Hundreds, Manors, Parishes & the Church

A Selection of early documents for Bedfordshire

Edited by John S Thompson, Kevin Ward, Nicholas H. Bennett, Patricia Bell

Ebook (VitalSource) - £19.99

Publication date:

01 January 1990

Length of book:

240 pages

Publisher

Bedfordshire Historical Record Society

Dimensions:

234x156mm

ISBN-13: 9781800107571

This selection of early documents, transcribed and translated from Latin by John Thompson.

This selection of early documents, transcribed and translated from Latin by John Thompson, includes the Hundred Rolls of 1274 and 1279 (taken from the Record Commission's editions of 1812 and 1818); account rolls for Higham Gobion and Streatley 1379-82; tithe and expenditure accounts for Blunham Rectory 1520-39; Turvey churchwardens' accounts 1551-2; Bedfordshire archidiaconal visitations 1578; and Eggington manor court rolls 1297-1572.

Each section has an introduction by John Thompson or a local archivist: Patricia Bell, Nicholas H. Bennett, Chris Pickford and Kevin Ward.