messenger-at-arms

The threat proved ineffectual, and this young heir of entail, with all his pride, was once in the grasp of low-born creditors; nay, things in this evil direction had gone so far that writs were out against him, and one in the form of a caption was already in the hands of a messenger-at-arms.

Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIII Alexander Leighton 1837

The factor, an active messenger-at-arms, useful in raising rents in these parts, has always been understood to speak the mind of his master; but the congregation took heart in the emergency, and sent off a second petition to Dr. M'Pherson, a week or so previous to the Disruption.

The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland Hugh Miller 1829

Commissioner, a messenger-at-arms entered, and in the King’s name, charged them to dismiss, on pain of being held guilty of rebellion.

The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630