Law and Order in Georgian Bedfordshire

Law and Order in Georgian Bedfordshire These five essays on issue of law and order grew out of the author’s earlier research on local crime for his book on Bedford Prison (BHRS vol. 56). The first essay recounts the riots following the enactment of the Militia Act 1757. The second is a short biography of the Rev. Philip Hunt, rector of St Peter’s Bedford from 1799, who accompanied firstly Lord Elgin to Greece, and secondly the 6th Duke of Bedford to Ireland as his secretary and chaplain. Followi