1st Answer:

Role of a Medieval Bailiff

A medieval bailiff was the peasants representative to the lord, and was a free man. He helped oversee the peasents work, managed the day-to-day profits and expenses of the manor & farm, and reported on the lord other servants. In some towns he also ran the court.

2nd Answer:

A bailiff was an administrative officer, as a sheriff, mayor, or administrator of a subdivision of a county known as a hundred. The person who supervised the work of peasants, and who may have been elected by them from among themselves for this purpose, was a reeve. The meanings of both words changed with time.

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