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List of founders

Listing the 11 founders who cast bells which are in full-circle rings which are in the lieutenancy area of Berkshire, and have 5 bells and no semitone bells.
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NameFoundingGroupLocationBellsBells DatedRings
Henry I Knight 1587–1622 Reading Reading 3 1592–1619 2
Wokingham foundry 1380–1499 2 1499 1
Mears & Stainbank 1865–1968 Whitechapel Whitechapel 2 1927–1937 1
William Taylor 1843–1854 Loughborough Oxford 1 1846 1
John Stares 1744–1746 Aldbourne Aldbourne 1 1744 1
Edward Read 1751–1753 Aldbourne Aldbourne 1 1753 1
William III Purdue 1633–1673 Purdue Salisbury, Bristol, etc 1 1661 1
William II Knight 1536–1587 Reading Reading 1 1576 1
Ellis I Knight 1623–1658 Reading Reading 1 1639 1
Joseph Carter 1578–1609 Whitechapel Reading(-06),Whitechapel(06-) 1 1588 1
R Beconsall (or Ralph Brooke?) 1571–1624 it: Sussex & Hants 1 1601 1
Total 15 1499–1937 3
Showing all 11 founders
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