List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
Roger II Purdue	1649–1688	Purdue	Bristol, Chichester, Salisbury	13	1658–1684	11
Roger II & Richard III Purdue	1681–1684	Purdue	Bristol	3	1681–1684	3
Thomas Purdue	1647–1709	Purdue	Closworth	107	1647–1698	88
W & R Purdue		Purdue		2	1654–1665	2
William I Purdue	1572–1584	Purdue	Closworth	10	1563–1607	10
William II Purdue	1596–1615	Purdue	Bristol, Salisbury, Chichester	10	1596–1615	10
William III Purdue	1633–1673	Purdue	Salisbury, Bristol, etc	60	1637–1669	50
William III & Richard II Purdue	1649–1663	Purdue	Bristol	34	1649–1663	16
William III & Roger II Purdue	1633–1673	Purdue	Salisbury,etc	13	1664–1669	9
William III & Thomas Purdue	1652–1653	Purdue	Salisbury	5	1652–1653	4
William III Purdue and Francis Foster		Purdue		1	1655	1
William III, Roger II, and John Purdue	1670	Purdue	Salisbury etc	2	1670	1
Thomas Pyke	1775–1792	West Country	Bridgwater	17	1776–1792	13
Robert Quernbie AND Henry II Oldfield	1593	Nottingham	Nottingham	3	1593	2
R (possibly R W)	1360–1370		Winchester (possibly)	3	1350–1360	3
R B (Chesterfield)	1500			1	1500	1
R B (Nottingham)	1560–1593			5	1570–1593	5
R B (of Hants)	1571–1624		(Hants)	3	1601–1611	2
R B (of York)	1593	York	York	2	1593	1
R C	1450	Nottingham	Nottingham	39	1370–1550	30
R G	1579–1585	Norwich	Norwich	3	1579–1583	3
R M				1	1699	1
S R			Wigan	1	1790	1
Ransomes & Sims	1853		Ipswich	1	1853	1
Raskelf group				3	1550	3
As Raskelf				1	1599	1
Edward Read	1751–1753	Aldbourne	Aldbourne	6	1751–1753	4
Reading foundry				19	1500–1699	17
Giles Reve	1584–1592	Kent	Kent	5	1588–1592	5
Roger Reve	1527–1533	Bury St Edmunds	Bury St Edmunds	14	1527–1533	10
William Revel	1350–1360	London	London	6	1350–1356	5
George T Richardson			York	1	1811	1
Job Rider	1807–1833		Belfast	1	1832	1
Robert Rider	1351–1386		Cornhill	4	1360–1370	4
Alexander Rigby	1679–1708		Stamford	29	1679–1707	16
John Riston	from 1299	King's Lynn	King's Lynn	1	1320	1
Thomas Roberts	1677–1700		Shrewsbury	32	1677–1700	23
I Robinson	from 1787		Penrith	1	1787	1
Richard Rock	1753–1760		Closworth	1	1753	1
ROS	1410–1499			8	1380–1499	6
Thomas Roskelly	1750–1768		Closworth	6	1750–1758	6
Alan Rous(e)	1350–1361			3	1355	1
Nicholas Rous			London	3	1348–1350	2
A Rouse				1	1350	1
Rudhall (generic)			Gloucester	2	1799	2
Abel Rudhall	1736–1760	Rudhall	Gloucester	514	1734–1760	219
Abraham I Rudhall	1679–1718	Rudhall	Gloucester	708	1684–1718	279
Abraham II Rudhall	1718–1735	Rudhall	Gloucester	730	1700–1735	244
Charles & John Rudhall	1783–1787	Rudhall	Gloucester	36	1781–1787	19
John Rudhall	1783–1835	Rudhall	Gloucester	385	1773–1835	216