List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
Thomas I, Thomas II & Abraham Bilbie		West Country	Chewstoke, Cullompton	8	1765	1
William Elery & Thomas Roskelly		West Country	Closworth	1	1752	1
Thomas & William Knight		West Country	Closworth	1	1709	1
John Wiseman		West Country	Montacute	3	1639–1641	2
Thomas & William Bilbie		West Country	Chewstoke	1	1775	1
Thomas III Bilbie		West Country		3	1790–1810	3
John II Fathers	to 1749	West Country	Montacute	1	1749	1
Thomas Hey	1350–1375	West Country	Montacute	6	1350–1399	6
Robert Norton	1435–1499	West Country	Exeter	24	1420–1499	24
Robert Russell	1450–1500	West Country	Exeter	11	1470–1499	7
William Preston	1555–1595	West Country	Crediton	2	1550–1595	2
Thomas Birdall	1570–1609	West Country	Exeter	10	1590–1605	7
John I Birdall	1572–1609	West Country	Exeter	2	1570–1607	2
Robert Wiseman	1589–1619	West Country	Montacute	32	1590–1619	26
John II Birdall	1609–1624	West Country	Exeter	4	1616–1624	4
Robert I Austen	1618–1648	West Country	Compton Dundon	27	1618–1648	25
William Wiseman	from 1619	West Country	Montacute	9	1623–1649	8
William & John Wiseman	1622–1649	West Country	Montacute	5	1629–1641	4
John I Lott	1624–1663	West Country	Warminster	38	1624–1662	28
John Beaskam	1641–1714	West Country	Cornwall	5	1641–1700	5
Robert II Austen	1649–1668	West Country	Compton Dundon	30	1649–1668	28
John II Lott	1663–1691	West Country	Warminster	13	1667–1684	12
Mordecai Cockey	1666–1701	West Country	Totnes	7	1678–1701	7
Robert II Austen & Thomas Bickham	1669–1671	West Country		2	1670	2
Lewis Cockey	1681–1699	West Country	Frome	11	1681–1697	8
Thomas I Wroth	1684–1722	West Country	Wellington (Som)	38	1684–1721	28
Thomas Knight (of Closworth)	1692–1715	West Country	Closworth	11	1692–1712	10
John Stadler	1693–1719	West Country	Chulmleigh	13	1693–1719	10
William Cockey	1693–1751	West Country	Frome	70	1706–1751	45
Edward Bilbie	1698–1723	West Country	Chewstoke	49	1698–1723	26
Richard Lott	1699–1707	West Country	Warminster	1	1703	1
William Knight	1709–1747	West Country	Closworth	48	1717–1747	33
Edward Lott	1711–1718	West Country	Warminster	1	1711	1
Ambrose Gooding	1713–1755	West Country	Plymouth	12	1714–1751	9
Thomas II Wroth	1721–1751	West Country	Wellington (Som)	52	1721–1750	39
Joseph Badman	1723–1725	West Country	(Som)	1	1723	1
Thomas I Bilbie	1724–1768	West Country	Chewstoke(&Cullompton 1746-54)	246	1725–1768	99
William Elery	1732–1752	West Country	Closworth	4	1749–1752	4
James Burrough	1738–1755	West Country	Devizes	17	1745–1754	10
Thomas Bayley	1741–1773	West Country	Bridgwater	78	1743–1773	45
Bayley & Street	1749–1753	West Country	Bridgwater	10	1750–1753	6
Bayley, Street & Co	1753–1756	West Country	Bridgwater	7	1753–1756	6
Thomas II Bilbie	1754–1780	West Country	Cullompton	171	1754–1782	59
Abraham Bilbie	1768–1773	West Country	Chewstoke	29	1768–1773	12
William Bilbie	1775–1790	West Country	Chewstoke	68	1775–1790	44
Thomas Pyke	1775–1792	West Country	Bridgwater	17	1776–1792	13
Thomas (Castleman) III Bilbie	1781–1814	West Country	Cullompton	125	1782–1811	56
George Davis	1782–1799	West Country	Bridgwater	25	1782–1799	20
Thomas & James Bilbie	1791–1811	West Country	Chewstoke	29	1791–1811	21
John Kingston	1798–1833	West Country	Bridgwater	41	1815–1829	31