List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
John Taylor & Co	from 1831	Loughborough	Loughborough, Leics	84	1884–2021	21
Thomas II Mears	1806–1849	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, Gloucester	41	1811–1840	12
Mears & Stainbank	1865–1968	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	19	1876–1961	7
John Darbie	1651–1691		Ipswich	16	1663–1686	9
Eijsbouts	from 1947	Non UK	Asten (Holland)	13	1992–2017	4
Thomas Osborn	1779–1806		St Neots, Downham Market	12	1780–1799	6
John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd	1989–2005	Loughborough	Loughborough	11	1992–2003	3
John Warner & Sons	1786–1921	Warner	Cripplegate	11	1865–1908	6
Henry Pleasant	1691–1707		Sudbury	10	1694–1706	7
Thomas Gardiner	1709–1760		Sudbury	10	1716–1755	8
John Draper	1599–1644		Thetford	10	1605–1635	4
Thomas Newman	1699–1745	Norwich	Cambridge, Norwich	9	1713–1741	4
William Dobson	1798–1832		Downham Market	9	1806–1832	7
Charles & George Mears	1843–1861	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	8	1844–1856	4
Gillett & Johnston	1887–1955	Gillett	Croydon	8	1951–1953	4
Miles III Graye	1647–1686		it: Essex, Herts, Hunts	7	1655–1680	4
Miles I Graye	1598–1649		Colchester	7	1625–1640	4
Thomas Lester	1735–1752	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	7	1740–1746	3
John Thornton	1708–1720		Sudbury	6	1718–1720	2
Thomas I Mears	1787–1806	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	6	1793–1804	2
Brasyers of Norwich (generic)	1424–1513	Norwich		6	1480–1513	4
Pack & Chapman	1769–1781	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	6	1770–1779	5
Alfred Bowell	1896–1939		Ipswich	6	1914–1935	4
William & John II Brend		Norwich	Norwich	5	1622–1627	4
Whitechapel Bell Foundry	1968–2017	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	5	1995–2007	3
John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd	1978–1989	Loughborough	Loughborough	4	1983–1985	2
John Stephens	1717–1727	Norwich	Norwich	4	1718–1721	2
Miles II Graye	1634–1665		?	4	1639–1641	2
Richard I Brasyer	1424–1482	Norwich	Norwich	4	1450–1470	4
Charles Newman	1684–1709	Norwich	Norwich	3	1688–1698	3
John Darbie's assistant				3	1672–1673	1
John II Brend	1634–1658	Norwich	Norwich	3	1640–1658	2
Lester & Pack	1752–1769	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	3	1759–1761	2
Hayward Mills Associates	2000–2009		Nottingham	3	2009	1
Moore, Holmes & Mackenzie	1879–1885		Redenhall	2	1881	1
Thomas Mears & Son	1794–1810	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	2	1806–1809	2
G Mears & Co	1858–1873	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	2	1864–1865	2
William Mears	1777–1791	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	2	1779–1781	1
John Kebyll	1460–1480	London	London	2	1470–1480	2
H S	1451	Bury St Edmunds	Bury St Edmunds	2	1480	1
Thomas Church	1498–1527	Bury St Edmunds	Bury St Edmunds	2	1527	1
Reginald Church	1470–1498	Bury St Edmunds	Bury St Edmunds	2	1490–1498	2
Bury St Edmunds foundry				2	1480	1
William Brend	1582–1634	Norwich	Norwich	2	1583–1618	2
Richard Bowler	1587–1604		Colchester	2	1603	1
Llewellins & James	1854–1940	Bristol C19th	Bristol	2	1891	1
William Wodeward	1395–1420			1	1410	1
Stephen II Tonne	1559–1587	Bury St Edmunds	Bury St Edmunds	1	1576	1
John Sturdy	1440–1458	London	London	1	1499	1
Abel Rudhall	1736–1760	Rudhall	Gloucester	1	1752	1