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The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
Old and New London
… have for centuries preserved the memory of this story; the beadles' staffs were adorned in accordance with the ballad; …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… (below), were in theory annual. 41 There were usually two beadles, upper and lower, whose salary was doubled to £8 in …