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1. Constable, Albert
   1. Burton, Ernaburga
      1. Constable, Robert
         1. Lisours, Aubreye
            1. Constable, William
            2. Constable, Robert
            3. Constable, Simon
            4. Constable, John
      2. Constable, William
      3. Constable, Richard

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Source References

1. Richard Remme: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=remme1007&id=I203122&style=TABLE Ancestors of R.H. Remmé, the Netherlands
2. The peerage of Scotland - CONSTABLE Viscount of DUNBAR.
   1. • Source text:

        WE have good authority to affirm, that
        no sirname or family in England can
        boast a more noble descent,* than that of the
        Constables. A learned and judicious antiqua∣ry,
        by good vouchers, deduces their pedi∣gree
        from the Saxon kings of England, the
        kings of Scotland, dukes of Normandy, &c.

        But we shall only here briefly deduce their
        descent, from the Norman conquest of Eng∣land.

        I.—de CONSTABLE, who appears
        to have been a man of the first rank in Nor∣mandy,
        came over to England with William
        the conqueror, (to whom he was nearly re∣lated,)
        anno 1066, had a considerable com∣mand
        in his army, and is mentioned in the
        roll of Battle-abbay, tho' his christian name
        is omitted.* He obtained from that great
        prince, in reward of his merit and faithful
        services, a share of the conquered lands in
        England, where he settled, and was father of

        II. ULBERT de CONSTABLE, who flou∣rished
        in the reigns of king William II. and
        Henry I. of England, and married—
        de Burton, with whom he got several lands;
        and,* by her donations to the religious in Swyne∣abbay,
        she appears to have had large possessi∣ons.

        By her lie had issue a son and successor,

        III. Sir ROBERT CONSTABLE, designed
        of Halsham in Holderness, &c. There is a
        charter still preserved in the family,* wherein
        he gave four oxgangs of land in Halsham, to Wil∣liam,
        son of Utred, his servant; and on his seal
        is represented the figure of a man on horse∣back,
        properly accoutered, brandishing his
        drawn sword in his right hand, &c. which
        denotes his being of the equestrian order.

        This sir Robert got from William le Gross,*
        earl of Albemarle, five pound rent charge,
        &c. 10th Henry II. anno 1164, which was
        afterwards confirmed to the family by Hawise
        the countess, anno 1205.

        He left issue two sons.

        1. Sir Robert, his heir.

        2. William Constable, who carried on the
        line of this family, of whom afterwards.

        IV. Sir ROBERT CONSTABLE of Hal∣sham
        succeeded his father, and was one of the
        English knights that acompanied William de
        Mandeville, earl of Albemarle, to the holy
        war. Before he set out on that expedition,
        he borrowed 160 merks from the monks of
        Meaux abbay,* and gave a mortgage on his
        lordship of Thurlesthorpe and town of Hal∣sham,
        until the sum should be repaid; but dy∣ing
        at A•on without issue, anno 1181, was
        succeeded by his nephew Robert, son of his
        brother William, to whom we now return.

        IV. WILLIAM CONSTABLE,* brother-german
        of the last sir Robert, married Julian,
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        sister of Thomas de Alost, by whom he had
        two sons.

        1. Robert.

        2. Simon Constable, who married—
        Bertram,* and had issue.

        William died before his elder brother, and
        was succeeded by his son,

        V. ROBERT, who succeeding also to his
        uncle sir Robert,*anno 1181, confirmed his
        mortgage to the monks of Meaux, and made
        a donation to the monks of Thornton out of
        his lands of Halsham,*&c.

        He married Adelisa, eldest daughter and
        co-heiress of Fulco de Oyri, lord of Gedney
        in Lincolnshire, by whom he had two sons.

