 In Scotland the post holders are known as convenors, provosts, or lord provosts depending on the local authority.The original Frankish mayors or majordomos were like the Welsh "meiri" lords commanding the king's lands around the Merovingian courts in Austrasia, Burgundy, and Neustria.The mayorship of Paris eventually became hereditary in the Pippinids, who later established the Carolingian dynasty.