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- In the legend, de Montfort was wounded and lost his sight in the Battle of Evesham in 1265. He was nursed to health by a baroness, and together they had a child named Besse. He became the "Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green" and used to beg at the crossroads.
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He was nursed to health by a baroness, and together they had a child named Besse. He became the "Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green" and used to beg at the crossroads. The story of how he went from landed gentry to poor beggar became popular in the Tudor era, and was revived by Thomas Percy's Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, published in 1765. [8]
It tells the story of a blind beggar's daughter from Bednal-Green and her marriage to a knight. In the story, the main character Bessee is the most beautiful woman in her town. But she was few marital prospects due to her father's status as a beggar.
Oct 19, 2018 · The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green: East End History with Daniella King. 19 October 2018. When someone hears the name the “Blind Beggar”, generally one thing comes to mind, and that is the pub in Whitechapel in which East End Gangster Ronnie Kray murdered George Cornell in 1966.
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The legend of the blind beggar became popular in Tudor times and has many variants. One version tells of an English knight, Simon de Montford, who is blinded at the Battle of Evesham in 1265. Reduced to poverty, he begs alms at Bethnal Green, while his beautiful daughter Besse is wooed by four suitors, three of whom are discouraged by her father's ...
The statue is in bronze, and is 8 feet high. It stands on an "elevated fountain (plinth) of overlapping stone sections". Pevsner describes the statue as "appealingly vulnerable and serious". It was given a Grade II* heritage listingin 1998.
Cherry, Bridget; O'Brien, Charles; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2007). London 5: East. The Buildings of England. New Haven, US, London, UK: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300107012. OCLC 983755807.
Aug 5, 2021 · Although a wealthy baron, he concealed himself as "the silly blind beggar of Bethnal Green". The couple subsequently had a daughter, who they named Bessee.
3 days ago · The seely blind beggar of Bednall Green, That daylye sits begging for charitie, He is the good father of pretty Bessee. "His markes and his tokens are knowen very well, He alwayes is led with a dogg and a bell; A seely old man, God knoweth, is hee, Yet hee is the father of pretty Bessee."
Mar 7, 2023 · So Who Was the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green? The story goes back to the 13th century. The beggar was supposed to have lost his sight at the Battle of Evesham in 1265.
