Help...Does anyone know anything about this bell?

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My grandmother found this bell on the beach of Pawleys Island South Carolina after Hurrican Hazel in I think 1954. It was passed down to my mother, and then to me. I have searched for answers on this bell. The writing and pictures seem to suggest it was made to represent the English plague during the reign of Edward the III, and Thomas Earl of Warwick. The date on the bottom of the bell is 1369. In case you can't read the writing, It says F. Heron-Amet-exit-anno-1369. So knowing some latin, I have figured out that it is about something/or someone that died in the year 1369. I'm inserting a couple of pictures. Please if anyone knows anything about this bell, it would be extremely helpful. On a side note...taking where it was found into consideration, I was thinking maybe off of one of Blackbeard's Pirate ships, as Merrills Inlet and Pawleys Island South Carolina was a haven for pirates back in the day. But again....I've not been able to find much info about it.

I also posted this in shipwrecks too.....just in case....

:( Thanks
 

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