 The position was one of the royal offices that gave the possessor nobility upon beginning his service.The Grand Chamberman was in charge of the King's chamber.Under the first Capetians, the Grand Chamberman managed the Royal Treasury along with the "Grand Bouteiller" (Grand Butler), before being supplanted of these functions by the Chamber of Accounts (, created by King Philip IV) and the position of Superintendent of Finances (, created in 1311).