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Document signed : to the Constables of Bedford, 1674 March 4.

BIB_ID
216107
Accession number
MA 39
Display Date
1674 March 4.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 30.3 x 19.2 cm
Notes
Under this warrant Bunyan was imprisoned for six months on Bedford Bridge.
Written in a clerk's hand.
Signed by the following Justices of the Peace: Sir John Napier of Luton Hoo; Sir William Beecher of Howbury; Sir George Lundell of Cardington; Sir Humphrey Monoux of Wooton; Sir William Franklin of Bolnhurst; Mr. John Ventriss of Compton; Mr. Will Spencer of Cople; Mr. Will Gery of Bushmeade; Sir John Hernocke of Hulcote; Mr. Wm. Daniell of Silsoe; Mr. T. Browne of Arlesey; Mr. Gaius Squier of Eton Socon; and Dr. W. ffoster of Bedford.
Ten of the signatures are accompanied by seals.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis in shield, surmounted by crown, (Strasbourg lily).
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch in 1906.
Summary
Being a warrant for the arrest of John Bunyan and bearing the signatures of thirteen magistrates.