TheSeneschal of Gascony was an officer carrying out and managing the domestic affairs of the lord of theDuchy of Gascony. During the course of the twelfth century, theseneschalship also became an office of military command. After 1360, the officer was theSeneschal of Aquitaine.[1] There was an office above the seneschalcy, theLieutenancy of the Duchy of Aquitaine, but it was filled only intermittently (in times of emergency).
The seneschal managed the household, coordinating between the receivers of various landholdings and the chamber, treasury, and the chancellory or chapel. The seneschals of Gascony, like those appointed inNormandy,Poitou, andAnjou, had custody of demesne fortresses, the regional treasuries, and presidency of the highest court of regional custom. Detailed records of the Gascon Exchequers during the reign ofHenry III of England indicate that there most likely was a functioning exchequer.
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