Robert Constable

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• Name	Robert Constable  [1, 2]
  Birth	of Flamborough, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	4 Apr 1423	Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England   [4, 5, 6]
  Death	23 May 1488  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Person ID	I9200	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of LD
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Robert Constable,   b. of Flamborough, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England d. Between 23 May 1441 and 16 Jun 1441
  Mother	Agnes Gascoigne,   b. Abt 1401   d. Between 7 Jan 1466 and 5 Feb 1466 (Age ~ 65 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1422  [9, 10]
  Family ID	F2404	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnes Wentworth,   b. of Nettlestead, Bosmere, Suffolk, England d. 20 Apr 1496
  Children	+ 1. Anne Constable,   b. of Flamborough, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England d. Aft 1518 + 2. Margaret Constable   d. Bef Jul 1497   3. Marmaduke Constable,   b. 1443, of Flamborough, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England d. 29 Nov 1518 (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F5465	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2024

  
  

• 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)

  
  

• Sources

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