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A History of the County of Somerset
… was mentioned in the late 13th century. 74 A single high constable was in office in 1556 75 and 1576 76 but there were …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… &c. To Alice de Warlee and Isabella her daughter, Laurence Constable, and others he makes bequests of money or chattels. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… ranks of the lesser town officials; William Tewe was town constable in 1550; from 1559 onwards for many years a certain … of the Guild Merchant in 1611, Elias Glide acted as constable in 1631 and steward in 1669. The Tarrant family …
A History of the County of Somerset
… By 1661 a borough lawday court or leet met and elected a constable. 'Burgagers' and residents within the borough … exemption from the hundred 48 and in 1673 the borough constable refused to assist the hundred constable in executing a warrant against a Wincanton …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Tower, or keep, which was formerly the residence of the constable, whose office was both of a military and a civil … and officer on guard, who, though subordinate to the constable, or governor of the castle, has the command of a …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… sums of 19 12 s. and 47 6 s. were paid to John de Rebez, constable of the castle in 1190, for certain works there. 16 … have not fallen, to be repaired. 31 Two years later the constable of the castle was ordered to take masons, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… close of the 18th century in the West Soke there existed a constable and the three tithingmen of Kingsgate Street, Hyde Street and Sparkford, and in the East Soke a constable and three tithingmen, those of St. John's, St. …