The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, vol. 1

Castle mound, Bedford, in 2015

photo: Nicola Avery

About this volume

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), Shefford, Dunstable and Flitt. This is a transcription in Latin, with some English translations, and an introduction.]

‘Domesday notes’, by G. Herbert Fowler [This article discusses the location of Chainhalle manor in Colmworth; the Saxons Anschil and Ulmar and their successors in Bedfordshire; and the identification of the manor of Estone in Stodden hundred. Domesday notes II is in BHRS vol. 5.]

‘A lease of Caddington manor in 1299’, by C. Gore Chambers [Latin transcription with English translation and an introduction.]

‘Sir William Harper, knt.’, by F. A. Page-Turner [Notes on Sir William Harpur (c.1494-1574) and his two wives.]

‘Early charters of the priory of Chicksand’, by G. Herbert Fowler [There are abstracts of 21 charters (c.1150-1400) which were annexed to pleadings for exemption from payment of a clerical subsidy on the grounds of poverty in 1402-3. The abstracts are in English, with some parallel texts in Latin and English, preceded by an introduction.]

‘Notes on two trades: (i) strawplaiting, (ii) brickmaking’, by William Austin

‘The Bedford Eyre, 1202’, by G. Herbert Fowler [parallel Latin and English texts of the roll of the Justices in Eyre at Bedford in1202; with introduction.]

‘Records of Northill college, no. I’, by C. Gore Chambers [An account was compiled in 1634 of the collegiate church of Northill which included a rental of free tenants of 1612. This is an abstract of the documents with an introduction. Part 2 is in BHRS vol. 2.]

About the author(s)

William Austin (5)

William Austin FSA (1850-1928) was a founder member of BHRS and its Treasurer until his death. He was a solicitor, clerk to the justices and steward of the manor of Luton. He published papers about Saxon graves in Luton and several books and articles on the history of Luton and the area.

Rev. J. E. Brown (2)

Rev. J. E. Brown who died in the 1920s was vicar of Studham from 1902 to 1913. He wrote a history of Studham and was joint author of The Edwardian Inventories for Bedfordshire.

C. Gore Chambers (2)

C. Gore Chambers (c.1852-1913) was a founder member of BHRS. He was an assistant master at Bedford Grammar School. He wrote the ‘Political history’ chapter in VCH Bedford vol. 2 (1908) and the Bedfordshire volume in the series Cambridge County Geographies, published posthumously in 1917 (rep. CUP, 2012).

G. Herbert Fowler (22)

Dr G. Herbert Fowler (1861-1940) was a zoologist working in London before he retired to Bedfordshire, where he became a county councillor and chairman of the county’s Records Committee in 1913. He immediately reformed the existing record room, established standard procedures and ran it as a public service, the first in the country. He was a founder member of BHRS in 1912 and its Secretary, General Editor and principal contributor to the annual volumes until his death. He also published extensively on sources in Buckinghamshire and elsewhere.

F. A. Page-Turner (5)

Frederic Augustus Blaydes (1845-1931) (who changed his surname to Page-Turner on inheriting the estate of his uncle) was a founder member of BHRS. He was an antiquarian and best known for his edition for the Harleian Society of The Visitations of Bedfordshire (1884), Bedfordshire Notes and Queries (1882-1893) and Genealogia Bedfordiensis (1890). He was mayor of Bedford twice, a member of several local societies and a benefactor to the County Record Office.

Publication details

Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society. Aspley Guise, BHRS, 1913. vii, 298p. BHRS vol. 1

Out of print

The book has been digitised and is available on the Internet Archive site. The Bedfordshire Historical Record Society did not commission nor undertake the work and is not responsible for the content nor quality of digitisation of this volume.

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Keywords

Anschil of Ware (1)

Archdeaconry of Bedford (3)

Beauchamp barony (2)

bricks and brickmaking (2)

Caddington (3)

Caddington manor (1)

Chainhalle manor (2)

charters (7)

Chicksands Priory (4)