Richard Phelps (c.1670–1738) was born in Avebury, Wiltshire, England.: 240 : 6  Phelps was a bellfounder, or a maker of bells, primarily for churches....

his brother François Hemony (c. 1609 – 24 May 1667) were the greatest bellfounders in the history of the Low Countries. They developed the carillon, in...

the heaviest change ringing peal of bells in the world. The foundry's bellfounder at that time, Albert Hughes, is commemorated in a stained glass window...

have weighed about 300 tonnes (330 tons). The Tsar Bell by the Motorin Bellfounders is the largest bell still in existence. It weighs 160 tonnes (180 tons)...