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s. and h. of Sir William Constable (d. by 1419) of Halsham by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Metham (d.1403) of Metham (in Laxton), Yorks. m. prob. by Apr. 1422, Margaret (d. by Nov. 1449), da. of Sir Thomas Umfraville† (d.1391) of Harbottle, Northumb., and Hessle, Yorks., by Agnes (d.1420), da. of Sir Thomas Grey (d.1369) of Heaton, Northumb.; sis. and coh. of Sir Gilbert Umfraville (d.1421); wid. of William Lodington (d.1420), j.c.b., of Gunby, Lincs. 1s. 3da. Dist. 1430; Kntd. between 11 Apr. and 8 Nov. 1436.
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Attestor, parlty. election, Yorks. 1449 (Nov.).

Commr. of array, Yorks. (E. Riding) Mar. 1427, Mar. 1430, July 1434, Jan. 1436, Nov. 1448; sewers, Aug. 1427, July 1433, July 1434, Marshland, Yorks., Lincs. Feb. 1435, Holderness Feb. 1436, Yorks. (E. Riding) June 1445, Mar., July 1446; inquiry, Yorks., Lincs. May 1429 (export of grain and livestock), Yorks. Oct. (concealments), Dec. 1432 (lands and goods of named outlaws, inc. John Rotse, bailiff of Kingston-upon-Hull), Feb. 1433 (alleged customs offence at Kingston-upon-Hull), E159/209, commissiones d. Feb. 1436 (uncustomed exports), Yorks., Lincs. Nov. 1436 (uncustomed trade), Yorks. July 1438, Yorks., Northumb. Feb. 1448 (concealments), Lincs. Oct. 1449 (piracy of Sir John Neville); to assess subsidy, Yorks. (E. Riding) Apr. 1431, Yorks. Jan. 1436; of gaol delivery, Beverley May 1432, July 1433, York castle ?Nov. 1445; C66/431, mm. 6d, 8d; 434, m. 16d; 461, m. 23d. oyer and terminer, Yorks. Aug. 1433 (complaint of William, abbot of St. Mary’s, York), E. Riding June 1441 (treasons); to treat for loans, Yorks. Feb. 1434, E. Riding Mar. 1439, Yorks. Nov. 1440, E. Riding Mar., May, Aug. 1442; receive, value and sell uncustomed wool and ship that carried it, Hornsea Beck (E. Riding) Feb. 1436; E159/212, recorda Hil. rot. 5. of arrest, Kingston-upon-Hull May 1437; to distribute allowance on tax, Yorks. Apr. 1440, June 1445, July 1446; take assize of novel disseisin Nov. 1440; C66/448, m. 28d. enforce statute of 14 Hen. VI, c. 5 (illegal export of wool) in ports and creeks Mar. 1442.

J.p. Beverley 14 July 1433-July 1442; In July 1442 the Crown conceded the right of John Kemp as abp. of York to appoint his own j.p.s in his ldship. of Beverley: E159/219, brevia Mich. rot. 32d. Yorks. (E. Riding) 1 Mar. 1434 – d.

Sheriff, Lincs. 3 Nov. 1434 – 7 Nov. 1435, Yorks. 8 Nov. 1436 – 7 Nov. 1437.

Steward, Humphrey Stafford, duke of Buckingham’s lordship of Holderness c. 1445–d. C. Rawcliffe, Staffords, 212.

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CONSTABLE, Sir John (d.1450), of Halsham, Yorks.
Main residence: Halsham, Yorks.
Conestabylle, Cunstable
Author
S.J.P.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Will
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Oxford 1644
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