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Bedesman, or
beadsman (Middle
English bede, 'prayer', from the Old
English biddan, 'to pray'; lit. 'a man of prayer'; and from the Anglo-Saxon bed), was...
- Bunce, the
senior bedesman at Hiram's Hospital, who
supports Mr
Harding retaining his position. Abel Handy, a
scheming old
bedesman, who is the originator...
- c. 1783/1784 when a "...
venerable Bedesman ...
stood by
Potter Row ..." begging. By Scott's time the term
bedesman was
synonymous with
beggar or mendicant...
- be seen in a
perimeter wall for
Seaton Park in Old Aberdeen. The last
Bedesman died in 1988. The
Managers of the
Hospital constituted a Charity, Bishop...
- Lord's Prayer, in
which the
congregation joins blue-gown – a beggar, a
bedesman of the
Scottish king, who wore a blue gown, the gift of the king, and had...
- "lay clerks" or
occasionally "lay vicars" or "lay
vicars choral".
Choral Bedesman – Boston,
Lincolnshire Johnson and Shoesmith, The
Story of Hereford, 2016...
- to it and
under Ralph's shoe
crouches the
small figure of a
bedesman. The
bearded bedesman is
telling his
rosary for the
souls of the departed.
Ralph bears...
- Bede
House and St Andrew's
Church from the
orchard Early 16th-century
cornice Bede House, hall
Decorated medieval fireplace North aspect Bedesman's room...
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would have been
ordered on a
religious regime, and as a
result the term "
bedesman" was self-evident in
common parlance. Hall's
classification of almshouse...
-
Antiquary (1816)
Created by
Walter Scott In-universe
information Gender Male
Title Royal Bedesman Occupation Beggar Religion Presbyterian Nationality Scottish...
