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In Flanders, the count appointed similar bailiffs (Dutch: baljuw). The equivalent agent in the king's southern lands acquired after the inheritance of the County of Toulouse was the seneschal. Over time, the role of the baillages would be greatly extended as extensions of royal power, administration and justice. With the office of Great ...
The castellany of Bruges was founded at around the year 1000 under the rule of Count Baldwin IV of Flanders (980–1035) as part of the county of Flanders. The head of the castellany was a burgrave, who represented the Count of Flanders. The burgrave was replaced by a bailiff in the 12th century.
He was also the leader of Ghent's shippers guild. Under Hyoen's leadership, the White Hoods perpetrated crimes against the count including killing his bailiff assigned to arrest one of the guild members, and destroying Wondelgem, the count's castle near Ghent. [1] Froissart mentions Hyoens [for the final time] in 1382. [1]
In 1468 Charles the Bold appointed him souvereign-bailiff for the County of Flanders. In 1463 he became Admiral of Flanders. In 1476 he was a member of the Duchal Council of Charles the Bold. From 1477 on he was chamberlain at the court of Charles' daughter, Mary of Burgundy. In 1478 he was made a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.
Bailiff's notice on boarded-up premises, London, 2015. A bailiff [1] is a manager, overseer or custodian – a legal officer to whom some degree of authority or jurisdiction is given. There are different kinds, and their offices and scope of duties vary. [2] Another official sometimes referred to as a bailiff was the Vogt.
The Revolt of Ghent (1379-1385) was an uprising by the city of Ghent against the count of Flanders and the king of France.Under the leadership of successively Jan Hyoens, Philip van Artevelde and Frans Ackerman, Ghent rebelled against Count Louis II of Flanders, Duke Philip the Bold of Burgundy and King Charles VI of France.
He was the son of Michèl de Berlaymont and Maria de Berault. He was lord of Floyon and Haultpenne, and baron of Hierges.. In 1553, he became stadtholder of Namur.Berlaymont was knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, senior hunting master of Brabant, Flanders and Namur, member of the Council of State, hereditary chamberlain of finances and bailiff of the county of Namur.
In 1478 he fought in Flanders with Philippe de Crèvecœur, where he commanded the troops at the battle of Guinegatte, won by Maximilian of Austria on August 7, 1479. [3] From 1479-1480 he was captain-general of the 4,000 francs- archers of the Captaincy of the Northeast.