        1. Sir William, his heir.

        2. Sir Fulco de Constable.

        He was succeeded by his eldest son,

        VI. Sir WILLIAM CONSTABLE, design∣ed
        lord of Halsham and Burton,* in several o∣riginal
        charters, in the reign of king Henry
        III. who succeeded to the crown, anno 1216,
        and died 1272.

        He claimed the Grange of Thurlesthorpe;*
        but afterwards quitted it to Meaux abbay,
        which is confirmed by several charters still
        extant.

        He got a grant from king Henry III. of a
        fair or market at Holme,*anno 1241.

        He married Cecilia, daughter of Marma∣duke
        de Twenge, with whom he got a consi∣derable
        accession to his estate, by a charter
        from her brother Robert de Twenge,*Willi∣elmo
        Constabulario de Burton, et haered. suis,
        &c. and to Cecily his spouse, sister of the said
        Robert, &c. By her he had issue two sons.

        1. Sir Simon, his heir.

        2. Galfred Constable, who got from his
        father several lands;* but dying without issue,
        anno 1297, his estate returned to the fami∣ly.

        Sir William was succeeded by his eldest
        son,

        VII. Sir SIMON CONSTABLE, lord of
        Halsham and Burton,* who is witness in a char∣ter
        of king Henry III. anno 1259, and to a∣nother
        of king Edward I. anno 1287.

        He had grant of free-warren in Pagula,
        Holme, Kaynham, Otteringham, Thurles∣thorpe,*
        West-halsham, Punchaugh, Burton∣constable,
        Merton, Benningholm, and many
        others, anno 1285.

        It appears, by an inquisition after his death,
        that he had been possessed of an immense estate
        of lands, lying in many different counties, of
        all which Robert,* his son and heir, was in
        possession anno 1294.

        He married Catharine, relict of sir John
        Dantly, by whom he had several sons and
        daughters; and dying anno 1293, was suc∣ceeded
        by his son,

        VIII. ROBERT CONSTABLE, lord of Hal∣sham,
        &c.* who married Avicia, daughter
        and co-heiress of sir Robert de Lascels, by
        whom he got a considerable estate, viz. some
        lands in Ellerton, Essex, Kyrby under Knol,
        &c.

        By her he had two sons, and one daugh∣ter.

        1. Sir John, his heir.

        2. William Constable.

        His daughter, Catharine, married Wil∣liam,
        son of Philip de Melsa.

        He died anno 1337, and was succeeded by
        his eldest son,

        IX. Sir JOHN CONSTABLE of Halsham and
        Burton,* who also held a vast estate of lands, all
        particularly mentioned in several different
        charters.

        He married Albreda, daughter of—
        Bulmer, relict of—St. Quintin, by whom
        he had a son,

        X. Sir JOHN CONSTABLE of Halsham,
        Burton-Constable, &c. who succeeded him,
        anno 1351, and married Maud, daughter of
        Robert Hilbon,* Esq; by whom he had two
        sons, and one daughter.

        1. Sir William, his heir.

        2. Thomas Constable who married Mar∣garet,
        daughter of sir Thomas Manly,* knight,
        and had issue.

        His daughter, Margaret, married to sir John
        Copledike of Harrington,*in com. Lincoln.
        knight, and had issue.

        He died anno 1394, and was succeeded by
        his eldest son,

        XI. Sir WILLIAM of Halsham, Burton-Constable,
        &c. who, anno 1400 married E∣lizabeth,
        daughter of—Metham,* by
        whom he had a son and successor,

        XII. Sir JOHN CONSTABLE of Halsham,
        &c. who married Margaret, daughter and
        co-heiress of sir Thomas Umsraville, knight,
        of Harbottle in Northumberland,* by whom he
        had a son,

        Sir John,—and three daughters,

        1. Elizabeth, married to sir William El∣men.

        2. Janet, married to sir Thomas Lambert.

        3. Maud, married to sir William Ryther.

        He died anno 1447, and was succeeded by
        his son,

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        XIII. Sir JOHN CONSTABLE of Halsham,
        &c.* who was made a knight banneret by the
        duke of Glocester, anno 1448, and married
        Lora, daughter of lord Fitz-Hugh of Raven∣worth-castle,
        by whom he had three sons,
        and three daughters.

