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An English (not British) bailiff (Anglo-Norman baillis, bailiff, bailé, baili, bailif, baillif, baillife) could be any one of a number of different administrative officials. Some bailiffs were officers below sheriff, others were administrators in each Hundred and others were custodians of castles or manorial estates on behalf of a nobleman. In many cases they were equivalent to a modern estate manager.

In some cases the terms bailiff and steward were used for the same official, who had both executive and judicial powers yet was not a nobleman.

One 14th century English legal record states il fut soun bailiff del maner (he was his bailiff of the manor).Such a man controlled all the accounts, servants, livestock, produce, storage, tools and materials and financial dealings on behalf of a nobleman.

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