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The Constable of the Tower of London and the Warden of the Cinque Ports were ex-officio lieutenants for the Tower Hamlets and Cinque Ports respectively, which were treated as counties in legislation regarding lieutenancy and militia affairs.
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Constable and Tower
* William Kingston, Constable of the Tower of London
Stanley was made Constable of England by Richard III towards the end of 1483, the year in which Edward V and Richard, Duke of York ( the Princes in the Tower ) disappeared from their confinement in the Tower of London.
As Constable ( originally a position which constituted command of the royal armies ), Stanley was formally responsible for anyone who entered or left the Tower – then the most secure of royal palaces.
That said, since the Duke of Buckingham preceded Stanley as Constable of the Tower, Stanley could realistically only have had such an opportunity after Buckingham ’ s rebellion and execution in October and November 1483 on becoming Constable.
Even today, there is a Constable of the Tower of London.
From 1955 to 1960 he was Constable of the Tower of London.
After his death, his body lay in state at the Tower of London where he had been Constable.
In fact his distress was so acute that the Constable of the Tower, William Kingston wrote to Cromwell twice begging him to help ease George's conscience.
* Constable of the Tower of London
Exeter was for a time Constable of the Tower of London, and afterwards the rack there came to be called " the Duke of Exeter's daughter ".
His attainder was repealed, he was restored to his estates and titles, and received many appointments and grants, including appointment as Lord Admiral on 21 September, and chief steward of the Duchy of Lancaster south of Trent and Constable of the Tower of London on 22 September 1485.
Shortly after Richard took the throne Brackenbury received a number of appointments, including Constable of the Tower of London.
Brackenbury remained Constable of the Tower and on 17 July 1483 he was appointed Constable of the Tower for life.
As Constable of the Tower of London, Brackenbury inevitably figures into any account of the fate of Richard III's nephews, the Princes in the Tower.
William de Mandeville ( died before 1130 ) was an Anglo-Norman baron and Constable of the Tower of London.
He was Constable of the Tower of London at that time, and thus keeper of the first person known to be imprisoned there for political reasons, Ranulf Flambard.
Brown inherited a long-running struggle by the Government to have the Tower of London open to tourists on Sunday, and managed to solve it by outsmarting the Constable of the Tower in negotiations.
Constable and London
London: Constable, 1985.
* 1984 – Police Constable Yvonne Fletcher is killed by gunfire from the Libyan People's Bureau ( Embassy ) in London during a small demonstration outside the embassy.
London: Constable.
London: Constable.
* The Last Days of Papal Rome by Raffaele De Cesare ( 1909 ) London, Archibald Constable & Co.
London: Constable
London, A. Constable & Co. Ltd.
London: Constable.
Constable and Robinson, London.
London: Archibald Constable & Co.
London: Constable and Co.
London: Constable.
The Last Supper: the Mafia, the Masons and the Killing of Roberto Calvi, London: Constable & Robinson, 2007 ISBN 1-84529-296-0 ( Review in The Observer )
* Alldritt, Keith, David Jones: Writer and Artist Constable, London, 2003, ISBN 1-84119-379-8
* Sir Paul Stephenson, Former Chief Constable of the London Metropolitan Police force was Bacup born and bred.
London, UK: Constable and Company Ltd., 1996.
The Last Days of Papal Rome, Archibald Constable & Co, London ( 1909 )
Shaw called the worst offenders " goat bleaters " in his book Music in London 1890-1894 ( Constable, London, 1932 ).
* Steed, Henry Wickham, Vital Peace-A Study of Risks, Constable & Co., London, 1936.
* Walker, Thomas James, The Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross, Huntingdonshire, 1796 to 1816, London, Constable, 1913 E-book version ( very poorly proof-read )
The Normans, Constable & Robinson, London, 2008 ( translated by Howard Curtis ).
London: Constable, 1981.
Constable and Warden
In July 1966 the Queen appointed Menzies to the ancient office of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle, taking official residence at Walmer Castle during his annual visits to Britain.
He was appointed Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports on 12 June 1376 and held office until 1381.
For his services, Humphrey was granted offices including Constable of Dover, Warden of the Cinque Ports on 27 November, and King's Lieutenant.
He was appointed master of the mews and falcons in 1402, Constable of England in 1403 and Warden of the East March from 1403 to 1414.
A Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports was appointed, and also held the title of Constable of Dover Castle, and whilst this office exists today, it is now a purely honorary title, with an official residence at Walmer Castle.
Buckingham became Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle, also Constable of Queensborough, on the Isle of Sheppey ), in 1450.
In June 1534, George was appointed Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle.
The Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports is officially head of the castle, in his conjoint position of Constable of Dover Castle, and the Deputy Constable has his residence in Constable's Gate.
Also in 1355 he received a number of important appointments, including Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports, and accompanied Edward III's expedition to France.
He served as High Sheriff of Kent in 1491, 1501 and 1516, and was also to become Constable of Dover Castle, Marshal of Calais ( 1490-1 ) and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports ( 1492 – 1493 ).
1336 – 1388 ) was holder of the offices of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle between 1384-88, and was a Knight of the Garter.
He was himself made Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle in 1327, holding the office until 1330.
He was again appointed Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports in 1348, and was made Constable of the Tower of London on 27 June 1355.
He was knighted by Edward III, and was briefly Warden of the West march in 1389, Admiral of the North ( sea ), and made Constable of Dover Castle and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports in 1392.
* Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle for life, 13 July 1615,
As the Constable of Saltwood Castle ( near Hythe ), Queenborough Castle ( in Sheppey ), Rochester Castle and Dover Castle, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Lord Lieutenant of Kent ( 1551 – 3 ), Thomas Cheney was much ' involved with musters and coastal defence '.
He also served as Constable of Dover and Warden of the Cinque Ports from 1447 to 1450 and as Lord High Treasurer of England from 1449 to 1450.
In 1387 he succeeded Simon de Burley as Constable of Dover Castle and made a Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, also having been with the lords appellant at Waltham Cross.
In 1323 he was Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports.
In 1246 he was then made Constable of Dover Castle, High Sheriff of Kent in 1247 and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports in 1258.
He was made Chamberlain of the Royal Household in 1399, and on 30 September that year was appointed Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports ( dated by the parliamentary returns for the Cinque Ports he made in reply to the writ dated 30 September ), thus becoming effectively the guardian of the English Channel, which was threatened by invasion from the French King.
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