The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society volume XXXVIII

The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society volume XXXVIII

‘A Bedford fragment and the burning of two Fraticelli at Avignon in 1354’, by D. W. Whitfield. [This transcription in Latin of an isolated folio gives the indictment of friars John de Castellione and Francis ab Arquata, with Friar John’s profession of faith. The folio is held by Bedfordshire Archives. ‘John Lord Wenlock of Someries’, by J. S. Roskell. [Sir John Wenlock who was a royal servant and ambassador for both Henry VI and Edward IV. He held high office nationally and locally, was an MP several times and Speaker of the House of Commons 1455-6. He was a soldier and served on both sides during the Wars of the Roses. He built up a large estate around Luton and elsewhere in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire which he sold to Thomas Rotheram, Bishop of Lincoln.]
‘The Tower of London letter-book of Sir Lewis Dyve, 1646-47’, edited by H. G. Tibbutt. [Transcription of copies of letters from Dyve to Charles I and John Ashburnham.]
‘Inventory of furniture at Houghton House, c. 1726-28’, edited by Evelyn Curtis. [The house, near Ampthill, belonged to Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury, then in exile because of his support of James II. At the time of the inventory, the house was probably unoccupied. The house was sold in 1738 to the Duke of Bedford.]