Anne Buck & C. E. Freeman 
The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society volume XXV [PDF ebook] 

The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society volume XXV


‘The meeting-place of Wixamtree hundred, ’ by F. W. Marsom [Marsom suggests that the meeting place was in the centre of the hundred at Deadman’s Oak where old trackways meet.] ‘Two Cranfield manors, ’ by Joyce Godber [This article identifies the medieval origins of the manors of Washingley and Rudlandesfelde (1166-1464). ‘The registers of the fraternity of St John the Baptist, Dunstable, 1506-8, 1522-41, ’ by Anne Buck [A description of the guild register which was bought by Luton Museum in 1947.]


‘Newnham priory: a Bedford rental, 1506-7, ’ by W. N. Henman [The rental is presented as a transcription and translation in parallel Latin and English texts. It includes Bedford street names. A map reconstructing the town of Bedford in 1506-7 is at the back of the volume.]


‘Newnham priory: rental of manor at Biddenham, 1505-6, ’ by Barbara Cook [Latin transcription. It contains some field names.]


‘The papers of Richard Taylor of Clapham (c. 1579-1641), ’ by G. D. Gilmore [Richard Taylor was a burgess, justice of the peace, deputy recorder of Bedford and a member of Parliament in the reign of Charles I. The article provides a brief biography and a transcription of one of the papers – an account of a meeting of subsidy-men in Bedford on 17 August 1626.]

‘John Crook, 1617-1699: a Bedfordshire Quaker, ’ by H. G. Tibbutt [An account of Crook’s life is followed by a list of his writings between 1659 and 1699.]

‘A Bedfordshire wage assessment of 1684, ’ by T. S. Willan [Wages for tradesmen, agricultural workers and servants and for other work were set at Bedford Quarter Sessions on 9 April 1684. The article transcribes these rates and provides an introduction.]

‘A Luton Baptist minute book, 1707-1806, ’ by C. E. Freeman [Extracts with an introduction]

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Thomas S. Willan FBA (1910-1994) was Professor of Economic History at Manchester University. He specialised in internal, coastal and international trade and on river navigation, mainly in the early modern period.