Middle English Dictionary Entry
seneshalcīe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | seneshalcīe n. Pl. seneshalsīes. |
| Etymology | OF seneschaucie, seneschalcie. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The territory administered by a seneschal; also, the office of seneschal [1st quot.].
Associated quotations
- (1420) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10)9.917 : Baillages, Seneschalsies, Provostries, and other Offices longyng to the Governance of the Demayne.
- (1434) Proc.Privy C.4.246 : Þe castell and lordships of Rozan and Pouios withynne þe seneschalcie of Bazads.
- c1475(?c1451) Worcester Bk.Noblesse (Roy 18.B.22)38 : After that Prince Edwarde had received alle the homages aboute Bourdeux, Bordelois, and Bassedois, within the seneschalcie of Gascoigne, than he..toke the homages of alle the vassallis and subgettis in the seneschalcie of Agenois, after in the seneschalcie of Landis.