First Peal Performance
The Norwich Scholars
Norwich
Norfolk
St Peter Mancroft
Tenor: 28
On Thursday 2 May 1715, in 3 hours and 18 minutes
5,040 Plain Bob Triples
composed by John Garthon
| 1 | John Garthon (C) |
| 2 | Isaac Pearce |
| 3 | John Briggs |
| 4 | James Brooke |
| 5 | David Sannevill |
| 6 | Thomas Gardiner |
| 7 | William Dixon |
| 8 | Robert Woodcock |
The first known true peal.
Grandsire Bob Triples was what is now known as Plain Bob Triples. There is some evidence pointing to an earlier peal at St Sepulchre's Newgate, around 1690, but no details can be confirmed.
