Bedford Lunatic Asylum - Admissions and Discharges


July 1812 to August 1819


I thought it might be interesting to transcribe these registers. However, a morning's work made me realise that it would be a much longer (and more boring) task than I had imagined. So I have decided to put these transcriptions on hold for the time being. I hope to return to them in due course, but that will not be for some time.

Name Sex Age Parish When Received Lunatic or Idiot How long Afflicted When Discharged Observations
Susan Henman F 43 Houghton Conquest 1 July 1812 Lunatic 12 years 7 April 1826 Cured
Catherine Smart F 42 Houghton Conquest 1 July 1812 Lunatic 1 year 29 May 1813 Relieved
Elizabeth Fassey F 62 Salford 2 July 1812 Lunatic 7 years 7 February 1824 Died
Elizabeth Sharp F 33 Heath & Reach 2 July 1812 Lunatic 20 years 29 May 1813 Died
James Roberts M 40 Cranfield 2 July 1812 Lunatic 15 years 29 January 1824 Died
Thomas Pindard M 60 Eaton Socon 2 July 1812 Lunatic 12 months 7 August 1813 Cured
John Harper M 60 Goldington 3 July 1812 Lunatic 16 years 7 March 1817 Died
Mary Lumbiss F 44 Gt Barford 6 July 1812 Lunatic 3 years
Died
Elizabeth Ball F 30 Bolnhurst 7 July 1812 Lunatic 16 years 6 August 1822 Died
Elizabeth Pettit F 32 Harrold 8 July 1812 Lunatic 3 years 1 January 1814 Relieved
William White M 28 Old Warden 10 July 1812 Lunatic 7 years 8 August 1813 Cured
Jane Webster F 40 Kempston 11 July 1812 Lunatic 15 years 12 March 1836 Removed
Elizabeth Green F 38 Eaton Socon 26 July 1812 Lunatic 3 years 12 April 1813 Cured
Elizabeth Warren F 37 Cople 27 July 1812 Lunatic 27 years 1 August 1812 Relieved
Elizabeth Jackson F 68 Southill 29 July 1812 Lunatic 3 years 23 July 1823 Died
Rebecah Saunders F 33 Cardington 30 July 1812 Lunatic 1 month 23 August 1812 Removed
Edward Hatton M 28 Stotfold 31 July 1812 Lunatic 3 years 2 August 1830 Relieved
Joseph Kindard M 7 Wilstead 4 August 1812 Lunatic 7 years 29 April 1815 Died
Richard Emerson M 41 Stanbridge 6 August 1812 Lunatic 3 years

Elizabeth Pitts F 40 Clifton 10 August 1812 Lunatic
9 August 1814 Died
Margret Clark F 45 Woburn 11 August 1812 Lunatic 2 years

Samuel Raine M 26 Lidlington 26 August 1812 Lunatic 1 month 5 April 1813 Relieved
Thomas Fells M 30 Harlington 9 September 1812 Idiot 30 years 15 November 1812 Died
John Nailor M 35 Sharnbrook 21 September 1812 Lunatic 4 years 20 March 1824 Died
Jane Stock F 47 Langford 26 September 1812 Lunatic 16 years 17 July 1816 Cured
Elizabeth Pratt F 45 Battlesden 26 September 1812 Lunatic 7 years 7 April 1817 Died
John Balls M 27 Barton 17 October 1812 Idiot 27 years 1840 Removed
Sarah Jones F 39 St Marys, Bedford 17 October 1812 Lunatic 18 years 5 July 1818 Removed. Private patient.
John Slinn M 38 St Marys, Bedford 17 October 1812 Lunatic 4 months 28 May 1813 Relieved. Private patient.
Anne Kendall F 21 Northill 21 October 1812 Lunatic 1 month 5 February 1813 Died
James Chandler F 33 Eaton Socon 26 October 1812 Lunatic 2 months 4 September 1813 Cured
Sarah Arnold F 52 Silsoe 5 November 1812 Lunatic 7 years 9 December 1813 Relieved
Robert Lorton M 72 Ampthill 7 November 1812 Lunatic
10 February 1818 Died
Thomas Hudson M 41 Dunstable 23 December 1812 Lunatic 18 months 30 November 1813 Died
William Langley M 27 St Pauls, Bedford 14 January 1813 Lunatic 6 years 11 January 1814 Relieved. Private patient.
