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A Bedfordshire bibliography: with some comments and biographical notes

by L. R. Conisbee and A. R. Threadgill (1962-1978) This bibliography and its three supplements were published over the period 1962-1978 and were aimed at providing lists of books, articles and newspaper extracts about Bedfordshire, published from the early years of printing in Britain to 1975 and held by ...
Volume 31:

A seventeenth century doctor and his patients: John Symcotts, 1592?-1662

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:

A Study of Bedford Prison, 1660-1877

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:

Bedfordshire Chapels and Meeting Houses: official registration 1672-1901

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 73:

Bedfordshire churches in the nineteenth century: Part 1 Ampthill to Gravenhurst

edited by Chris Pickford (1994) This is the first in a series of four volumes describing Bedfordshire's parish churches in detail. It is based on new and specially commissioned research, bringing together original official sources and contemporary accounts. This volume covers Ampthill to Gravenhurst. Many ...
Volume 77:

Bedfordshire churches in the nineteenth century: Part 2 Harlington to Roxton

edited by Chris Pickford (1998) This is the second in a series of four volumes describing Bedfordshire's parish churches in detail. It is based on specially commissioned research, bringing together original official sources and contemporary accounts. This volume covers Harlington to Roxton. Many churches are ...
Volume 79:

Bedfordshire churches in the nineteenth century: Part 3 Parishes Salford to Yelden

edited by Chris Pickford (2000) This is the third in a series of four volumes describing Bedfordshire's parish churches in detail. It is based on specially commissioned research, bringing together original official sources and contemporary accounts. This volume covers Salford to Yelden. Many churches are ...
Volume 80:

Bedfordshire churches in the nineteenth century: Part 4 Appendices and Index

edited by Chris Pickford (2001) This is the last in a series of four volumes describing Bedfordshire's parish churches in detail. The aim is to present a detailed account of each church together with text from five important nineteenth century sources. It is based on ...
Volume 70:

Bedfordshire clock and watchmakers 1352-1880: a biographical dictionary with selected documents

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 41:

Bedfordshire coroners' rolls

edited by R. F. Hunnisett (1961) This is a calendar in English of the coroners' rolls for c.1265-1317 and 1378-1380, held respectively in The National Archives and Gonville and Caius College Cambridge (open in new windows). The introduction explains coroners’ duties (which could be varied) and court ...
Volume 72:

Bedfordshire historical miscellany: essays in honour of Patricia Bell

(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:

Bedfordshire muster rolls 1539-1831: a selection of transcripts with commentary

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 45:

Bedfordshire wills 1480-1519

edited by Patricia Bell (1966) These are the 194 wills in Latin in the earliest surviving register of wills proved in the Court of the Archdeacon of Bedford. The register is held by Bedfordshire Archives at ABP/R 1. The wills are presented as abstracts ...
Volume 76:

Bedfordshire wills 1484-1533

edited by Patricia Bell (1997) These abstracts of 298 wills are based on transcriptions made by John and Isobel Thompson from the probate records of the Court of the Archdeacon of Bedford, held at Bedfordshire Archives as ABP/R 2 and 3. The wills are mainly of ...
Volume 58:

Bedfordshire wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1383-1548

edited by Margaret McGregor (1979) The Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC) was the highest court in which wills were proved, usually indicating that testators held land in several diocese or were wealthy. These 130 PCC wills of Bedfordshire people have been abstracted in great detail. Irrespective ...
Volume Survey of Ancient Buildings, volume 2:

Bygone water supplies

by J. Steele Elliott (1933) The book contains an introduction and descriptive catalogue of springs, wells, ditches and other water-related artefacts. It cites old documents and place names as evidence for their provenance. The photographs were taken between 1870 and 1932, and also include twelve of ...
Volume 35:

Colonel John Okey 1606-1662

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 63:

Court of Augmentations Accounts for Bedfordshire - I

edited by Yvonne Nicholls (1984) On the dissolution of the smaller monasteries in 1536, the Court of Augmentations was set up to administer their property until such time as other arrangements, such as sales, could be arranged. Commissioners made an inventory of their property: local ...
Volume 64:

Court of Augmentations Accounts for Bedfordshire - II

edited by Yvonne Nicholls (1985) On the dissolution of the smaller monasteries in 1536, the Court of Augmentations was set up to administer their property until such time as other arrangements, such as sales, could be arranged. Commissioners made an inventory of their property: local ...
Volume 28:

Court roll of Chalgrave manor 1278-1313

edited by Marian K. Dale (1950) This book presents records of the fifty courts held in 23 of the 35 years covered by the roll. The introduction to the book describes the roll (held by Bedfordshire Archives (opens in a new window)), the Loring family (who ...
Volume 54:

Elementary education in Bedford, 1868-1903: Bedfordshire ecclesiastical census, 1851

edited by D. W. Bushby (1975) In the nineteenth century most of the education of Bedford was provided and run by the Harpur Trust, at both elementary and secondary levels (Bedford, Bedford Modern, the High School and Dame Alice Harpur schools). This study shows the extent ...
Volume 33:

Elizabethan churchwardens' accounts

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 37:

English wills, 1498-1526 and Diana Astry's recipe book

edited by A.F.Cirket, Bette Stitt (1957) The wills are those in English in the first surviving register of wills proved in the Court of the Archdeacon of Bedford, now held by Bedfordshire Archives at ABP/R/ 1. They are mainly presented here as abstracts: a few of ...
Volume 81:

Episcopal Visitations in Bedfordshire, 1706-1720

edited by Patricia Bell (2002) William Wake, while Bishop of Lincoln from 1705 to 1716, invented a new way to conduct his triennial visitations: he sent round to the clergy a printed list of questions which needed written answers. His enquiries covered not just clergy ...

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