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Origin of biddle Total Records: 4  Origin of biddle, Meaning of biddle Origin: English :occupational name for medieval court official, from Middle English bedele (Old English bydel, reinforced by Old French bedel). The word is of Germanic origin, and akin to the Old English b?odan to bid, command and to the Old High German bodo, messenger. (See BOTHA).In the Middle Ages a beadle in England and France was a junior official of a court of justice, responsible for acting as an usher in a court, carrying the mace in processions in front of a justice, delivering official notices, making proclamations (as a sort of town crier), and so on. By Shakespeare's day a beadle was a sort of village constable, appointed by the parish to keep order. Surnames: Beadel, Beadell, Beadle, Bed, Beddall, Beddell, Bedeau, Bedel, Bedell, Bedle, Beedle, Biddell, Biddle, Bittel, Buddell, Buddle, B?ttle, Pedel Submitted by: Ian Beadle Origin of biddle, Meaning of biddle Origin: The English surname Biddlecombe derives from Bittiscombe a hamlet in the parish of Upton in Somerset, England about 1180. The manor house still exists, and is the home of the Upton churrch warden. Surnames: Biddlecombe Submitted by: Keith Biddlecombe Origin of biddle, Meaning of biddle Origin: Bittle- German for "bath men". In early Middle Germany attendants at public baths were called bittles. Surnames: Biddle Bittel Bittle Submitted by: J.P. Biddle Warden Origin of biddle, Meaning of biddle Origin: The name Beadle is derived from the Norman Boodle, Buddle, Biddle and others. Originally in England a Beadle was a minor court official who carried the Mace in Royal Processions. Over the years the position diminished until it came to mean a Parish Disciplinarian. The modern equivalent would be a policeman. The name may also be spelt Bedel, Beadel, Beadell etc. Surnames: Beadle, Bedel, Beadell, Beadal, Biddle, Buddle, Bootle Submitted by: I.L.BEADLE 11/8/2009 6:33 PM Page 1 of 1

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