Elizabeth Calegrave F 39 Thurleigh 13 February 1813 Lunatic 9 weeks 7 August 1813 Cured
Edward Miller M 40 Cardington 21 February 1813 Lunatic 3 days 3 April 1813 Cured
William Bradshaw M 25 Luton 21 February 1813 Lunatic
8 April 1818 Cured
Vagrant Pauper M 24 Not known 14 March 1813 Lunatic
2 May 1814 Escaped
William Pool M 68 Shelton 25 May 1813 Lunatic 14 months 11 December 1814 Died
Sarah Luttley F 60 Dunstable 9 July 1813 Lunatic 2 months 2 March 1827 Died
Mary Smith F 70 Pavenham 17 July 1813 Lunatic 1 month 19 May 1816 Died
Flack Loveday M 24 Bridgestock, Northants 17 July 1813 Lunatic 6 months 11 November 1814 Removed
Martha Dawborn F 58 Milbrook 11 August 1813 Lunatic 12 months 6 November 1813 Cured
Elizabeth Madams F
Clophill 30 September 1813 Lunatic 14 days 27 October 1813 Relieved. Private patient.
Isaac Hurst M
Milton 7 October 1813 Lunatic
7 February 1814 Removed. Private patient.
Urry Maculay M 20 St Pauls, Bedford 16 October 1813 Lunatic
2 April 1815 Cured. Private patient.
Elizabeth Stevenson F 35 Old Warden 8 November 1813 Lunatic 1 week 13 November 1813 Died. Private patient.
Anne Keeton F 58 Tempsford 11 December 1813 Lunatic 10 weeks 7 April 1814 Cured. Private patient.
Susan Wheeler F 64 Ampthill 27 December 1813 Lunatic 3 months 14 May 1815 Died. Private patient.
John Cobb M 22 shillington 29 December 1813 Lunatic 3 months 10 August 1814 Died
Mary Travill F 25 Ampthill 7 February 1814 Lunatic 3 months 24 April 1814 Cured. Private patient.
William Langley M 28 St Pauls, Bedford 9 February 1814 Lunatic 7 years 21 October 1817 Relieved. Private patient.
Frances Frankes F 35 Tempsford 11 February 1814 Lunatic 30 years 4 September 1815 Removed
Richard Gaunt M 34 Renhold 2 March 1814 Lunatic 8 years

John Garratt M 58 Cardington 10 March 1814 Lunatic
12 March 1814 Died
Richard Rickett M
St Pauls, Bedford 10 March 1814 Lunatic
2 June 1814 Cured
George Firnavill M 19 St Pauls, Bedford 30 March 1814 Lunatic
12 June 1830 Removed
William Revill M 20 Graveley, Cambs 2 April 1814 Lunatic 7 years 7 August 1814 Cured
John Slinn M 39 St Marys, Bedford 2 April 1814 Lunatic 2 years 26 September 1814 Cured. Private patient.
Frances Beach F
Ampthill 8 April 1814 Lunatic
5 June 1814 Cured. Private patient.
Elizabeth Hicks F 20 Stagsden 16 April 1814 Lunatic 10 weeks 10 December 1814 Cured
Jane Grune F 56 Cambridge 3 June 1814 Lunatic
17 March 1820 Died. Private patient.
Martha Turner F 44 Lidlington 6 June 1814 Lunatic 2 months 23 April 1815 Died
Samuel Sudboraugh M 24 Burton, Northants 13 June 1814 Lunatic 4 years 16 September 1814 Relieved. Private patient.
