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List of founders

Listing 736 founders who are in full-circle rings.
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NameFoundingGroupLocationBellsBells DatedRings
George Lee 1580–1618 Congleton 8 1590–1616 5
Joshua Kipling 1724–1745 Portsmouth 8 1737–1745 3
William Huntbatch 1687–1694 Worcester Worcester 8 1687–1693 2
Richard Hille 1423–1440 London Aldgate 8 1420–1440 7
George Hedderly 1785–1793 Nottingham Nottingham 8 1787–1791 7
Edward Hall 1726–1754 Drayton Parslow 8 1726–1754 6
William Culverden 1497–1522 London London 8 1510–1520 8
Edward Cockey 1823–1840 West Country Frome 8 1815–1845 5
William Clark 1701–1707 Evesham 8 1703–1707 4
Augustine Bowler 1623–1648 Hull 8 1626–1644 6
Thomas I, Thomas II & Abraham Bilbie West Country Chewstoke, Cullompton 8 1765 1
William Hull 1654–1687 Kent London, South Malling 8 1666–1687 7
Robert & James Wells 1792–1796 Aldbourne Aldbourne 7 1793–1796 7
Francis Tyler & Thomas Rudhall 1760–1761 Rudhall Gloucester 7 1760–1761 2
Richard Thomas(formerly 'RT') 1480–1520 Bristol Bristol 7 1480–1500 7
William Rufford 1380–1400 Toddington 7 1390–1399 6
ROS 1410–1499 7 1415–1499 5
William I Purdue 1572–1584 Purdue Closworth 7 1576–1584 7
Roger II Purdue 1649–1688 Purdue Bristol, Chichester, Salisbury 7 1658–1684 6
Robert Pennington 1608–1640 Pennington Bodmin 7 1622–1639 5
G & F Paccard 1796–1953 Non UK Annecy, France 7 1900–1953 2
Robert Mellours 1508–1525 Nottingham Nottingham 7 1510–1522 6
John Langhorne 1379–1406 London London 7 1380–1405 5
William II Land 1612–1637 London London 7 1613–1637 5
William II Knight 1536–1587 Reading Reading 7 1575–1586 6
Thomas Knight (of Closworth) 1692–1715 West Country Closworth 7 1692–1708 7
Henry III Knight 1672–1682 Reading Reading 7 1672–1681 6
Joanna (or Johanna) Hille 1440–1441 London Aldgate 7 1440–1445 5
H S 1451 Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds 7 1451–1499 6
Thomas Draper 1574–1595 Bury St Edmunds Thetford & Bury St Edmunds 7 1582–1593 7
John Dawton & Richard Tuck Salisbury Salisbury 7 1624–1626 7
Lewis Cockey 1681–1699 West Country Frome 7 1681–1696 4
Chandler (generic) Drayton Parslow 7 1666–1700 6
Thomas Bett 1521–1538 Leicester Leicester 7 1530–1538 5
Felix van Aerschodt to 1905 Non UK Louvain 7 1898–1900 1
Henry I Bond 1851–1905 Burford Westcot(-61), Burford(62-) 7 1897–1900 6
Petit & Fritsen 1971–2003 Non UK Aarle 7 1978–1983 4
Henry Williams 1677–1719 Glasbury 7 1701–1719 5
William I, William II & Thomas II Eldridge Chertsey 6 1699 1
Thomas Wood 1656–1665 Nott'ham/Thisk or Northallertn 6 1656–1664 6
William Wiseman from 1619 West Country Montacute 6 1623–1649 5
John C Wilson 1854–1890 Glasgow 6 1869–1884 2
Humphrey II Wilkinson 1695–1720 Lincoln 6 1701–1713 6
John White 1516–1540 Reading Reading 6 1510–1540 6
Peter de Weston 1328–1347 London London 6 1335–1350 6
J and N Westcott 1823 Bristol C19th Bristol 6 1823 1
Thomas Stone 1600–1650 it: S Wales 6 1614–1647 6
Edward I Seller 1699–1723 York York 6 1710–1723 6
Edward Read 1751–1753 Aldbourne Aldbourne 6 1751–1753 4
Thomas Purdue & Thomas Knight 1692–1709 Purdue 6 1693–1707 4
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