[Sca-cooks] Title of an ex-Viceroy
James Prescott
prescotj at telusplanet.net
Tue May 23 11:32:27 PDT 2006
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
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