List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
George & William II Purdue		Purdue		1	1615	1
Purdue (generic)		Purdue		7	1569–1680	6
Roger II Purdue and William Covey		Purdue		2	1676–1677	2
Roger II Purdue and W&T Covey		Purdue		1	1677	1
William III Purdue and W&T Covey		Purdue		1	1660	1
W & R Purdue		Purdue		2	1654–1665	2
William III Purdue and Francis Foster		Purdue		1	1655	1
Richard or Roger Purdue		Purdue		1	1617	1
William I Purdue	1572–1584	Purdue	Closworth	10	1563–1607	10
William II Purdue	1596–1615	Purdue	Bristol, Salisbury, Chichester	10	1596–1615	10
George Purdue	1598–1623	Purdue	Taunton	51	1599–1623	38
Richard I Purdue	1598–1640	Purdue	Glastonbury, Stoford, etc	64	1600–1640	58
Roger I Purdue	1605–1641	Purdue	Bristol	118	1606–1641	66
George I & Richard I Purdue	1614	Purdue	Taunton	1	1614	1
Richard I & Roger I Purdue	1630	Purdue		3	1630	2
Richard I & William III Purdue	1630–1638	Purdue		1	1633	1
Roger I Purdue & Nathaniel Bolter	1632–1637	Purdue		1	1632	1
William III Purdue	1633–1673	Purdue	Salisbury, Bristol, etc	60	1637–1669	50
William III & Roger II Purdue	1633–1673	Purdue	Salisbury,etc	13	1664–1669	9
Thomas Purdue	1647–1709	Purdue	Closworth	107	1647–1698	88
William III & Richard II Purdue	1649–1663	Purdue	Bristol	34	1649–1663	16
Roger II Purdue	1649–1688	Purdue	Bristol, Chichester, Salisbury	13	1658–1684	10
William III & Thomas Purdue	1652–1653	Purdue	Salisbury	5	1652–1653	4
William III Purdue & Nathaniel Bolter	1656–1657	Purdue		8	1656–1657	4
William III Purdue & 'I A'	1660	Purdue		1	1660	1
William III, Roger II, and John Purdue	1670	Purdue	Salisbury etc	2	1670	1
John Purdue	1673	Purdue		3	1666–1673	3
Roger II & Richard III Purdue	1681–1684	Purdue	Bristol	3	1681–1684	3
Thomas Purdue & Thomas Knight	1692–1709	Purdue		6	1693–1707	4
Total				530	1563–1707	344