CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518), Eng lish soldier, was descended from a certain Robert (d. 1216), lord of Flamborough, who was related to the Lacys, hereditary con stables of Chester, hence the surname of the family. A son of Sir Robert Constable (d. 1488), Marmaduke was in France with Edward IV. in 1475 and with Henry VII. in 1492. After being sheriff of Staffordshire and Yorkshire, he fought at the battle of Flodden in 1513. He died on Nov. 20, 1518.
Sir Marmaduke's eldest son, Sir Robert Constable (c. 1478 1 53 7 ), helped Henry VII. to defeat the Cornish rebels at Black heath in 1497. In 1536, he took part in the rising known as the Pilgrimage of Grace which broke out in the north of England. He was tried for treason and hanged in 1537.
Sir Marmaduke's second son, Sir Marmaduke (c. was knighted after the battle of Flodden, and was at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 152o. He was a knight of the shire for York shire and then for Warwickshire, and was a member of the Council of the North from 1537 until his death.
Another noteworthy member of this family was the regicide, Sir William Constable (d. 1655), created a baronet in 1611. He fought with the parliamentarians at Edgehill and in 1644 in north Yorkshire. In 1648, he became governor of Gloucester. He was one of the king's judges, was a member of the council of state under Cromwell, and died on June 15,