[Bell Historians] First handbell peal - 1777?

[Carl S Zimmerman csz_stl@swbell.net [bellhistorians]]

>From Jackson's Oxford Journal, 22 Feb 1777, Sat, p3:
    On Tuesday last was rung at Abingdon, upon ten Hand-Bells, a complete Peal of 5040, Plain Bob Method, in three Hours and Ten Minutes, by the five following Persons, viz.        Thomas Taylor,  --  1 2        Henry Parker,  --  3 4        Jeremiah Wright,  --  5 6        Benjamin Glanville,  --  7 8        Edward Brooks,  --  9 10    It is the first Peal of the Kind that ever was rung in this Kingdom.
Source:  newspapers.com  (where I have been searching for information about early American bellfounders, but keep seeing English papers as well).  

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