Robert Constable of Halsham

• Preferred Name: Robert Constable of Halsham
  
• Alternate Name: Robert Constable
  
• Alternate Name: Robert de Lacy Sir
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: 2WNJ-B72
  
• Charter+Witness: with note: Description: "As Robert son of the constable, he witnessed two charters of Gilbert de Gant earl of Lincoln to Bridlington priory 1147-56, and as Robert son of WIlliam the constable of Chester, earl Gilbert's charter giving Rufford and other land to Rufford abbey which was founded in 1146-8.... It is probable that he was an illegitimate son of William son of William son of Nigel, constable of Chester, rather than a son of the elder William; and that he can be identified with the Robert the Constable who married one of the four daughters and coheirs of William Tison, obtaining through her an interest in Holme upon Spalding Moor and other places which had been held by Gilbert Tison in 1086, and who was living as late as 1185. As Robert son of the constable, he witnessed two charters of Gilbert de Gant earl of Lincoln to Bridlington priory 1147-56, and as Robert son of WIlliam the constable of Chester, earl Gilbert's charter giving Rufford and other land to Rufford abbey which was founded in 1146-8.... It is probable that he was an illegitimate son of William son of William son of Nigel, constable of Chester, rather than a son of the elder William; and that he can be identified with the Robert the Constable who married one of the four daughters and coheirs of William Tison, obtaining through her an interest in Holme upon Spalding Moor and other places which had been held by Gilbert Tison in 1086, and who was living as late as 1185.
  
• AFN: with note: Description: VB07-W6
  
• Death: ABT 1251 in Yorkshire, England
  
• NFS ID: with note: Description: K8YD-NDT NFS
  
• Birth: 1177 in Yorkshire, England
  
• Burial: 1251 in Lincolnshire, England
  
• Title of Nobility: with note: Description: Knight
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Biography
  Gift: Fulk de Oiri to Robert the Constable in marriage with his daughter Ela property ½ carucate in Newton which Robert the Constable (uncle of the said Robert) gave to Walter de Tharet Witn. Adam de Torno, John de Melsa, Simon de Sketling, William Passemer, John de Humbleton, Walter de Weton, William de Holbechia, William de Welsonia, Robert de Glocestre, William de.
  
  Besides son William, they also had daughter Agnes and younger sons Fulco and Simon.
  
  === His father is also listed as John De Lac ===
  His father is also listed as John De Lacy.
  
  === DOB 1177 ===
  DOB 1177
  
  === The family of Constable assumed that su ===
  The family of Constable assumed that surname from holding, in feudal times, the important office of Constable of Chester. Robert De Lacy or Constable obtained from his elder brother Roger, a grant of the Lordship of Flamburgh, wedded a Lady, named Agnes, but of what family is not recorded, and had a son and successor, William. FitzNigell-Lacy-Constable Sources: "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland" Vol I, Page 548-9
  
  === Ancestral File Number: VB07-W6 ===
  Ancestral File Number: VB07-W6
  
  === Name Suffix: Knight Ancestral File ===
  Name Suffix: Knight Ancestral File Number: 9XRH-FW
  
  === From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === !Brown book 5, P C 435A. 2nd son. Alias ===
  !Brown book 5, P C 435A. 2nd son. Alias Constable. His father added surname of Lacy.
  
  === Pedigree of Yorkshire Family Vol 8 Extin ===
  Pedigree of Yorkshire Family Vol 8 Extinct & Dorment Peerages of the Northern Counties of England;
  Constable History Yorkshire 2 Top & Gen Journal Vol 1
  
  === !Married, Adela (Ela) De Oyli, England S ===
  !Married, Adela (Ela) De Oyli, England SS. 10 Nov 1969 Salt lake, AFN:9XRH-G3.

• m. 1200 in Yorkshire, England

1. William Constable of Halsham, b. ABT 1210 in Halsham, Yorkshire, England     d. 1260 in Bridlington, Yorkshire, England