List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
John Taylor & Co	from 1831	Loughborough	Loughborough, Leics	13	1868–1936	7
Hugh II Watts	1615–1643		Bedford, Leicester	8	1615–1640	5
Hugh I Watts	1593–1615	Leicester	Leicester	3	1600–1612	2
Henry I Oldfield	1539–1589	Nottingham	Nottingham	3	1540–1584	2
Watts (generic)	1590–1613	Leicester	Leicester	2	1600	2
Seliok (generic)	1499–1599	Nottingham	Nottingham	2	1520	1
Henry II Oldfield	1590–1620	Nottingham	Nottingham	2	1601–1605	1
George I Oldfield	1620–1678	Nottingham	Nottingham	2	1631–1639	2
Edward Arnold	1761–1799		St Neots(-85), Leicester(84-)	2	1796–1798	1
William Watts	1587–1597		Bedford	1	1597	1
Alexander Rigby	1679–1708		Stamford	1	1702	1
William Noone	1678–1731	Nottingham	Nottingham	1	1710	1
Thomas Mears & Son	1794–1810	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1809	1
George Hedderly	1785–1793	Nottingham	Nottingham	1	1787	1
Thomas I Eayre	1717–1757		Kettering	1	1739	1
Thomas II Mears	1806–1849	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, Gloucester	1	1835	1
Total				44	1520–1936	11