Robert Constable (Knight)

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Sir Robert Constable of Flamborough († May 23, 1488 ) was an English knight .

Life

Sir Robert Constable was a son of Sir Robert Constable and Agnes Gascoigne, daughter of Sir William Gascoigne.

His career began after his father's death in 1441. He was a squire of Flamborough in Yorkshire . From 1444 he was in Yorkshire as a royal representative ( Commissioner in charge) with a number of administrative tasks, was from 1448 to 1453 Supervisors ( keeper ) of the lands of John Fastolf in Suffolk and from 1453 as a magistrate ( justice of the peace ) with the tasks of law and preservation entrusted to order in the East Riding of Yorkshire .

At the beginning of the Wars of the Roses , Sir Robert did not take part, but fought on the side of the Yorkists at the Battle of Towton in March 1461 .

After Edward IV's coronation , Sir Robert remained in the service of the crown and continued to be given various tasks and offices, including a. Justice of the peace 1461, Sheriff of Lincolnshire 1467, and Sheriff of Yorkshire 1461-1463 and 1478-1479. Furthermore, Sir Robert was appointed Knight of the Shire for the county of Yorkshire in 1477/78 .

Under Richard III. Sir Robert was commissioned as commissioner of aray in 1484 to secure the border region to Scotland .

Sir Robert Constable of Flamborough died in 1488.

Marriage and offspring

Sir Robert was married to Agnes Wentworth, daughter of Sir Roger Wentworth. They had thirteen children:

  • Marmaduke (Sir) ⚭ Margery, daughter of Henry FitzHugh, 5th Baron FitzHugh
  • Philip
  • John
  • Robert
  • William (sir)
  • Elizabeth ⚭ Thomas Metham
  • Margaret ⚭ Sir William Ever
  • Agnes ⚭ 1) Walter Griffith ⚭ 2) Sir Gervase Clifton
  • Margery ⚭ Sir Ralph Bigot
  • Anne ⚭ Sir William Tirwhit
  • Agnes
  • Catherine ⚭ Sir Ralph Ryther

literature

  • John Burke: A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the landed Gentry. Volume I, London 1852, Colburn & Co.
  • Joseph Nicolson and Richard Burn: The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. Volume I, London 1778.
  • John Wallis: The Natural History and Antiquities of Northumberland. Volume II, London 1769.
  • Thomas Stapelton, Camden Society: Plumpton Correspondance. 1889 - Reprint by Johnson Reprint Company Ltd, London.
  • Michael Hicks: Richard III. and his rivals. Magnates and their Motives in the Wars of the Roses. Bloomsbury Publishing 1991, ISBN 978-0-826-42378-8 .
  • Great Britain Public Record Office: Calendar of the Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office. Volume 21, HM Stationary Office, 1961.
  • Andi King and David Simpkin: England and Scotland at War, c.1296 - c.1513. Brill 2012, ISBN 978-9-004-22982-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Robert CONSTABLE of Flamborough (Sir Knight) at tudorplace.com.ar
  2. ^ A b Towton Battlefield Society
  3. ^ Thomas Stapelton, Camden Society: Plumpton Correspondance , 1889 - Reprint by Johnson Reprint Company Ltd, London
  4. ↑ Arthur Collins: The English Baronetage. Volume II, London 1741
personal data
SURNAME Constable, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Constable of Flamborough, Sir Robert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English knight
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH May 23, 1488