A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE 



Benedictine monks, i, 349, 351-3, 



374, 376 ; iii, 403, 446 

 Benedictine nuns, i, 353-61 

 Benery (Oakley), iii, 149 

 Benett, see Bennett 

 Benham (Ravensden), iii, 210 

 Benington, Eliz., i, 360 

 Benison, Geo. T., ii, 382, 383 

 Bennell, Will., iii, 355 

 Bennets, man., ii, 350, 359, 361 

 Bennett (Benett, Bennet), Grace, 



iii, 282 ; Jno., iii, 8 n ; J., i, 123, 



I 3^> I 37 ' Sim., iii, 282 ; Thos., 



ii, 106, 136, 137 ; Will., ii, 107, 



137 ; , ii, 130 ; iii, 387 

 Benson, Jas., iii, 208 

 Bentham, Rev. Jos., iii, 122, 417 ; 



Sam., ii, 166 

 Bentley, Anne, iii, 429 ; Jno., iii, 



429 ; Thos., iii, 364 

 Beodeford, i, 310 n 

 Beranforda, see Barford 

 Berdefeud, Jno. de, iii, 40 

 Bereford, par., see Barford 

 Bereford, Agnes de, ii, 362 ; Alice 



de, ii, 362 ; Bald, de, ii, 360, 362 ; 



Edm. de, ii, 362 ; Eliz., ii, 362 ; 



Hen. de, iii, 184 ; Humph, de, 



iii, 184 ; Joan de, ii, 362 ; Will, de, 



ii, 362 ; fain., iii, 181 n 

 Berell, Jno., iii, 247 

 Berells, man., see Buddenho 

 Beresford, Anne C., ii, 343 

 Berewode (Studham), iii, 428 

 Bergh, Rob. de, ii, 309 

 Berkeford, set Barford 

 Berkeley, Isabel, Lady de, ii, 340 ; 



Ld., iii, 346 ; Jas., Ld. de, ii, 340 ; 



Will., visct., ii, 301 ; iii, 13 ; Cath., 



iii, 205 ; G. C. G., ii, 187, 188, 194 ; 



Sir Jno., ii, 51, 52 ; Jno., iii, 205 ; 



Maurice, iii, 13 n ; fam. iii, 342 

 Berkford, see Barford 

 Berkhampstead (Herts), ii, 47, 157, 



317; iii, 358; cast, iii, 362 

 Berkley, see Berkeley 

 Bermondsey Priory, iii, 9, 24 

 Bernake, see Barnacke 

 Bernard, St., i, 361 

 Bernard, ii, 223 ; iii, 5 

 Bernard, Alice, iii, 116; Eleanor, 



ii, 286 ; Sir Jno., ii, 286 ; Marg., 



ii, 286 ; Nich., ii, 223 ; Odo, ii, 



223; Rich., iii, 116; Rog., ii, 



223 n ; see also Barnard and 



Burnard 



Berners, Mary, ii, 252 

 Berridge, Jno., i, 345, 346 

 Berrington, , iii, 234 

 Berry, Dan., iii, 61 

 Berryfield (Lidlington), iii, 305 

 Berrystead (Goldington), iii, 205 

 Bertona, see Barton-in-the-Clay 

 Bertuna, see Barton-in-the-Clay 

 Besebrigg (Sharnbrook), iii, 91 

 Beseville, Marina de, ii, 275 

 Best, Ant., iii, 212 ; Hen., iii, 23 ; 



Mary, iii, 206 

 Bethune, Alice de, ii, 356 ; Bald, de, 



", 349-50, 357, 360 

 Beton, Cicely, iii, 249, 250 

 Betterton, Fran., ii, 162 

 Bettesworth, Charlotte G., iii, 



443 ; Jno., ii, 357 ; Dr., ii, 357 

 Betts, Jno., ii, 171 

 Bevan (Bevin, Beywin, Beyum), 



Benj., iii, 322 n ; Rich., iii, 322 ; 



Thos., iii, 322 ; Walt., iii, 321, 



322 ; Will., iii, 320, 322 ; fam., 



iii, 322 



Bevans, man., iii, 322 

 Bevell (Bevill), Fran., iii, 392 ; 



Hen., iii, 361 ; W., ii, 194 

 Beverley, Eliz., iii, 198; Jas., ii, 



44. 323-4 ; "i, 201, 273 ; Rob., 



Beverley (cent.) 



