0 an official who takes part in some church or university ceremonies
On the way, he met various people -- a laborer, a shepherd, a beadle, some laundresses -- and asked whether they had seen the children.
Oh, it's sickening, replied the beadle.
The beadle has varying duties, always relating to management or security (but not instruction), and often represents the college to outsiders through wearing a uniform and providing information.
In the eighteenth century the church beadle went around the parish farms, kirton and hamlets at the time of the death and later when the funeral arrangements had been settled.
In the end, the beadles arrested them and the conflict was taken to court.
Not a penny could be spared for 'amenities'; for partridges and wine, beadles and turf, books and cigars, libraries and leisure.
On the other hand, there are numerous indications of violent behaviour on the part of the beadles during just such activities.
The guards and beadles, by contrast, just stood back and watched while the burghers looked for ways to resolve the conflict.
