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 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 81:
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 ...
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 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 68:
edited by Edwin Welch (1989)
The first Moravian settlement in Britain was established in Bedford in 1745 and its members lived and worshipped as a close-knit community. The Bedford congregation is exceptionally well documented. In this edition Edwin Welch presents extracts from the principal sources ...
Volume 20:
(1938)
Contents:
'Jacobean household inventories,' by F. G. Emmison. [The editor claims that this is the first collection of inventories to be published with analytical notes. A 50-page introduction and analysis of the inventories under the headings houses, furniture, domestic life, farmyard ...