Bailiff-errant

"Bailiff-errant" in a Sentence (3 examples)

The warrant straight was made, and therewithall / A Baylieffe-errant forth in post did passe […].

This Return is not good, because this Arrest is the proper Arrest of the Sheriff, and no Credit is to be given to the Bailiff errant.

In 1219, Gilbert le Gluton held land and an oven in Nottingham by sergeancy as a royal bailiff errant.

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