The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society Volume IX
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198 Pages

23.4 x 15.6 cm

Series: Publications Bedfordshire Hist Rec Soc

Series Vol. Number: 9

Imprint: Bedfordshire Historical Record Society

The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society Volume IX

by Jos. Hight Blundell, Cyril Fox, G. Andrews Moriarty and S. Peyton

Edited by G. Herbert Fowler, Michael W. Hughes, Mrs Hilary Jenkinson and F. M. Stenton

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The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, vol. 9

‘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 the Great Ouse.  At the time the article was written, the beaker was in the Huntingdon Institution.] ‘The Morteyn family in Bedfordshire’, by G. Andrews Moriarty [The family are first noted in Bedfordshire in Tilsworth in 1212. Their spread to other parts of the county is recounted and a nine-generation pedigree provided for the period 1212-1429.] ‘The shire of Bedford and the earldom of Huntingdon’, by G. Herbert Fowler [Twelfth century charters in Latin, with English abstracts, and a table of descent of the earldoms of Northampton and Huntingdon. There is an additional note at the end of the volume.]
‘The later descent of Wingate of Harlington’, by Jos. Hight Blundell [This account of the Wingate family after the Heralds’ visitation traces the family from 1635 to 1770 and has a four-generation pedigree.]
‘The disseisins by Falk de Breaute at Luton’, by G. Herbert Fowler and Michael W. Hughes [Abstract of entries in the 1224 Curia Regis roll 85 of courts held in Dunstable referring to de Breaute’s actions in Luton. There is an additional note at the end of the volume.]
‘An Elizabethan inquisition concerning bondmen’, by S. Peyton [While holding in villeinage changed during the fifteenth century, unfree personal status did not always follow. This article recounts Elizabethan inquiries into bondmen in Bedfordshire and elsewhere, and in particular the inquisition at Cranfield in 1577.]
‘Roll of the justices in eyre, 1242’, by G. Herbert Fowler [An English translation of the eyre in Bedfordshire and of Bedfordshire cases in other counties.]
‘A list of Bedfordshire apprentices, 1711-1720’, by Mrs. Hilary Jenkinson [The list was compiled from the Apprenticeship books of the Inland Revenue now in The National Archives.]
‘The commune of Bedford’, by Prof. F. M. Stenton [A Latin transcription and English translation of a charter grant made 1179×1194 and subsequently lost. It has been taken from a sixteenth-century copy, which was in private hands in 1925.]
‘A handlist of the Bedfordshire County Muniments’, prepared by the County Records Committee.

Joseph Hight Blundell (1852-1929) was a businessman.  He was born in the Luton area and later lived in Toddington.  He was a numismatist, genealogist and historian, writing books about Bedfordshire tokens, the Blundells, a history of Toddington and contributing to VCH Bedford vol. 3.  He saw Austin’s History of Luton through to publication after the author’s death.

Sir Cyril Fox (1882-1967) was an archaeologist and administrator.  After completing a PhD on the archaeology of the Cambridge region in 1922, he became Director of the National Museum of Wales from 1926 to 1948.  He excavated and wrote extensively on a wide range of periods in Welsh history.

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.

Miss A. V. Rickards was a Cambridge history graduate.  She wrote the sections on Biggleswade and Clifton hundreds and Luton in VCH Bedford volume 2.  Later publications are under her married name Mrs Hilary Jenkinson.

G. Andrews Moriarty (1883-1968) was an American diplomat and lawyer.  He was also a genealogist specialising in medieval and New England families.

Professor Sir F. M. Stenton FBA (1880-1967) was a pre-eminent historian of Anglo-Saxon and early modern history. He held senior academic and administrative positions in Reading University. His publications included charters, place names and contributions to the VCH.

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198 Pages

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Series: Publications Bedfordshire Hist Rec Soc

Series Vol. Number: 9

Imprint: Bedfordshire Historical Record Society