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A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE APPENDIX II A seal of John Houghton, archdeacon of Bedford from 121 8 to 1 23 1, is attached to a charter in the British Museum. 1 It is not of an ecclesiastical type, but the impression of a beautiful antique gem, the figure of a bull at bay. Legend : S(igillum) Magri Johis de Hotj- tune. 1 Add. Ch. 1 8 198 ; a composition between the abbot of Waltham and the archdeacon, concern- ing rights of visitation, with reference to Arlesey church. 348
