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The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society
  • Volume 4
  • Edited by J. E. Brown, G. Herbert Fowler, Frederic Augustus Page-Turner, R. M. Serjeantson
  • Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    18 July 2023
  • Includes 'The Will of Roger Benetheton, 1438/9', edited by the late Rev. R. M. Serjeantson (A Latin transcription with English translation of a will entered on the court rolls of Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire.).

    'Ancient Bedfordshire Deeds II: Deeds relating to Elstow,' by F. A, Page-Turner (Sixty-six deeds made between 1553 and 1665, transcribed, translated, abstracted or listed.).

    'Ancient Indictments, 1341-2,' by G. Herbert Fowler (Latin transcriptions with English translations of Indictments in the court of King's Bench, with an introduction.).

    'Selections from Jury Lists,' by the Rev. J. E. Brown (Jurors are listed by parish for 1780, 1785, 1791, 1798, 1800, 1810, 1820 and 1830. Most parishes are included but a notable exception is Bedford itself. The introduction summarises the qualifications for serving on a jury.)

The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society
  • Volume 8
  • William Austin, Jannion Steele Elliott, G. Herbert Fowler, Hilary Jenkinson, Frederic Augustus Page-Turner
  • Edited by Joseph Hight Blundell, C. W. Foster, Fred. Puttnam, Robert Richmond
  • Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    18 July 2023
  • Contains 'Stagsden and Its Manors', by J. Steele Elliott.
    'Three Records of the Alien Priory of Grove and the Manor of Leighton Buzzard', by Robert Richmond.
    'Ancient Bedfordshire Deeds, no 3: Northill, Southill, Old Warden, etc', by F. A. Page-Turner.
    'Harlington Churchwardens' Accounts', by Joseph Hight Blundell.
    'Some Bedfordshire Assessments for the Taxation of a Ninth, 1297, by Mrs. Hilary Jenkinson.
    'Institutions to Ecclesiastical Benefices in the County of Bedford, 1535-1660', by The Rev. Canon C. W. Foster.

    Notes: I 'Declaration of Common Rights, Eaton Bray and Totternhoe, 1475', by Fred. Puttnam; II 'Catsbrook at Biscot near Luton', by William Austin; III 'Wingate of Streatley and Harlington', by Joseph Hight Blundell; IV 'Variant spelling of Thurleigh'; V 'The Meeting Place of Manshead Hundred', by G. Herbert Fowler.

The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society
  • Volume 5
  • William Austin, G. Herbert Fowler, Frederick G. Gurney, John E. Morris, Frederic Augustus Page-Turner
  • Edited by J. Hamson, Arthur G. Kealy
  • Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    14 July 2023
  • Includes 'The Assessment of Knight Service in Bedfordshire, no. 2', by John E. Morris.
    'St. John of SouthilI', by F. A. Page-Turner.
    'Some Saxon Charters', by G. Herbert Fowler.
    'A Late Example of a Deodand', by William Austin.
    'Domesday Notes II: Kenemondwick', by G. Herbert Fowler.
    'The Hillersdens of Elstow', by F. A. Page-Turner.
    'Grant of Free Warren to Newnham Priory', by J. Hamson.
    'Cutenho, Farley Hospital, and Kurigge', by William Austin.
    'Munitions in 1224', by G. Herbert Fowler.
    'The Becher Family of Howbury', by F. A. Page-Turner.
    'Yttingaford and the Tenth-Century Bounds of Chalgrave and Linslade,’ by Frederick G. Gurney.
    'The Paper Register of St. Mary's Church in Bedford, 1539-1558', by the Rev. A. G. Kealey.
    'Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem No. I,’ by G. Herbert Fowler.
    'Notes and queries: Information requested on some Anglo-Saxon charters; ancient parish maps; Simon Fitz; and healing wells.'.

  • Notes and Replies: —Ravensden and Chainhalle: G. H. F.—Toddington Place Names, 1453 : F. A. P-T.— Luton Names in the xiith Century : G. FI. F.—Duties on Bricks : H. S. Holt

  • William Austin, G. Herbert Fowler, John E. Morris
  • Edited by C. Gore Chambers, Hilary Jenkinson, Frederic Augustus Page-Turner
  • Book:
    The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society
    Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    14 July 2023, pp 265-269

  • Summary

    In a very interesting note on Eels and Eel-catching in Bedfordshire, Mr. Steele Elliott has criticised my suggested identification of these two manors, on the ground that the mill at Chainhalle paid as part rent in Domesday Book thirty shillings and a hundred eels:

    “judging from its comparatively high rental [this mill] must have been one of the most important in the county. Therefore we can reasonably presume the position of this Manor was adjoining the Ouse, and not remote from any important stream.” The actual money rent is no doubt high, but we cannot now gauge the factors which produced that (accessibility, water-power, population, area under grain, etc.). As regards the eels, I venture to think that the criticism is not destructive. In the first place, a hundred eels was not an exceptional number, but about the average paid by eel-rented mills in Beds. (2610 eels ÷ 25 mills); nine out of the twenty-five mills paid less, six paid more. Again, Mr. Elliott does not seem to have made sufficient allowance for the general lowering of the water level all over the county due to the ‘ drayning and imbanking ‘ of the fens. What is now the inconsiderable stream on which presumably the Ravensden Mill stood, would be larger, and the area of which it can be said today “the ground is swampy and often covered by water from the overflow of the streams,” would then offer harbourage enough for eels.

    That there was a mill at Ravensden in early times is shown by the inquisition post mortem of William de Beauchamp (II B) in 1262. To clinch the matter, the manor of Putenehou (Putnoe in Goldington), the position of which is not disputed, lay just on the other side of the stream from Ravensden, and similarly paid a rent of a hundred eels. The probable position of these mills is less than three miles from the Ouse.

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