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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 May

Year	Event	Reference
1733	Hearne's diaries record that members of the Society of College Youths walked to Oxford for a week of ringing, arrived on Whit-Sunday. They were unsuccessful in all their peal attempts, mainly due to the bad state of the bells and ropes.	RW1927/141
1909	Harry Withers conducted a peal of Superlative Surprise Major without being in the tower! He stood about thirty yards away and signalled the calls with a bell fixed in the ringing chamber.	nv

Birthdays for 13th May

First pealers for 13th May

1897	First peal rung by Edward Bridger. Recorded peal total is 18.
1897	First peal rung by Henry Huntley. Recorded peal total is 3.
1899	First peal rung by Thomas A Evans. Recorded peal total is 6.
1899	First peal rung by William [Neston] Williams. Recorded peal total is 6.
1899	First peal rung by Frank Rolfe. Recorded peal total is 67.
1899	First peal rung by Charles H Briggs. Recorded peal total is 56.
1899	First peal rung by John H [Stoney Stanton] Taylor. Recorded peal total is 1.
1903	First peal rung by James Ballantine. Recorded peal total is 2.
1903	First peal rung by William C S Heathcote. Recorded peal total is 17.
1903	First peal rung by James Luck. Recorded peal total is 2.
1903	First peal rung by J McCulloch. Recorded peal total is 5.
1903	First peal rung by David Stocks. Recorded peal total is 4.
1903	First peal rung by Robert J G Thom. Recorded peal total is 15.
1903	First peal rung by Thomas S Thom. Recorded peal total is 6.
1903	First peal rung by Alexander Thomson. Recorded peal total is 3.
1904	First peal rung by Charles [Greenwich] Bird. Recorded peal total is 1.
1905	First peal rung by William [Darlington] Harrison. Recorded peal total is 3.
1905	First peal rung by George [Alwalton] Burnham. Recorded peal total is 2.
1908	First peal rung by George F Gaston. Recorded peal total is 6.
1908	First peal rung by Henry J Gravett. Recorded peal total is 24.
1908	First peal rung by William [Talgarth] Drew. Recorded peal total is 5.
1911	First peal rung by Charles J Camm. Recorded peal total is 595.
1911	First peal rung by Ernest Wilkshire. Recorded peal total is 2.
1911	First peal rung by William Brough. Recorded peal total is 1.
1911	First peal rung by Arthur Goodwin. Recorded peal total is 1.
1914	First peal rung by Frank [Chester] Fox. Recorded peal total is 58.
1914	First peal rung by Herbert W [Streatham] Smith. Recorded peal total is 1.
1916	First peal rung by George Nowell. Recorded peal total is 3.
1919	First peal rung by Sydney [Midsomer Norton] Carter. Recorded peal total is 2.
1919	First peal rung by William Keevill. Recorded peal total is 8.
1922	First peal rung by Kitty Moore. Recorded peal total is 57.
1922	First peal rung by Charles A Andrews. Recorded peal total is 77.
1922	First peal rung by Edward [Nuneaton] Martin. Recorded peal total is 1.
1922	First peal rung by Guy D Hamson. Recorded peal total is 1.
1922	First peal rung by Miss A Donnison. Recorded peal total is 4.
1922	First peal rung by J Selkirk. Recorded peal total is 1.
1929	First peal rung by Horace Lawton. Recorded peal total is 1.
1930	First peal rung by Jack Rawlinson. Recorded peal total is 2.
1930	First peal rung by Carus Wilson. Recorded peal total is 2.
1931	First peal rung by Sidney Lodge. Recorded peal total is 1.
1933	First peal rung by William J Root. Recorded peal total is 359.
1933	First peal rung by Frank L Blewer. Recorded peal total is 15.
1933	First peal rung by Edwin Johns. Recorded peal total is 1.
1933	First peal rung by William Reynolds. Recorded peal total is 1.
1935	First peal rung by Alfred Raggett. Recorded peal total is 2.
1935	First peal rung by Charles Raggett. Recorded peal total is 1.
1936	First peal rung by William J Prescott_jun. Recorded peal total is 5.