        1. John, his heir.

        2. Sir Ralph, who succeeded his brother.

        3. William, who died without issue.

        1st daughter, Marjory, married to Robert
        Holme of Persilholme, Esq;

        2. Margaret, married to John Roos, Esq;

        3. Jean, married to William Mallory, Esq;

        He was succeeded by his eldest son,

        XIV. JOHN CONSTABLE of Halsham,
        &c.* who married Margaret, daughter of—
        Mallory, Esq; but dying without issue, was
        succeeded by his brother,

        XIV. Sir RALPH CONSTABLE of Hal∣sham,
        &c.* who married, 1st, Anne, daugh∣ter
        and co-heiress of Robert Earl, Esq; by
        whom he had three sons, and two daughters.

        1. Sir John, his heir.

        2. Ralph Constable of Thorntoft, in Rich∣mond-shire,
        who married, 1st, Christian,
        daughter of—Lazenby of Whitewell,
        in comitatu de Richmond,* by whom he had se∣veral
        children. He married, 2dly, Elizabeth,
        daughter of William Grimston, Esq; by whom
        he also had issue.

        3. William, who died without issue.

        1st daughter, Lora, married to John Ho∣tham
        of Scarburgh, Esq;

        2. Jean, married to Christopher Hildyard,
        Esq;

        Sir Ralph married, 2dly, Elizabeth, daugh∣ter
        of—Tempest, Esq; by whom he
        had no issue.

        He was succeeded by his eldest son,

        XV. Sir JOHN CONSTABLE of Halsham,
        &c. who made a considerable figure in Eng∣land
        in the reign of king Henry VII.

        Anno 1505, he married,* 1st, Agnes, daugh∣ter
        of sir Thomas Metham, by whom he had
        six sons, and two daughters.

        1. Sir John, his heir.

        2. Ralph Constable of St. Sepulchres, Esq;

        3. William.

        4. Robert Constable of Esington, in Hol∣derness,
        who married Joan, daughter of Ed∣mund
        Frothinghame, of South-Frothinghame,
        and had issue, of whom the Constables of
        Bently and several others are descended.

        5. Francis.

        6. Brian.

        The above Francis and Brian both died
        without issue.

        1st daughter, Catharine, married to Ralph
        Ellerker of Risby, Esq;

        2. Marjory, married to Brian Napleton of
        Wighill.

        He married, 2dly, Elizabeth, daughter of
        —Hedlam, relict of sir John Hotham,
        by whom he had two daughters.

        1. Anne, married to Brian Palmer of Na∣burn,
        Esq;

        2. Elizabeth, married to Christopher Fro∣dingham,
        Esq;

        He married,* 3dly, Margaret, daughter of
        Thomas lord Clifford, by whom he had no
        issue.

        He was succeeded by his eldest son,

        XVI. JOHN CONSTABLE of Halsham,*
        Burton, &c. who married Joan, daughter and
        co-heiress of Ralph Nevil of Thornbrigs,
        Esq; by whom he had three sons.

        1. Sir John, his heir.

        2. Ralph of Burstnic-Northpark, who mar∣ried
        Frances, daughter of William Skipnith
        of Skipnith in Lincoln-shire, and had issue.

        3. Christopher of Westead, who also mar∣ried,
        and had issue.

        He was succeeded by his eldest son,

        XVII. Sir JOHN CONSTABLE of Burton,
        Halsham,*&c. who married, 1st, Margaret,
        daughter of John lord Scroop of Bolton, by
        whom he had four sons.

        1. Henry, his heir.

        2. Joseph of Upsal, who married Mary,
        daughter of Thomas Crathorne of Crathorne,
        and had issue a son, John Constable, &c.

