The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society volume XXI

The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society volume XXI ‘Calendar of the roll of the justices on eyre, 1247’, G. Herbert Fowler. The commission for the Eyre was issued on 25 May 1247 to hear the pleas of the counties of Northampton, Rutland, Bedford, Buckingham and seven others. Four justices sat for four weeks, from late September to late October, at Bedford and two of them spent two days in Dunstable on 29 and 30 September. The book’s introduction explains the procedure of th