1590 E. Spenser iii. x. sig. Mm7v Not for nought his wife them loued so well, When one so oft a knight did ring his matins bell.
1720 C. Morris 20 Sept. (1934) 80 I mentioned the Foolishness of..reprehending..the Bell-Toller for not asking..leave to toll the Mattins Bell a quarter of an hour after 6.