P85/28/1/3

Notes on the history of Luton and church, and manuscript for book - apparently the notes and papers assembled by the Rev. Henry Cobbe, Rector of Maulden (d.1898), for his book Luton Church: Historical and descriptive published posthumously in 1899.

n.d. [c.1889-1898]

From: 1889 To: 1898

A box of notes and diagrams [3 folders] including Cobbe's manuscript and - mainly in folder 3: 1. Family tree of the Conquests of Houghton Conquest 2. Early Ecclesiastical History of Bedfordshire (Roman, Saxon, Norman, Plantagenent, Tudor and Stuart periods) 3. History of Robert, Earl of Gloucester. 4. Information on Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire parishes including St. Mary's, Luton, Leighton Buzzard, Hockliffe, Houghton Conquest, Maulden, Harlington, Bedford, Beaulieu and Aylesbury. 5. Sketches of brasses found in Luton church, including (a) Anne Warren and her husband, (b) John Acworth and his wives, (c) Edward Sheffield, Vicar (d) Hugo Atte Spetyl and his son John, and (e) Anna Faldo Some of the notes are headed as the chapters in Cobbe's book

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Cobbe, Henry,
Houghton,
Warren, Anne,
Acworth, John,
Sheffield, Edward,
Atte Spetyl, Hugo,
Atte Spetyl, John,
Faldo, Anna

churches, HISTORY, St. Mary Luton, HOUGHTON CONQUEST, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, MAULDEN, parish, HOCKLIFFE, MAULDEN, HARLINGTON, BEDFORD, Aylesbury, Beaulieu, church brasses