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Jabez Armiger Trollope

Date of Birth: 08/01/1876

Date of Death: 08/08/1947

Age at death: 71

Trade or profession:

Biographical references:

Whiting Society

The Ringing World page 391 15/08/1947 (Ref type not yet noted)
The Ringing World page 397 22/08/1947 (Ref type not yet noted)
The Ringing World page 403 22/08/1947 (Ref type not yet noted)
The Ringing World page 423 05/09/1947 (Ref type not yet noted)
The Ringing World page 428 05/09/1947 (Ref type not yet noted)
The Ringing World page 452 19/09/1947 (Ref type not yet noted)
Giants of the Exercise II. More notable ringers of the past page 16 01/06/2006 (Ref type not yet noted)

Societies:

Norwich Diocesan Association
Central Council of Church Bellringers

Society offices held: Vice-President - Middlesex County Association, Vice-President London Diocesan Guild

Publications in the Central Council Library:

Acquisition NumberPublicationDateContribution
131A Short Account of the Society of College Youths1936Author
752Bibliographia Campanarum A Catalogue of Books, etc relating to Bells, Bell Ringing & Bellringers1935Author
200Bibliographia Campanarum A Catalogue of Books, etc relating to Bells, Bell Ringing & Bellringers1935Author
861kCC collection of peals of Treble Bobn.d.Author
911Church Bells of East Anglia - with the inscriptions on the bells of the chief peals of Norfolk & Suffolk, and with a general chapter on English Bells & Bellringers Book 1 Norwich 18921892Author
439Collection of Doubles and Minor Methods1931Author
36Collection of Doubles and Minor Methods1931Author
1717Collection of Doubles and Minor Methods1939Author
782Essays and articles from 'The Ringing World' 1934-19401934-1940Author
785Essays and articles from The Ringing World 19411941Author
786Essays and articles from The Ringing World 19421942Author
787Essays and articles from The Ringing World 1944-461944-6Author
861eFirst steps in bell-ringingn.d.Author
846Folder of compositionsn.d.Compiler
1063Grandsire1948Author
713Grandsire1973Author
800London Ringers and Ringing Appendix - Records of the London Societies in the Eighteenth Century and Chronology of the Eighteenth Century1939Author
799London Ringers and Ringing Appendix to Ch 15 - Change Ringing in the Provinces at the close of the Eighteenth Centuryn.d.Author
326London Ringers and Ringing in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Chapter III 'The College Youths - the Society's Name and Origin'; Chapter IV 'Composition in the XVIIth Century'; Chapter V 'Chronology of the XVIIth Century'; Chapter VI 'London Bells1932-3Author
316London Ringers and Ringing in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Volume I Chapter I 'The General Condition of the Exercise in the 17th Century'1933-34Author
318London Ringers and Ringing in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Volume III Chapter IV 'Composition in the Seventeenth Century'; Chapter V 'The Camapanalogia of J D and C M'; Chapter VI 'Chronology of the Seventeenth Century'; Chapter VII 'The Genern.d.Author
319London Ringers and Ringing in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Volume IV Chapter VIII 'London Bells and Bell Towers'1932-3Author
324London Ringers and Ringing in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Volume IX Chapter XI 'Composition in the first half of the Eighteenth Century'; Chapter XII 'The College Youths and the Cumberlands 1747-1788'1936Author
320London Ringers and Ringing in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Volume V Chapter VIII (continued) 'London Bells and Bell Towers'1938Author
321London Ringers and Ringing in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Volume VI Chapter VIII (continued) 'London Bells and Bell Towers'1938Author
322London Ringers and Ringing in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Volume VII Chapter IX 'The Turn of the Centuries'; Chapter X 'Benjamin Annable and his Times1938Author
323London Ringers and Ringing in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Volume VIII 'Appendix to Chapter X'1938Author
325London Ringers and Ringing in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Volume X Chapter XIII 'The Clavis'; Chapter XIV 'Composition in the second half of the Eighteenth Century'; Chapter XV 'The Close of the 18th Century'1939Author
317London Ringers and Ringing in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Volume II Chapter II 'Ringers and Ringing in the Seventeenth Century, before the rise of Fabian Stedman' Chapter III 'Fabian Stedman and his Contemporaries'1933-37Author
861c(1-2)Method Construction1911Author
861bMethod Construction - The Surprise Methodsn.d.Author
861a(1-4)Method Construction Cambridge Surprisen.d.Author
725Method Construction in the Science of Change Ringing Volume I1913Author
726Method Construction in the Science of Change Ringing Volume II1914Author
727Method Construction in the Science of Change Ringing Volume IIIn.d.Author
728Method Construction in the Science of Change Ringing Volume IVn.d.Author
861d(1-2)Method Extension1911Author
861hMS exercise book - CC Collection of Peals of Treble Bob - Prefacen.d.Author
861jMS exercise book CC collection of peals of Treble Bob - Index of composers Loose leaves with 298 peal compositionsn.d.Author
861g1& g2MS exercise books on composing from first principlesn.d.Author
729Notes by the Way - Historical and Critical Essays in the Art and Science of Ringing1926Author
730Notes by the Way - Second Series1926-1934Author
723Peal Book No 1n.d.Author
