bedeman

It is signed "by your daily bedeman, Thomas Abell, priest".

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

Betwixt Michaelmas and Allhalloween tide next after his coming to prison there was taken from your bedeman a Greek vocabulary, price five shillings;

The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) James Anthony Froude 1856

Whereof when Sir Thomas More heard (who went out of his chancellorship about the time your bedeman was carried out of prison), although he had neither word nor deed which he could ever truly lay to your bedeman's charge, yet made he such means by the Bishops of Winchester and

The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) James Anthony Froude 1856

Lord Thomas Duke of Norfolk, that he gave new commandment to the keeper of the Marshalsea to attach again your said bedeman; which thing was speedily done the Sunday three weeks after his deliverance.

The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) James Anthony Froude 1856

By John Lee, your faithful bedeman, and canon of the said monastery of Wigmore.

Short Studies on Great Subjects James Anthony Froude 1856

And so hath your bedeman been at liberty now twelve months waiting daily from term to term, and nothing laid to his charge as before.

The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) James Anthony Froude 1856

Saint Lawrence tide following; at which time money was given to the keeper, and some things he took which were not given, and then was your bedeman re-delivered through the king's goodness, under sureties bound in a certain sum, that he should appear the first day of the next term following, and then day by day until his dismission.

The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) James Anthony Froude 1856

Rogation week following, your bedeman fell sick; and the Whitsun Monday was carried out on four men's backs, and delivered to his friends to be recovered if it so pleased God.

The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) James Anthony Froude 1856

Barclay's use of "Capellanus humilimus" in his dedication was merely a polite expression, and that Kyrkham, of whom he styles himself, "His true seruytour his chaplayne and bedeman" was his actual ecclesiastical superior.

The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 Sebastian Brant 1489

"Within three weeks it pleased God to set your bedeman on his feet, so that he might walk abroad.

The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) James Anthony Froude 1856