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BEDE, CUTHBERT

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 616 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BEDE, See also:CUTHBERT , the See also:pen-name of See also:Edward See also:Bradley (1827- See also:duke of See also:Bedford had, however, been previously held, notably 1889), See also:English author, who was See also:born at See also:Kidderminster on the by the third son of See also:Henry IV.; and the earlier creations may first 25th of See also:March 1827. He entered University See also:College, See also:Durham, be considered here. in 1845, and later studied at See also:Oxford, where he made the acquaint- See also:JOHN See also:PLANTAGENET, duke of Bedford (1389-1435), third son ance of J. G. See also:Wood, the naturalist. He took See also:holy orders, and of Henry IV., See also:king of See also:England, was born on the loth of See also:June eventually became See also:rector of Stretton in Rutlandshire. Here he 1389. He received various dignities after his See also:father became gained a reputation as a humorist and numbered among his See also:friends king in 1399, and gained his See also:early experiences in warfare when. See also:Cruikshank, See also:Frank See also:Smedley, See also:Mark See also:Lemon and See also:Albert See also:Smith. he undertook the See also:office of See also:warden of the See also:east See also:marches of See also:Scotland He wrote for various magazines and, in the pages of the Illustrated in 1404; he was fairly successful in this command, which he See also:London See also:News, introduced the See also:double See also:acrostic. He is chiefly held until See also:September 1414. In the previous May his See also:brother, the known as the author of The Adventures of Mr Verdant See also:Green, an new king Henry V., had created him duke of Bedford, and after Oxford Freshman (1853), which he also illustrated and of which resigning the wardenship he began to take a leading See also:part in the a third part appeared in 1856. Several well-known Oxford royal See also:councils.

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lieutenant of the See also:kingdom during characters of the See also:time are depicted in its pages, such as Dr Henry's expedition to See also:France in 1415, and in See also:August 1416 See also:corn-See also:Plumptre the See also:vice-See also:chancellor, Dr See also:Bliss the registrar, and the manded the See also:ships which defeated the See also:French See also:fleet at the mouth waiter at the See also:Mitre. The See also:book abounds in See also:innocent fun. In of the See also:Seine, and was instrumental in relieving See also:Harfleur. Again 1883 he was given the living of Lenton, or Lavington, See also:Lincoln- appointed lieutenant in See also:July 1417, he marched against the See also:shire, where he died on the 12th of See also:December 1889.

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