Miscellanea - Volume 59

The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society volume LIX ‘The internal politics of Bedford 1660-1688’, by Michael Mullet [Describes the constitution of Bedford’s corporation and the effects of religion on the town’s politics in the reign of Charles II. The article shows how John Bunyan drew on Bedford for the town in his book The Holy War.] ‘Sir John Kelyng, Chief Justice of the King’s Bench, 1665-1671’, by Eric Stockdale [Kelyng presided over the trial at Quarter Sessions of Jo