List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
George I Oldfield	1620–1678	Nottingham	Nottingham	9	1622–1664	8
(unidentified)				7	1370–1799	5
William Noone	1678–1731	Nottingham	Nottingham	5	1684–1723	4
Thomas Hilton	1774–1810		Wath	4	1787	2
John Taylor & Co	from 1831	Loughborough	Loughborough, Leics	4	1873–1908	4
Augustine Bowler	1623–1648		Hull	3	1634	1
John Seliok	1470–1507	Nottingham	Nottingham	2	1520	2
Henry II Oldfield	1590–1620	Nottingham	Nottingham	2	1590–1611	2
Richard Mellours	1470–1508	Nottingham	Nottingham	2	1500	2
Thomas Bett	1521–1538	Leicester	Leicester	2	1538	1
Thomas II Mears	1806–1844	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, Gloucester	2	1841	1
? Somercotes	1420–1440			1	1430	1
Seliok (generic)	1499–1599	Nottingham	Nottingham	1		1
Samuel Midworth	1811–1851		Mansfield	1	1830	1
Thomas II Hedderly	1778–1784	Nottingham	Nottingham	1	1784	1
Thomas I Hedderly	1741–1778	Nottingham	Nottingham	1	1759	1
George Hedderly	1785–1793	Nottingham	Nottingham	1	1789	1
Daniel Hedderly	1703–1764	Nottingham	Hanbury, Bawtry, Lincoln	1	1732	1
Thomas II Heathcote	1623	Chesterfield		1	1623	1
George Heathcote	1525–1558	Chesterfield	Chesterfield	1		1
Total				51	1370–1908	17