compter

noun2

1. •
   (historical) A prison attached to a city court; a counter.

   • Each sheriff had his own compter, which were both prisons and offices, administered by the respective secondaries. — 2003
2. •
   (no longer used) A counter (token used for keeping count).

   • Let me see: every 'leven wether tods, every tod yields pound and odd shilling; fifteen hundred shorn, what comes the wool to? […] I cannot do't without compters. — 1623