Bedel
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In Englishlaw. A crier or messenger of court, Who summons men to appear and answer therein.
Cowell.
An officer of the forest, similar to a sheriff’s special bailiff.
Cowell.
A collector of rents for the king, Plowd. 199, 200. A well-known parish officer. See BEADLE.,