Example sentences of "was make constable " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 17 October Gloucester was made constable of England , an office formerly held by the executed earl Rivers with remainder to his son lord Scales , who must have waived his claim on Gloucester 's behalf . |
| 2 | Richard Hansard , for instance , was made constable of Durham castle , while the commission Dudley appointed to survey his land included numerous ducal associates , among them Sir William Parr , Thomas Witham and Thomas Metcalfe . |
| 3 | A Cumberland man , Richard Ratcliffe , was made constable of Barnard Castle and also acquired land in Richmondshire by his marriage ( probably achieved with the duke 's support ) to the widowed sister of John lord Scrope of Bolton . |
| 4 | Buckingham was made constable and steward of all the royal land in Shropshire , Herefordshire , Somerset , Dorset and Wiltshire and was given power of array in the same counties . |
| 5 | Richard Grey , for instance , was made constable of Chester and of the duchy of Cornwall honour of Wallingford , as well as being given the castle and lordship of Kidwelly . |
| 6 | By 1529 he was a knight of the Body to Henry VIII ; he was appointed marshal of Berwick on Tweed in the same year and was made constable or keeper of the border castle of Bewcastle in 1531 . |
| 7 | He was made constable of Bristol Castle in August 1307 and began to receive numerous royal grants . |
| 8 | On 17 October Gloucester was made constable of England , an office formerly held by the executed earl Rivers with remainder to his son lord Scales , who must have waived his claim on Gloucester 's behalf . |
| 9 | Richard Hansard , for instance , was made constable of Durham castle , while the commission Dudley appointed to survey his land included numerous ducal associates , among them Sir William Parr , Thomas Witham and Thomas Metcalfe . |
| 10 | A Cumberland man , Richard Ratcliffe , was made constable of Barnard Castle and also acquired land in Richmondshire by his marriage ( probably achieved with the duke 's support ) to the widowed sister of John lord Scrope of Bolton . |
| 11 | Buckingham was made constable and steward of all the royal land in Shropshire , Herefordshire , Somerset , Dorset and Wiltshire and was given power of array in the same counties . |
| 12 | Richard Grey , for instance , was made constable of Chester and of the duchy of Cornwall honour of Wallingford , as well as being given the castle and lordship of Kidwelly . |