Thursday, August 28, 2008
RANDOM E BRITANNICA POST
CONSTABLE- an ancient officer of the peace. name as well as office, , "hath been disused in Engkand, only upon great + solemn occasions as the king's coronation + the like-even since the attainder of stafford." duke of buckingham, under king Henry VIII.
borrowed from the french. according to blackstone in the middle ages there was a great officer of this name, whose duties were related to chivalry. "the office of lord high Constable". blah blah blah. king's etc.
CONSTABLE, JOHN- 1776-1837. landscape painter. b. in suffolk. father a farmer. much practice, did not sell well, but when fed enough to marry + live.