        3. Ralph.

        4. John.

        The above Ralph and John died without
        issue.

        He married,* 2dly, Catharine, daughter of
        Henry earl of Westmorland, by whom he had
        a son,

        John, who died without issue.

        He was succeeded by his eldest son,

        XVIII. HENRY CONSTABLE lord of Bur∣ton,
        &c.* who married Margaret, daughter of
        sir William Dormer of Ethorp, in Bucking∣ham-shire,
        by whom he had a son,

        Sir Henry, afterwards viscount of Dunbar;
        —and four Daughters.

        1. Catharine, married to sir Thomas Fair∣fax
        of Wilton.

        2. Dorothy, married to Roger, son of sir
        Ralph Leinston of Brough, knight.

        3. Margaret, married to sir Edward Stan∣hope,
        knight of the bath.

        4. Mary, married to Thomas, son of sir
        William Blackston, knight.

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        He, dying anno 1608, was succeeded by
        his only son,

        XIX. Sir HENRY CONSTABLE of Bur∣ton,
        Halsham, &c. who, being a man of great
        parts and learning,* was highly esteemed by
        king James VI. who created him a peer of
        Scotland by the title of lord viscount of Dun∣bar,
        on 14th November 1620, by patent,
        haeredibus masculis e corpore suo, &c.

        He married Mary,* daughter of sir John
        Tufton of Heathfield in Kent, Bart. and sister
        of Nicholas, first earl of Thanet, by whom
        he had three sons, and two daughters.

        1. John, his heir.

        2. Matthew.

        3. Henry.

        The above Matthew and Henry both died
        without issue.

        1st daughter,*Mary, married to Robert
        Brudenell earl of Cardigan.

        2. Catharine, married to William Middle∣ton
        of Stockeld, Esq;

        He died anno 1645, and was succeeded by
        his eldest son,

        XX. JOHN, second lord viscount Dun∣bar,
        who married lady Mary Brudenell,* daugh∣ter
        of Thomas earl of Cardigan, by whom he
        had three sons, and three daughters.

        1. John, who died before his father un∣married.

        2. Robert, who became his father's heir.

        3. William, who succeeded his brother.

        1st daughter, Cecily, carried on the line
        of this family, as will be shown hereafter.

        2. Catharine, married to John Moor, Esq;
        of Kirktington in Nottingham-shire.

        3. Mary, who became a nun.

        He died anno 1665, or 1666, and was
        succeeded by his son,

        XXI. ROBERT, third lord viscount Dun∣bar,
        who married Mary,* daughter of John
        lord Bellasis of Worlaby in Line, by whom
        he had one daughter,

        Anne, married to Simon Scroop of Danby,

        He married, 2dly, Elizabeth, relict of the
        earl of Westmorland, by whom he had no
        children.

        And dying without male-issue, his estate
        and honours devolved upon his brother,

        XXI. WILLIAM, fourth lord viscount
        Dunbar, who married Elizabeth, daughter
        of Hugh lord Clifford of Ugbrooke-Devon.

        He dying without issue, the peerage be∣came
        extinct; but his estate, by entail, went
        to his nephew Cuthbert, son of his sister Ce∣cily,
        to whom we now return.

        XXI. CECILY CONSTABLE, eldest daugh∣ter
        of John, second lord viscount of Dunbar,
        married to Francis Tunstal, Esq; of Shargill-castle,
        by whom he had three sons, and four
        daughters.

        1. Cuthbert.

        2. Marmaduke.

        3. Matthias.

        The above Marmaduke and Matthias both
        died without issue.

        1st daughter, Mary.

        2. Anne.

        3. Cecilia.

        4. Catharine.

        These four daughters were all nuns.

        XXII. CUTHBERT, eldest son of Ceciliae
        Constable, succeeding to the estate of his
        uncle William lord viscount Dunbar, as be∣fore
        observed, thereupon assumed the sirname
        of Constable, and married, 1st, Amy, daughter
        of Hugh lord Clifford, by whom he had a son,

        William,—and two daughters.

