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Marmaduke Constable

Male - Bef 1404


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Marmaduke Constable was born in of Flamborough, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England; died before 5 Aug 1404; was buried in Flamborough, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England.

    Family/Spouse: Catherine Cumberworth. Catherine (daughter of Robert Cumberworth and Sybil Ergham) was born in of Somerby, Lincolnshire, England; died about 1404. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Robert Constable  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Flamborough, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England; died between 23 May 1441 and 16 Jun 1441.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Robert Constable Descendancy chart to this point (1.Marmaduke1) was born in of Flamborough, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England; died between 23 May 1441 and 16 Jun 1441.

    Notes:

    Sheriff of Yorkshire.

    Robert married Agnes Gascoigne about 1422. Agnes (daughter of William Gascoigne and Joan de Pickering) was born about 1401; died between 7 Jan 1466 and 5 Feb 1466. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Robert Constable  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Flamborough, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England; died on 23 May 1488.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Robert Constable Descendancy chart to this point (2.Robert2, 1.Marmaduke1) was born in of Flamborough, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England; died on 23 May 1488.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: 4 Apr 1423, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England

    Notes:

    Knight of the shire for Lincolnshire 1459, and for Yorkshire 1478.

    Sheriff of Yorkshire 1461-3; Sheriff of Lincolnshire 1466-7; Justice of the Peace for the East Riding of Yorkshire 1453-88. Possibly Mayor of York at some point (not confirmed).

    Joan Kirby, in The Plumpton Letters and Papers (Camden Society, 5th Series 8, Royal Historical Society, 1996), says of him "A political trimmer, he remained on the East Riding bench throughout every revolution from 1453 until his death." Another source calls him an "administorial 'Vicar of Bray'."

    In an odd side note, he was part owner of a pirate ship in 1473, which we know because he was ordered to pay compensation for its attacks on Scottish shipping.

    GX3-grandfather of the English poet and Catholic recusant Henry Constable (1562-1613), best known for Diana, one of the first sonnet sequences. The descent:

    Sir Robert Constable, judge, diplomat, and MP (1423-1488)
    Sir Marmaduke Constable, soldier and courtier (1457-1518)
    Sir Marmaduke Constable (1480-1545)
    Sir Robert Constable, soldier and MP (1495-1558)
    Sir Robert Constable, soldier and MP (1522-1591)
    Henry Constable (1562-1613)

    Family/Spouse: Agnes Wentworth. Agnes (daughter of Roger Wentworth and Margery le Despenser) was born in of Nettlestead, Bosmere, Suffolk, England; died on 20 Apr 1496. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Anne Constable  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Flamborough, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England; died after 1518.
    2. 5. Margaret Constable  Descendancy chart to this point died before Jul 1497.
    3. 6. Marmaduke Constable  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1443 in of Flamborough, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England; died on 29 Nov 1518; was buried in Flamborough, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  Anne Constable Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert3, 2.Robert2, 1.Marmaduke1) was born in of Flamborough, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England; died after 1518.

    Family/Spouse: William Tyrwhit. William (son of Robert Tyrwhit and Jane Waterton) was born about 1456 in of Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England; died on 9 Apr 1522; was buried in Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Robert Tyrwhit  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1482 in of Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England; died on 4 Jul 1548 in Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England; was buried in Wrawby, Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England.

  2. 5.  Margaret Constable Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert3, 2.Robert2, 1.Marmaduke1) died before Jul 1497.

    Family/Spouse: William Eure. William (son of Ralph Eure and Eleanor Greystoke) was born in of Malton, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Ralph Eure  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Ayton in Pickering Lythe, Yorkshire, England; died on 22 Oct 1539.

  3. 6.  Marmaduke Constable Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert3, 2.Robert2, 1.Marmaduke1) was born in 1443 in of Flamborough, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England; died on 29 Nov 1518; was buried in Flamborough, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England.

    Notes:

    Knight of the Body to Henry VII. Sheriff of Staffordshire 1484-85, and of Yorkshire, 148081, 1488-89, 1493-94, 1509-10. Knight of the shire for York, 1495.

    Fought at Bosworth. Commanded the left at Flodden Field. Died after accidentally drinking a glass of water with a live frog in it, thus disproving the widely-repeated saying that if you eat a live frog first thing in the morning, nothing worse will happen to you all day.

    Family/Spouse: Joyce Stafford. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]