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The lists given below are incomplete, as the specific names and dates of the officers are sometimes unknown. After the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the offices were sometimes awarded as honors by the Kings Of Cyprus And Jerusalem . CONSTABLES The Constable commanded the army, paid Mercenaries and judged legal cases pertaining to the military. He was the most important officer in the kingdom, due to the almost constant state of warfare that existed between the Christian and Muslim states.
MARSHALS The Marshal was second-in-command (and, apparently, a literal vassal) to the constable. He led the mercenaries and was in charge of the army's horses, and distributed the spoils of a victorious battle. The office had little importance.
SENESCHALS The office of Seneschal was less important in Jerusalem than it was in Europe. The seneschal administered the coronation ceremony, and oversaw the Haute Cour in the king's absence. He was in charge of royal castles, and managed the royal finances (the secrète). He also collected royal revenue. The office was similar to, but not as developed as, the English office of the Exchequer .
CHAMBERLAINS The Chamberlain administered the royal household and its servants, and had other honorary duties such as administering oaths. He had his own fief from which he drew his salary.
BUTLERS The Butler had unknown duties, and may not have even survived the move from Jerusalem to Acre.
CHANCELLORS The Chancellery is an interesting example of the fossilization of 11th century offices. It consisted of only a few secretaries and scribes, and never became the large administrative bureaucracy that had developed elsewhere in Europe. Chancellors tended to be clergymen who often became bishops or archbishops, sometimes while still holding the chancellery. The relative unimportance of the chancellor reflects the relative decentralization of royal authority as compared to states like France or England that were at the same time becoming more centralized.
BAILIFFS The Bailiff (or ''bailli'') administered the kingdom in the absence or minority of the king, in the capacity of a regent; for example, during the captivity of Baldwin II , and the youth and illness of Baldwin IV . In the 13th century the bailiff ruled essentially as a king himself, and was the most powerful man in the kingdom, as the kings were usually foreign monarchs who did not live permanently in the kingdom.
VISCOUNTS AND CASTELLANS These two offices were sometimes held by one person and sometimes held by two separate people; sometimes one or the other was not held at all. They were named by the king and occupied the Tower of David, but their specific duties are mostly unknown and were probably not particularly important; one of the duties of the viscount was apprehending criminals and administering justice in the lower-class burgess court. Like the office of butler, these offices may not have survived the move to Acre.
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