 The Seigneur of Sark was, before the constitutional reforms of 2008, the head of the feudal government of the Isle of Sark (in the case of a woman, the title was "Dame").Many of the laws, particularly those related to inheritance and the rule of the Seigneur, had changed little since they were enacted in 1565 under Queen Elizabeth I.The Seigneur retained the sole right on the island to keep pigeons and was the only person allowed to keep an unspayed dog.