        1. Cecilia, married to Edward Skeldon,
        Esq; of Wincester.

        2. Winifred.

        Cuthbert dying anno 1747, was succeeded
        by his son,

        XXIII. WILLIAM CONSTABLE, Esq; of
        Burton-Constable.

        ARMS.
        The armorial bearing of Constable viscount
        of Dunbar was, or, three bars azure, supported
        on the dexter with a bull sable, and on the
        sinister with a lion rampant gules.

        CREST; a dragon's head.

        MOTTO; sans mauvaise desire.

      • Citation:

        https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ecco/004896980.0001.000/1:88?rgn=div1;view=fulltext

3. The extinct and dormant peerages of the northern counties of England
4. Geni - Robert Constable, of Halsham
   1. • Source text:

        Robert Constable, of Halsham
        Birthdate: circa 1110
        Birthplace: Burton, Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom)
        Death: 1149 (34-43)
        Immediate Family:
        Son of Ulbert (Albert) Constable and Erenburga Constable
        Father of William Constable; Robert Constable; Simon Constable and John Constable
        Brother of William Constable and Richard Constable

         

      • Citation:

        https://www.geni.com/people/Robert-Constable-of-Halsham/6000000003494781159?through=6000000003495419179

5. The Duchess of Cleveland: The Battle Abbey Roll. Vol. I.
   1. • Source text:

        Conestable : a title of office, borne by several different families, of whom two, at least, ranked among the most ancient and honourable of Yorkshire. The Constables of Flamborough and their branches derived from the Barons of Halton, Constables of Chester, who, in right of this office, were Premier Barons in Hugh Lupus' Palatine Earldom. "William Constabular" witnesses his charter to St. Werburgh's Abbey; but, according to Wotton, the surname of Constable was first assumed nearly two hundred years afterwards, by the posterity of Robert de Lacy, the second son of a Baron of Halton who died in 1190, and from whom he received a grant of Flamborough. It cannot therefore be this family (now represented in the female line by Lord Herries) that is here designated. They bore Quarterly Gules and Vert, over all a bend Or. The Constables that gave their name to Burton-Constable and were created Viscounts of Dunbar by James I., have a more hazy genealogy. They claim descent from "Ulbert, son of the 'Constable' who fought on the Conqueror's side at Hastings," and a Saxon heiress named Erneburg; but of this "Constable" no mention is made by Wace in his account of the battle, nor can I find him entered in Domesday.[1] The author of The Norman People conjectures them to have been a junior branch of the house of De Gand or De Alost, deriving their name from an ancestor who was Constable of De Gand's great barony of Folkingham. He shows that the arms of these Constables were the same as those of the De Gands (Barry of 6, Or and Azure, a bend Gules) minus the bend. But this coat was in reality that of Fulk d'Oyry, a great Lincolnshire baron, assumed from his co-heiress late in the thirteenth century, before which date the Constables bore Or, a fesse componee Argent and Azure, in chief a lion passant Gules, v. Poulson's Holderness.

        It is however, clear, from the same authority, that there was a close connection between the families; for Poulson asserts that Erneburga, the great Saxon heiress who gave her name to Erneburg-Burton in Holderness, was twice married, first to Gilbert de Alost, and secondly to Ulbert le Constable. Burton passed to the descendants of Ulbert, "the name of Erenburg-Burton gradually yielding to that of Burton-Constable, and was held for many centuries as well in part of the Seigniory of Holderness, as of the Archbishop of York." Yet she must have had children by her first husband, for several De Alosts, holding a share in the property, are mentioned in Yorkshire during the thirteenth century.

