The nave part was a large hall divided by partitions on each side of an alley into little cells in which the bedesmen lived.
The building is still in existence and shows a good roof and fine Perpendicular window, but the twelve bedesmen and the one sister, who was to be chosen for her plainness, no longer use the structure.
Under the galleries and in the aisles, on plain benches, sat the folk who worked for wages, the bedesmen and bedeswomen, and the charity children.
The almshouses were burned down--what became of the poor old bedesmen and bedeswomen?
The woodcut, taken from one of the illuminations of this title deed, represents the abbot and several monks and the bedesmen above mentioned.
An' the bedesmen be gaun to fright me ony langer wi' a deil, they maun get a new ane; for the auld ane winna stand his ground to any extent wi' me on that score.
The bedesmen received one shilling and fourpence a day and a comfortable lodging.
I have only to add, that although the institution of King's Bedesmen still subsists, they are now seldom to be seen on the streets of Edinburgh, of which their peculiar dress made them rather a characteristic feature.
Of the charity bestowed on these aged Bedesmen in money and clothing, there are many records in the Treasurer's accompts.
Tis ordained that the husband of thine, that Q of thy bosom, shall reign supreme for some years to come over the bedesmen of Hiram's hospital.
You pay sixpence to be shown over the Hospital, and one of the twelve bedesmen acts as guide to the buildings and the very miscellaneous collections accumulated in them.
Go and inquire of the bedesmen whether they have received orders; and, if so, from whom: and whether it is really Arkell that the bell is tolling for.
Lewis junior," said the master, "go into college, and ask the bedesmen who it is that is dead.
Over all this Wealden valley the "long grey downs" keep watch, and on the inland side a constant companion of the roads is the spire of "the monastery where the Bedesmen of St Hugh watch and pray.
The bell rings out crisp and clear from the monastery where the Bedesmen of St Hugh watch and pray for the souls on this labouring forgetful earth.
Our poor are our servants when they are young and strong, and they are our bedesmen when they grow old.
In this parish he lived, though a house was long shown as his in Hart Street; here he died; in this church he was buried--behind this church stood his College of the Holy Spirit with its bedesmen and its ecclesiastical staff.
On the evening before he left, he summoned all the bedesmen into his parlour to wish them good-bye.
The old vergers and bedesmen came; some of the clergy came; Judy came; and the dean came.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bedesmen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
