorded peal total is 1.
1945	First peal rung by Mabel Hutley. Recorded peal total is 1.
1945	First peal rung by W Brian R Ellender. Recorded peal total is 26.
1945	First peal rung by John M Stallard. Recorded peal total is 44.
1949	First peal rung by John [Burton upon Stather] Dunn. Recorded peal total is 1.
1951	First peal rung by Michael Fuller. Recorded peal total is 32.
1951	First peal rung by Jean M Wood. Recorded peal total is 1.
1952	First peal rung by Roland J Curtis. Recorded peal total is 1.
1952	First peal rung by H Douglas Dimond. Recorded peal total is 3.
1952	First peal rung by Harold W Dimond. Recorded peal total is 1.
1952	First peal rung by Harry Green. Recorded peal total is 5.
1952	First peal rung by Malgwyn H Williams. Recorded peal total is 13.
1957	First peal rung by George Cotterill. Recorded peal total is 2.
1961	First peal rung by Geoffrey Humphries. Recorded peal total is 3.
1961	First peal rung by David J Stillman. Recorded peal total is 9.
1962	First peal rung by Reginald Ingham. Recorded peal total is 1.
1962	First peal rung by Janet Shepherd. Recorded peal total is 1.
1962	First peal rung by George H Standen. Recorded peal total is 1.
1962	First peal rung by Michael W H Birtwistle. Recorded peal total is 15.
1962	First peal rung by Peter Eagle. Recorded peal total is 3.
1962	First peal rung by Timothy D Wickins. Recorded peal total is 26.
1962	First peal rung by Michael Wilshaw. Recorded peal total is 917.
1962	First peal rung by Michael [Peterborough] Roberts. Recorded peal total is 1.
1962	First peal rung by Graham A Barnard. Recorded peal total is 1.
1965	First peal rung by Roy M Cox. Recorded peal total is 536.
1967	First peal rung by David Rigby. Recorded peal total is 2.
1968	First peal rung by Paul Studdart. Recorded peal total is 1.
1968	First peal rung by Geoffrey K Spratt. Recorded peal total is 2.
1968	First peal rung by Peter [Chiddingfold] Payne. Recorded peal total is 21.
1968	First peal rung by Susan Rayner. Recorded peal total is 2.
1968	First peal rung by Denise Wingrave. Recorded peal total is 1.
1968	First peal rung by Jennifer Jones. Recorded peal total is 1.
1968	First peal rung by Grayson R Williams. Recorded peal total is 2.
1968	First peal rung by Carol N J Franklin. Recorded peal total is 133.
1968	First peal rung by Carol Martin. Recorded peal total is 120.
1968	First peal rung by Tony Spurgeon. Recorded peal total is 281.
1971	First peal rung by Susan Rex. Recorded peal total is 5.
1973	First peal rung by David M Thomas. Recorded peal total is 4.
1973	First peal rung by Theresa A Scott. Recorded peal total is 13.
1975	First peal rung by Dorothy M Huggins. Recorded peal total is 1.
1979	First peal rung by Jayne A Davis. Recorded peal total is 5.
1979	First peal rung by Peter Fearnehough. Recorded peal total is 2.
1979	First peal rung by A Debbie Scarf. Recorded peal total is 91.
1979	First peal rung by Susan K Hopper. Recorded peal total is 10.
1980	First peal rung by Richard Scott. Recorded peal total is 410.
1985	First peal rung by Dennis Green. Recorded peal total is 27.
1990	First peal rung by Beth McDowell. Recorded peal total is 1.
1990	First peal rung by Patricia [Beighton] Collins. Recorded peal total is 3.
1990	First peal rung by Pamela C Craney. Recorded peal total is 1.
1990	First peal rung by Margaret J Bennett. Recorded peal total is 13.
1990	First peal rung by Helen [Handsworth] Williams. Recorded peal total is 2.
1990	First peal rung by Jacqui Grafton. Recorded peal total is 7.
1990	First peal rung by Albert Bokma. Recorded peal total is 8.
1990	First peal rung by Ruth J Clamp. Recorded peal total is 6.
1990	First peal rung by Simon J [Aylesbury] Cole. Recorded peal total is 50.
1991	First peal rung by Paul J Gilbert. Recorded peal total is 3.
1991	First peal rung by Philip M L Day. Recorded peal total is 25.
1994	First peal rung by Jennifer Bennett. Recorded peal total is 3.
1996	First peal rung by Lee Pinnington. Recorded peal total is 840.
1996	First peal rung by Anne J McNair. Recorded peal total is 3.
2001	First peal rung by Trevor L Lock. Recorded peal total is 61.
2001	First peal rung by Rhiannon Rogers. Recorded peal total is 1.
2002	First peal rung by Edwin C Davis. Recorded peal total is 4.
2007	First peal rung by Alison J Robinson. Recorded peal total is 21.
2007	First peal rung by Peter Shingler. Recorded peal total is 1.
2011	First peal rung by John A Mcleod. Recorded peal total is 4.
2018	First peal rung by Thomas Helyer. Recorded peal total is 2.

