01/07/2010

How to pronounce the name

Some are tempted to refer to Beddome as Bedd-o-me (making the o long). Rather it appears to be Bedd'm. This is partly conferred by the spelling of Beddome as "Bedham" in Elizabeth Seward's will. Also in Snooke's diaries he invariably refers to him as "Beddam".

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