Sir Robert Constable 
Sir Robert was born about 1418 in Holme on Spalding Moor, Flamburgh, Yorkshire, England. Sir Robert's father was Sir Robert Constable and his mother was Agnes Gascoigne. His paternal grandparents were Marmaduke Constable and Catherine Cumberworth; his maternal grandparents were Sir William X Gascoigne and Elizabeth De Mowbray. He had four brothers and three sisters, named Marmaduke, William, Thomas, Richard, Elizabeth, Jane and Margaret. He was the second oldest of the eight children. He died on May 23rd, 1488 in Flamburgh, Yorkshire, England.General Notes
CONSTABLE, Sir Robert (1423-88): of Somersby, Lincs., and Flamborough, Yorks. M.P. Lincolnshire 1459; Yorkshire 1478.
Born at Holme on Spalding Moor on Easter day 1423, son and heir of Sir Robert Constable of same (d.1441), by Agnes da. of Sir William Gascoigne CJ., married Agnes da. of Sir Roger Wentworth of Nettlestead, M.P. She survived him and d.1496.
Elector, Yorks., 1442, 1447, 1449, 1450; elector, Lincoln city, 1450; on Yorks, comns, from 1444, including the array, Dec 1459: keeper of Fastolf's lands in Suffolk 1448-1453; J.P. East Riding, 16 June 1453 till death; summonded to the Gt Council for Yorks., Apr 1455 - as a Lancastrian; pardoned by the Yorkists as "of Flamburgh esq", 6 Oct, 1455: on Lancastrian comns, till May 1460, but knighted between 25 June 1460 and 10 May 1461 by Yorkists, and on all their comns. likewise. His brother-in-law Sir Philip Wentworth remained Lancastrian and was attainted and executed.
Sheriff, Yorks., and Mayor of York**, 1461-2; sheriff, Yorks., 1478-9. J.P. Lindsey 16 May 1461 to 7 Sep 1470; steward of all lands in Yorks. and Lincs. forfeited by the Earl of Northumberland and Lord Roos, Aug 1461; had grant of Hessle and Howden for life; pardoned 18 May 1462. One of an embassy to Scotland, Apr 1464, and negotiating the truce with the Scots at Newcastle, Oct 1466. Sheriff, Lincs., 1466-7; pardoned 1468, and Feb 1469, and again 26 Nov. 1471. The Readeption government put him on comns. and Edward IV pardoned and employed him. He was part-owner of a pirate ship in 1473; elected for Yorks. in Dec. 1477, and on all Richard III's comns. The King apptd, Sir Robert one of those to keep the border, 1484; and pardoned him as of Flamborough, alias of Somerby, Lincs. Sir Robert remained on the Bench through every revolution and was pardoned by the Tudors, 16 Jan 1486.
D. 23 May 1488; when Marmaduke, aged 31 and more, was his s. and h.; lands - Yorks. and Lincs. He was head of a powerful family. Sons - Sir Marmaduke***, John, Dean of Lincoln, Sir Robert and Sir William. Daughters married to Sir Thomas Metham, Sir William Eure, Sir Gervase Clifton (1483), Sir William Tyrwhitt, Sir Ralph Bigod, Sir William Scargyll and Sir Ralph Ryther.
From History of Parliament - Biographies of the members of the Commons House 1439-1509, Josias C. Wedgwood and Anne D. Holt 1936. p213
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1265 in Flamborough, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1295 in Flamborough, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1275
- b.~ 1317 in Flamborough, Yorkshire, England d.< 1400
- b.~ 1265
- b.~ 1295
- b.~ 1340 in Flamborough, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1290
- b.~ 1317 in Flamborough, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1385 in Flamborough, Yorkshire, England d.>May 1441 in Beverley, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1330 in Flamborough, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1358 in Flamborough, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1335 in Flamborough, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1418 in Holme on Spalding Moor, Flamburgh, Yorkshire, England d.23 May 1488 in Flamburgh, Yorkshire, England
- b.1218 in Kirby, Yorkshire, England d.1270
- b.26 FEB 1263/64 in Harewood, Yorkshire, England
- b.1222 in Aldwark, Yorkshire, England
- b.1298 in Harewood, Yorkshire, England d.1380
- b.1237 in Gawthorpe, Yorkshire, England
- b.1256 in Gawthorpe, Yorkshire, England
- b.1335 in Gawthorpe, Yorkshire, England d.17 Dec 1419 in Harewood, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1266
- b.1286 in Almondley, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1268
- b.1305 in Almondley, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1260
- b.1288
- b.~ 1265
- b.~ 1389 in Gawthorpe Hall, Harewood, Yorkshire, England d.> 1466
- b.~ 1254 in Axholme, Lincoln, England d.1297 in Axholme, Lincoln, England
- b.04 Sep 1286 in Epworth, Lincolnshire, England d.23 MAR 1320/21 in York, England
- b.17 Oct 1252 in Tonbridge, Kent, England d.> 1316
- b.29 Nov 1310 in Hovingham, Yorkshire, England d.04 Oct 1361 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
- b.~ 1240 in Bramber, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1280 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.20 Jul 1331
- b.1255 in Burgh-on-Sands, Cumberland, England
- b.1342 in Kirklington, Yorkshire, England d.1391 in Harewood, Yorkshire, England
- b.16 JAN 1244/45 in London, England d.05 Jun 1296 in Bayonne, France
- b.1281 in London, England d.22 Sep 1345
- b.1248 in Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France d.02 May 1302 in Paris, France
- b.~ 1312 in Grismond Castle, Lancaster, England d.07 Jul 1349 in Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1250 in Kenpsford, Gloucester, England d.07 Jul 1283
- b.1282 in Kidwelly, Carmarthen, Wales d.1322
- b.1262 in Warwick, England d.30 May 1306 in Elmley Castle, Worcester, England
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They had seven sons and nine daughters, named Sir Marmaduke II, Sir William, Sir Robert, John, Philip, Richard, Roger, Eleanor, Elizabeth, Anne, Margaret, Agnes, Katherine, Dorothy, Janet and Margaret.
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Children
Sir Marmaduke II Constable
Sir Marmaduke II was born in 1443 in Flamburgh, Yorkshire, England. He died at the age of 75 in 1518.
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