1936	First peal rung by Stanley W Gall. Recorded peal total is 47.
1936	First peal rung by Donald A Long. Recorded peal total is 10.
1936	First peal rung by T William De Ville. Recorded peal total is 9.
1937	First peal rung by Eric Myles. Recorded peal total is 1.
1939	First peal rung by W F Wright. Recorded peal total is 1.
1939	First peal rung by Norman H Makins. Recorded peal total is 1.
1939	First peal rung by Charles W Mortimer. Recorded peal total is 14.
1939	First peal rung by Wilmot C Cadman. Recorded peal total is 1.
1939	First peal rung by Dorothy Battle. Recorded peal total is 1.
1939	First peal rung by Derek Parry. Recorded peal total is 67.
1944	First peal rung by Stanley Bones. Recorded peal total is 41.
1944	First peal rung by Ethel Huxter. Recorded peal total is 3.
1944	First peal rung by Deryck A H Talbot. Recorded peal total is 14.
1945	First peal rung by Joan Grant. Recorded peal total is 2.
1945	First peal rung by Joan Romain. Recorded peal total is 1.
1945	First peal rung by Charles Hayes. Recorded peal total is 1.
1945	First peal rung by Charles Dinham. Recorded peal total is 1.
1945	First peal rung by J Frank Harvey. Recorded peal total is 1.
1945	First peal rung by Henry E Horler. Recorded peal total is 1.
1945	First peal rung by Ronald Morgan. Recorded peal total is 1.
1945	First peal rung by Stanley L R Vowles. Recorded peal total is 1.
1947	First peal rung by George W Bishop. Recorded peal total is 70.
1947	First peal rung by James Gordon. Recorded peal total is 29.
1947	First peal rung by Alfred R T Greenough. Recorded peal total is 69.
1947	First peal rung by Jack C Napper. Recorded peal total is 10.
1950	First peal rung by William A Lacey. Recorded peal total is 435.
1950	First peal rung by Margery Maughan. Recorded peal total is 17.
1950	First peal rung by Marjorie James. Recorded peal total is 3.
1950	First peal rung by Walter J Parsons. Recorded peal total is 1.
1950	First peal rung by Ernest F Willcox. Recorded peal total is 259.
1950	First peal rung by Fred Redshaw. Recorded peal total is 1.
1945	First peal rung by John Romain. Recorded peal total is 9.
1955	First peal rung by Phyllis Holborn. Recorded peal total is 4.
1960	First peal rung by Anthony J [Wiltshire] Cox. Recorded peal total is 16.
1960	First peal rung by Carol Knight. Recorded peal total is 2.
1960	First peal rung by Colin Allward. Recorded peal total is 1.
1960	First peal rung by Phyllis H Frith. Recorded peal total is 1.
1960	First peal rung by H M Peter Swann. Recorded peal total is 1.
1961	First peal rung by John H Askew. Recorded peal total is 1.
1961	First peal rung by Charles H Bailey. Recorded peal total is 2.
1961	First peal rung by James G Etherington. Recorded peal total is 3.
1961	First peal rung by Margie Nursey. Recorded peal total is 5.
1961	First peal rung by Neil Belson. Recorded peal total is 19.
1961	First peal rung by Geoffrey Riglar. Recorded peal total is 53.
1961	First peal rung by Ian Friend. Recorded peal total is 577.
1961	First peal rung by Nicholas Biddescombe. Recorded peal total is 1.
1963	First peal rung by Gillian Douglas. Recorded peal total is 4.
1963	First peal rung by John Knights. Recorded peal total is 27.
1964	First peal rung by John W Cheney. Recorded peal total is 12.
1964	First peal rung by Albert H Green. Recorded peal total is 46.
1966	First peal rung by Linda D Shaw. Recorded peal total is 23.
1966	First peal rung by E Anthea M Tinline. Recorded peal total is 21.
1967	First peal rung by Stephen A Waters. Recorded peal total is 751.
1967	First peal rung by Angela M Bates. Recorded peal total is 1.
1967	First peal rung by Linda M Dade. Recorded peal total is 1.
1967	First peal rung by S R Richardson. Recorded peal total is 1.
1967	First peal rung by Richard F Rodgers. Recorded peal total is 2.
1967	First peal rung by Bryan Ward. Recorded peal total is 45.
