Bedfordshire Wills 1484-1533
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Series: Publications Bedfordshire Hist Rec Soc

Series Vol. Number: 76

Imprint: Bedfordshire Historical Record Society

Bedfordshire Wills 1484-1533

Edited by Patricia Bell and Edwin Welch

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These abstracts of 298 wills are based on transcriptions made by John and Isobel Thompson from the probate records of the Court of the Archdeacon of Bedford, held at Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service as ABP/R 2 and 3

These abstracts of 298 wills are based on transcriptions made by John and Isobel Thompson from the probate records of the Court of the Archdeacon of Bedford, held at Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service as ABP/R 2 and 3.
The wills are mainly of the ordinary people of Bedfordshire villages and towns and a few local clergy.
As well as containing details of testators' families, possessions, some property and bequests to the church, there are glimpses into people's minds: 'beyng seke in bodie dredyng the parell of death to fall unto me'; and a request for burial in the parish church 'afore the sowth doore behynd the piller'.

Patricia Bell was Bedfordshire County Archivist 1968-1986 and also General Editor for BHRS. She both edited and contributed to many BHRS volumes.

Edwin Welch (1927-1998) was an archivist and worked in various parts of England from 1951 to 1971 and subsequently in Canada. He was an expert and writer on Dissenting history.

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Title Details

207 Pages

2.34 x 1.56 cm

8 b/w.

Series: Publications Bedfordshire Hist Rec Soc

Series Vol. Number: 76

Imprint: Bedfordshire Historical Record Society