List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
Hugh II Watts	1615–1643		Bedford, Leicester	9	1616–1640	5
John Briant	1779–1825		Hertford	6	1793–1803	3
William Clark & Michael Bushell	1706–1707		Evesham	4	1707	1
Newcombe (generic)		Leicester	Leicester	3	1600–1612	3
James Barwell & Co	1889–1920		Birmingham	3	1907	1
Henry I Bagley	1631–1684	Bagley	Chacombe	3	1649–1677	2
John Warner & Sons	1786–1921	Warner	Cripplegate	3	1876	1
John Taylor & Co	from 1831	Loughborough	Loughborough, Leics	3	1886–1985	2
Edward Newcombe	1570–1616	Leicester	Bedford, Leicester	2	1595	1
Geoffrey Giles	1583–1585		Coventry	2	1583	1
Watts (generic)	1590–1613	Leicester	Leicester	1	1592	1
Joseph Smith	1701–1735		Edgbaston	1	1707	1
Richard I Purdue	1598–1640	Purdue	Glastonbury, Stoford, etc	1	1624	1
Robert Mellours	1508–1525	Nottingham	Nottingham	1	1520	1
Matthew III Bagley	1740–1782	Bagley	Chacombe(-1782), Wolverhampton	1	1763	1
George Mears	1844–1865	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1859	1
Total				44	1520–1985	11