1967	First peal rung by Arthur J Wendon. Recorded peal total is 1.
1967	First peal rung by Clive W Chennell-White. Recorded peal total is 16.
1967	First peal rung by Ronald G Tipper. Recorded peal total is 9.
1969	First peal rung by Elizabeth A Bowyer. Recorded peal total is 4.
1972	First peal rung by Ruth S Geering. Recorded peal total is 8.
1972	First peal rung by Alberic A Van de Zande. Recorded peal total is 1.
1978	First peal rung by W Jeremy Brunt. Recorded peal total is 7.
1978	First peal rung by Peter Mustoe. Recorded peal total is 1.
1978	First peal rung by Christopher H Robbins. Recorded peal total is 130.
1978	First peal rung by Simon Kemp. Recorded peal total is 144.
1978	First peal rung by Jane T Webster. Recorded peal total is 1.
1981	First peal rung by Stephen J Darwood. Recorded peal total is 9.
1982	First peal rung by Karen M White. Recorded peal total is 489.
1984	First peal rung by Lynda A Davis. Recorded peal total is 8.
1986	First peal rung by Marion E Borman. Recorded peal total is 4.
1986	First peal rung by Martin C Wilding. Recorded peal total is 2.
1986	First peal rung by Sally A [Saintbury] Brown. Recorded peal total is 3.
1987	First peal rung by Alison M Clarke. Recorded peal total is 4.
1988	First peal rung by Roger E Ridley. Recorded peal total is 3.
1989	First peal rung by John A Haas. Recorded peal total is 8.
1989	First peal rung by Elspeth J Novice. Recorded peal total is 5.
1989	First peal rung by Owen B Osmotherley. Recorded peal total is 6.
1989	First peal rung by Beryl M Sutcliffe. Recorded peal total is 1.
1989	First peal rung by Jane M Bardwell. Recorded peal total is 1.
1989	First peal rung by Richard Daw. Recorded peal total is 19.
1990	First peal rung by Mary L Cryer. Recorded peal total is 4.
1990	First peal rung by Anna L Henson. Recorded peal total is 2.
1990	First peal rung by Alice J A Oakeshott. Recorded peal total is 1.
1990	First peal rung by Susan E Welch. Recorded peal total is 62.
1994	First peal rung by David H Gorton. Recorded peal total is 2.
1995	First peal rung by Ian Glover. Recorded peal total is 1.
1995	First peal rung by Gordon Gaunt. Recorded peal total is 2.
1995	First peal rung by Susan Pilcher. Recorded peal total is 2.
1995	First peal rung by Margaret Spain. Recorded peal total is 3.
1995	First peal rung by Philip D Bailey. Recorded peal total is 424.
1995	First peal rung by Alan G Brown. Recorded peal total is 5.
1995	First peal rung by Anthony J L Burt. Recorded peal total is 6.
1995	First peal rung by Michael T Howes. Recorded peal total is 6.
1995	First peal rung by Celia M Acland. Recorded peal total is 1.
1998	First peal rung by Alexandra J Hajok. Recorded peal total is 431.
1998	First peal rung by Ross R McKenzie. Recorded peal total is 7.
1998	First peal rung by Clare L Stoneman. Recorded peal total is 6.
1999	First peal rung by Catherine E Hemmington. Recorded peal total is 5.
1999	First peal rung by Christine Gabitass. Recorded peal total is 135.
2000	First peal rung by Fran Aelberry. Recorded peal total is 1.
2000	First peal rung by John W Harris. Recorded peal total is 3.
2001	First peal rung by David A Leese. Recorded peal total is 107.
2001	First peal rung by Clifford M Britcher. Recorded peal total is 1.
2001	First peal rung by Harry W Rayner. Recorded peal total is 1.
2006	First peal rung by Nicola A Roberts. Recorded peal total is 3.
2006	First peal rung by Judith H Fry. Recorded peal total is 1.
2007	First peal rung by Helen M Wells. Recorded peal total is 5.
2012	First peal rung by Daniel Denton. Recorded peal total is 34.
2012	First peal rung by Richard A Lewis. Recorded peal total is 2.
2016	First peal rung by Andrew Marson. Recorded peal total is 1.
2023	First peal rung by Ryan J Faulkner-Hatt. Recorded peal total is 2.
2023	First peal rung by Rachel M Milner. Recorded peal total is 4.

