burghmaster vs catchpole

burghmaster

noun
  • An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workers. 

  • A burgomaster. 

catchpole

noun
  • A sheriff’s officer, usually one who arrests debtors. 

  • An implement formerly used for seizing and securing a man who would otherwise be out of reach. 

How often have the words burghmaster and catchpole occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )