Bedworth, Warwickshire, England 21st May 2015. The Nicholas Chamberlaine's Legacy, now know as Bedworth Bun Day. A boy bishop wears the cope of Christopher Cocksworth, Bishop of Coventry, and a girls wears - its falling off, his mitre.
Nicholas Chamberlaine was the local landowner and rector at Bedworth Warwickshire for over fifty year. On 24th June, 1715, Chamberlaine signed his will making provision for the people of Bedworth. He provided funds for the building of two schools and...
more »Bedworth, Warwickshire, England 21st May 2015. The Nicholas Chamberlaine's Legacy, now know as Bedworth Bun Day. A boy bishop wears the cope of Christopher Cocksworth, Bishop of Coventry, and a girls wears - its falling off, his mitre.
Nicholas Chamberlaine was the local landowner and rector at Bedworth Warwickshire for over fifty year. On 24th June, 1715, Chamberlaine signed his will making provision for the people of Bedworth. He provided funds for the building of two schools and for Almshouses, he died three weeks later, on the 14th July, aged eighty-three. Founders Day is still celebrated annually, though it has evolved over the years and is now often referred to as Bun Day because the local schoolchildren are each given a current bun at the special service of hymns and prayers. Four Church of England schools take part, roughly 800 children. The buns are distributed on the lawn in front of the Almshouses by local dignitaries
A boy bishop wears the cope of Christopher Cocksworth, Bishop of Coventry, and a girls wears - its falling off, his mitre. Nicholas Chamberlaine was the local landowner and rector at Bedworth Warwickshire for over fifty year. On 24th June, 1715, Chamberlaine signed his will making provision for the people of Bedworth. He provided funds for the building of two schools and for Almshouses, he died three weeks later, aged eighty-three.
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