List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
Henry Tapsell	1577–1604		Sussex	2	1585–1599	2
Thomas Stafford	1630–1653		Penrith	2	1631	1
Caleb Squire	1840–1846	West Country	Buckland Brewer	2	1840–1846	2
James Smith (of Closworth)	1762–1767		Closworth	2	1764–1767	2
Gabriel Smith	1710		Congleton	2	1710	1
John Sleyt	1380–1400			2	1399	2
Simon Severey ('Crostwight Group')	1440–1454		London; Norfolk	2	1450	2
R B (of York)	1593	York	York	2	1593	1
Robert Quernbie AND Henry II Oldfield	1593	Nottingham	Nottingham	2	1593	1
Roger II & Richard III Purdue	1681–1684	Purdue	Bristol	2	1682–1684	2
William Preston	1555–1595	West Country	Crediton	2	1550–1595	2
John &/or George Poole	1557–1584		Yetminster	2	1580–1584	2
William Pennington	1769–1781	Pennington	Stoke Climsland	2	1741	1
Thomas [T] & John [E] Pennington	1653–1654	Pennington		2	1653–1654	2
John I [T] & John II [T] Pennington	1697–1706	Pennington	Tavistock	2	1697–1706	2
Fitzanthony I Pennington	1656–1676	Pennington	Lezant	2	1656	2
C & J Oliver	1810–1845	London	Bethnal Green	2	1845	1
George III Oldfield	1732–1741	Nottingham	Nottingham	2	1736–1738	2
Matthew Norris	1596–1597		Stamford, & it	2	1597	2
Richard Nicholson	1590		Cambridge	2	1590	2
Stephen March	1707–1710		unknown ? Closworth ?	2	1707–1710	2
Isaac Kingston	1801–1803	West Country	Bridgwater	2	1801	2
Richard Kerner	1500–1505	Kent	Canterbury	2	1500	2
James and Richard Keene	1652			2	1652	1
Henry Jordan	1442–1465	London	London	2	1460–1499	2
John Hodson & William Whitmore	1647–1657			2	1653	1
John Hedderly	1726–1733		Bawtry	2	1733	1
Paul Heathcote	1617–1619	Chesterfield	Chesterfield	2	1617	2
John Harvey	1786–1832		Hayle	2	1790–1820	2
Andrew Gurney (of Hull)	1676–1678		Hull	2	1676	2
John Grene	1571–1575		it (? based on Hitchin?)	2	1571–1575	2
Henry Farmer & James Keene	1623		Evesham	2	1623	1
John Draper & Andrew Gurney			Thetford	2	1621–1630	2
Thomas Derby	1450	King's Lynn	King's Lynn	2	1450	1
(Henry?) Derby	1300–1399	King's Lynn	King's Lynn	2	1350–1399	2
Copperhouse Foundry	1825–1832	West Country	Hayle	2	1828–1832	2
John Clibury	1590–1605		Wellington, Salop	2	1590	2
Thomas Clay	1711–1715	Leicester	Leicester	2	1711–1715	2
Thomas & Elias Brend		Norwich	Norwich	2	1659–1664	2
Nathaniel Bolter & Humphrey Keene	1629		Buckingham	2	1629	1
Richard Benetlye	1585	Leicester	Leicester	2	1585	2
Godwin Baker	1615–1623	Worcester	Worcester	2	1615	2
Bagley (generic)		Bagley		2	1687–1700	2
James (L) Bagley	1710–1718	Bagley	London	2	1712	2
James Bagley	1746	Bagley	(NOT London)	2	1746	2
William Apsey	1678–1687		Nettlecombe, Som	2	1681–1684	2
Samuel Goslin	1887–1920		Bishopsgate	2	1893–1894	1
Meeks, Watson & Co	from 1991	Non UK	Georgetown, OH, USA	2	2015	1
Daniel Hedderly and John Hedderly				1	1725	1
George I Oldfield OR William I Oldfield			Doncaster	1	1623	1