The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, vol. 13

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Contents:

‘Cartulary of the Abbey of Old Wardon [sic]’, by G. Herbert Fowler

The account of the Cistercian Abbey of Old Warden in VCH Bedford vol. 1 was based on an incomplete manuscript in the British Museum. Subsequently a fuller manuscript of the cartulary was found in John Rylands Library, Manchester (listed as Lat. MS 223). It is presented here in a Latin transcription. The cartulary includes court rolls as well as property deeds. Many field names for the period c.1135-1354 are mentioned.

About the author(s)

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.

Publication details

The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, volume 13. Aspley Guise, BHRS in conjunction with the John Rylands Library, Manchester, 1930. vii, 418p. illus., maps, pedigrees. BHRS vol. 13

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Keywords

cartularies (6)

field names (5)

maps (22)

Old Warden (3)

Old Warden Abbey (3)

pedigrees (18)

property deeds (10)

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