CATCHPOLL

catchpoll (kach-pohl). Hist. A sheriff’s deputy or bailiff. — Also spelled catchpol; catchpole. “Catchpol … (One that catches by the Poll) Though now taken as a word of Contempt, yet in ancient times, it was used, without reproach, for such as we now call Sergeants of the Mace, Bailiffs, or any other that use to