        Robert le Constable, the eldest son of Ulbert and Erneburga, lived in the reigns of King Stephen and Henry II. and was styled De Halsham. His son perished in Coeur de Lion's crusade; and his grandson, who married a kinswoman, Julian de Alost, was the father of another Robert, the husband of Adela or Ela de Oyry. She was one of three sisters, of whom Emma de Gousell (no doubt the eldest) became Lady of Gedney; but must herself have been a considerable heiress, for her grandson Sir Simon adopted her arms in lieu of his paternal bearing. Part of her possessions were, it would seem, included in the present park of Burton Constable (once stocked with the indigenous white cattle); for the solitary instance of a charter of free warren in Holderness before the time of Edward I.[2] was granted to Fulco d'Oyry by Hawise, Countess of Albemarle and Lady of the Seigniory. The Constables were of high rank in Yorkshire, and intermarried with the first houses in the North of England; among their alliances were to be found co-heiresses of Lascelles, Umfraville, Eure, and Nevill; and they still "flourished in great splendour" in Camden's time. Sir Henry Constable, "a man of parts and learning," was in favour with James I., and received from him in 1620 a Scottish peerage as Viscount of Dunbar. It was successively held by his sons and two of his grandsons; but of these latter there was only a single descendant, Mary, the daughter of the third Viscount, who married Simon Scrope of Danby, but left no children. The last of them, William, succeeded to the title in 1714, not long before his death; and with him was extinguished the male line of the great old house of Burton Constable. The estates devolved by special entail on the second son of his sister Cecily, Cuthbert Tunstall, who duly assumed the name and bearing of the family. But within less than half a dozen generations they had twice again passed to female heirs; first to the Sheldons, and then to the Cliffords, who now bear the name and fill the place of the Constables. The house—a very fine one—principally dates from the Tudor period; but one part is said to have been built in King Stephen's time, and is called Stephen's Tower.

        Poulson enumerates three younger branches; the Constables of St. Sepulchre's Garth; the Constables of Kilnsea, Bentley, and Essington; and the Constables of Kirby Knoll and Upsall. The Constables of Freshmarsh and Catfoss in the same county were not of the same family, but derived from Roaldus, Constable of Richmond. Melton-Constable in Norfolk was the residence of a third and entirely distinct family, derived from "Anchitel, whose descendants were sometimes styled De Melton, and sometimes De Constable, from the office or place they held under the Bishop of Norwich, by whom they had been enfeoffed of it."—Blomfield's Norfolk. This was in the time of Bishop William de Beaufoe, under whom Anchitel held Melton jointly with Roger de Lions.—Ibid. The last heir of this house, Sir Robert Constable, died in the fourteenth century, and his sister and heiress, Editha, conveyed Melton Constable to the Astleys. One of her descendants, Sir Jacob Astley, "was summoned by writ to the House of Lords in 1841, being a coheir of Sir John de Hastings, summoned to parliament as Baron Hastings 18 Ed. I."—Burke.

        ↑ In a commentary on the Bayeux Tapestry, published in France in 1881, I find that the "Turold," whose name appears upon it, is believed not to be (as hitherto supposed) the dwarf holding the horse, but the figure on horseback, and represents Turold, Connetable de Bayeux, who is mentioned in contemporary charters, and apparently held the important castle of Rochester. It is even suggested that he, and not Queen Matilda, was the donor of the Tapestry. He died before the compilation of Domesday. His son, Richard Fitz-Turold, held seventy knight's fee in Cornwall and Devon under the Earl of Mortaine; and Ralph Fitz-Turold under Bishop Odo. His descendants (according to the same authority) took the name of Dinant, Dynham, and Caerdinan (from a castle), and built Restormel Castle.

        ↑ Edward I. first diswarrened Holderness, and granted license to his knights and tenants to kill game, enclose their woods, and make parks.

      • Citation:

        https://1066.co.nz/Mosaic%20DVD/library/Battle%20Roll/Conestable.html

6. G8RN-LCS FamilySearch.org