460Peal Book No 2n.d.Author
1430Standard Methods in the Art of Change-Ringing (Letterpress)1940Author
1559Standard Methods in the Art of Change-Ringing (Letterpress)1940Reviser
1221Standard Methods in the Art of Change-Ringing (Letterpress)1945Reviser
3168Stedman1938Author
622Stedman1938Author
861f(1-2)Stedman and Method Extensionn.d.Author
2058The Bells of Middlesex1951 and 1952-4Author
1510The Bells of Middlesex1951Author
4112The Church Bells in the County of Middlesex (Bells of Middlesex, Part I)1951Author
66The College Youths. A History of the Society1937Author
67The College Youths. A History of the Society1937Author
862The Extension of London Surprisen.d.Author
860The Extension of Methodsn.d.Author
621The General Condition of the Exercise in the Seventeenth Century, being the introductory chapter of a History of Change Ringing in London1931Author
724The Plain Methods of Campanology Vol I A collection of Peals of Bob (sic)1894 or 5Author
222The Science of Change Ringing1922Author
779The Surprise Major Methods1935-1939Author
780The Surprise Major Methods Volume I 19351935Author
781The Surprise Major Methods Volume II 1935n.d.Author
2639Trollope MS Tracing of Chapters 3 - 8n.d.Author
2629Trollope MS Tracing of Volume 1 Chapter 11933-34Author
2638Trollope MS Tracing of Volume 10 Chapters 13 - 151939Author
2630Trollope MS Tracing of Volume 2 Chapters 2 & 31933-37Author
2631Trollope MS Tracing of Volume 3 Chapter 4 - 7n.d.Author
2632Trollope MS Tracing of Volume 4 Chapter 81932-3Author
2633Trollope MS Tracing of Volume 5 Chapter 8 (continued)1938Author
2634Trollope MS Tracing of Volume 6 Chapter 8 (continued)1938Author
2635Trollope MS Tracing of Volume 7 Chapter 9 & 101938Author
2636Trollope MS Tracing of Volume 8 Appendix to chapter 101938Author
2637Trollope MS Tracing of Volume 9 Chapters 11 & 121936Author
652Variation and Transposition1936Author
880Variation and Transposition1976Author

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Place of Birth: East Dereham, Norfolk

Began ringing at: Norwich

Tower mentioned in obituary: Ealing

Ringing records:

Began ringing: 1892

Notable performances: 11,200 Plain Bob Major on handbells Particulars of first 200 peals - Ringing World 23rd May 1930. Editor of The Ringing World during the last illness of the founder, J. S. Goldsmith, and subsequently under the Central Council until May 1946

First peal:

Plain Bob Major

St. Peter Mancroft

08/06/1893

Total peals rung: 515

Total peals conducted: 91

Participation in Central Council activities:

Offices held: Convenor of Methods Committee of the Council for many years.

Meetings attended: 35

YearSocietyParticipation
1897Norwich Diocesan AssociationSociety Representative
1898Norwich Diocesan AssociationSociety Representative
1899Norwich Diocesan AssociationSociety Representative
1900Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1901Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1902Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1903Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1904Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1905Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1906Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1907Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1908Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1909Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1910Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1911Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1912Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1913Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1914Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1915Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1916Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1917Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1918Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1919Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1920Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1921Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1922Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1923Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1924Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1925Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1926Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1927Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1928Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1929Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1930Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1931Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1932Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1933Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1934Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1935Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1936Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1937Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1938Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1939Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1940Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1941Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1942Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1943Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1944Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1945Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1946Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member
1947Central Council of Church BellringersHonorary Member