What is this occupation 'Bittel'?
https://archives.bas-rhin.fr/detail-document/ETAT-CIVIL-C204-P2-R140772#visio/page:ETAT-CIVIL-C204-P2-R140772-1599145 last record at bottom of left-side page describes one of the godmothers' father as a 'bürgers und Bittels' (bolded below), but cannot find the last word in dictionaries. Or for 'Gittels' or 'Rittels'? Any suggestions? Thanks!
Transcription
:1699.
:Den 17. Maÿ ist Diebolt Stollen dem schneid[er] und Anna Barbara seiner ehel. haußfr ein jun[ge] tochter getaufft, und Anna genant worden
:Patrini. Jacob Ottman, Hl Georg Ottmans, Sto? Halters allhir ehel. Sohn, Maria, Diebolt Feuchen? Bürgers und Bittels zu Brumapt ehel. hauß[fr] und f. Anna, Martin Stollen, Bürgers und Gerichtschöffen allher, ehel. tochter. Solches bezeugen.
:[signed:] Diebolt Stoll als Tod? Kindzs Vatter. Jacob Ottman als des kinds Pfetter Maria Feuchin
Translation
:Year: 1699
:The 17 May Diebolt Stoll the tailor and Anna Barbara his legitimate wife had a young daughter baptized, and known as Anna.
:Godparents: Jacob Ottman, legitimate Son of Honorable Georg Ottman, Mayor or deputy? Here. Maria, legitimate wife of Diebolt Feuch, Citizen and ?? at Brumatch, and maiden Anna, legitimate daughter of Martin Stoll, Citizen and court member here. So testified.
:[signed:] Diebolt Stoll as ? child’s Father. Jacob Ottman as the child’s godfather Maria Feuch
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I wonder if this fits. I looked up Bittel in my Middle-High German dictionary, and found the word Bitel, which means "der eine Bitte vorbringt, Freier, Freiwerber." And Freiwerber translates to matchmaker.
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It may also be a dialectal form of Büttel, bailiff.
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Thank you @sylviaelchinger1 and @Ulrich Neitzel! I think the Büttel option would be more consistent with the way occupations/posts were being reported in these records.
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