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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 3 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)
CONSTABLE , in See also:

England, the seventh of the See also:

GREAT

great See also:

OFFICERS

officers of See also:

state. His See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office is now called out of See also:

ABEYANCE (O. Fr. abeance, " gaping")

abeyance for coronations alone. The constable was originally the See also:

COMMANDER

commander of the royal armies and the See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the See also:

HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse. He was also, in See also:

CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with the See also:

EARL

earl See also:

MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal, See also:

PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

court of See also:

CHIVALRY (O. Fr. chevalerie, from Late Lat. caballerius)

chivalry or court of See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour. In feudal times See also:

MARTIAL (MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS)

martial See also:

law was administered in the court of the lord high constable. The constableship was granted as a See also:

GRAND

grand See also:

SERJEANTY

serjeanty with the earldom of See also:

HEREFORD

Hereford by the empress Maud to See also:

Milo of See also:

Gloucester, and was carried by his heiress to the Bohuns, earls of Hereford and See also:

Essex. Through a coheiress of the Bohuns it descended to the Staffords, See also:

dukes of See also:

Buckingham; and on the See also:

ATTAINDER (from the O. Fr. ataindre, ateindre, to attain, i.e. to strike, accuse, condemn; Lat. attingere, tangere, to touch; the meaning has been greatly affected by the confusion with Fr. taindre, teindre, to taint, stain, Lat. tingere, to dye)

attainder of See also:

EDWARD

Edward See also:

Stafford, third See also:

DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of Buckingham, in the reign of See also:

Henry VIII. it became merged in the See also:

CROWN

crown. The Lacys and Verduns were hereditary constables of See also:

Ireland from the 12th to the 14th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century; and the Hays, earls of See also:

ERROLL (or ERROL), FRANCIS HAY, 9TH EARL OF (d. 1631)

Erroll, have been hereditary constables of See also:

Scotland from See also:

early in the 14th century.

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