List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
Thomas Norris	1626–1678		Stamford	12	1631–1672	5
John Taylor & Co	from 1831	Loughborough	Loughborough, Leics	12	1864–1953	7
Joseph Eayre	1735–1772		St Neots	10	1743–1756	5
Thomas Osborn	1779–1806		St Neots, Downham Market	10	1787–1791	2
Thomas II Mears	1806–1849	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, Gloucester	7	1825–1840	3
Thomas Newman	1699–1745	Norwich	Cambridge, Norwich	6	1703–1704	2
Miles III Graye	1647–1686		it: Essex, Herts, Hunts	6	1653–1660	4
John Warner & Sons	1786–1921	Warner	Cripplegate	6	1860–1909	3
Mears & Stainbank	1865–1968	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	5	1962	1
John Draper	1599–1644		Thetford	4	1608–1634	3
Newcombe (generic)		Leicester	Leicester	3	1570–1599	2
Newcombe & Watts		Leicester		3	1592	1
(unidentified)				3	1710	1
Stephen I Tonne	1544–1546		Thaxted	2	1544	1
John Thornton	1708–1720		Sudbury	2	1719	1
Henry Penn	1703–1729		Peterborough	2	1716–1722	2
G Mears & Co	1858–1873	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	2	1864	1
Richard Holdfield	1595–1612		Cambridge	2	1608	1
W & J Taylor	1821–1854	Loughborough	Oxford	2	1839	1
John Briant	1779–1825		Hertford	2	1784–1807	2
William Watts	1587–1597		Bedford	1	1590	1
Stephen II Tonne & W Land		Bury St Edmunds	Bury St Edmunds	1	1582	1
John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd	1989–2005	Loughborough	Loughborough	1	1993	1
John Sturdy	1440–1458	London	London	1	1450	1
Thomas Russell	1712–1743		Wootton	1	1733	1
Tobias I Norris	1603–1626		Stamford	1	1620	1
Richard Nicholson	1590		Cambridge	1	1590	1
Richard Keene	1654–1703		Woodstock, Royston	1	1699	1
John Kebyll	1460–1485	London	London	1		1
William Haulsey	1615–1629		St Ives, Cambridge	1	1621	1
John Grene	1571–1575		it (? based on Hitchin?)	1	1575	1
Thomas I Eayre	1717–1757		Kettering	1	1720	1
Bury St Edmunds foundry				1	1480	1
William Dobson	1798–1832		Downham Market	1	1825	1
Total				115	1450–1993	23