Volume 61:
by Eric Stockdale (1982)
These five essays on issue of law and order grew out of the author’s earlier research on local crime for his book on Bedford Prison (BHRS vol. 56).
The first essay recounts the riots following the enactment of the Militia Act ...
Volume 49:
(1970)
Contents:
‘Contracting arable lands in 1341’, by A. R. H. Baker [The retreat of settlements and abandonment of marginal land is examined through the returns of the 1341 tax of one ninth of the value of corn, wool and lambs for ...
Volume 57:
(1978)
Contents:
'Bedfordshire chapelries: an essay in rural settlement history', by Dorothy Owen [The existence of chapels, in addition to churches, in many parishes in pre-Reformation England is explained. A list of rural parochial chapels in Bedfordshire between c.1123 and 1540 is ...