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List of founders

Listing the 736 founders who are in full-circle rings.
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NameFoundingGroupLocationBellsBells DatedRings
W K 1624–1640 4 1624–1634 3
Thomas Roskelly 1750–1768 Closworth 4 1750–1758 4
William III & Thomas Purdue 1652–1653 Purdue Salisbury 4 1652–1653 3
J Potter successor (?? IB ??) 1420 York York 4 1400–1420 4
John I [T] Pennington & John Stadler 1698 Pennington 4 1698 1
Thomas [T] & John I [T] Pennington 1653–1669 Pennington Tavistock 4 1658–1669 4
Christopher I Pennington 1668–1689 Pennington Bodmin 4 1681–1687 4
John Palmar (Canterbury) 1635–1656 Kent Canterbury 4 1638–1656 3
William Oldfield (of Canterbury) 1538–1561 Kent Canterbury 4 1550–1561 4
Stephen Norton 1362–1381 London London 4 1370–1380 4
Ellis II, Francis & Henry III Knight 1656–1658 Reading Reading 4 1656–1658 1
Ellis & Francis Knight 1647–1656 Reading Reading 4 1647–1654 3
Humphrey & James Keene 1626–1640 Woodstock 4 1640 1
Heathcote (generic) Chesterfield Chesterfield 4 1520–1610 4
John I Green 1595–1608 Worcester Worcester 4 1596–1600 3
French (generic) 1458–1567 Non UK 4 1432–1567 3
William Elery 1732–1752 West Country Closworth 4 1749–1752 4
Islip Edmunds 1764–1767 (Bedfordshire) 4 1764–1767 4
Thomas Cheese 1603–1632 Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds 4 1618–1632 2
Richard I Chandler 1635–1638 Drayton Parslow 4 1635–1638 4
Robert Chamberlain 1420–1426 London Aldgate, London 4 1420–1499 4
Michael Bushell 1701–1707 Evesham 4 1707 1
Brend (generic) Norwich Norwich 4 1592–1628 4
John II Brend & John Draper Norwich Norwich 4 1636 1
Joseph Bradwell 1822–1828 Richmond 4 1824 2
Anthony Bond 1610–1636 (Hants & Dorset) 4 1621–1626 3
John II Birdall 1609–1624 West Country Exeter 4 1616–1624 4
John Bilbie 1814 West Country Cullompton 4 1814 1
John Beaskam 1641–1714 West Country Cornwall 4 1641–1700 4
R Apsey & Thomas Bickham 4 1670–1671 4
Thomas Andrew 1598 Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds 4 1598 1
George I Oldfield and Paul Hutton 1620–1647 Nottingham and Congleton 3 1622 3
Yapton group 1349–1374 Southern England 3 1350–1374 2
William Warwick 1450–1480 Bristol Bristol 3 1450–1465 3
Aaron Walker and Joseph Ludlam 1750 Rotherham 3 1750 2
Thomas Wakefield 1610–1628 Chichester 3 1615–1618 2
Staffordshire founder 1350–1400 3 1399 2
Abraham Smith & William Curedon 1652–1662 3 1653–1662 3
Shaftesbury foundry Dorset 3 1399–1499 3
William Seller & Humphrey Wilkinson 1682–1688 3 1683–1688 3
William Scott 1665–1710 Wigan Wigan 3 1691–1710 3
Sarum 1400–1499 Salisbury Salisbury 3 1420–1490 2
Alan Rous(e) 1350–1361 3 1355 1
Giles Reve 1584–1592 Kent Kent 3 1588–1592 3
R B (of Hants) 1571–1624 (Hants) 3 1601–1611 2
R (possibly R W) 1360–1370 Winchester (possibly) 3 1350–1360 3
Richard I & Roger I Purdue 1630 Purdue 3 1630 2
Christopher III & John III [C] Pennington 1748 Pennington Lezant 3 1748 1
William de Norwich 1375–1385 Norwich Norwich 3 1380 2
Samuel Newton & John Peele 1703–1705 London London 3 1703–1705 3
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