A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE 
APPENDIX II 
A seal of John Houghton, archdeacon of Bedford from 1218 to 
1231, is attached to a charter in the British Museum.’ It is not of an 
ecclesiastical type, but the impression of a beautiful antique gem, the 
figure of a bull at bay. Legend: S(icirum) Maer Jonis pe Hov- 
TUNE. 
' Add. Ch. 18198 ; a composition between the abbot of Waltham and the archdeacon, concern- 
ing rights of visitation, with reference to Arlesey church. 
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