Last Bell Cast
The last bell bearing Phelps's name was the priests' bell at St. George's Southwark, inscribed: "R. Phelps 1738 T. Lester Fecit." Phelps died in 1738, and the order for this bell was completed by his foreman Thomas Lester, to whom he bequeathed his business and the lease of the foundry.
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