The Constable of the Tower is the most senior appointment at the Tower of London. In the Middle Ages a constable was the person in charge of a castle when the owner – the king or a nobleman – was not in residence. The Constable of the Tower had a unique importance as the person in charge of the principal fortress defending the capital city of England.
The Constables during the period of this wiki:
- Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter appointed June 1451
- William Bourchier, Viscount Bourchier appointed September 1460
- John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester appointed December 1461 and executed by Lancastrians, 18 October 1470
- John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley appointed 1470
- Thomas Grey, 1st Marquis of Dorset office before accession of Edward V in 1483
- Sir Robert Brackenbury appointed July 1483 Killed at Bosworth Field, 22 August 1485
- John de Vere, Earl of Oxford in office September 1485-1513
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