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Old and New London
… who was attached to the church as sexton, clerk, and ward beadle for nearly fifty years. The church was much injured in …
Old and New London
… a surgeon's mate, on the 21st of December, 1758. "The beadle called my name," says Roderick Random, when he found …
Survey of London
… exempted ex officio from the poor rate, 54 as was a parish beadle in 1727. 55 In 1748 the vestry decided to enquire what …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and a small visiting chalice of 1890. There is also a beadle's staff with silver envelope and mountings, inscribed …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… as late as the year 1774, one of the duties of the parish beadle was 'to keep horses out of the close on Fridays', 11 … as Holy Thursday. The procession was headed by the parish beadle, followed by the rector, 29 churchwardens, overseers, …
Parish Fraternity Register
… Walter Bowyer, John de Liesnes, William de Leycestre, beadle of the ward, John de Pontefracto, clerk. 7 March 1356. …
Old and New London
… grotesque in the aspect of the grizzled, crinkly-faced old beadle, as he sets about his preparations for the coroner, …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… beggars were provided in 1558-9 and there was a keeper or beadle for beggars. 92 Some effort was made to reduce the …