List of captains, lieutenants and lords deputies of English Calais

The military, political and even financial situation, and the presence or absence of officers, did affect how the system operated.

The system of royal officials set up after Edward III took Calais consisted of captain, marshal, seneschal and constable.

[3] The approaches to Calais, which is a port on the coast, were defended by two inland castles, that of Guînes, somewhat to the south-east, and Hammes (Hampnes, Hammez) in the present commune of Hames-Boucres, somewhat to the southwest.

"Lieutenant" is a direct French translation of "locum tenens"; it means generally the second-in-command to the "captain" or head commander.

[4] The Council existed in some form under Edward IV, and lasted until the French conquest of Calais in 1558.