List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
Edward Arnold	1761–1799		St Neots(-85), Leicester(84-)	124	1772–1798	57
Thomas (Castleman) III Bilbie	1781–1814	West Country	Cullompton	122	1782–1811	53
John Draper	1599–1644		Thetford	116	1599–1642	62
Exeter foundry	1399–1599			112	1399–1599	80
James III Harrison	1785–1833		Barrow and Barton	112	1788–1833	57
Bristol foundry	1350–1500	Bristol	Bristol	111	1350–1600	93
James Barwell & Co	1889–1920		Birmingham	111	1889–1920	51
Robert Taylor	1786–1830	Loughborough	St Neots, Oxford	110	1786–1829	54
Henry Penn	1703–1729		Peterborough	110	1704–1729	57
William Blews & Sons	1862–1891		Birmingham	110	1868–1888	36
Samuel Knight	1681–1739	Reading	Reading, London	110	1683–1739	47
Thomas I Eayre	1717–1757		Kettering	109	1718–1756	66
Thomas Norris	1626–1678		Stamford	108	1626–1678	72
Roger I Purdue	1605–1641	Purdue	Bristol	108	1606–1641	58
Joseph Hatch	1601–1639	Kent	Ulcombe	104	1602–1636	48
Newcombe (generic)		Leicester	Leicester	101	1550–1618	86
James Barwell	1870–1898		Birmingham	98	1870–1898	42
James Wells	1793–1825	Aldbourne	Aldbourne	93	1801–1826	48
Miles III Graye	1647–1686		it: Essex, Herts, Hunts	92	1647–1685	54
Samuel I Smith	1662–1709	York	York	90	1663–1709	65
William Noone	1678–1731	Nottingham	Nottingham	88	1678–1730	62
John II Brend	1634–1658	Norwich	Norwich	88	1615–1658	49
William & Alice Brend	1586–1634	Norwich	Norwich	87	1593–1633	43
Thomas Purdue	1647–1709	Purdue	Closworth	86	1649–1698	67
Henry III Bagley	1706–1746	Bagley	Chacombe(-06), Witney(10-),etc	82	1707–1746	42
John III [C] & Christopher IV Pennington	1781–1789	Pennington	Stoke Climsland	81	1781–1789	24
James Keene	1612–1654		Bedford, Woodstock	81	1618–1654	55
Robert Catlin	1738–1751	London	Holborn, London	81	1739–1751	31
Matthew I & Henry II Bagley	1679–1687	Bagley	Chacombe	80	1680–1687	20
William Chamberlain	1426–1456	London	Aldgate, London	79	1400–1499	49
William Brend	1582–1634	Norwich	Norwich	79	1583–1634	47
John Hodson	1653–1693	London	London	79	1653–1692	42
Brasyers of Norwich (generic)	1424–1513	Norwich		78	1450–1514	55
Henry II Bagley	1679–1703	Bagley	Chacombe(-87), Ecton(87-)	78	1679–1702	37
John Waylett	1703–1731		London, Bishop's Stortford & it	77	1704–1731	41
Henry I Knight	1587–1622	Reading	Reading	75	1587–1622	47
Thomas Bayley	1741–1773	West Country	Bridgwater	73	1743–1773	40
Salisbury foundry	1380–1550	Salisbury	Salisbury	72	1380–1599	62
Joseph Smith	1701–1735		Edgbaston	71	1703–1729	25
Thomas I Hedderly	1741–1778	Nottingham	Nottingham	69	1741–1778	50
Hugh I Watts	1593–1615	Leicester	Leicester	68	1593–1614	50
Matthew Higby & Co	from 2008	West Country	Holcombe	67	2015–2025	20
Evan II & William Evans	1718–1727	Chepstow	Chepstow	66	1718–1726	20
Naylor, Vickers & Co	1855–1874		Sheffield	65	1857–1874	15
Gillett & Co	1883–1892	Gillett	Croydon	63	1883–1891	29
Tobias III Norris	1662–1699		Stamford	62	1662–1699	41
Tobias I Norris	1603–1626		Stamford	62	1603–1626	52
Thomas Janaway	1762–1788		Chelsea	62	1763–1788	20
Anthony Chandler	1650–1679		Drayton Parslow	62	1650–1675	32
Evan I Evans	1686–1724	Chepstow	Chepstow	61	1695–1722	24