CONSTABLE, Sir Robert (c.1353-1400), of Flamborough, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. c.1353, s. and h. of Sir Marmaduke Constable (d.1378) of Flamborough, prob. by his 1st w. Joan. m. by Jan. 1384, Margaret, da. of William Skipwith, wid. of Alexander Surteys (1355-80) of North Gosforth, Northumb., at least 3s. 2da. Kntd. by Feb. 1375.CIPM, xv. nos. 34, 271, 411-12; Test. Ebor. i. 97-98, 264-5, 337-8; ii. 23-25; Scrope v. Grosvenor, i. 135-6; ii. 339-40; CPR, 1381-5, p. 381; Yorks. Arch. Soc. Rec. Ser. l. 65.

Offices Held

Commr. of array, Yorks. (E. Riding) c. May 1376,RP, ii. 349. Apr. 1385, Mar. 1392; inquiry (W. Riding) Jan. 1379 (abuses by the bailiff of Harthill), (E. Riding) Feb. 1384 (extortions in the bp. of Durham’s liberty at Howden), Dec. 1395 (wreck at Bridlington); sewers Jan. 1383; oyer and terminer Apr. 1388, May 1390 (obstructions to the river Ouse).

Assessor of a tax, Yorks. (E. Riding) May 1379; collector Dec. 1384.

Sheriff, Yorks. 20 Oct. 1385 – 18 Nov. 1386, 11 Nov. 1394–9 Nov. 1395.

J.p. Yorks. (E. Riding) 15 July 1389-Aug. 1395.

Parlimentarian

CONSTABLE, Sir Robert (c.1353-1400), of Flamborough, Yorks.

Main residence: Flamborough, Yorks.

Author

C.R.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

CONSTABLE, Sir Robert (c.1353-1400)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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