Harrold priory: a twelfth century dispute and other articles
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 1206.]
‘Roll of Bedfordshire supervisors of the peace, 1314,’ by Joyce Godber [Latin text with brief summaries in English of presentments and plaints from the Bedfordshire hundreds before the supervisors of the peace (forerunners of justices of the peace), with introduction]
‘A Kempston estate in 1341,’ by F. B. Stitt [Latin text of the extent of the manor, identified as Kempston Greys alias Hastingsbury, with introduction]
‘Elizabethan inventories,’ by C. E. Freeman [abstracts of fifteen inventories made between 1562 and 1591, with introduction]
‘Domestic expenses of a nobleman’s household, 1678,’ by the Earl of Cardigan [An extract from the analysis of expenditure kept by Simon Urlin for the Ampthill estates of Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury.]
Dr C. R. Cheney (1906-1987) was Professor of Medieval History at the Universities of Manchester and Cambridge. He was an historian of the medieval church and government, and a distinguished editor of medieval texts. He will be most widely known for A handbook of dates for students of English History (1945 and subsequent editions) published by the Royal Historical Society.
Sir (Chandos Sydney) Cedric Brudenell-Bruce (1904-1974) was Earl of Cardigan 1911-1961, when he became 7th Marquess of Ailesbury. He wrote histories of Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury 1656-1741 (1951), Savernake Forest (1962) and its wardens (1949) and accounts of travel including his escape from Belgium to Spain during World War II (1950).
Charles Freeman (1906-1965) was the curator of Luton Museum, for which he published guides and books on the hat industry and pillow lace. He was first editor of the Bedfordshire Magazine, 1947-1965, secretary of BHRS, 1947-1965 and chairman of the Bedfordshire Archaeological Council from 1962.
Joyce Godber (1906-1999) was Bedfordshire-born. Following a history degree, she spent a few years teaching, then worked at Oxford University Press. She was assistant secretary at the Institute of Historical Research before becoming clerk of the records, then County Archivist of Bedfordshire (1946-68). She was general editor of BHRS (1946-76) and an active member of the Society of Archivists and the British Records Association. She planned the transfer of the record office to its new premises, which took place in 1969, the year in which her History of Bedfordshire was published.
Frederick B. Stitt served in the Royal Navy in World War II, read history at Oxford, then began his archives career in Staffordshire. He worked at Bedford County Record Office for Joyce Godber (1949-1953) before moving, as county archivist, to Nottinghamshire then Staffordshire. He was an active member of the Society of Archivists.
Harrold Priory: a twelfth century dispute; and other articles. Streatley, BHRS, 1952. 156p. BHRS vol. 32
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