The Seneschal of Périgord was an officer carrying out and managing the domestic affairs of the lord of the
County of Périgord. During the course of the twelfth century, the
seneschalship also became an office of military command.
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 in
Normandy,
Poitou, and
Anjou, had custody of demesne fortresses, the regional treasuries, and presidency of the highest court of regional custom.
Guy Chabot, baron of Jarnac, lord of Montlieu (1546)
Jacques Andréa, lord of Repaire-Martel (1552)
André, viscount of Bourdeille (1572)
Guy Bouchard, Viscount of Aubeterre (1582)
Henri de Montpezat (1591)
Antoine de Beaupoil of Saint-Aulaire, marquis of Lanmary (1593)
Henri de Bourdeille, count of Bourdeille, marquis of Archiac (1593)
Francis Marquis of Valletta, Baron of Cornusson (1632) doubtful
François de La Cropte (1634)
François Sicaire, marquess of Bourdeille (1641)
François de Gontaut, baron of Biron (1651)
Philibert Hélie de Pompadour, marquess of Laurière (1672)
Léonard Hélie de Pompadour, marquess of Laurière (1683)
Thibaud de La Brousse, count of Verteillac (1725)
César-Pierre-Thibaud of La Brousse, marquess of Verteillac (1782)
References
Philippe de Bosredon, Chronological list of Sénéchals of Périgord, dans Bulletin de la Société historique et archéologique du Périgord, 1891, tome XVIII,
p. 330-342,
p. 420-429
Philippe de Bosredon, Liste chronologique des sénéchaux du Périgord (note complémentaire, dans Bulletin de la Société historique et archéologique du Périgord, 1892, tome XIX, p. 98-102
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Léopold Delisle, Recueil des historiens des Gaules et de la France, Imprimerie nationale, Paris, 1904, tome 24, Les enquêtes administratives du règne de saint Louis et la chronique de l'Anonyme de Béthune, p. 210-219
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