The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, volume IV

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293 Pages

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Series: Publications Bedfordshire Hist Rec Soc

Series Vol. Number: 4

Imprint: Bedfordshire Historical Record Society

The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, volume IV

Edited by J. E. Brown, G. Herbert Fowler, F. A. Page-Turner and R M Serjeantson

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The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, vol. 3

‘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 F. A, Page-Turner [Sixty-six deeds made between 1553 and 1665, transcribed, translated, abstracted or listed.] ‘Ancient indictments, 1341-2,’ by G. Herbert Fowler [Latin transcriptions with English translations of Indictments in the court of King’s Bench, with an introduction.] ‘Selections from jury lists,’ by the Rev. J. E. Brown [Jurors are listed by parish for 1780, 1785, 1791, 1798, 1800, 1810, 1820 and 1830. Most parishes are included but a notable exception is Bedford itself. The introduction summarises the qualifications for serving on a jury.]

Dr G. Herbert Fowler (1861-1940) was a zoologist working in London before he retired to Bedfordshire, where he became a county councillor and chairman of the county’s Records Committee in 1913.  He immediately reformed the existing record room, established standard procedures and ran it as a public service, the first in the country. He was a founder member of BHRS in 1912 and its Secretary, General Editor and principal contributor to the annual volumes until his death.  He also published extensively on sources in Buckinghamshire and elsewhere.

Frederic Augustus Blaydes (1845-1931) (who changed his surname to Page-Turner on inheriting the estate of his uncle) was a founder member of BHRS.  He was an antiquarian and best known for his edition for the Harleian Society of The Visitations of Bedfordshire (1884), Bedfordshire Notes and Queries (1882-1893) and Genealogia Bedfordiensis (1890).  He was mayor of Bedford twice, a member of several local societies and a benefactor to the County Record Office.

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January 1917

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293 Pages

2.34 x 1.56 cm

Series: Publications Bedfordshire Hist Rec Soc

Series Vol. Number: 4

Imprint: Bedfordshire Historical Record Society

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