Agnes Constable

Agnes GASCOIGNE was born ABT 1402 in Harewood Castle, Yorkshire West Riding, England, and died AFT 1466. She was the daughter of William V GASCOIGNE , of Harewood, Sir and Joan PICKERING.

She married Robert CONSTABLE , of Flamborough, Sir BEF 1422, son of Marmaduke CONSTABLE , of Flamborough, Sir and Katherine (Alice) CUMBERWORTH. He was born ABT 1401 in Flamborough, Bridlington, Yorkshire East Riding, England, and died AFT 23 MAY 1441 in Beverley, Yorkshire East Riding, England

Children

• 1. Sir Robert Constable, of Flamborough, b. 1423, Holme, Spalding Moore d. 23 May 1488 (Age 65 years)
• 2. Marmaduke Constable
• 3. Richard Constable
• 4. William Constable
• 5. Thomas Constable
• 6. Elizabeth Constable
• 7. Agnes Constable

Notes

From link to
Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions, Parts 5-7 page 288

• dau. of Lord Chief Justice Gascoigne
• will dated at Beverley 7 Jan., proved 5 Feb 1466/7
• buried in choir at Flamborough
• wife of Sir Robert son of Kather Cumberworth & Sir Marmaduke Constable, of Flamborough
• mother of Sir Robert (Pg. 289 m. Agnes Wentworth), Marmaduke (d. s.p.), John, (Pg. 289 Richard (d. s.p.), William (Sub-Dean of York, Prebendary of Norton, Archdeacon of Cleveland), Elizabeth (m. Robert Twyer), and Jane (m. John Welles)) Constable

From https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lstaley&...

• Title: Soc.genealogy.medieval
• Publication: Posts to the USENET newsgroup soc.genalogy.medieval
• Page: Ronny Bodine 1998/06/12
• Date: 15 May 2004

Text: Sir William Gascoigne (c1350-1419), Chief Justice of the King's Bench, was first married to Elizabeth Mowbray, daughter of Alexander de Mowbray and his wife Elizabeth Musters. The ancestry of Mowbray of Kirklington was presented by Moriarty in the NEHGR, vol. 120, p. 170-174. Gascoigne had married Elizabeth Mowbray by 1386/7 and died about 1396. The only child that I have seen assigned to this marriage was his son and heir, Sir William Gascoigne who died 28 March 1422 and was married to Joan Wyman.

The Chief Justice married 2ndly, Joan Pickering. Sir William Gascoigne left a will, written in Latin, dated 15 Dec 1419 and proved 23 Dec 1419 wherein he names his wife Joan, brothers Nicholas, Richard and John, but names only his eldest son and heir, William.

His widow, Joan, describes herself in her own will of 1 May 1426, as "dame Jhon Gascoigne, sumtyme the wife of William Gascoigne, that was chief Justice of England." She makes bequests to "Robert Constable, and to my doghter his wife" as well as to her sons Sir Christofer, James, Robert, and Richard, and one Margaret, who may have been her daughter. The will was proved 12 June 1426.

I have seen no date ascribed to the marriage of Sir William Gascoigne to Joan, but consider that their daughter Agnes, wife of Sir Robert Constable, bore a son, Robert, on Easter 1423.

Jane Lisle appears as a wife of the Chief Justice only in the Visitations of Yorkshire and includes many errors. The Visitation of Bedfordshire for 1566 calls his 2nd wife Jane Pickering, daughter of William Pickering of Northumberland. The name Pickering also appeared in the 1466 will of Agnes, widow of Robert Constable.

All of the above wills are included in Testamenta Eboracensia, or Wills Registered at York, Publications of the Surtees Society, 6 vols, 1836-1902.

Citations

• Douglas Richardson (2011) "Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition" p 527 on Google Books. Richardson shows Constable's wife Agnes as the daughter of Judge Gascoigne
• Constable Family (per. c. 1300–1488) Rosemary Horrox ODNB

Links

• https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&i...

Lady Agnes Gascoigne Constable
BIRTH unknown
DEATH 1467
BURIAL
St Oswald Churchyard
Flamborough, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
MEMORIAL ID 139319551

Family Members
Parents

William VIII Gascoigne
1335–1419
Elizabeth Mowbray Gascoigne
1340–1391

Spouse
Robert Constable
unknown–1441

Siblings
James Gascoigne
unknown–1434
William VI Gascoigne
1387–1422

Children
Robert Constable
1423–1488

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