holding a role equivalent to a northern French #bailiff ( #bailli). In the United Kingdom the modern meaning of #seneschal is primarily as an #ecclesiastical term, referring to a #CathedralOfficial
#seneschalty en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneschal the #LateMedieval and early modern nation of France, wherein the #seneschal (French: sénéchal) was also a #RoyalOfficer in charge of justice and control of the administration of certain southern #provinces called #seneschalties,

Seneschal - Wikipedia
Seneschal - Wikipedia