Præpositus

In old English law. An officer next in authority to the alderman of a hundred, called "prœpositus regius;" or a steward or bailiff of an estate, answering to the "wicnere." Also the person from whom descents are traced under the old canons.

— Prœpositus ecclesiæ. A church-reeve, or warden. Spelman,

— Prœpositus villae. A constable of a town, or petty constable.