[Sca-cooks] Title of an ex-Viceroy

[James Prescott]

At 14:12 -0400 2006-05-23, Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius wrote:
>  On May 23, 2006, at 1:40 PM, James Prescott wrote:
>
>>  And in other parts of An Tir called Castellan, but with the same
>>  job description as Baronial Substitute.  There's no title in An Tir
>>  for a former Viceroy / Castellan.
>>
>>  Thorvald
>>  (who got a royal thank you with small gong)
>
>  It sounds as if we might need to determine what kind of Viceroy the
>  original respondent is asking about: the vicar-type or the quasi-
>  baron type. We've had our current Viceroy and Vicereine since before
>  many Kingdoms existed, and the office itself goes back to about 1970,
>  I believe, and is certainly no interim measure. It's my understanding
>  that the technical difference, in this setting, between our Viceroy
>  and a Baron is that a baron is _given_ land by the Crown, whereas a
>  Viceroy has it more on long-term loan, and holds it for the Crown,
>  who remains liege-lord of the area. In practice, though, there's
>  little or no difference.
>
>  Adamantius


In An Tir a Viceroy / Castellan might not be given the full rights
and responsibilities of a Baron and Baroness.  This will vary on a
case by case basis.

For example, I was not permitted to make Baronial awards, nor to
hold Court, nor to initiate major new spending.


Thorvald