First peals in towers for 13th January

1780	First peal on the bells at Clare, SS Peter & Paul, Suffolk. Recorded peal total is 82.
1799	First peal on the bells at Market Weston, St Mary, Suffolk. Recorded peal total is 1.
1891	First peal on the bells at Finchley, St Mary, Middlesex. Recorded peal total is 51.
1902	First peal on the bells at Shiplake, SS Peter & Paul, Oxfordshire. Recorded peal total is 95.
1912	First peal on the bells at Church Lench, All Saints, Worcestershire. Recorded peal total is 5.
1912	First peal on the bells at Lower Machen, St Michael, Monmouthshire. Recorded peal total is 42.
1914	First peal on the bells at Stansfield, All Saints, Suffolk. Recorded peal total is 3.
1952	First peal on the bells at Porthkerry, St Curig, Glamorgan. Recorded peal total is 11.
1990	First peal on the bells at Lacock, St Cyriac, Wiltshire. Recorded peal total is 15.
1998	First peal on the bells at Beechworth, Christ Church, Victoria. Recorded peal total is 6.
2007	First peal on the bells at Edinburgh, SS Andrew & George, Midlothian. Recorded peal total is 57.

First peals in method for 13th January

1903	First tower bell peal of Forward Maximus. Recorded peal total is 4.
1955	First tower bell peal of Bedfordshire Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 34.
1955	First tower bell peal of Witton Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
1959	First tower bell peal of Chislehurst Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1962	First tower bell peal of Redcliffe Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 37.
1979	First tower bell peal of St Bartholomew's Bob Doubles. Recorded peal total is 1.
1988	First tower bell peal of Americium Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 16.
1990	First tower bell peal of Dictum Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 4.
1990	First tower bell peal of Glyn Ebbwy Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 4.
1990	First tower bell peal of Smallbridge Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1990	First tower bell peal of Totteridge Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1990	First tower bell peal of Wigorniensis Surprise Maximus. Recorded peal total is 1.
1991	First tower bell peal of Newport Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
1991	First tower bell peal of Zeal Monachorum Surprise Minor. Recorded peal total is 4.
1992	First tower bell peal of Jellicoe Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 3.
1993	First tower bell peal of Heywood Treble Bob Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1993	First tower bell peal of Phlogiston Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 4.
1994	First tower bell peal of Melrose School Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1995	First tower bell peal of Laomedon Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1996	First tower bell peal of Erica Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1996	First tower bell peal of Gunnerside Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1996	First tower bell peal of Peel Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 4.
1999	First tower bell peal of Neufundsechzig Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 2.
2001	First tower bell peal of Haddingtonshire Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
2004	First tower bell peal of Yapham Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 5.
2006	First tower bell peal of Januar Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
2007	First tower bell peal of Chewton Mendip Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2007	First tower bell peal of Jaipur Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 2.
2010	First tower bell peal of Snowdrift Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
2011	First tower bell peal of Killiecrankie Treble Bob Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
2011	First tower bell peal of Oldmixon Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2011	First tower bell peal of Woolfox Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
2014	First tower bell peal of Brushfield Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2016	First tower bell peal of Eastrington Alliance Major. Recorded peal total is 2.