Editing Henry Constable (section)

==Family==
Henry Constable, born in [[Newark-on-Trent]] in 1562, was the only child of [[Robert Constable (died 1591)|Sir Robert Constable]] (d. 12 November 1591) and Christiana Dabridgecourt, widow of Anthony Forster, and daughter of John Dabridgecourt of Langdon Hall, Warwickshire. His paternal grandparents were [[Robert Constable (died 1558)|Sir Robert Constable]] (before 1495 – 29 October 1558) and Katherine Manners, the daughter of [[George Manners, 11th Baron de Ros]], and sister of [[Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Richardson I|2011|p=529}}.</ref> According to Sullivan, the connections Robert Constable acquired through his marriage 'opened up a career of military service and public office'. Constable served under [[Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex]], in the campaign after the [[Rising of the North|Northern Rebellion]] of 1569, and was knighted by Sussex at [[Berwick-upon-Tweed|Berwick]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Shaw|1906|p=74}}.</ref> He was Marshal of Berwick from 1576 to 1578, and was appointed [[Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance]]<ref>Sullivan states that he was Master of the Ordinance, although [[Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick]], was Master of the Ordinance from 1558 to 1590; {{Harvnb|Sullivan|2004}}.</ref> at some time before 4 August 1588.<ref>{{Harvnb|Lemon|2005|pp=555, 583, 593, 589, 611, 666}}.</ref> In the same year he had a son who was also named Henry, who became a Royalist army officer and the 1st Viscount Dunbar.<ref>Jack Binns, 'Constable, Henry, first Viscount Dunbar (1588–1645)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004</ref> Other children included daughter, [[Dorothy Lawson (recusant)|Dorothy Lawson]], who became a priest harbourer.<ref>Claire Walker, 'Lawson , Dorothy (1580–1632)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/69034, accessed 11 June 2017]</ref>