Constable, John (1526 - 1579)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 5
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 11
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1526-00-00
Death Date: 1579-05-25

Notes

Ward of Sir Michael Stanhope (d 1552) of Shelford, Nottinghamshire, Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire East Riding and Beddington, Surrey 25 Oct. 1543--7

Parents

Mother: Neville, Joan ( - )
Father: Constable, John ( - )

Siblings

Male

Constable, Ralph ( - )

Female

Constable, Frances ( - )

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Scrope, Margaret ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Neville, Katherine ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Neville, Katherine ( - )

  1. Male offspring: Constable, John (n.d.)

From Scrope, Margaret ( - )

  1. Male offspring: Constable, Henry (1559 - 1608)
  2. Male offspring: Constable, Joseph (n.d.)
  3. Male offspring: Constable, Francis (n.d.)
  4. Male offspring: Constable, Ralph (n.d.)
  5. Male offspring: Constable, John (n.d.)

Primary Title

Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1553-10-02
    Vacated 1579-05-25

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
MP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1553-3 n.d.
MP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1553-10 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1553/4 1562 Removed from office
MP, Yorkshire 1555 n.d. Possibly held this office; probably held by Sir Robert Constable of Everingham, Yorkshire East Riding
MP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1558 n.d.
MP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1563 n.d.
Member, Council in the North, England 1566 1567
Sheriff, Yorkshire 1566-11-18 1567-11-18
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1569 1579 Restored to office

General Lands Note

Licence to enter lands 10 Dec. 1547

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Burton Constable Hall, Yorkshire: East Riding
    Patrimony
    Acquired: 1547
    Divested: 1579-05-25

Lands

  • Yorkshire: East Riding: 'Raynswell alias Romswell,' Benningholme Grange and lands in Beverley
    Acquired: 1554-06-18
    Granted to Constable and mother
  • Yorkshire: East Riding: Halsham
  • Yorkshire: East Riding: Penthrop and 'Plowland'
  • Yorkshire: North Riding: Hackness Manor
    Acquired: 1563/4-03-19
    Divested: 1578-05-01
    Purchased; sold

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1575-1576 Town Hall, Grimsby , Lincolnshire Sir John Constable's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir John Constable's Players Constable, John (1526 - 1579) Players 1

Bibliographic Sources

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Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward VI [1547–53]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1924–9.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Elizabeth I [1558–78]. 7 vols. London: HMSO, 1939–82.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Philip and Mary [1553–8]. 4 vols. London: HMSO, 1937–9.
The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981.
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509–47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864–1932.
List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. Public Record Office Lists and Indexes 9. London: HMSO, 1898.
Norcliffe, Charles Best, ed. The Visitation of Yorkshire in the Years 1563 and 1564, made by William Flower, Esquire, Norroy King of Arms. Publications of the Harleian Society 16. London: Npub, 1881.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
Shaw, William Arthur. The Knights of England: A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland. 2 vols. London: Sherratt & Hughes, 1906.