(Not so) Quick Explanation:
I've joined the North, and acquired The White Knife Inn, after a few days, I had the opportunity to hire a Chamberlain (but the name was something else, however still a chamberlain). I thought, well that's nice, now I can get more money from my village. I did not realize that he collected the money, and had to be talked to in order to get at it. So I went to my village to talk to him, but didn't see him anywhere. Then I noticed some strange behavior from the NPC's and looked at where they were going. To my surprise, there was a naked man in the river, and I thought, that mustn't be the chamberlain, why would he be in a river, so I looked around some more, and came up with nothing. SO then I loaded a save before I had acquired the village, and then looked back where the man was, and lo and behold, there was no man there, the man in the river was actually the chamberlain that I had Hired!
So my guess is, that the spawn location for the chamberlain in The White Knife Inn is in a bad spot, and should be moved.
Some pics of the place (Before and After Hiring)
After I hired the Chamberlain (Day 95)
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And Before I hired the Chamberlain (Day 40)
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