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List of founders

Listing the 21 founders who cast bells which are in full-circle rings which are in the lieutenancy area of Essex, have 5 bells, and are unringable.
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NameFoundingGroupLocationBellsBells DatedRings
John Warner & Sons 1786–1921 Warner Cripplegate 5 1886–1892 1
John Hodson 1653–1693 London London 4 1664–1665 2
Henry Pleasant 1691–1707 Sudbury 3 1705 1
Robert Mot 1570–1606 Whitechapel Houndsditch, Whitechapel 3 1599 1
William II Land 1612–1637 London London 3 1624 1
Thomas Gardiner 1709–1760 Sudbury 3 1724–1734 2
Robert Oldfield 1604–1640 Hertford 2 1614 1
Miles III Graye 1647–1686 it: Essex, Herts, Hunts 2 1647–1648 1
Miles I Graye 1598–1649 Colchester 2 1626–1634 2
Mears & Stainbank 1865–1968 Whitechapel Whitechapel 2 1901–1914 1
Henry Yaxley 1658–1684 Suffolk 1 1684 1
John Waylett 1703–1731 London, Bishop's Stortford & it 1 1707 1
Thomas I Mears 1787–1806 Whitechapel Whitechapel 1 1791 1
London ('Balcombe shield') 1400–1599 1 1485 1
John & Christopher Hodson 1673–1678 1 1678 1
Thomas Draper 1574–1595 Bury St Edmunds Thetford & Bury St Edmunds 1 1583 1
(unidentified) 1 1
Thomas II Mears 1806–1849 Whitechapel Whitechapel, Gloucester 1 1814 1
Thomas Lester 1735–1752 Whitechapel Whitechapel 1 1752 1
Richard Phelps 1700–1738 Whitechapel Whitechapel 1 1724 1
Lester & Pack 1752–1769 Whitechapel Whitechapel 1 1764 1
Total 40 1485–1914 8
Showing all 21 founders
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