List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
Mears & Stainbank	1865–1968	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	49	1868–1962	15
John Taylor & Co	from 1831	Loughborough	Loughborough, Leics	36	1869–2015	10
Whitechapel Bell Foundry	1968–2017	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	32	1974–2014	9
William Dobson	1798–1832		Downham Market	30	1809–1832	10
John Warner & Sons	1786–1921	Warner	Cripplegate	27	1869–1903	10
Thomas Newman	1699–1745	Norwich	Cambridge, Norwich	19	1703–1744	8
Thomas Osborn	1779–1806		St Neots, Downham Market	19	1779–1799	5
Thomas II Mears	1806–1849	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, Gloucester	12	1819–1842	6
John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd	1978–1989	Loughborough	Loughborough	11	1979–1988	4
John Draper	1599–1644		Thetford	9	1617–1630	3
Moore, Holmes & Mackenzie	1879–1885		Redenhall	8	1881–1882	1
Matthew Higby & Co	from 2008	West Country	Holcombe	8	2018	1
Richard Phelps	1700–1738	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	8	1730–1737	2
Osborn & Arnold	1772–1778		St Neots	7	1773–1778	6
Miles I Graye	1598–1649		Colchester	5	1634	1
William & Alice Brend	1586–1634	Norwich	Norwich	5	1616–1628	4
John II Brend	1634–1658	Norwich	Norwich	5	1636–1656	4
John Stephens	1717–1727	Norwich	Norwich	4	1719–1726	3
John Darbie	1651–1691		Ipswich	4	1661–1677	4
William Brend	1582–1634	Norwich	Norwich	4	1593–1619	3
Lester & Pack	1752–1769	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	4	1753–1766	3
Charles & George Mears	1843–1861	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	3	1852–1853	2
John Magges	1437–1470	Norwich	Norwich	3	1470	2
Thomas Gardiner	1709–1760		Sudbury	3	1729–1746	2
Joseph Eayre	1735–1772		St Neots	3	1767–1769	2
William Chamberlain	1426–1456	London	Aldgate, London	3	1440	1
Brasyers of Norwich (generic)	1424–1513	Norwich		3	1450–1499	3
Richard I Brasyer	1424–1482	Norwich	Norwich	3	1450–1482	2
Richard Baxter	1416–1457	Norwich	Norwich	3	1420–1457	2
Alfred Bowell	1896–1939		Ipswich	3	1924–1925	2
Edward Tooke	1671–1679	Norwich	Norwich	2	1676	1
John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd	1989–2005	Loughborough	Loughborough	2	1998	1
Charles Newman	1684–1709	Norwich	Norwich	2	1698–1703	2
Thomas I Mears	1787–1806	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	2	1804	1
Joseph Mallows	1750–1760		East Dereham	2	1752	1
(unidentified)				2	1499–1639	2
Thomas Lester	1735–1752	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	2	1746	1
John Thornton	1708–1720		Sudbury	1	1717	1
Johanna Sturdy	1458–1461	London	London	1	1450	1
Thomas Potter		Norwich	Norwich	1	1404	1
Norwich foundry		Norwich	Norwich	1	1550	1
Thomas Norris	1626–1678		Stamford	1	1678	1
Newcombe (generic)		Leicester	Leicester	1	1601	1
G Mears & Co	1858–1873	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1864	1
William Mears	1777–1791	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1785	1
Edmund de Lynn	1353–1417	King's Lynn	King's Lynn	1	1330	1
Richard Holdfield	1595–1612		Cambridge	1	1595	1
H S	1451	Bury St Edmunds	Bury St Edmunds	1	1451	1
Christopher Graye	1653–1683		(it), Ampthill, Haddenham, ...	1	1677	1
John Goldsmith	1702–1716		Redgrave	1	1708	1