ii, 322, 374 ; Thos., iii, 198, 201 ; 

 Will., iii, 198 



Bevin, see Bevan 



Beyum, Beywin, see Bevan 



Bicheno, , ii, 133 



Bickenhill (Warws.), i, 360 



Bickleswade, see Biggleswade 



Bickley, Fran., iii, 261 ; Rich., iii, 

 261 



Biddenham, iii, 31, 34, 36, 46, 66, 

 82, 175, 176, 210, 219 ; adv., iii, 

 36, 37, 39, 4: bridge, iii, 44; 

 chants., i, 324, 325 n, 329, 334 ; 

 ii, 92; iii, 40, 43, 47, 49; char., 

 iii, 40 ; ch., i, 326, 329 n ; iii, 

 36, 38, 39 ; ind., ii, 138 ; man., 



iii, 36, 37, 38, 7 8 , II0 : mills , ', 

 38, 47; palaeolithic impl., iii, 36; 

 place-names, iii, 40 ; pop., ii, 

 115; prebends, ii, 153; prehist. 

 rem., i, 28, 33, 145, 174 ; rectory, 

 iii, 40 ; Rom. rem., ii, 5, 6, 7 ; 

 sch., ii, 181 ; vicarage, i, 329 n, 

 341 ; wells, ii, 2, 5, 7 

 Biddenham, Jno. of, i, 381 ; Will. 



of, i, 381 



Biddlesden (Bucks), iii, 343 n 

 Bidwell (Houghton Regis), iii, 390 

 Biedcanforda, see Bedford 

 Bigg, Abigail, iii, 444 ; Abra., iii, 

 444 ; Agnes, iii, 444 ; Fran., iii, 

 443, 444 ! J n ., iii, 201 ; Mary, 

 iii, 444 ; Sarah, iii, 444 

 Biggin Spinney (Roxton), i, 121 

 Biggin Wood (Everton), ii, 226 

 Biggin Wood (Tempsford), i, 307 ; 



earthwork, ii, 251 

 Biggin Wood, Little (Everton), ii, 



226 



Biggleswade, ii, 44, 45 , 54, 95, 

 116, 201, 209, 214; iii, 7, 18, 

 70, 75 n, 202, 205, 227 n, 242, 

 260 ; adv., ii, 214 ; agric., ii, 133 ; 

 bridge, ii, 209, 210 ; boro., ii, 

 212; chaps., ii, 214; char., ii, 

 179-81 , 214-15; ch., i, 317; ii, 

 210, 213, 214, 217 ; coins (Brit.), 

 i, 173; ii, 210; common, ii, 190, 

 209 ; dean of, i, 347 ; fishery, ii, 

 212; gilds, i, 330; ii, 179, 214; 

 harriers, ii, 190 ; highway robbery, 

 ii, 99; ind., i, 39; ii, 127, 138, 

 139, 212, 213 ; man., ii, 88, 

 210-12, 214, 253 ; mkts. and fairs, 

 ii, 88, 209, 210, 212, 214 ; mills, ii, 

 212 ; moat, ii, 209 ; Nonconf., ii, 

 214 ; parl. div., ii, 66, 67 ; place- 

 names, ii, 210; pop., ii, 113; 

 prebend., i, 324, 334, 338, 343 ; 

 prehist. rem., i, 173, 174 ; races, 

 ii, 191 ; rectory, i, 329; ii, 214; 

 Rom. rem., ii, 4, 6, 209, 212 ; 

 schs., ii, 179-81, 214 ; sports, ii, 

 189, 199; vicar of, i, 329; 

 vicarage, i, 317, 341 ; ii, 214 ; 

 wells, i, 13, 26 

 Biggleswade, hund., ii, 18, 113, 



n6n, 143, 201-55 

 Biggleswade, Jno., i, 385 

 Bigland, Cornelius, ii, 183 n, 374 

 Bigod (Bygod), Hugh, ii, 223 ; 

 Maud, ii, 223 ; Rog. le, ii, 268 ; 

 see also Norfolk, earl of 

 Bilenda, Hen. de, i, 372 

 Bilkemore, man., ii, 377, 378 

 Bilkemore, Anastasia de, ii, 378 ; 

 Matilda de, ii, 378 ; Sir Rob. de, 

 , 337, 338 ; Rob. de, ii, 378 

 Billenden, see Billington 

 Billesdon, see Billington 

 Billing, Walt, de, iii, 173 

 Billington (Gt. and Little), iii, 399, 

 400, 402, 404 ; chap., i, 341 ; ii, 

 114; iii, 414, 417; ch., iii, 411; 



Billington (cont.) 



