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List of founders

Listing the 736 founders who are in full-circle rings.
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NameFoundingGroupLocationBellsBells DatedRings
Thomas Church or Roger Reve Bury St Edmunds 1 1520 1
Thomas Wiseman Montacute, Somerset 1 1628 1
Henry I Oldfield and Robert Quernbie 1570–1589 Nottingham 1 1589 1
Thomas Mears (generic) Whitechapel Whitechapel, Middx 1 1827 1
N R Westcott 1828–1829 Bristol C19th 1 1828 1
Richard de Wymbish 1290–1315 London London 1 1350 1
John & Henry Wilnar 1636 Kent Borden 1 1636 1
William Wightman 1680–1697 London London 1 1682 1
James Wetmore 1652–1656 Frocester 1 1656 1
Hugh II Watts successor 1644–1646 Bedford, Leicester 1 1646 1
Wasbrough, Hale & Co 1830–1841 Bristol C19th Bristol 1 1831 1
John Wallis & John Dawton 1624 Salisbury Salisbury 1 1624 1
Walker & Co 1760–1762 Rotherham 1 1762 1
William Wakefield 1618–1632 Reading Reading, Chichester 1 1618 1
Jan Van Venlo Non UK 1 1447 1
John II Tosier 1715–1728 Salisbury Salisbury 1 1724 1
Thomas Thresher & William III Purdue 1641 Salisbury Salisbury 1 1641 1
John Thornton & John Waylett 1712 1 1712 1
Roger Tapsell 1600–1633 West Tarring 1 1611 1
T S 1622–1639 Gloucester 1 1668 1
T P (succ'r to Henry Williams) 1738–1740 Glasbury 1 1740 1
Stephen Swan 1609–1614 Kent (Kent) 1 1611 1
John Stevenson 1810–1847 Preston 1 1810 1
? Somercotes 1420–1440 1 1430 1
R Savery 1837–1839 West Country Taunton 1 1838 1
Sandre 1320 Gloucester 1 1320 1
Thomas & William Russell 1 1736 1
Richard Rock 1753–1760 Closworth 1 1753 1
Robert Rider 1351–1386 Cornhill 1 1370 1
William Revel 1350–1360 London London 1 1356 1
As Raskelf 1 1599 1
Ransomes & Sims 1853 Ipswich 1 1853 1
R M 1 1699 1
R G 1579–1585 Norwich Norwich 1 1579 1
R B (Chesterfield) 1500 1 1500 1
William III Purdue and W&T Covey Purdue 1 1660 1
Roger II Purdue and W&T Covey Purdue 1 1677 1
Roger II Purdue and William Covey Purdue 1 1677 1
Roger I Purdue & Nathaniel Bolter 1632–1637 Purdue 1 1632 1
William III Purdue & 'I A' 1660 Purdue 1 1660 1
Richard I & William III Purdue 1630–1638 Purdue 1 1633 1
John Purdue 1673 Purdue 1 1673 1
George I & Richard I Purdue 1614 Purdue Taunton 1 1614 1
George & William II Purdue Purdue 1 1615 1
William Powdrell 1434–1440 London London 1 1440 1
Henry Pinker 1494–1498 Salisbury Salisbury 1 1497 1
Richard Phillips 1698–1701 Pembroke 1 1701 1
Thomas III Pennington & John Stadler 1692–1702 Pennington 1 1692 1
John III [C] Pennington 1748–1789 Pennington Stoke Climsland 1 1770 1
John II [T] Pennington 1697–1709 Pennington Tavistock 1 1709 1
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