Pârcălab

Pârcălab was a court office in Moldavia and Wallachia. The pârcălabi had military duties and were in charge of governing a fortress, a county or a region of the country.

The name derives from the old-german purkgrăvo, burggrâvo (modern German: Burggraf) transferred through the Hungarian porkoláb.

The name was first used in Moldavia in 1448-1449 under

In Wallachia, the office of jitnicer was instituted only in the 1670s, during the reign of voivodes Grigore I Ghica and Gheorghe Duca.

The jitnicer was assisted in carrying out his duties by lower ranked offices holders such as the second or third jitnicer, the cămăraş de jitniţă (accountants) and the dieci de jitniţă (clercs).

Though these responsibilities were not carried out any more in the 19th century, jitnicer was kept as an honorary title.