List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
John Darbie	1651–1691		Ipswich	12	1660–1671	3
John Warner & Sons	1786–1921	Warner	Cripplegate	9	1865–1900	6
Pack & Chapman	1769–1781	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	8	1772–1775	4
Thomas II Mears	1806–1849	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, Gloucester	6	1829	1
John Briant	1779–1825		Hertford	6	1800–1808	2
Thomas Gardiner	1709–1760		Sudbury	4	1714–1739	3
Miles I Graye	1598–1649		Colchester	3	1613–1636	2
William Brend	1582–1634	Norwich	Norwich	3	1593–1618	2
Norwich foundry		Norwich	Norwich	2	1634	1
John II Brend	1634–1658	Norwich	Norwich	2	1637	2
Brasyers of Norwich (generic)	1424–1513	Norwich		2	1450	1
Mears & Stainbank	1865–1968	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	2	1906	1
Alfred Bowell	1896–1939		Ipswich	2	1911	1
Stephen II Tonne	1559–1587	Bury St Edmunds	Bury St Edmunds	1	1575	1
Henry Tapsell	1577–1604		Sussex	1	1585	1
Charles & George Mears	1843–1861	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1856	1
John II Clarke	1599–1621		Essex(it)	1	1606	1
Chapman & Mears	1781–1784	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1781	1
William & Alice Brend	1586–1634	Norwich	Norwich	1	1618	1
Whitechapel Bell Foundry	1968–2017	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1977	1
Thomas Osborn	1779–1806		St Neots, Downham Market	1	1790	1
Richard Phelps	1700–1738	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1731	1
Llewellins & James	1854–1940	Bristol C19th	Bristol	1	1905	1
John Taylor & Co	from 1831	Loughborough	Loughborough, Leics	1	1965	1
Total				72	1450–1977	12