ABSTRACT
By the time of Edward II the household had its own marshal, its own steward and its own chamberlain. Lancaster who was the steward of England made endeavours to add executive functions to that office, but it was the steward of the household who had a decisive voice in the household and exercised some power in the administration. The chamberlainship was held by the earls of Oxford2, but
the chamberlain of the household, at one period of the reign the most potent figure in the kingdom, was the important official. The case of the marshal is somewhat different. The marshal of the household does not figure as prominently as the steward or chamberlain, and this may be attributed to the fact that the marshal of England was not a mere figure-head but an official with definite functions, and a place in the administration.
