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The following is a correct list
of the Constables of Queenborough Castle,with the years in each
reign that they held this post; they were principally men of rank and
station.
ANNO.
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REIGN.
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NAME.
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36TH
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Edward 111
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John Foxley, the first in command
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50TH
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“
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John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster
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8TH
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Richard 11
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Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford
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16th
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“
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Sir Arnold Savage
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20th
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“
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William le Scroope
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1st
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Henry 11
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William de Watterton
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4th
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“
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John Cornwall ,Baron of Franhope
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10th
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“
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Thomas Arundel , Archbishop of Canterbury
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1st
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Henry V
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Gilbert de Umfreville
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28th
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Henry V1
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Humphry Stafford ,Duke of Buckingham
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1st
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Edward 11
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John Norwood , esq
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“
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George , Duke of Clarence
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1st
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Richard 111
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Thomas Wentworth
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2nd
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“
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Christopher Coligns
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1st
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Henry V11
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William Cheyney
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“
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Sir Anthony Browne
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2nd
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Henry V111
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Francis Cheyney
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3rd
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“
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Sir Thomas Cheyney K.G.
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1st
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Elizabeth
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Sir Richard Constable
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“
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Sir Edward Hoby
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1st
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James
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Philip , Earl of Pembroke and
Montgemery
The last Constable
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From “Rambles in the Island of
Sheppy “ by Henry T. A. Turmine
dated 1843
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