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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1544-1595
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Bede-, Beidmanschip, n. Also: bedman-. [f. Bedeman,n.] The position of a beadsman. 1544 Reg. Soltre 111.
Ane bedmanschip to be deuidit equilye betwixt thame to their lewyne 1555 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 219.
[The council] grantis to archibald Gledstanis the beidmanschip in Sanct Paulis werk now vacand in thair handis 1573 Reg. Soltre 226.
Ane half beidmanschip vacand be deceis … and ane vther half beidmanschip be non residens 1582 Reg. Privy C. III. 491.
[The Duke of Lennox,] patroun to ane beidmanschip of the hospitale of the college kirk of Dumbertane 1595 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 146.
William Younger, cordiner, ane of the threttein beidmen of the awld hospitall of the Trinity College, … dimittet … his plaice of beidmanschip in the said hospitall in favouris of the toun
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