List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
Mears & Stainbank	1865–1968	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	60	1872–1966	14
Whitechapel Bell Foundry	1968–2017	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	29	1970–2005	7
Ellis I Knight	1623–1658	Reading	Reading	15	1630–1642	6
John Warner & Sons	1786–1921	Warner	Cripplegate	13	1868–1914	4
Thomas Swain	1751–1781		Longford	11	1771–1775	3
Thomas II Mears	1806–1849	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, Gloucester	7	1822–1826	3
John Taylor & Co	from 1831	Loughborough	Loughborough, Leics	7	1912–1973	2
Thomas I Mears	1787–1806	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	6	1793	1
Roger I Purdue	1605–1641	Purdue	Bristol	6	1629–1637	2
William Whitmore (of Worcs, Watford)	1624–1657		Worcs, Watford	5	1649–1650	2
Henry III Bagley	1706–1746	Bagley	Chacombe(-06), Witney(10-),etc	5	1723–1742	2
Richard Phelps	1700–1738	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	5	1706–1730	2
John Wallis	1580–1624	Salisbury	Salisbury	4	1612–1614	1
Henry I Knight	1587–1622	Reading	Reading	4	1610–1613	3
Robert Catlin	1738–1751	London	Holborn, London	4	1740–1743	1
Alfred Bowell	1896–1939		Ipswich	4	1915–1926	1
Henry III Knight	1672–1682	Reading	Reading	3	1678–1681	2
John Cor	1728–1741	Aldbourne	Aldbourne	3	1728–1740	1
George Mears	1844–1865	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	3	1860–1863	2
John Wiseman		West Country	Montacute	2	1639	1
John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd	1978–1989	Loughborough	Loughborough	2	1982	1
Henry II Knight	1651–1672	Reading	Reading	2	1660–1669	2
Joseph Carter	1578–1609	Whitechapel	Reading(-06),Whitechapel(06-)	2	1584–1589	2
Samuel Knight	1681–1739	Reading	Reading, London	2	1703–1704	1
Gillett & Johnston	1887–1955	Gillett	Croydon	2	1948	1
Wokingham foundry	1380–1499			1	1399	1
William Taylor	1843–1854	Loughborough	Oxford	1	1845	1
William & Thomas Mears	1787–1791	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1787	1
William II Knight	1536–1587	Reading	Reading	1	1576	1
Ellis II & Henry III Knight	1656–1677	Reading	Reading	1	1656	1
William and Robert Cor	1696–1724	Aldbourne	Aldbourne	1	1724	1
Robert I Cor	1694–1715	Aldbourne	Aldbourne	1	1702	1
Thomas Lester	1735–1752	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1741	1
Lester & Pack	1752–1769	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1759	1
James Wells	1793–1825	Aldbourne	Aldbourne	1	1804	1
Total				216	1399–2005	27