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John Constable (of Burton Constable)
Sir John Constable (1526–1579), of Burton Constable, Halsham, and Kirby Knowle Castle, Yorkshire, was an English Member of Parliament for Hedon March 1553, October 1553, 1558 and 1563, and possibly for Yorkshire in 1555. He married secondly to Catherine (or Katherine) Neville, daughter of Henry Neville, 5th Earl of Westmorland Henry Neville, 5th Earl of Westmorland (1525–Aug 1563) was an English peerage, peer, member of the House of Lords and List of Knights and Ladies of the Garter, Knight of the Garter. Life He was born in 1525, the eldest son of Ralph Neville, 4 .... A second portrait of Catherine by Robert Peake the Elder, dated 1590, resides at Burton Constable Hall. References 1526 births 1579 deaths Members of the Parliament of England for Hedon English MPs 1553 (Edward VI) English MPs 1553 (Mary I) English MPs 1558 English MPs 1563–1567 English MPs 1555 {{1563-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burton Constable
Burton Constable is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies approximately north-east of Hull city centre and south-east of the village of Skirlaugh. The civil parish is formed by the village of Burton Constable and the hamlets of Marton and West Newton. At the 2021 census, the population of the parish was 115. It is the site of Burton Constable Hall, a Grade I listed Elizabethan country house. Burton Constable was served from 1864 to 1964 by Burton Constable railway station on the Hull and Hornsea Railway. Marmaduke Tunstall, the 18th-century ornithologist Ornithology, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις (''órnis''), meaning "bird", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is a branch of zoology dedicated to the study of birds. Several aspects of ornithology differ from related discip ..., was born in the village. References * External links * * {{authority control Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halsham
Halsham is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately west of Withernsea town centre and it lies south of the B1362 road. According to the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 UK census, Halsham parish had a population of 255, a decrease on the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 UK census figure of 260. The parish church of All Saints was designated a Grade I listed building in 1966 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England. To the east of the church is a Mausoleum of the Constable family which is designated as a Grade II* listed building. HMS Halsham, HMS ''Halsham'', a Ham class minesweeper, ''Ham'' class of inshore Minesweeper (ship), minesweeper, was named after the village. In 1823 inhabitants in the village numbered 315. Occupations included sixteen farmers, three wheelwrights, a bricklayer, a grocer, a blacksm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirby Knowle Castle
Kirby Knowle Castle is a historic building in Kirby Knowle, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. History The first castle on the site is believed to have been built in the late 12th century, by Roger Lascelles. The castle burned down in 1568. Its owner, John Constable, rebuilt it in the contemporary style, but he died before it was completed, and it fell into ruin. A survey of the site mentioned that Constable had founded a "mansion house of a great hight and length, passing beautiful of itself and fair of prospect, whereto belongs one goodly hall, great chamber, parlour, and bed chamber, with a number of other pleasant lodgings and chambers", including a study, a gallery, a chapel, with kitchen, bakehouse, and brew house. John Constable's wife Katherine, a daughter of Henry Neville, 5th Earl of Westmorland, died in 1590. Her will mentions Elizabethan luxuries, including a porcelain cup that guarded against poisoning, and a couch of cloth of gold which she bequeathed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yorkshire
Yorkshire ( ) is an area of Northern England which was History of Yorkshire, historically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after its county town, the city of York. The south-west of Yorkshire is densely populated, and includes the cities of Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Doncaster and Wakefield. The north and east of the county are more sparsely populated, however the north-east includes the southern part of the Teesside conurbation, and the port city of Kingston upon Hull is located in the south-east. York is located near the centre of the county. Yorkshire has a Yorkshire Coast, coastline to the North Sea to the east. The North York Moors occupy the north-east of the county, and the centre contains the Vale of Mowbray in the north and the Vale of York in the south. The west contains part of the Pennines, which form the Yorkshire Dales in the north-west. The county was historically borde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedon (UK Parliament Constituency)
Hedon, sometimes spelt Heydon, was a parliamentary borough in the East Riding of Yorkshire, represented by two Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons briefly in the 13th century and again from 1547 to 1832. History The constituency consisted of the market town of Hedon, in Holderness to the east of Kingston upon Hull, Hull, which had been of some importance in medieval times but which by 1831 had dwindled to 217 houses and a population of 1,080, and the borough was disfranchised in the Reform Act 1832. The right of election in Hedon was vested in the burgess (title), burgesses generally, meaning that a high proportion of the male population had the vote. In 1826, when the election was contested, 331 burgesses recorded their votes. Nevertheless, the result was rarely in doubt, Hedon being a classic example of a pocket borough where the influence of the landowner or "patron" was substantial if no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yorkshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Yorkshire was a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of England from 1290, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament, traditionally known as Knights of the Shire, until 1826, when the county benefited from the disfranchisement of Grampound (UK Parliament constituency), Grampound by taking an additional two members. The constituency was split into its three historic ridings, for Parliamentary purposes, under the Reform Act 1832. Each riding returned two MPs. The county was then represented by the Yorkshire East Riding (UK Parliament constituency), Yorkshire East Riding, Yorkshire North Riding (UK Parliament constituency), Yorkshire North Riding and Yorkshire West Riding (UK Parliament constituency), Yorkshire West Riding constitue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Peake The Elder Catherine Neville, Lady Constable
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown, godlike" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin.Reaney & Wilson, 1997. ''Dictionary of English Surnames''. Oxford University Press. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe, the name entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
