† vadelect Obs.
Also 6 -lict.
[ad. Anglo-L. vadelectus, vadlectus (13th c.), ad. AF. vadlet, var. OF. vaslet, vallet, varlet: see valet n. and varlet.]
A servant, serving-man.
| 1586 J. Ferne Blaz. Gentrie 161 The same French king, for want of a Hereald.., was constrained to subbornate a vadelict, or common seruing-man. 1628 Coke On Litt. 156 But if the sherife be a Vadelect of the crowne or other meniall seruant of the King, there the challenge is good. 1661 Blount Glossogr. (ed. 2), Vadelet or Vadelect..signifies a servant, and is used in the accounts of the Inner Temple, for a Benchers Clerk or Servant. |
So vadelet, vadlet. arch.
| 1661 [see prec.]. 1813 Williams Law of Clergy 398 The King as founder of..many religious houses had a corrody for his vadelets, and a pension for a chaplain. 1861 Riley tr. Carpenter's Liber Albus 40 As soon as the Sheriffs are sworn, all the Servants of their office—clerks, serjeants and their vadlets..—shall also be sworn. |