- For a related Romanian term, see Stolnic.
Stolnik was a court office
in Poland
and Muscovy, responsible for serving the royal
table.
Stolnik in Poland
In
Poland under the first Piast dukes
and kings, this was a court office.
From the 14th century, it was an honorary office in the
Polish Kingdom and the
Polish-Lithuanian
Commonwealth.
- Stolnik wielki koronny — Grand Pantler of the
Crown
- Stolnik wielki litewski — Grand Pantler of
Lithuania
- Stolnik koronny — Pantler of the Crown
- Stolnik litewski — Pantler of Lithuania
- Stolnik nadworny koronny — Court Pantler of
the Crown
According to the 1768 office hierarchy, the
stolnik's
position in the
Crown of Poland was
superior to that of
podczaszy and
inferior to that of
District Judge;
in the
Grand Duchy of
Lithuania, superior to
podstoli and inferior to
wojski.
See also
Stolnik in Muscovy
Stolniks were known as palace servants of the Russian rulers since
the 12th century. In the 16th and 17th centuries they were young
nobles who brought dishes to the tsar's table, looked after his
bedroom, and accompanied him in travels. The highest category
comprised the
room or
closer stolniks.
Stolniks
could simultaneously serve in the foreign office
or in the army. They
were ranked fifth in the hierarchy of Muscovite bureaucracy, after
boyars,
okolnichys,
duma noble, and
duma dyaks.
Stolniks were also attached to episcopal administrations as were
other similar offices also found in the grand princely or tsarist
administration. For example, stolniks are found in documents from
the archiepiscopal records in Novgorod the Great.
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