Henry Ekins M 47 Eaton Socon 26 July 1814 Lunatic 3 months 7 March 1815 Cured
Mary Bettles F 38 Dean 4 August 1814 Lunatic 2 months 3 June 1815 Cured
John Sharp M 26 Gamlingay, Cambs 18 August 1814 Lunatic 1 week 4 March 1815 Cured
Alice Martin F 36 Melchbourne 30 August 1814 Lunatic
9 August 1815 Cured
Thomas Hook M 30 St Pauls, Bedford 29 September 1814 Lunatic


Anne Scoot F 38 Wittleborough, Northants 4 October 1814 Lunatic 1 month 2 August 1815 Relieved
Anne Willmot F 28 Rushden, Northants 14 October 1814 Lunatic
20 May 1816 Relieved
John Pettitt M 47 Newport Pagnell 27 October 1814 Lunatic
3 September 1815 Cured
Alice Crawley F 52 Studham 31 October 1814 Lunatic 4 months 15 December 1830 Cured
James Heades M 43 Yelden 5 November 1814 Lunatic 20 years 25 January 1824 Died
Elizabeth Willman F 22 Lidlington 17 November 1814 Lunatic
16 January 1815 Cured
John Chown M 43 Higham Ferrers, Northants 19 November 1814 Lunatic 6 years 9 April 1819 Relieved
John Hillyard M 40 St Pauls, Bedford 4 January 1815 Lunatic 12 months 20 January 1815 Removed
Elizabeth Titmiss F 36 Tetworth, Hunts 11 January 1815 Lunatic 1 month 27 January 1815 Died
John Willman M 47 Lidlington 14 January 1815 Lunatic 15 years 27 March 1817 Died
Elizabeth Whitlock F 36 Olney, Bucks 14 January 1815 Lunatic 3 weeks 4 March 1815 Private patient
Graveley Wright M 46 Chellington 18 February 1815 Lunatic 12 months 6 April 1815 Relieved
Richard Gadsbey M 36 Souldrop 22 February 1815 Lunatic 3 weeks 9 August 1815 Cured
Sarah Robinson F 50 Aspley Guise 15 March 1815 Lunatic 1 week 14 August 1815 Cured
Thomas Borton M 70 St Cuthberts, Bedford 6 April 1815 Lunatic 3 months 25 November 1818 Removed
Joseph Warren M 16 Riseley 8 April 1815 Idiot 16 years 15 May 1835 Died
Charlotte Brown F 21 Bletsoe 15 April 1815 Lunatic
10 July 1815 Cured
John Slinn M 40 St Marys, Bedford 17 April 1815 Lunatic 3 years 30 November 1815 Died. Private patient.
Vagrant Pauper M 30 Not known 29 April 1815 Lunatic
14 May 1815 Cured
John Allen M 66 Workton, Northants 29 April 1815 Lunatic 7 years 7 September 1815 Removed. Private patient.
Hannah Fassey F 40 Newport Pagnell 29 April 1815 Lunatic 7 years 7 September 1815 Removed. Private patient.
Frances Beale F 70 Thrapston, Northants 8 May 1815 Lunatic 1 year 20 December 1822 Relieved. Private patient.
Ester Smart F 40 Eversholt 9 May 1815 Lunatic 7 years 9 August 1815 Relieved
Anne Wayman F 47 Northill 17 March 1815 Lunatic 3 months 7 September 1815 Cured
Elizabeth Nottingham F 22 Eaton Socon 20 May 1815 Lunatic 4 months

William Waldock M 53 Stotfold 30 May 1815 Lunatic 12 months 7 August 1815 Cured. Private patient.
Mary Rumble F 32 Highgate, Middlesex 19 June 1815 Lunatic
4 December 1815 Cured. Private patient.
Elizabeth Estewell F 52 Moggerhanger 18 August 1815 Lunatic 2 months 20 December 1817 Removed
Elizabeth Curtiss F 31 Pertenhall 9 October 1815 Lunatic 1 week 4 December 1815 Cured
Mary Bigg F 22 Luton 26 October 1815 Lunatic 3 years 4 August 1815 [sic] Removed
Samuel Willson M 42 Brington, Hunts 31 October 1815 Lunatic
9 April 1816 Removed
Thomas Bates M 72 Old Warden 7 November 1815 Lunatic 9 weeks 27 December 1815 Died
Martha Roberts F 33 Luton 16 November 1815 Lunatic 3 months 12 November 1833 Released
Elizabeth Linton F 20 Abbotsley, Hunts 18 November 1815 Lunatic 3 years 17 February 1816 Removed. Private patient.
Sarah Drewe? F 61 St Pauls, Bedford 30 November 1815 Lunatic 4 months 22 July 1816 Cured. Private patient.
