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Sir Marmaduke Constable

Sir Marmaduke Constable
Flodden Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 39370.jpg
Memorial at Flodden Field, where Marmaduke Constable commanded the left wing
Spouse(s) Margery FitzHugh
Joyce Stafford
Issue
Sir Robert Constable
Sir Marmaduke Constable
Sir William Constable
Sir John Constable
Agnes Constable
Eleanor Constable
Father Sir Robert Constable
Mother Agnes Wentworth
Born c.1456/7
Died 10 November 1518
Buried Church of St Oswald, Flamborough, Yorkshire

Sir Marmaduke Constable (c.1456/7 – 20 November 1518) of Flamborough, Yorkshire, was a courtier and soldier during the reigns of Richard III, Henry VII and Henry VIII.

Constable was born around 1456/7. He was the eldest son and heir of Sir Robert Constable (4 April 1423 – 23 May 1488) of Flamborough, Yorkshire, and Agnes Wentworth (d. 20 April 1496), daughter of Roger Wentworth of North Elmsall, Yorkshire, by Margery le Despencer.

According to Horrox, the Constables of Flamborough were followers of the Percys. Marmaduke's father was in the service of King Edward IV in 1461, but by 1470 both Marmaduke and his father were in the service of Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland. Marmaduke campaigned with the Earl in Scotland in the early 1480s, and Northumberland knighted him at Berwick in August 1481. Marmaduke's epitaph states that he had been with Edward IV in France in 1475, perhaps under Northumberland.

By December 1483 Constable was a knight of the body to King Richard III, and was granted forfeited lands after Buckingham's rebellion. On 28 March 1484 the King granted him the constableship of Tutbury Castle, and other offices.

According to Horrox, it is unclear whether Constable fought for Richard III at Bosworth. In any case, he was not attainted, and was granted a pardon by Henry VII on 18 November 1485, was a knight of the body to the King by May 1486, and accompanied him to the wars in France in 1492.


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