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Refimprove|date=July 2007 Catchpole is a rare surname derived from a law enforcement implement found in medieval England . The 'catchpole' usually consisted of an eight foot wooden pole weapon|pole with some sort of noose or barbed fork on one end. Law enforcement officers (usually the Sheriff ) would place the noose around the neck of the criminal and use it to lead them around and so forth. Catchpoles are still used today, mostly by animal control officials to ensnare uncontrolled animals such as aggressive dogs.
Missing information|the supposed original name that "became contracted to Catchpole"|date=December 2011A second source of the name, also dating from medieval England, mostly in Norfolk and Dorset , comes from the local tax collector s. It was often the case that smallholding|smallholders were unable to pay cash for their local land-owners tax and hence collectors were sent round to take goods in lieu. When the tradition that one's surname was one's profession took hold and passed through the generations, the name became contracted to Catchpole.
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