Sarah Colegrave F 35 Thurleigh 3 January 1816 Lunatic 3 months 17 January 1817 Relieved
Thomas Peck M 25 Stagsden 11 January 1816 Lunatic
4 January 1821 Died
Elizabeth Pettitt F 34 Harrold 29 January 1816 Lunatic 7 years 3 January 1825 Relieved
Martha Catling F 58 Abbots Ripton, Hunts 8 February 1816 Lunatic
13 June 1816 Cured
Anne Bruce F 45 Gt Staughton, Hunts 12 February 1816 Lunatic
18 July 1818 Cured
James Toller M 24 Southill 26 February 1816 Lunatic
9 September 1816 Relieved. Private patient.
Martha Dawborn F 60 Milbrook 27 March 1816 Lunatic 14 years 4 July 1816 Cured
Joseph Odell M 48 St Pauls, Bedford 13 April 1816 Lunatic
16 January 1817 Cured. Private patient.
John Burton M 51 Lt Bawden, Northants 19 April 1816 Lunatic 2 years 29 January 1820 Relieved
Thomas Clark M 60 Lodington, Northants 25 April 1816 Lunatic
8 June 1816 Cured. Private patient.
Thomas Roberts M 44 Chalgrave 26 April 1816 Lunatic
10 October 1816 Relieved
Anne Wheatley F 60 Silsoe 27 April 1816 Lunatic 6 years 3 July 1821 Died
William Halliley M 36 St Neots, Hunts 30 May 1816 Lunatic
15 January 1817 Relieved. Private patient.
Thomas Dolbeare M 38 Kensington, London 1 June 1816 Lunatic
13 October 1826 Removed. Private patient.
James Sillock M 60 Harlington 15 June 1816 Lunatic 3 months 28 June 1829 Cured
Alice Martin F 37 Melchbourne 15 June 1816 Lunatic
12 October 1816 Cured
Philip Harrold M 46 Kings Ripton, Hunts 26 June 1816 Lunatic 5 years 21 January 1817 Cured
James Frost? M 19 Cardington 16 August 1816 Lunatic
4 November 1817 Cured
John King M 40 St Neots, Hunts 21 September 1816 Lunatic
11 May 1818 Removed
Thomas Catling M 71 St Johns, Bedford 29 September 1816 Lunatic 6 months 6 January 1817 Cured
Rebecah Mayes F 39 Bloomsbury, London 30 September 1816 Lunatic 4 years 14 April 1824 Removed. Private patient.
Sarah Arnold F 56 Silsoe 19 October 1816 Lunatic 11 years 11 July 1818 Cured
James Toller M 25 Southill 22 November 1816 Lunatic
29 September 1828 Removed. Private patient.
William Farnell M 17 Ampthill 1 December 1816 Lunatic 1 week 6 January 1817 Cured
Mary Askew F 30 Eversholt 19 December 1816 Lunatic 6 months 6 September 1819 Relieved
William Smith M 21 Godmanchester, Hunts 5 March 1817 Lunatic 3 months 6 November 1817 Cured
Anne Foster F 52 Oakley 7 March 1817 Lunatic 2 months 3 May 1817 Died. Private patient.
Benjamin Tayborn M 31 Abbots Ripton, Hunts 11 March 1817 Lunatic 12 months 16 September 1818 Relieved
William Bates M 25 Wavendon, Bucks 8 April 1817 Lunatic 6 months 5 June 1817 Cured
Mary Whitburn F 30 Biggleswade 22 April 1817 Lunatic 2 months 27 May 1817 Removed. Private patient.
Elizabeth Willman F 24 Lidlington 26 April 1817 Lunatic 4 years 27 November 1823 Died
Anne Attack F 46 St Pauls, Bedford 11 May 1817 Lunatic 12 months 19 February 1818 Removed. Private patient.
Sarah Negus F 28 St Pauls, Bedford 24 May 1817 Lunatic 5 years 14 December 1821 Relieved
William Stock M 25 Langford 4 June 1817 Lunatic 6 months 10 June 1817 Cured
Joseph Barber M 40 Princes Risborough, Bucks 6 June 1817 Lunatic 2 years 23 December 1817 Died
Samuel Fields M 60 Ampthill 5 July 1817 Lunatic
27 December 1827 Died
John Edmonds M 37 Godmanchester, Hunts 10 July 1817 Lunatic 6 months 5 September 1817 Cured
Thomas Tole M 49 Edworth 10 July 1817 Lunatic
3 November 1829 Cured
Thomas Roberts M 45 Chalgrave 21 August 1817 Lunatic
12 February 1820 Relieved
Henry Frankling M 24 Houghton Conquest 11 August 1817 Lunatic 5 weeks 9 October 1817 Cured. Private patient.
