List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
John Taylor & Co	from 1831	Loughborough	Loughborough, Leics	88	1889–2020	19
John Warner & Sons	1786–1921	Warner	Cripplegate	67	1862–1915	15
Mears & Stainbank	1865–1968	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	61	1879–1968	19
Whitechapel Bell Foundry	1968–2017	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	26	1969–2010	10
Alfred Bowell	1896–1939		Ipswich	20	1912–1938	5
Thomas II Mears	1806–1849	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, Gloucester	16	1810–1843	6
Gillett & Johnston	1887–1955	Gillett	Croydon	16	1925–1952	6
Miles I Graye	1598–1649		Colchester	12	1602–1641	10
Thomas Gardiner	1709–1760		Sudbury	11	1712–1754	7
Thomas Osborn	1779–1806		St Neots, Downham Market	9	1781–1782	2
Bowditch & Higby	1989–2014	West Country	Dulcote	8	1997	1
Patrick & Osborn	1782	London	London	7	1782	1
Taylors, Eayre & Smith	2005–2009	Loughborough	Loughborough	6	2006–2007	2
Thomas I Mears	1787–1806	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	6	1794–1804	4
John Briant	1779–1825		Hertford	6	1794–1819	4
George Mears	1844–1865	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	6	1858–1862	2
Thomas Bartlet	1616–1632	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, London	5	1621–1629	2
Robert Catlin	1738–1751	London	Holborn, London	5	1744	1
Henry Pleasant	1691–1707		Sudbury	4	1701–1705	4
Robert Oldfield	1604–1640		Hertford	4	1613–1629	2
John Darbie	1651–1691		Ipswich	4	1671–1682	3
Anthony Bartlet	1640–1675	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, London	4	1664–1675	2
John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd	1989–2005	Loughborough	Loughborough	3	2001	1
William Mears	1777–1791	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	3	1778	1
Miles III Graye	1647–1686		it: Essex, Herts, Hunts	3	1657–1683	3
William Chapman	1781	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, London	3	1781	1
James Butler	1604–1633		? Bishop's Stortford	3	1632	1
Lester & Pack	1752–1769	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	3	1753–1768	3
John Waylett	1703–1731		London, Bishop's Stortford & it	2	1705–1724	2
Charles & George Mears	1843–1861	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	2	1844–1847	2
Joanna (or Johanna) Hille	1440–1441	London	Aldgate	2	1440	1
Richard Bowler & Richard Holdfield	1601			2	1601	1
Thomas Lester	1735–1752	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	2	1749	1
Pack & Chapman	1769–1781	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	2	1774–1780	1
John Hodson	1653–1693	London	London	2	1653–1663	2
Henry Bowell	1896–1899		Ipswich	2	1898	1
John Wood	1691–1699	London	(it),London, Essex	1	1694	1
Wokingham foundry	1380–1499			1	1350	1
William & Philip Wightman				1	1692	1
William Whitmore (of Worcs, Watford)	1624–1657		Worcs, Watford	1	1653	1
Peter de Weston	1328–1347	London	London	1	1350	1
John Thornton	1708–1720		Sudbury	1	1717	1
John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd	1978–1989	Loughborough	Loughborough	1	1982	1
Roger Reve	1527–1533	Bury St Edmunds	Bury St Edmunds	1	1530	1
Robert Mot	1570–1606	Whitechapel	Houndsditch, Whitechapel	1	1581	1
William & Thomas Mears	1787–1791	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1787	1
London foundry				1	1380	1
London ('Balcombe shield')	1400–1599			1	1499	1
Miles II Graye	1634–1665		?	1	1641	1
Michael Darbie	1650–1682		it: SE England	1	1671	1