List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
William Cockey	1693–1751	West Country	Frome	60	1713–1751	35
Thomas Lester	1735–1752	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	60	1739–1752	37
Robert Stainbank	1861–1883	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	60	1867–1869	20
William I Oldfield	1607–1652		Doncaster	59	1609–1652	51
William Bilbie	1775–1790	West Country	Chewstoke	59	1775–1790	35
Joseph Carter	1578–1609	Whitechapel	Reading(-06),Whitechapel(06-)	58	1578–1609	42
William Mears	1777–1791	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	57	1777–1787	20
Thomas II Pennington	1620–1642	Pennington	Exeter	55	1620–1642	40
John Wilnar	1618–1639	Kent	Borden	53	1620–1639	26
Penningtons	1761–1765	Pennington	Lezant	53	1762–1768	17
James Bartlet	1675–1700	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, London	53	1680–1700	22
Richard Sanders	1703–1738		Bromsgrove, & it	52	1703–1737	22
Richard I Purdue	1598–1640	Purdue	Glastonbury, Stoford, etc	52	1600–1640	46
William Clibury	1605–1642		Wellington, Salop	52	1605–1642	37
Worcester foundry	1350–1440	Worcester	Worcester	51	1349–1649	41
Robert II Wells	1781–1798	Aldbourne	Aldbourne	49	1781–1793	31
John IV Pennington	1790–1819	Pennington	Stoke Climsland	49	1799–1819	25
Robert I Wells	1763–1781	Aldbourne	Aldbourne	48	1750–1781	29
Henry Pleasant	1691–1707		Sudbury	47	1693–1707	32
John II Martin	1661–1693	Worcester	Worcester	47	1661–1684	26
Chapman & Mears	1781–1784	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	47	1781–1784	17
Thomas II Wroth	1721–1751	West Country	Wellington (Som)	46	1721–1750	35
George Purdue	1598–1623	Purdue	Taunton	46	1599–1623	33
Robert Oldfield	1604–1640		Hertford	46	1607–1640	27
William I Eldridge	1660–1716	Wokingham	Wokingham, Chertsey	46	1660–1714	33
Edward Bilbie	1698–1723	West Country	Chewstoke	46	1698–1723	23
William III Purdue	1633–1673	Purdue	Salisbury, Bristol, etc	45	1637–1669	38
Seliok (generic)	1499–1599	Nottingham	Nottingham	44	1499–1599	36
Charles Newman	1684–1709	Norwich	Norwich	44	1686–1710	33
Henry II Knight	1651–1672	Reading	Reading	44	1640–1672	30
Samuel II Smith	1693–1731	York	York	42	1709–1731	29
Wokingham foundry	1380–1499			41	1350–1528	33
William & Thomas Mears	1787–1791	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	41	1787–1791	16
Henry II Harrison	1766–1778		Barrow on Humber	40	1768–1776	16
John Kingston	1798–1833	West Country	Bridgwater	39	1815–1829	29
Bryan II Eldridge	1636–1661		Chertsey, Coventry	39	1639–1660	27
John Danyell succ'r ('Brede')	1470–1486	London	London	39	1456–1499	29
Richard III Chandler	1674–1723		Drayton Parslow	39	1674–1723	32
John Stephens	1717–1727	Norwich	Norwich	38	1717–1727	25
Edward II Seller	1725–1763	York	York	38	1729–1763	23
Thomas Russell	1712–1743		Wootton	38	1712–1743	27
Mellours (generic)		Nottingham	Nottingham	38	1499–1550	33
William Knight	1709–1747	West Country	Closworth	38	1717–1747	24
Thomas I Wroth	1684–1722	West Country	Wellington (Som)	37	1684–1721	27
Robert Atton	1605–1633		Buckingham	37	1610–1631	26
John I Pennington ('IP')	1623–1665	Pennington	Monmouth	36	1623–1664	27
John Murphy	1843–1875	Non UK	Dublin	36	1844–1872	7
John I Martin	1644–1660	Worcester	Worcester	35	1638–1660	25
Thomas Gefferies	1505–1545	Bristol	Bristol	35	1499–1599	32
Charles & John Rudhall	1783–1787	Rudhall	Gloucester	34	1782–1787	17