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Bedford, Thomas an English nonjuring clergyman, son of Hilkiah Bedford, was educated at Westminster School and St. John’s College, Cambridge, where he was matriculated, Dec. 9, 1730. Being a nonjuror, he never took a degree; but, going into orders in his own party, officiated among them in Derbyshire, fixing his residence at Compton, near Ashbourne. … Continue reading “Bedford, Thomas”

Bedford, John a distinguished English Wesleyan minister, was born at Rothwell, Wakefield, July 27, 1810. He was received into the ministry in 1831; was appointed assistant secretary to the General Chapel Committee in 1855; succeeded Wm. Kelk as general secretary in 1860; retired from office 1872; was appointed secretary to the Board of Trustees for … Continue reading “Bedford, John”

Bedford, Hilkiah an English clergyman, was born in London, July 23, 1663. He was educated at Bradley, in Suffolk, and at St. John’s College, Cambridge, of which he became a fellow. For refusing to take the oaths at the Revolution he was ejected from his preferment in Lincolnshire, and he afterwards kept a boarding-house for … Continue reading “Bedford, Hilkiah”

Bedford, Henry Writer, educator, b. in London 1 October, 1816; d. in Dublin, Ireland, 21 May, 1903. With the intention of becoming a clergyman of the Church of England, to which his family belonged, he entered Cambridge University in 1835 and after a distinguished course received the degree of M. A. He made his theological … Continue reading “Bedford, Henry”

Bedford, Gunning Samuel Catholic physician, born Baltimore, Maryland, 1806 ; died New York, 1870 . Graduated in medicine from Rutgers College, New York, he taught at Charleston, Albany, and New York where he founded the University Medical College, and established the first free obstetrical clinic for the poor in the country. Two of his obstetrical … Continue reading “Bedford, Gunning Samuel”

Bedford, Gunning S. Medical writer and teacher, b. at Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A., of a distinguished family in 1806; d. in New York, 5 September, 1870. He was a nephew and namesake of Gunning Bedford, first Attorney-General of Delaware and one of the framers of the Constitution of the United States, who was aide-de-camp to General … Continue reading “Bedford, Gunning S.”

Bedford, Arthur an Oriental scholar of some note, was born in Gloucestershire 1668. He studied at Brazenose College, Oxford, where he passed A.M. in 1691. In 1692 he became vicar of Temple Church, Bristol, and in 1724 he was chosen chaplain to the Haberdashers’ Hospital, London, where he died in 1745. Among his works are, … Continue reading “Bedford, Arthur”

bedesman (Old English: bede, prayer) One who had the duty of praying for others, a chaplain of a guild; hence, a recipient of any bounty, as a poor man in an almshouse. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Bederoll, Bedesman SEE BEDE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bederic, Henry (surnamed Bury, from his birthplace, St. Edmundsbury), an English preacher and theologian, was an Augustine monk, and Iived about 1380. He gave himself to preaching, and also wrote several works, among which are, Questiones Theologice: Commentarium in Magistrum Sententiarum: Sermones per Annum et de B. Virgine. See Chalmers, Biog. Dict. s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. … Continue reading “Bederic, Henry”