Volume Quarto memoirs, volume 2:
G. Herbert Fowler (1928-1934)
The four parts of the volume were published separately between 1928 and 1934. Each contains a large scale reproduction map of the village's pre-enclosure field system and a detailed analysis of the ownership and usage of the land.
Part 1 'The ...
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 7:
(1923)
Contents:
‘A calendar of the pipe rolls of the reign of Richard I for Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire 1189-1199’, by G. Herbert Fowler and Michael W. Hughes.
The calendar in English is preceded by an introduction which explains what the roll contains and ...
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 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 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 3:
(1916)
'Roll of the justices in eyre at Bedford, 1227,' by G. Herbert Fowler [Introduction and English translation of the roll]
'The Domesday water mills of Bedfordshire,' by W. Austin [Includes a map of their location]
'The King's larderer of Meppershall,' by Mrs. ...
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 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 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 6:
(1919)
Contents:
'A calendar of the feet of fines for Bedfordshire, preserved in the Public Record Office, of the reigns of Richard I, John, and Henry Ill,' edited by G. Herbert Fowler.
Feet of fines were the judgements about the ownership of land ...
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 21:
edited by G. Herbert Fowler (1939)
Contents:
'Calendar of the roll of the justices on eyre, 1247', G. Herbert Fowler.
The commission for the Eyre was issued on 25 May 1247 to hear the pleas of the counties of Northampton, Rutland, Bedford, Buckingham and seven others. Four justices ...
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 Quarto memoirs, volume 3:
edited by G. Herbert Fowler (1929)
The volume contains two documents: the sheriff’s roll of writs and returns 1333-1334, found in the William Salt Library in Stafford in the early 1920s; and the county roll of pleas for Bedfordshire 1332-1333, in private hands in Northamptonshire in ...
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 ...
