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Listing the 735 founders who are in full-circle rings.
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NameFoundingGroupLocationBellsBells DatedRings
William III & Richard II Purdue 1649–1663 Purdue Bristol 33 1649–1663 15
John I Lott 1624–1663 West Country Warminster 33 1624–1662 23
Christopher Graye 1653–1683 (it), Ampthill, Haddenham, ... 33 1655–1680 24
William Bagley 1681–1712 Bagley Chacombe 33 1685–1708 15
Christopher IV & John IV Pennington 1790–1798 Pennington Stoke Climsland 32 1790–1797 11
William and Robert Cor 1696–1724 Aldbourne Aldbourne 32 1696–1724 18
Thomas Blackbourn 1890–1905 Salisbury Salisbury 32 1899–1905 15
William Taylor 1843–1854 Loughborough Oxford 31 1843–1854 21
Robert Wiseman 1589–1619 West Country Montacute 30 1590–1619 24
Westley Group from 2017 Newcastle under Lyme 30 2017–2022 12
John II [C] Pennington 1713–1739 Pennington Lezant 30 1713–1739 15
London foundry 30 1340–1550 24
I T 1440–1450 Exeter 30 1440–1499 23
Henry Dand 1558–1598 Nottingham Nottingham 30 1570–1592 27
John [E] Pennington 1635–1667 Pennington Exeter 29 1648–1667 24
William Oldfield (of Bradford) 1600–1636 poss Bradford 29 1600–1635 26
Matthew I Bagley 1679–1690 Bagley Chacombe(-87), Evesham(87-) 29 1679–1689 15
Hayward Mills Associates 2000–2009 Nottingham 29 2000–2009 16
Unidentified (inscribed) 28 1370–1699 25
Alexander Rigby 1679–1708 Stamford 28 1679–1707 15
Henry I Oldfield 1539–1589 Nottingham Nottingham 28 1540–1589 24
London ('Balcombe shield') 1400–1599 28 1425–1499 23
Thomas & James Bilbie 1791–1811 West Country Chewstoke 28 1791–1811 20
Christopher Hodson 1669–1696 London, SMaryCray, Newcastle 28 1679–1694 13
Thomas Swain 1751–1781 Longford 27 1752–1777 12
Christopher III Pennington 1722–1759 Pennington Lezant 27 1722–1758 16
William Haulsey 1615–1629 St Ives, Cambridge 27 1617–1628 17
Thomas II Eayre 1757–1762 Kettering 27 1757–1762 13
Robert Dalton 1785–1803 York York 27 1785–1792 9
Thomas II Clibury 1650–1673 Wellington, Salop 27 1651–1671 21
Abraham Bilbie 1768–1773 West Country Chewstoke 27 1768–1773 10
Robert Mot 1570–1606 Whitechapel Houndsditch, Whitechapel 26 1575–1602 21
Moore, Holmes & Mackenzie 1879–1885 Redenhall 26 1879–1883 8
Bowditch & Higby 1989–2014 West Country Dulcote 26 2004–2012 6
Matthew III Bagley 1740–1782 Bagley Chacombe(-1782), Wolverhampton 26 1752–1782 19
Robert II Austen 1649–1668 West Country Compton Dundon 26 1649–1668 24
Philip Wightman 1685–1702 London London 25 1693–1702 8
Thomas III Pennington 1669–1720 Pennington Exeter 25 1669–1713 18
Roger Semson 1550–1599 Ash Priors 24 1550–1599 23
John Seliok 1470–1507 Nottingham Nottingham 24 1470–1520 20
Thomas II Newcombe 1562–1580 Leicester Leicester 24 1560–1580 20
Joseph Mallows 1750–1760 East Dereham 24 1750–1760 11
Thomas C Lewis 1877–1888 London Brixton 24 1878–1884 7
Leicester foundry Leicester Leicester 24 1380–1616 22
John Finch 1628–1664 Hereford Hereford 24 1625–1658 19
Bryan I Eldridge 1618–1640 Horsham, Chertsey 24 1619–1640 20
Bury St Edmunds foundry 24 1450–1550 21
Jefferies & Price 1832–1854 Bristol C19th Bristol 24 1838–1854 15
George Davis 1782–1799 West Country Bridgwater 24 1782–1799 19
Thomas Roberts 1677–1700 Shrewsbury 23 1677–1700 14
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