Volume 31:
edited by F. N. L. Poynter and W. J. Bishop (1951)
Dr Symcotts lived in Huntingdon and his medical practice extended over Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. His patients included notable families and the editors have highlighted Oliver Cromwell and his family, drawing on other sources that also refer to him receiving ...
Volume 56:
edited by Eric Stockdale (1977)
This history of Bedford Prison is told through the story of the family of gaolers who ran it for many years and the contributions of five men closely associated with the prison.
To the account of John Bunyan’s trial and imprisonment ...
Volume 75:
edited by Edwin Welch (1996)
Edwin Welch has created an invaluable list of the licenses which were obtained from the Bedford Archdeaconry or Quarter Sessions for places for nonconformist religious worship. Arranged alphabetically by place, the list names the person seeking the license, the building ...
Volume 70:
edited by Chris Pickford (1991)
The dictionary is preceded by an introduction on timekeeping and the history of clock- and watchmaking in Bedfordshire. Extracts are included from a selection of documents to illustrate the sources used in compiling the dictionary. They range over advertisements, Bedfordshire ...
Volume 72:
(1993)
This collection of fifteen essays was presented to Patricia Bell on her retirement as BHRS Honorary General Editor.
Contents:
'Pre-1841 censuses and population listings in Bedfordshire', by Colin Chapman
'The Bedfordshire Historic Environment Record', by David Baker
'Archives and the visual arts: Potsgrove Church, ...
Volume 71:
edited by Nigel Lutt (1992)
The volume contains the surviving lists of Bedfordshire men who were liable for military service between 1539 and 1831: they are held at either The National Archives or Bedfordshire Archives (open in new windows). Many lists have not survived and ...
Volume 98:
Edited by Barbara Tearle (2024)
Fewer than two hundred probate inventories were thought to have survived for Bedfordshire and most were published in Bedfordshire Historical Record Society volumes 20 and 32. Recently more came to light, bringing the total of known pre-1660 inventories to almost ...
Volume 35:
by H. G. Tibbutt (1955)
John Okey was an Anabaptist, London merchant, Parliamentary soldier, active in Parliamentarian politics, a regicide and an MP for Bedfordshire in 1658. This book recounts his life against the backdrop of the Civil War and its aftermath. It draws on ...
Volume 33:
edited by Rev. J. E. Farmiloe and Rosita Nixseaman (1953)
Churchwardens were parish officers responsible for keeping the church and representing the people in parochial matters. They gradually took on more administrative responsibilities during the sixteenth century. Most parishes had two churchwardens who were appointed annually. They normally kept accounts ...
Volume 32:
(1952)
Contents:
‘Harrold priory: a twelfth century dispute,' by C. R. Cheney [Latin texts of nineteen of the documents in a law suit about the patronage of Stevington church, with an introduction. The documents cover the period from the mid-twelfth century to ...
Volume 85:
edited by James Collett-White (2006)
This is the first volume of BHRS's series of late seventeenth and early eighteenth century poll books. Poll books tell the story of local people and their link with national history. This book is the first in a series by ...
Volume 65:
Ross Lee (1986)
Although Bedfordshire did not feature significantly in the battles of the Civil War, local families were drawn into the conflict and life for the whole community was affected by events on the national scene. This volume explores the evidence of ...
Volume 49:
(1970)
Contents:
‘Contracting arable lands in 1341’, by A. R. H. Baker [The retreat of settlements and abandonment of marginal land is examined through the returns of the 1341 tax of one ninth of the value of corn, wool and lambs for ...
Volume 59:
(1980)
Contents:
'The internal politics of Bedford 1660-1688', by Michael Mullet [Describes the constitution of Bedford's corporation and the effects of religion on the town's politics in the reign of Charles II. The article shows how John Bunyan drew on Bedford for ...
Volume 62:
by Betty Chambers (1983)
Widely regarded as a model of its kind, this book, which took eighteen years to prepare, catalogues the printed County maps of Bedfordshire from Christopher Saxton (1576) to the Ordnance Survey of 1901. It also describes the town plans for ...
Volume 40:
(1960)
The documents in this volume, together with that of Benjamin Rogers in volume 30, bring into print most of the surviving diaries of Bedfordshire people.
Contents:
‘John Harvey of Ickwell, 1688-9’, edited by Margaret Richards. [The diary of John Harvey, later MP ...
Volume 51:
edited by H. G. Tibbutt (1972)
The transcriptions of early church books from eight Independent churches provides a picture of the membership, fortunes and practices of the churches themselves and also of local social and agricultural conditions.
The churches are: Kensworth, 1675-1694; Keysoe Brook End, 1658-1677; Stevington, ...
Volume 36:
(1956)
Contents:
‘A note on the foundation of Northill College in 1406’, by Peter Hull. [An introduction is followed by a transcription in Latin of the College's foundation grant.]
‘The origin of St. Mary's Square, Bedford’, by J. Fines. [Transcription in English of ...
Volume 42:
edited by H. G. Tibbutt (1963)
Samuel Luke was the Parliamentary governor of Newport Pagnell from late 1643 to June 1645. Administrative practice was to keep letter books in which a clerk copied in and out letters, warrants, passes, safe-conducts. requisitions, notices etc. Five of the ...
Volume 27:
edited by H. G. Tibbutt (1948)
Sir Lewis Dyve was born in Bromham on 3 November 1599; matriculated at Oxford in 1614; and was knighted in 1620. He was an MP, although not sitting for Bedford or Bedfordshire. During the Civil War he was a staunch ...
Volume 26:
edited by Guy Parsloe (1949)
Minutes of the meetings of the Court of Aldermen, Common Hall and Common Council. They deal with procedure, admission to the freedom of the town, admission of burgesses, appointment of town officials, town property, repairs, the salary of the school ...
Volume 55:
edited by H. G. Tibbutt (1976)
These are the administrative records of the Bunyan Meeting, dealing with admissions, expulsions and discipline as well as spiritual matters. The book includes membership lists for 1650-1735, 1741, 1754 and 1761; and deaths 1681-1688.
Volume 24:
edited by T. S. Willan (1946)
During the seventeenth century attention was given to improving river navigation in several parts of the country, in return for tolls from boats carrying cargo on the river. Before the civil war the improvements to the River Ouse were mainly ...
Volume 1:
(1913)
Contents:
'The Beauchamps, barons of Bedford', by C. Gore Chambers and G. Herbert Fowler [11th-13th centuries; with pedigree.]
'Clerical subsidies in the archdeaconry of Bedford, 1390-2, 1400-1', by J. E. Brown [The Archdeaconry of Bedford had five deaneries: Clapham, Eaton (Socon), ...