List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
Henry II Oldfield	1590–1620	Nottingham	Nottingham	15	1595–1618	6
John Taylor & Co	from 1831	Loughborough	Loughborough, Leics	11	1865–2014	5
James III Harrison	1785–1833		Barrow and Barton	10	1789–1822	4
William Noone	1678–1731	Nottingham	Nottingham	6	1687–1717	3
Thomas I Hedderly	1741–1778	Nottingham	Nottingham	5	1744–1752	2
Daniel Hedderly	1703–1764	Nottingham	Hanbury, Bawtry, Lincoln	5	1737–1740	2
James Barwell	1870–1898		Birmingham	4	1883	1
George I Oldfield	1620–1678	Nottingham	Nottingham	3	1633–1636	2
Samuel II Smith	1693–1731	York	York	2	1725	1
William Seller	1635–1688	York	York	2	1685	1
R C	1450	Nottingham	Nottingham	2	1450	2
Henry I Oldfield	1539–1589	Nottingham	Nottingham	2	1589	1
Tobias III Norris	1662–1699		Stamford	2	1687–1697	2
Thomas Norris	1626–1678		Stamford	2	1628	2
Newcombe & Watts		Leicester		2	1561	1
Mellours (generic)		Nottingham	Nottingham	2	1500–1530	2
Richard Mellours	1470–1508	Nottingham	Nottingham	2	1500	2
John Kebyll	1460–1485	London	London	2		1
John Hedderly	1726–1733		Bawtry	2	1733	1
Henry II Harrison	1766–1778		Barrow on Humber	2	1774	1
Thomas Osborn	1779–1806		St Neots, Downham Market	2	1796	1
Edward Arnold	1761–1799		St Neots(-85), Leicester(84-)	2	1777–1797	1
York foundry		York	York	1	1450	1
Robert Taylor	1786–1830	Loughborough	St Neots, Oxford	1	1814	1
Alexander Rigby	1679–1708		Stamford	1	1704	1
John Potter	1359–1397	York	York	1	1370	1
William Oldfield (of Bradford)	1600–1636		poss Bradford	1	1604	1
William I Oldfield	1607–1652		Doncaster	1	1630	1
Charles & George Mears	1843–1861	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1848	1
Leicester foundry		Leicester	Leicester	1	1500	1
Thomas II Eayre	1757–1762		Kettering	1	1761	1
John I Brend	1564–1582	Norwich	Norwich	1	1573	1
Mears & Stainbank	1865–1968	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1938	1
John Warner & Sons	1786–1921	Warner	Cripplegate	1	1910	1
James I Harrison	1762–1766		Barrow on Humber	1	1764	1
Total				100	1370–2014	25