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 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 28:
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 Quarto memoirs, volume 1:
by G. Herbert Fowler (1922)
Contents:
'Bedfordshire in 1086: an analysis and synthesis of Domesday Book,' by G. Herbert Fowler
This book presents a detailed analysis of land holdings and their fiscal value in the Domesday assessment. It considers the ‘social fabric’ of Norman and Anglo-Saxon society, ...
Volume 30:
edited by C. D. Linnell (1950)
Benjamin Rogers was vicar of Stagsden from 1712 to 1720, when he was presented by Lord Trevor to the living of Carlton, where he remained until his death in 1771. His diary covers the years 1727 to 1752. In addition ...
Volume 36:
(1956)
Contents:
‘A note on the foundation of Northill College in 1406’, by Peter Hull. [An introduction is followed by a transcription in Latin of the College's foundation grant.]
‘The origin of St. Mary's Square, Bedford’, by J. Fines. [Transcription in English of ...
Volume 27:
edited by H. G. Tibbutt (1948)
Sir Lewis Dyve was born in Bromham on 3 November 1599; matriculated at Oxford in 1614; and was knighted in 1620. He was an MP, although not sitting for Bedford or Bedfordshire. During the Civil War he was a staunch ...
Volume 1:
(1913)
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), ...
Volume 10:
(1926)
Contents:
‘Digest of the charters preserved in the cartulary of the Priory of Dunstable’ by G. Herbert Fowler.
This digest is from a thirteenth century manuscript, with additions to the fifteenth century, preserved in the British Library as Harleian MS 1885. It ...
Volume 11:
(1927)
Contents:
'The honour of Old Wardon', by the late William Farrer, with an introduction by James Tait. [With pedigrees]
'Early records of Turvey and its neighbourhood, Part I: A The Drayton Charters; B The Halstead Charters', by G. Herbert Fowler. [The Drayton ...
Volume 12:
(1928)
Contents:
'In memoriam, W. A.' [William Austin]
'A calendar of the feet of fines for Bedfordshire Pt. III for the reign of Edward I with some earlier fines', edited by G. Herbert Fowler. [1273-1307 and 1183-1272]
'Belverge of Sharpenhoe', by Jos. Hight Blundell. [A ...
Volume 13:
(1930)
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 ...
Volume 14:
(1931)
Contents:
'In memoriam F. A. P.-T.' [F. A. Page Turner]
'The windmills of Bedfordshire, past and present', by J. Steele Elliott. [This is a catalogue of the windmills in more than 80 parishes in Bedfordshire. It provides evidence and dates of their ...
Volume 17:
(1935)
Contents:
'Records of Harrold Priory', edited by G. Herbert Fowler
Harrold Priory, founded c.1136 for nuns, was established as a house of the Abbey of Arrouaise in northern France. Its history is outlined on Bedfordshire Archives' Community Histories pages.
The Priory’s cartulary was ...
Volume 19:
(1937)
Contents:
'Tractatus de Dunstaple et de Houcton', edited by G. Herbert Fowler. [Of the 10 surviving folios of the Tractatus of Dunstable, folios 1-5 deal with Dunstable Priory; and folios 6-10 with Houghton Regis, where the Priory’s most important Bedfordshire lands ...
Volume 5:
(1920)
Contents:
'The assessment of knight service in Bedfordshire, no. 2,' by John E. Morris [For the barony of Beauchamp of Bedford.]
'St. John of SouthilI,' by F. A. Page-Turner [The family and descendants of Francis St. John, b.1559, with pedigree.]
'Some Saxon charters,' ...
Volume 8:
(1924)
Contents:
‘Stagsden and its manors’, by J. Steele Elliott [A reconstruction of the location of the manors in 1086, with a map of them and the adjoining manors.]
‘Three records of the alien priory of Grove and the manor of Leighton Buzzard’, ...
Volume 9:
(1925)
Contents:
‘The Shefford beaker’, by Cyril Fox [The beaker, dating to about 1800 BC, was found between Shefford and Campton in 1819. It is stated to be the only authentic example of a beaker-folk artefact found in the upland valley of ...