Volume 42:
edited by H. G. Tibbutt (1963)
Samuel Luke was the Parliamentary governor of Newport Pagnell from late 1643 to June 1645. Administrative practice was to keep letter books in which a clerk copied in and out letters, warrants, passes, safe-conducts. requisitions, notices etc. Five of the ...
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 47:
edited by Joyce Godber (1968)
Although described in the introduction as 'a life', this book, written as a guide to more than 7000 letters held in Bedfordshire Archives, is far more than that. It is a biography of Jemima, Marchioness Grey (1722-1797), mainly pieced together ...
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 16:
(1934)
Contents:
'In memoriam J. E. M.' [Dr John Edward Morris]
'The rural population of Bedfordshire, 1671 to 1921', by Lydia M. Marshall. [Based on the hearth tax return of 1671 and the census returns of 1801 and 1921, with a transcription of ...
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 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 ...
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 53:
by F. G. Cockman (1974)
This is an account of the impact made by railways on Victorian society in Bedfordshire between 1846 and 1890. There are chapters about the main railway lines through and within the county; schemes that failed; contractors and navvies, travelling by ...
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 82:
by Len Holden (2003)
This book traces the rise and decline of the once mighty company, Vauxhall, which in the third quarter of the twentieth century dominated the Luton economy. Beginning as a small London engineering company, at the peak of its production in ...
Volume 83:
edited by M. G. Deacon (2004)
The Shiny Seventh was an ordinary Kitchener battalion, a body of men raised for the duration of the war, forming part of an ordinary county regiment. They saw extraordinary things and performed extraordinary actions as part of 18th (Eastern) Division, ...
Volume 84:
by Anne Allsopp (2005)
This book, based on the author's PhD thesis, examines the education of Luton girls and the relationship with employment opportunities. The acknowledged independence of spirit to be found in Luton was especially noticeable among its female population who enjoyed considerable ...
BHRS is governed by Officers and a Council, elected annually at the AGM.
Officers 2023-2024
Chairman: Bob Ricketts, CBE (2018-
Secretary: Margaret Evans ...
Volume 93:
by Keith Lazenby (2014)
This memoir provides a glimpse into the well-known and long-standing local Bedford company of W. & H. Peacock during the years 1902-1988. The author draws on a wide variety of sources, many from his own collection, including property instruction books, ...
Volume 88:
edited by Patricia and Robert Malcolmson (2009)
Denis Argent, a professional journalist, joined the British Army in 1940 at the age of 23. He was already writing for Mass Observation, the innovative research organisation founded in 1937.
During most of his first two years in uniform, when he ...
Volume 89:
edited by Martin Deacon (2010)
This is an edition of the official war diary of the 2nd Battalion, the Bedfordshire Regiment and complements BHRS's 2004 volume The Shiny Seventh: the 7th (Service) Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment at War 1915-1918, also edited by Martin Deacon.
A War Diary ...
Volume 71:
edited by Nigel Lutt (1992)
The volume contains the surviving lists of Bedfordshire men who were liable for military service between 1539 and 1831: they are held at either The National Archives or Bedfordshire Archives (open in new windows). Many lists have not survived and ...
Volume 78:
Stephen Bunker (1999)
This volume, based on the author’s PhD thesis, traces the transformation of Luton from a market town to a manufacturing centre during the mid-nineteenth century. Its development was built on the straw hat industry. While this trade, from which the ...
Volume 97:
edited by David Newman, Bob Ricketts CBE and James Collett-White (2022)
The Turner Letters cover the years 1830-45 and give a lively view of life in a rural village in times of upheaval.
The Turner Letters originated in Milton Ernest in Bedfordshire. They travelled to St Andrews in New Brunswick, Canada, to ...