SIR ROBERT CONSTABLE of North Cliffe, Sergeant-at-Law. Sir Robert died on the 22 November 1501, Will dated 2 September 1501 and proved 13 Jan 1501/2, Inquisition Post Mortem 14 October 1502, and held land at North Cliffe, Sledmere, Newsham and Broughton. A son of Sir Robert Constable of Flamborough and Agnes Wentworth.
In 'The Life and Times of Henry VII' by Neville Williams, (ed., Antonia Fraser, Weidenfield & Nicholson, 1973) our Robert gets a mention,
'After he had reigned for ten years, two sergeants-at-law, Robert Constable and Thomas Frowick, gave a series of lectures to benchers and students at the Inns of Court on the Royal Prerogative, showing in no sycophantic manner that Henry had been at pains to enforce to the full his feudal rights which his immediate predecessors had let slide'.
Sir Robert Constable married in 1490 (Licence 18 Aug 1490, Test. Ebor. III p 355) Beatrix Awtecliffe, Hawtcliffe or Hatcliffe, Lady Greystock, daughter of James Hatcliff of Grimthorpe in East Yorkshire and widow of Ralph Baron of Greystock who died in 1487. She died in 1505 after taking a vow of chastity (Licence to veil, 12 April 1502, She had no children by Lord Greystock but had about six or seven children by her second husband. She took up membership of the Guild of Corpus Christi in York. She left a Will made 12 April 1505 and proved 5 June 1505, Test. Ebor. IV p 236, buried at Sancton).
Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1502, 18 Henry VII, May 9 Westminster: Grant to Beatrice, Lady Greystok, widow of Robert Constable, sergeant-at-law, of the lands of Edmund Thwaytes and Joan his wife, both deceased, during the minority of Henry, kinsman and heir of the said Edmund and Joan; to wit, son of Henry son of the said Edmund and Joan; and of the marriage of the said heir, though already married; and pardon to the said Beatrice for the abduction of the said Henry and the marrying him to Agnes daughter of the said Robert and Beatrice. Pardon to Henry Thwaytes, kinsman and heir of Edmund Thwaytes, deceased, to wit son of Henry son of the said Edmund, for marrying without licence Agnes daughter of Robert Constable, late sergeant-at-law, and Beatrice his wife.
Robert Constable (will sep 2 1501, Testamenta Eboracensia Vol IV Surtees Society 1868 p. 195 www.archive.org ), mentions brother Sir Marmaduk, and John Constable clrk, sons Marmaduke & Robert. An attachment to his will mentions Robert Constable, Marm. Constable and Rauffe Buggot knyghtes, and John Constable clerk. His widow Beatrix Greystock’s will appears later in the volume, and his son Marmaduke Constable of North Cliffee Esq appears (30 Aug 1523 T.E. Vol V 1884 pp. 166-8). His widow Lady Beatrix Greystock’s will (12 April 1505 TE IV p. 236-8) names son Herry Thwaites & Agnes his wife, son Marmaduke, brothers Sir Marmaduke Constable, Richard Hawclyf, her sisters, to master Thomas constable, Thomas Rokby and Anne his wife, son Robert, daughter Elixabeth, Jane, executors Knts Marmaduke Constable, Walter Griffith, Robert Constable, henry Twaites & Marmaduke Constable of Everingham.
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