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The word seneschal can have several different meanings, all of which reflect certain types of supervising or administering in a historic context.
Most commonly, a seneschal was a senior position filled by a court appointment within a royal, ducal, or noble household during the Middle Ages and early Modern period – historically a steward or majordomo of a medieval great house.
The most basic function of a Seneschal was to supervise feasts and domestic ceremonies; in this they were equivalent to stewards. Sometimes, Seneschals were given additional responsibilities, including the dispensing of justice and high military command.
In a medieval royal household, a seneschal was in charge of domestic arrangements and the administration of servants, which, in the medieval period particularly, meant the seneschal might oversee hundreds of laborers, servants and their associated responsibilities, and have a great deal of power in the community, at a time when much of the local economy was often based on the wealth and responsibilities of such a household.
In the SCA Seneschal is the Group administrator, and legal representative of the SCA found at local, regional, kingdom, and Society levels.
You may contact the Shire of White Waters' Seneschal, Lord Viktor Vukov, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Charter for the Shire of The White Waters
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