[Bell Historians] Tournai

[Richard Smith]

David Bryant wrote:

> "It finishes with the sentence, 'This bell [Sherborne
> tenor] is one of the famous Tournay peal, which Wolsey
> distributed in various parts of the country and are now
> known respectively as "Great Tom" of Oxford, Lincoln,
> Exeter andother places'."

> In their present form at least, none of these bells are
> old enough.

I know that the ones in Sherborne, Oxford, Lincoln and
Exeter are not old enough (in their current castings, at
least) but it did say "and other places".  But is there even
any truth in the story?  Does anyone know whether bells from
Tournai were removed and brought to this country, presumably
during Henry VIII's brief occupation of Tournai in 1513-19?

Richard