CONSTABLE, Sir Henry (1556/7-1607), of Burton Constable and Upsall Castle, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. 1556 /7, 1st s. of Sir John Constable† of Burton Constable and Upsall Castle and 1st w. Margaret, da. of John, 8th Bar. Scrope of Bolton Castle, Yorks.C142/185/40; Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 305-6. educ. L. Inn 1572. LI Admiss. m. settlement 20 Jan. 1578 (with £2,200), Margaret (bur. 7 Jan. 1637), da. of Sir William Dormer† of Wing, Bucks. and Heythrop, Oxon., 1s. 4da. Yorks. ERRO, DDCC/133/5; PE15/1, unfol.; PROB 11/57, f. 313; Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 41. suc. fa. 1579; C142/185/40. Kntd. by 14 Nov. 1586. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 84. He was already knighted when pricked as sheriff on 14 Nov.: see List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 163. d. 15 Dec. 1607. C142/310/79. sig. He[nry] Constable.

Offices Held

J.p. Yorks. (E. Riding) c.1582–92/3; Lansd. 35, f. 134v; Lansd. 737, f. 175v; Royal 18 D.III, f. 60; E163/14/8; Hatfield House, ms 278. sheriff, Yorks. 1586–7; List of Sheriffs, 163. commr. musters, E. Riding 1600 – 01, N. Riding 1606, APC, 1599–1600, p. 437; 1601–4, p. 283; Add. 36293, f. 99. sewers, E. Riding 1603 – at least04, N. Riding 1604. C181/1, ff. 117, 153, 161.

Parlimentarian

CONSTABLE, Sir Henry (1556/7-1607), of Burton Constable and Upsall Castle, Yorks.

Main residences: Burton Constable; Upsall Castle, Yorks.

Author

S.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

CONSTABLE, Sir Henry (1556/7-1607)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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