Lord treasurer
Lord treasurer is the title held by certain officials of the Free Cities and the Seven Kingdoms in charge of finances, such as some masters of coin.
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History
Lord Edwell Celtigar was named master of coin and lord treasurer by Lord Rogar Baratheon, Hand of the King during the regency of Queen Alyssa Velaryon for King Jaehaerys I Targaryen.[1]
The Pentoshi Rego Draz was named master of coin and lord treasurer by King Jaehaerys I Targaryen.[2]
Lord Lyman Beesbury, master of coin for both Jaehaerys I and Viserys I, also held the title of lord treasurer.[3]
Recent Events
A Feast for Crows
Lady Alyse Ladybright serves as the lord treasurer at Sunspear.[4] Doran Martell, Prince of Dorne, leaves Alyse in charge of the accounts and finances of Sunspear when he travels to the Water Gardens.[5]
Cersei Lannister, the Queen Regent for King Tommen I Baratheon, renames the office of master of coin as "lord treasurer" in the style of the Free Cities, and she grants the post to Lord Gyles Rosby.[6] Gyles serves until his death and is then replaced by Ser Harys Swyft, who until that point had served as Tommen's Hand of the King.[7]
A Dance with Dragons
Lord Mace Tyrell, the new Hand of the King, wants to replace Harys with his uncle Garth Tyrell, the Lord Seneschal of Highgarden.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Year of the Three Brides - 49 AC.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Appendix.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 13, The Soiled Knight.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 17, Cersei IV.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 39, Cersei IX.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Epilogue.