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Bungay Youths
St Mary
Friday, 21 January 1731/32 in 3h
5040 Grandsire Triples
1 John Botwright
2 William Turner
3 William Barnard
4 Bennet Edwards
5 Philip Girling
6 William Howell
7 James Pratt
8 John West
"On Friday the 21st of January 1732, by the Bungay Youths, who have practised not full Two Years, at the first Time of their pulling off for it, was compleated the extent of GRANDSIRE TRIPLES, being 5040 Changes, within the Space of Three Hours by several Gentlemen’s Watches, which we take to be a shorter Time than it has been rung in before. John Botwright, Treble. William Turner, 2d. William Barnard, 3d. Bennet Edwards, 4th. Philip Girling, 5th. William Howell, 6th. James Pratt, 7th. John West, Tenor." Advert in Norwich Gazette, Saturday 29 January 1732.
(Sourced from Order and Disorder in the Eighteenth Century by John Eisel.)
