Gaston, like a yeoman-pricker in this hunting of the roe, went with Richard to the edge of the covert, that is, to the steps of Saint Sulpice, and stood there holding his master's horse.
"The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay"
Maurice Hewlett
In July the guild of Berwick had invited a Scotchman who had gained great fame as a "pricker" to come to Berwick, and had promised him immunity from all violence.
"A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718"
Wallace Notestein
But the pricker went back to Scotland with thirty pounds, the arrangement having been that he was to receive twenty shillings a witch.
"A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718"
Wallace Notestein