Bedfordshire coroners' rolls / edited by R.F. Hunnisett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hunnisett, R. F.

Contributor:

Hunnisett, R. F., editor.

Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, issuing body.

Series:

Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society ; volume XLI.

The publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society ; volume XLI

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coroners--England--Bedfordshire.

Coroners.

Registers of births, etc--England--Bedfordshire.

Registers of births, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xlv, 165 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Woodbridge] : Boydell & Brewer, 2023.

Summary:

This is a calendar in English of the coroners' rolls for c. 1265-1317 and 1378-1380, held respectively in The National Archives and Gonville and Caius College Cambridge. The introduction explains coroners' duties and court procedure before focusing on the work of the Bedfordshire coroners. Included are lists of the medieval coroners for Bedfordshire (1230-1478), Bedford (1240-1456), Dunstable (1228-1411) and the Bedfordshire liberties of the Abbot of St. Albans (1287-1326) and Eton College (1451). The rolls contain cases of murder, assaults and thefts and tragic accidents such as that of five-year-old Joan in 1274. Aside from crime, the rolls reveal the conditions of daily life at the poorer level of society, agriculture and the countryside.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

APPENDIX (TO INTRODUCTION)

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, CORONERS’ ROLLS ( J.I.2)

INDEX OF PERSONS AND PLACES

Notes:

Previously issued in print: Streatly, near Luton: The Society, 1961.

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 21, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Hunnisett, R. F. Bedfordshire Coroners' Rolls

ISBN:

9781800107298

OCLC:

1321803368