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List of founders

Listing the 12 founders who cast bells which are in full-circle rings which are in the lieutenancy area of Northamptonshire, have 3 bells, and are unringable.
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NameFoundingGroupLocationBellsBells DatedRings
Robert Taylor 1786–1830 Loughborough St Neots, Oxford 4 1803–1827 2
Hugh II Watts 1615–1643 Bedford, Leicester 3 1620–1629 2
Newcombe (generic) Leicester Leicester 2 1599 2
Newcombe & Watts Leicester 2 1598–1599 1
Thomas Mears & Son 1794–1810 Whitechapel Whitechapel 2 1809 1
James Keene 1612–1654 Bedford, Woodstock 2 1625–1629 1
Hugh I Watts 1593–1615 Leicester Leicester 1 1610 1
Tobias I Norris 1603–1626 Stamford 1 1611 1
Thomas Norris 1626–1678 Stamford 1 1663 1
London ('Balcombe shield') 1400–1599 1 1499 1
Thomas Clay 1711–1715 Leicester Leicester 1 1715 1
Lester & Pack 1752–1769 Whitechapel Whitechapel 1 1764 1
Total 21 1499–1827 7
Showing all 12 founders
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