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1569 B. Randolph in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 255 The highe Constable of the saide Cytie and Lyberties taking with hym suche nomber of petit constables and others as to his discression sholde seme mete.

1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Ddd3/2 Præpositus villæ, is vsed some-times for the Constable of a town, or petit Constable... It is used sometime for a Reeve.

1688 Toleration Act in D. Neal Hist. Puritans (1855) II. 484/2 The office of high-constable, or petit constable, church-warden, overseer of the poor, or any other parochial or ward office.

1933 R. G. Stone Hezekiah Niles as Economist 39 The town was governed by thirteen officers, two Burgesses, six assistants, a high constable, a treasurer, an assessor, a town clerk, and a petit constable.