Catchpole
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
or CATCHPOLL. A name! formerly given to a sheriff's deputy, or to a constable, or other officer whose duty it is to arrest persons. He was a sort of sergeant. The word is not now in use as an of Rcial designation. Minshew., CATER COUSIN. A very distant relation.
Bl. Law Tracts, 6.