List of founders
Name | Founding | Group | Location | Bells | Bells Dated | Rings |
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George Davis | 1782–1799 | West Country | Bridgwater | 25 | 1782–1799 | 20 |
Petter | 1872 | West Country | Yeovil | 1 | 1872 | 1 |
Abbott & Co | 1876–1878 | West Country | Bideford | 1 | 1878 | 1 |
Robert I Austen | 1618–1648 | West Country | Compton Dundon | 27 | 1618–1648 | 25 |
Robert II Austen | 1649–1668 | West Country | Compton Dundon | 30 | 1649–1668 | 28 |
Robert II Austen & Thomas Bickham | 1669–1671 | West Country | 2 | 1670 | 2 | |
Joseph Badman | 1723–1725 | West Country | (Som) | 1 | 1723 | 1 |
Thomas Bayley | 1741–1773 | West Country | Bridgwater | 78 | 1743–1773 | 45 |
Bayley & Street | 1749–1753 | West Country | Bridgwater | 10 | 1750–1753 | 6 |
Bayley, Street & Co | 1753–1756 | West Country | Bridgwater | 7 | 1753–1756 | 6 |
John Beaskam | 1641–1714 | West Country | Cornwall | 5 | 1641–1700 | 5 |
Abraham Bilbie | 1768–1773 | West Country | Chewstoke | 29 | 1768–1773 | 11 |
Edward Bilbie | 1698–1723 | West Country | Chewstoke | 49 | 1698–1723 | 26 |
John Bilbie | 1814 | West Country | Cullompton | 4 | 1814 | 1 |
Thomas I Bilbie | 1724–1768 | West Country | Chewstoke(&Cullompton 1746-54) | 246 | 1725–1768 | 99 |
Thomas II Bilbie | 1754–1780 | West Country | Cullompton | 171 | 1754–1782 | 59 |
Thomas & James Bilbie | 1791–1811 | West Country | Chewstoke | 29 | 1791–1811 | 21 |
Thomas (Castleman) III Bilbie | 1781–1814 | West Country | Cullompton | 125 | 1782–1811 | 56 |
Thomas I, Thomas II & Abraham Bilbie | West Country | Chewstoke, Cullompton | 8 | 1765 | 1 | |
William Bilbie | 1775–1790 | West Country | Chewstoke | 68 | 1775–1790 | 44 |
John I Birdall | 1572–1609 | West Country | Exeter | 2 | 1570–1607 | 2 |
John II Birdall | 1609–1624 | West Country | Exeter | 4 | 1616–1624 | 4 |
Thomas Birdall | 1570–1609 | West Country | Exeter | 10 | 1590–1605 | 7 |
Bowditch & Higby | 1989–2014 | West Country | Dulcote | 81 | 1997–2013 | 15 |
James Burrough | 1738–1755 | West Country | Devizes | 17 | 1745–1754 | 10 |
Edward Cockey | 1823–1840 | West Country | Frome | 8 | 1815–1845 | 5 |
Lewis Cockey | 1681–1699 | West Country | Frome | 11 | 1681–1697 | 8 |
Mordecai Cockey | 1666–1701 | West Country | Totnes | 7 | 1678–1701 | 7 |
William Cockey | 1693–1751 | West Country | Frome | 70 | 1706–1751 | 45 |
Copperhouse Foundry | 1825–1832 | West Country | Hayle | 5 | 1828–1832 | 4 |
William Elery | 1732–1752 | West Country | Closworth | 4 | 1749–1752 | 4 |
William Elery & Thomas Roskelly | West Country | Closworth | 1 | 1752 | 1 | |
John II Fathers | to 1749 | West Country | Montacute | 1 | 1749 | 1 |
Ambrose Gooding | 1713–1755 | West Country | Plymouth | 12 | 1714–1751 | 9 |
Thomas Hey | 1350–1375 | West Country | Montacute | 6 | 1350–1399 | 6 |
Matthew Higby & Co | from 2014 | West Country | Holcombe | 60 | 2015–2022 | 15 |
Edwin Kingston | 1831–1832 | West Country | Bridgwater | 1 | 1831 | 1 |
Isaac Kingston | 1801–1803 | West Country | Bridgwater | 2 | 1801 | 2 |
John Kingston | 1798–1833 | West Country | Bridgwater | 41 | 1815–1829 | 31 |
Thomas Knight (of Closworth) | 1692–1715 | West Country | Closworth | 11 | 1692–1712 | 10 |
Thomas & William Knight | West Country | Closworth | 1 | 1709 | 1 | |
William Knight | 1709–1747 | West Country | Closworth | 55 | 1570–1747 | 38 |
Edward Lott | 1711–1718 | West Country | Warminster | 1 | 1711 | 1 |
John I Lott | 1624–1663 | West Country | Warminster | 38 | 1624–1662 | 28 |
John II Lott | 1663–1691 | West Country | Warminster | 13 | 1667–1684 | 12 |
Richard Lott | 1699–1707 | West Country | Warminster | 1 | 1703 | 1 |
Robert Norton | 1435–1499 | West Country | Exeter | 24 | 1420–1499 | 24 |
William Pannell | 1820–1851 | West Country | Cullompton, Exeter | 12 | 1821–1843 | 12 |
William & Charles Pannell | 1828–1841 | West Country | Cullompton | 13 | 1828–1846 | 12 |
Charles Pannell & Co | 1820–1856 | West Country | Cullompton | 20 | 1847–1855 | 8 |