Cock Inn, iii, 400 ; man., iii, 

 406, 407 ; man. house, iii, 400 ; 

 Nonconf., iii, 415 ; prehist. rem., 

 i, 162 ; rectory, iii, 414 ; sch., ii, 

 181 



Billington, Joan, iii, 406 ; Jno., iii, 

 406, 407 



Billyndon, see Billington 



Birchall's Wood (Eversholt), iii, 



375 



Birchfield, man., iii, 181, 182 

 Birchmore, i, 370 ; ch., i, 370 ; iii, 

 462 ; man., iii, 461 ; man. house, 

 iii, 462 ; rectory, i, 370 ; water- 

 works, iii, 457 

 Bird, Jno., ii, 344 ; Thos., iii, 22, 



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Birds, i, 104-37 

 Birdshill, i, 50 



Birrell, Eliz., ii, 289 ; Hen., ii, 289 

 Biscott (Biscot), i, 310 ; ii, 374 ; 



Bear's Moat, ii, 3 f on; ch., i, 



346 ; ii, 374 ; earthworks, i, 305 ; 



man., ii, 350, 360-3 ; mill, ii, 366 ; 



Nonconf., ii, 374 ; springs, i, 19 ; 



vicarage, ii, 374 

 Biscott (Biscot), Ad. of, i, 322 n, 



395 n ; Godfrey of, ii, 356 

 Biscott Grange, Rom. rem., ii, 8 

 Biscott Place, ii, 362 n 

 Bishop, Hen., iii, 120 

 Bissopescote, see Biscott 

 Bithray, Chas., iii, 52 ; Thos., iii, 



52 ; Uriah, iii, 51 

 Bitlesden, see Battlesden 

 Blachesou, see Bletsoe 

 Black, Ad., ii, 357 n; Arth., iii, 331 

 Blackborne Hall, iii, 104, 183 ; 



man., iii, 105 

 Blackborne Hall Farm (Thurleigh), 



iii, 104 

 Black Death, ii, 88-90, 278 ; iii, 3, 



78, 93, 100, 158, 299, 301, 318 

 Black Friars, see Friars, Black 

 Black Pond (Thurleigh), i, 289 

 Blackwell, iii, 456 

 Blaigny (Blegner), Ernald de, ii, 



215 n ; Thos. de, ii, 215 n 

 Blake (Blak), Jex, ii, 175; Steph., 



ii, 276 n 



Blakelandes (Wootton), iii, 331 n 

 Blakesley (Northants), i, 394 

 Blankfront, man., see Potsgrove 

 Blankfront (Blancfront), Hen., iii, 



422, 423 ; Rob., iii, 422 ; Will., 



iii, 422 ; W. de, i, 315 n 

 Blaydes, Fanny M., ii, 385 ; , ii, 



385 



Bleadon (Somers.), iii, 54 



Bleak Hall (Biggleswade), ii, 209 



Blechesham, see Bletsoe 



Blechesho, see Bletsoe 



Blegner, see Blaigny 



Bletchley (Bucks), ii, 30 n, 71 



Bletnesho, see Bletsoe 



Bletsoe, i, 297 ; ii, 30, 40, 96 ; iii, 

 34, 4-43, 59, 61, 234 M, 293, 

 461 ; adv., iii, 41, 43 ; cast., i, 

 301, 302 ; iii, 40, 42 ; chant., iii, 

 43 ; chap., i, 325 n ; char., iii, 43 ; 

 ch., i, 325 n ; iii, 40, 42, 43 ; earth- 

 works, i, 301, 302, 303 ; hermit, i, 

 350 ; man., i, 325 n ; ii, 34 ; iii. 

 40, 41 ; mill, iii, 42 ; pk., i, 44 ; 

 pop., ii, 115 ; rector, iii, 43 ; sch., 

 ii, 181 ; vicar, ii, 327 n, 336 



Bletsoe, Agnes, iii, 119; Anne, iii, 

 119; Eliz., iii, 119; Will., iii. 

 119, 120 



Blikeslane (Caddington), ii, 315 



Bliss, Math. F., iii, 310 



Blisworth (Northants), i, 386 



Blofield, Edw., iii, 286; Eliz., iii, 

 294 ; Giles, iii, 294 ; Mary, iii, 294 