First peals in towers for 13th May

1869	First peal on the bells at Pimlico, St Gabriel, Middlesex. Recorded peal total is 14.
1889	First peal on the bells at Wollaston, Stourbridge, St James, Worcestershire. Recorded peal total is 88.
1893	First peal on the bells at Whickham, St Mary, Durham. Recorded peal total is 126.
1905	First peal on the bells at Alwalton, St Andrew, Huntingdonshire. Recorded peal total is 14.
1905	First peal on the bells at Long Stratton, St Mary the Virgin, Norfolk. Recorded peal total is 84.
1911	First peal on the bells at Helmdon, St Mary Magdalene, Northamptonshire. Recorded peal total is 42.
1911	First peal on the bells at Keele, St John the Baptist, Staffordshire. Recorded peal total is 63.
1922	First peal on the bells at Broughton, St Peter, Staffordshire. Recorded peal total is 259.
1923	First peal on the bells at Imber, St Giles, Wiltshire. Recorded peal total is 13.
1926	First peal on the bells at Lower Heyford, St Mary, Oxfordshire. Recorded peal total is 22.
1933	First peal on the bells at Payhembury, St Mary the Virgin, Devon. Recorded peal total is 2.
1936	First peal on the bells at Halvergate, SS Peter & Paul, Norfolk. Recorded peal total is 8.
1937	First peal on the bells at Mullion, St Mellanus, Cornwall. Recorded peal total is 6.
1950	First peal on the bells at Montgomery, St Nicholas, Montgomeryshire. Recorded peal total is 6.
1967	First peal on the bells at Chiselborough, SS Peter & Paul, Somerset. Recorded peal total is 5.
1967	First peal on the bells at Tintinhull, St Margaret, Somerset. Recorded peal total is 4.
1978	First peal on the bells at Isleham, St Andrew, Cambridgeshire. Recorded peal total is 5.
2000	First peal on the bells at Barmby Moor, St Catherine, Yorkshire. Recorded peal total is 6.
2012	First peal on the bells at Frosterley, Black Bull Ring (12), Durham. Recorded peal total is 5.

First peals in method for 13th May

1764	First tower bell peal of Wakefield Evening's Delight Triples. Recorded peal total is 1.
1939	First tower bell peal of Double Coslany Court Bob Major. Recorded peal total is 23.
1950	First tower bell peal of Wembley Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 16.
1954	First tower bell peal of Felstead Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 3.
1954	First tower bell peal of Shirley Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 6.
1963	First tower bell peal of Frome Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 3.
1969	First tower bell peal of Jonah Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 23.
1978	First tower bell peal of Isle of Ely Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 6.
1978	First tower bell peal of Piddington Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
1978	First tower bell peal of Rolleston-on-Dove Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1979	First tower bell peal of Cuckoo Treble Place Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1980	First tower bell peal of Kingswood Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 10.
1983	First tower bell peal of Hebburn Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 5.
1987	First tower bell peal of New South Wales Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 4.
1987	First tower bell peal of Port Jackson Delight Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1989	First tower bell peal of Captain's Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1989	First tower bell peal of Celestial City Bob Minor. Recorded peal total is 1.
1990	First tower bell peal of Poole Little Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1991	First tower bell peal of Foston Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 3.
1992	First tower bell peal of Hecate Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 2.
1993	First tower bell peal of Selly Oak Delight Maximus. Recorded peal total is 1.
1994	First tower bell peal of Durley Little Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1996	First tower bell peal of Exeenda Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 4.
1996	First tower bell peal of Lilypool Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1999	First tower bell peal of Enigma Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2002	First tower bell peal of Brecon Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2002	First tower bell peal of Mouls Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
2002	First tower bell peal of Rippingale Surprise Minor. Recorded peal total is 1.
2006	First tower bell peal of Frederick Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 4.
2007	First tower bell peal of Reverse Stedman Triples. Recorded peal total is 1.
2010	First tower bell peal of Gittisham Treble Bob Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2010	First tower bell peal of Schiehallion Delight Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
2011	First tower bell peal of Cotwardine Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
2015	First tower bell peal of Hanthorpe Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
2015	First tower bell peal of Zeebrugge Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.