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"Tuesday being the Anniversary of the Gunpowder Treason, the same was observed in this City as usual. And from Yarmouth I have an Account, That on the same Day the Ringers of that Town rang the whole Peal called Grandsire Trebles, consisting of 5040 Changes; (being the compleat number upon 7 Bells; which they perform'd in 3 Hours and 27 Minutes, by Eight single Men, the Tenor weighing 2800 Weight."

Norwich Gazette, Saturday 9 November 1728.

(Sourced from Order and Disorder in the Eighteenth Century by John Eisel.)