List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
Thomas II Mears	1806–1849	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, Gloucester	10	1813–1841	3
Hugh I Watts	1593–1615	Leicester	Leicester	8	1603–1610	4
Christopher Graye	1653–1683		(it), Ampthill, Haddenham, ...	5	1655–1663	4
(unidentified)				5	1599–1711	4
John Taylor & Co	from 1831	Loughborough	Loughborough, Leics	4	1883–1914	3
Charles & George Mears	1843–1861	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	3	1847–1856	2
John Dier	1577–1602		Hitchin; it: Essex	3	1593–1600	2
John Danyell succ'r ('Brede')	1470–1486	London	London	3	1486–1499	2
William Chamberlain	1426–1456	London	Aldgate, London	3	1499	1
John Taylor	1825–1849	Loughborough	Buckland Brewer, Oxf'd, L'boro	2	1841–1843	2
James Keene	1612–1654		Bedford, Woodstock	2	1618–1625	2
Joseph Eayre	1735–1772		St Neots	2	1759–1770	2
Richard III Chandler	1674–1723		Drayton Parslow	2	1681–1723	2
Watts (generic)	1590–1613	Leicester	Leicester	1	1597	1
Hugh II Watts	1615–1643		Bedford, Leicester	1	1634	1
Robert Taylor	1786–1830	Loughborough	St Neots, Oxford	1	1814	1
Thomas Russell	1712–1743		Wootton	1	1716	1
Edward Newcombe	1570–1616	Leicester	Bedford, Leicester	1	1617	1
Thomas & John Eayre	1716–1718			1	1717	1
Chandler (generic)			Drayton Parslow	1	1683	1
Anthony Chandler	1650–1679		Drayton Parslow	1	1663	1
William Hull	1654–1687	Kent	London, South Malling	1	1666	1
Total				61	1486–1914	16