mace-bearer

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

macebearer \macebearer\, mace bearer \mace bearer\n.
   an official who carries the mace of office before persons in
   authority.

   Syn: mace, macer.
        [WordNet 1.5]

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

MACE-BEARER, Eng. law. An officer attending the court of session.