bedel

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bedel \Be"del\, Bedell \Be"dell\, n.
   Same as {Beadle}.
   [1913 Webster]

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

BEDEL, Eng. law. A cryer or messenger of a court, who cites men to appear 
and answer. There are also inferior officers of a parish or liberty who bear 
this name.