List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
John Darbie	1651–1691		Ipswich	24	1660–1685	15
Mears & Stainbank	1865–1968	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	22	1872–1965	12
John Draper	1599–1644		Thetford	17	1616–1636	10
Thomas Newman	1699–1745	Norwich	Cambridge, Norwich	16	1734–1745	5
William & Alice Brend	1586–1634	Norwich	Norwich	16	1599–1630	9
Thomas Gardiner	1709–1760		Sudbury	15	1714–1757	11
Lester & Pack	1752–1769	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	13	1758–1766	5
Brasyers of Norwich (generic)	1424–1513	Norwich		11	1480–1499	8
John Warner & Sons	1786–1921	Warner	Cripplegate	11	1863–1899	9
Thomas Osborn	1779–1806		St Neots, Downham Market	10	1780–1799	7
Robard Gurney	1649–1673	Bury St Edmunds	Bury St Edmunds	9	1665–1672	5
John II Brend	1634–1658	Norwich	Norwich	9	1635–1657	5
Miles I Graye	1598–1649		Colchester	8	1613–1646	7
William Chamberlain	1426–1456	London	Aldgate, London	8	1440–1450	4
John Taylor & Co	from 1831	Loughborough	Loughborough, Leics	8	1896–2014	3
John Stephens	1717–1727	Norwich	Norwich	7	1721–1727	5
William Dobson	1798–1832		Downham Market	7	1809–1825	6
Stephen II Tonne & W Land		Bury St Edmunds	Bury St Edmunds	6	1572–1582	3
Richard I Brasyer	1424–1482	Norwich	Norwich	6	1424–1499	4
Edward Arnold	1761–1799		St Neots(-85), Leicester(84-)	6	1774–1775	2
Henry Pleasant	1691–1707		Sudbury	5	1695–1706	2
Miles III Graye	1647–1686		it: Essex, Herts, Hunts	5	1659–1685	2
Chapman & Mears	1781–1784	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	5	1782–1784	1
Bury St Edmunds foundry				5	1470–1530	4
George Mears	1844–1865	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	5	1860	1
Thomas II Mears	1806–1849	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, Gloucester	4	1816–1843	3
Pack & Chapman	1769–1781	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	4	1770–1779	3
Alfred Bowell	1896–1939		Ipswich	4	1896–1937	2
John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd	1989–2005	Loughborough	Loughborough	3	1998–2004	2
Robert Taylor	1786–1830	Loughborough	St Neots, Oxford	3	1804	1
Charles & George Mears	1843–1861	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	3	1845–1848	3
James Edbury	1603–1623	Bury St Edmunds	Bury St Edmunds	3	1608–1612	2
Richard Phelps	1700–1738	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	3	1710–1734	3
John Taylor & Son	1844–1858	Loughborough	Loughborough	3	1844–1850	2
John Briant	1779–1825		Hertford	3	1807–1809	2
Gillett & Johnston	1887–1955	Gillett	Croydon	3	1935–1952	2
John Thornton	1708–1720		Sudbury	2	1716–1718	2
G Mears & Co	1858–1873	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	2	1864	2
H S	1451	Bury St Edmunds	Bury St Edmunds	2	1470	2
Samuel Gilpin	1677–1705	Norwich	Norwich	2	1699–1700	2
John Driver	1602–1615	Bury St Edmunds	Bury St Edmunds	2	1614–1617	1
Thomas Draper	1574–1595	Bury St Edmunds	Thetford & Bury St Edmunds	2	1591–1593	2
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
Thomas Lester	1735–1752	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	2	1748–1749	2
Stephen II Tonne	1559–1587	Bury St Edmunds	Bury St Edmunds	1	1574	1
Thomas Potter		Norwich	Norwich	1	1400	1
Norwich foundry		Norwich	Norwich	1	1599	1
Charles Newman	1684–1709	Norwich	Norwich	1	1698	1
W Land & T Draper	1574–1584		Thetford	1	1584	1