User blog comment:Knakveey/Game of Thrones: The Lost Lords Super Walkthrough/@comment-26225755-20150311120852/@comment-5014364-20150315172717

It's not unreconcilable, even if they just copied it. I mean historically, lesser nobles copied administrative practices of higher lords and kings. I mean "chamberlain", "steward", all positions that started as higher things.

We've actually rarely seen how the lower-level noble Houses runt heir affairs.