Bedel
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
bedell, beadle. A crier, messenger, summoner, apparitor, bailiff, underbailiff. A crier or jnessenger of a court, who cites parties to appear, and answer; an officer of the forest, similar to a sheriff's special bailiff; a collector of rents for the king; a parish officer. V. Beadle.