[f. CONSTABLE + -SHIP.] The office of constable.
1464. Mann. & Househ. Exp., 184. I bowete of Roberd Bernard the konstabelschepe of Bramborow.
1495. Act 11 Hen. VII., c. 33 § 12. The office of Constablisshippe of the Castell of Ludlowe.
1579. J. Stubbes, Gaping Gulf, C j. He is not trusted with a iustiship of peace or petie constableship.
1612. Sir R. Dudley in Fortesc. Papers, 7, note. I have only reserved the conistableshippe of the castle.
1668. Pepys, Corr., 283. Prince Rupert invested in the Constableship of Windsor Castle.
1878. Simpson, Sch. Shaks., I. 57. The constableship of the Castle of Fernes … had been granted on a long lease to Sir Nicholas Heron.
