List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
John Darbie	1651–1691		Ipswich	12	1660–1677	9
Brasyers of Norwich (generic)	1424–1513	Norwich		8	1480–1499	6
Lester & Pack	1752–1769	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	8	1758–1766	4
Thomas Newman	1699–1745	Norwich	Cambridge, Norwich	6	1735	2
Robard Gurney	1649–1673	Bury St Edmunds	Bury St Edmunds	6	1665–1672	4
Thomas Gardiner	1709–1760		Sudbury	6	1714–1746	3
John Stephens	1717–1727	Norwich	Norwich	5	1721–1725	3
Chapman & Mears	1781–1784	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	5	1782–1784	1
Bury St Edmunds foundry				5	1470–1530	4
Miles I Graye	1598–1649		Colchester	4	1613–1629	4
John Draper	1599–1644		Thetford	4	1616–1636	4
John II Brend	1634–1658	Norwich	Norwich	4	1653–1655	2
Thomas II Mears	1806–1849	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, Gloucester	4	1816–1843	3
Robert Taylor	1786–1830	Loughborough	St Neots, Oxford	3	1804	1
James Edbury	1603–1623	Bury St Edmunds	Bury St Edmunds	3	1608–1612	2
William Dobson	1798–1832		Downham Market	3	1824–1825	3
Thomas Osborn	1779–1806		St Neots, Downham Market	3	1785–1787	2
Pack & Chapman	1769–1781	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	3	1772–1779	2
John Warner & Sons	1786–1921	Warner	Cripplegate	3	1863–1895	3
G Mears & Co	1858–1873	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	2	1864	2
William & Alice Brend	1586–1634	Norwich	Norwich	2	1616–1625	2
Richard Phelps	1700–1738	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	2	1710–1729	2
Mears & Stainbank	1865–1968	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	2	1872–1902	2
John Taylor & Son	1844–1858	Loughborough	Loughborough	2	1850	1
Stephen II Tonne & W Land		Bury St Edmunds	Bury St Edmunds	1	1582	1
John Thornton	1708–1720		Sudbury	1	1718	1
Thomas Potter		Norwich	Norwich	1	1400	1
Henry Pleasant	1691–1707		Sudbury	1	1695	1
Charles Newman	1684–1709	Norwich	Norwich	1	1698	1
Charles & George Mears	1843–1861	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1848	1
Joanna (or Johanna) Hille	1440–1441	London	Aldgate	1	1445	1
H S	1451	Bury St Edmunds	Bury St Edmunds	1	1470	1
John Gooding	from 1310	King's Lynn	King's Lynn	1	1310	1
John Goldsmith	1702–1716		Redgrave	1	1711	1
Samuel Gilpin	1677–1705	Norwich	Norwich	1	1699	1
Thomas Draper	1574–1595	Bury St Edmunds	Thetford & Bury St Edmunds	1	1591	1
Reginald Church	1470–1498	Bury St Edmunds	Bury St Edmunds	1	1498	1
Brend (generic)		Norwich	Norwich	1	1628	1
William & John II Brend		Norwich	Norwich	1	1624	1
Richard Bowler	1587–1604		Colchester	1	1603	1
John Bird	1408–1418	London	London	1	1410	1
Richard Baxter	1416–1457	Norwich	Norwich	1	1420	1
John Hodson	1653–1693	London	London	1	1662	1
Charles Carr	1864–1926		Smethwick	1	1890	1
Total				125	1310–1902	25