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 ...
Volume 70:
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 22:
edited by G. Herbert Fowler and Joyce Godber (1945)
The documents in the cartulary deal with the Priory’s property and privileges. They are transcribed in Latin and accompanied by brief summaries in English. There is an extract from the Valor Ecclesiasticus setting out the assessment of the Priory in ...
Volume 29:
by Margery Bassett (1949)
The body of the book is a biographical dictionary of the men who represented Bedfordshire in Parliament as knights of the shire between 1274 and 1495. It is preceded by a list of Parliaments and Bedfordshire’s representatives, taken from official ...
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 76:
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 4:
(1917)
Contents:
'The will of Roger Benetheton, 1438/9,' edited by the late Rev. R. M. Serjeantson. [A Latin transcription with English translation of a will entered on the court rolls of Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire.]
'Ancient Bedfordshire deeds II: Deeds relating to Elstow,' by ...
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 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 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 45:
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 46:
edited by R. I. Jack (1965)
The valor, or survey, of the finances of the English lands of Edmund Grey, Earl of Kent (also Lord Grey of Ruthin in Wales), was drawn up from the Earl’s accounts in 1467-8. The Earl held estates in eight counties, ...
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 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 18:
(1936)
Contents
'The civil war papers of Sir Will. Boteler, 1642-1655' edited by G. Herbert Fowler. [Calendar.]
'The ship-money papers of Henry Chester and Sir Will. Boteler, 1637-1639', edited by F. G. and Margaret Emmison. [Assessments, lists of arrears, and correspondence for Bedfordshire.]
'Notes ...
Volume 2:
(1914)
Contents:
In memoriam C. G. C. [Clifford Gore Chambers, d. 1913]
‘The Bedfordshire wills and administrations proved at Lambeth Palace and in the archdeaconry of Huntingdon’, by F. A. Page Turner [parallel Latin transcriptions and English translations or abstracts of 23 wills ...
Volume 95:
by Dorothy Jamieson (2019)
Drawing on documentary evidence dating between 1382 and 1522, this volume examines a single manor parish that was dominated by the powerful Mowbray family, the Dukes of Norfolk, and by Katherine Neville, widow of the second Duke, as part of ...
Volume 43:
edited by Joyce Godber, (1963, 1964)
A cartulary of the deeds and charters of Newnham Priory in Bedford was compiled in the early fifteenth century. It contains the Priory's deeds and charters from 1166 to 1409. The Latin transcriptions have been explained by brief explanatory headings ...
Volume 72:
(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 58:
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 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 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 ...