? Obs. Forms: 7 bedellery, 7–8 bedelarie, -ary. [prob. ad. med.L. bedellāria, f. bedellus: see BEADLE and -ERY, -RY.] The office or jurisdiction of a beadle.
1628. Coke, On Litt., 234 a. The offices of Steward, Constable, Bedelarie, Bayliwick, or other offices.
1679. Blount, Anc. Tenures, 75. Bedellery is the same to a Bedel, as Bailywic to a Bailiff. Ibid. (1691), Law Dict., Bedelary.
