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b. 27 Feb. 1591, o. surv. s. of Sir Robert Constable of Flamborough and Holme and Anne, da. and h. of John Hussey of North Duffield, Yorks.Yorks. ERRO, Flamborough par. reg.; Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 92, 198; C142/220/16. educ. travelled abroad ?1617, Low Countries c.1637-41. SO3/6, unfol. Mar. 1617; SO3/11, unfol. 17 Apr. 1637; J.T. Cliffe, Puritan Gentry, 202-3. m. 15 Feb. 1608, Dorothy (d. 9 Mar. 1656), da. of Sir Thomas Fairfax I*, 1ch. d.v.p. Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 291; Borthwick, St. Mary Bishophill sen. par. reg. 1, f. 17. suc. fa. 1600; C142/263/20/1. cr. bt. 29 June 1611. CB, i. 44. d. 10 June 1655. Borthwick, St. Mary Bishophill sen. par. reg. 1, f. 17. sig. W[illia]m Constable.
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Commr. sewers, Yorks. (W. Riding) 1611, (E. Riding) by 1613 – 40, 1654 – d., R. Derwent 1629, Glos. 1654–d.; Yorks. ERRO, DDBE/27/2; C181/2, f. 181; 181/4, f. 1; 181/5, f. 166; 181/6, ff. 19, 46. j.p. E. Riding by 1613–26 (custos rot.), 1628–42, 1650 – d., j.p. Glos. 1649 – d., N. Riding 1652–d.; APC, 1613–14, p. 298; C231/4, ff. 209, 262. collector, Palatine Benevolence, E. Riding 1620; Strafforde Letters (1739) ed. W. Knowler, i. 6. commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 1621 – c.26, 1630 – 41, 1650 – d., Oxf. circ. 1654–d.; C181/3, ff. 32, 209; 181/4, f. 36; 181/5, f. 203; 181/6, ff. 10, 17, 71, 93, 101. subsidy, E. Riding 1621 – 22, 1624, 1628; C212/22/20–3; E179/204/448. dep. lt. E. Riding 1629–37; SCL, WWM, Strafford pprs. 12/50; Add. 28082, f. 80v. commr. repair of St. Paul’s cathedral, E. Riding 1633; HUL, DDHA/18/35. commr. raising forces, Yorks. Northumb. co. Dur. (parl.) 1642, with Northern armies 1644, Northern Assoc., E. Riding 1645, militia, Yorks. 1648; J.T. Cliffe, Yorks. Gentry, 295; CJ, ii. 853b; iii. 533a; LJ, vi. 604a; vii. 364a. levying money 1643, sequestration 1644, assessment, E. Riding 1645 – 52, rest of Yorks. 1645, 1650 – 52, Glos. 1649–52; CJ, iii. 369a. sheriff, Yorks. 1653–4; CJ, vii. 348a. commr. scandalous ministers, E. Riding and Hull, Yorks. 1654.

Capt. militia ft. 1613, Col. 1629 – 37, capt. militia horse (parl.) 1642, col. 1642–3; Add. Ch. 66608 and HUL, DDHA/18/34; Strafforde Letters, ii. 194. col. regular ft. 1642 – 45, 1647 – d., horse 1648; C.H. Firth and G. Davies, Reg. Hist. Cromwell’s Army, i. 254; ii. 399. lt.-gen. horse and ft. Yorks. 1643–5; CJ, iii. 154b. gov. ?Hull 1644, Gloucester 1648–53. CCC, 843; J. Washbourn, Biblioteca Gloucester, pp. cxvii, cxxv.

Commr. peace with Scotland 1642, 1646, 1647, treaty with Scotland 1643, Add. 18777, f. 37v; LJ, vi. 55b; viii. 411a; ix. 500a. High Ct. of Justice 1649; cllr. of state 1649, 1650, 1652; CJ, vi. 141a, 363a; vii. 42b. member, army cttee. 1649–52; CJ, vi. 107b. commr. forfeited estates 1651.

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CONSTABLE, Sir William, 1st Bt. (1591-1655), of Flamborough and Holme on Spalding Moor, Yorks.
Main residences: Flamborough; Holme on Spalding Moor, Yorks.
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Commons 1604-1629
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CONSTABLE, Sir William, 1st Bt. (1591-1655)

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