Mary Scott F 34 Barnwell, Northants 1 September 1817 Lunatic 2 years 4 June 1819 Relieved
Mary Eaton F 45 Lowick, Northants 30 September 1817 Lunatic 12 months 26 August 1818 Relieved
Elizabeth Rowley F 48 St Giles, Northants 30 September 1817 Lunatic 9 months 27 April 1818 Relieved
Richard Theadgold M 54 Brington, Northants 6 October 1817 Lunatic 5 months 27 April 1818 Relieved
Hannah Saunders F
St Pauls, Bedford 16 October 1817 Lunatic
2 March 1818 Relieved
Margret Smith F 24 Cambridge 6 November 1817 Lunatic
5 August 1818 Removed. Private patient.
James Medlock M 22 Edworth 1 January 1818 Lunatic 9 months 2 April 1821 Died
Scarboro Flawn M 24 Irthlingborough, Northants 4 January 1818 Lunatic 3 years 8 July 1818 Relieved
George Waller M 34 Houghton Regis 28 January 1818 Lunatic 1 month 9 July 1818 Cured
Mary Faulkner F 50 Westoning 2 March 1818 Lunatic
16 September 1818 Relieved
Anne Robinson F 23 St Pauls, Bedford 2 March 1818 Lunatic
7 September 1819 Cured
Joseph Woodlands M 24 Ridgmont 7 March 1818 Lunatic 2 weeks 6 July 1818 Relieved
Samuel Rowe M 29 Lidlington 30 April 1818 Lunatic 1 week 4 May 1819 Relieved
Mary Harding F 40 Felmersham 9 May 1818 Lunatic
3 March 1821 Died
Anne Morris M 25 Tempsford 15 May 1818 Lunatic 6 months 27 March 1823 Died
Samuel Crouch M 41 Lidlington 15 June 1818 Lunatic 11 months 22 June 1818 Died. Private patient.
Leonard Raymond M 70 Dunstable 26 June 1818 Lunatic 12 months 11 March 1819 Died
William Smith M 24 Godmanchester, Hunts 12 July 1818 Lunatic 2 years 10 July 1819 Cured
George Ashby M 16 Harpenden, Herts 24 July 1818 Lunatic 6 years 29 September 1829 Private patient
William Brawn M 56 Eynesbury, Hunts 6 August 1818 Lunatic 3 months 25 December 1818 Died. Private patient.
Frances Allen F 69 Tempsford 10 September 1818 Lunatic 7 years 5 February 1822 Died. Private patient.
Scarboro Flawn M 25 Irthlingborough, Northants 26 September 1818 Lunatic 12 months 10 July 1819 Cured
Mary Faulkner F 51 Westoning 19 October 1818 Lunatic
5 September 1819 Cured
James Flint M 25 Southill 4 November 1818 Lunatic 1 month 9 February 1819 Cured
Mary Fasgate F 44 Newport Pagnell, Bucks 10 December 1818 Lunatic 6 months 2 April 1819 Removed. Private patient.
Anne Attack F 49 St Pauls, Bedford 7 January 1819 Lunatic 3 years 4 September 1820 Died. Private patient.
John Thurley M 31 Chigwell, Essex 11 February 1819 Lunatic 3 months 16 October 1819 Cured
Elizabeth Haselgrove F 45 Luton 23 March 1819 Lunatic 8 years 11 November 1820 Relieved. Private patient.
William Dumcome M 66 Houghton Regis 4 May 1819 Lunatic 2 years 14 January 1820 Died
Elizabeth Stokes F 45 Houghton Conquest 4 June 1819 Lunatic 2 months 13 November 1820 Relieved
Mary Bettles F 45 Dean 17 July 1819 Lunatic 3 weeks 14 July 1820 Relieved
Elizabeth Emerton F 42 Husborne Crawley 24 July 1819 Lunatic 2 years 14 July 1821 Relieved
Mary Buttler F 49 Biggleswade 4 August 1819 Lunatic 7 years 22 April 1830 Died
William Brawn M 25 Denton, Northants 10 August 1819 Lunatic 9 years 5 September 1819