With the exception of those worn by cows and those found on ships, just about every conceivable sort of bell seems to have been written about this week. Do you know what? Sorry cows, I'm going with the ships.
Bells have been used on ships for centuries. One of the earliest mentions of a ship's bell was that on the English ship
Grace Dieu, in 1485. A few years later it was recorded that another English ship, the
Regent, possessed two "
wache bells". And that was originally ...
