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The Seneschal of Tynwald is an administrative role to the Parliament of the Isle of Man, part of the staff of the Clerk of Tynwald’s Office. The Seneschal role was formed in 2006 and is part of the Tynwald Corporate Services Office. The Seneschal manages the Messengers and Gardyn Coadee.
The title of Governor of the Isle of Man existed until 1828. Other titles were also used, especially before 1595. [1]Holan (1219–?), titled Seneschal; List incomplete; Fogall McHascatt (1260–?), titled Seneschal
The Principality of Antioch mirrored the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem in its selection of great offices: constable, marshal, seneschal, chamberlain, butler, chancellor and at certain times also bailiff. The officers of the Principality of Antioch are listed below. Dates are dates of attestation, not necessarily beginning and end dates of tenure.
The seneschal administered the coronation ceremony, oversaw the Haute Cour in the king's absence, administered royal castles, and managed the royal finances and revenue. The seneschal's power was over only viscounts and not castellans, and the constable was still superior to the seneschal due in part to the kingdom's constant state of war. [ 3 ]
Alan fitz Flaad (c. 1060 – after 1120) was a Breton knight, probably recruited as a mercenary by Henry I of England in his conflicts with his brothers. [1] After Henry became King of England, Alan became an assiduous courtier and obtained large estates in Norfolk, Sussex, Shropshire, and elsewhere in the Midlands, including the feudal barony and castle of Oswestry in Shropshire.
Osbern was the son of Herfast de Crepon and the nephew of Gunnor, Duchess of Normandy, [2] [3] initially mistress and then second wife of Richard I of Normandy.Under Robert the Magnificent (1027–1035), he had the role of Steward or Seneschal. [4]
Tynwald Auditor General Act 2011 (2011 c. 12) Tynwald Commissioner for Administration Act 2011 (2011 c. 13) Building Control (Amendment) Act 2011 (2011 c. 14) Broadway Baptist Church Act 2011 (2011 c. 15) Manx Museum and National Trust (Amendment) Act 2011 (2011 c. 16) Foundations Act 2011 (2011 c. 17) Public Sector Pensions Act 2011 (2011 c. 18)
Historians often translate discifer as seneschal, [6] but Gautier objects that the word seneschal is not recorded in England before the Norman Conquest. [2] According to the twelfth-century chronicler, John of Worcester, in 946 King Edmund I was killed trying to protect his dapifer from assault by an outlaw.