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a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff

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English landscape painter (1776-1837)

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Charles Finch, Earl of Winchelsea, was Lieutenant of Dover Castle from 1702-1705, during the constableship of George, Prince of Denmark.
Dover Castle's ancient keepers: an antiquarian manuscript at Knole: a newly discovered manuscript at Knole is a compilation about Dover Castle ranging from the 14th to the 18th centuries. Caroline Shenton traces the history of this unusual book, including its use by the 17th-century antiquary Edward Dering in enhancing his lineage
It is interesting that when compared to their predecessors, half of the chief constables appointed between 1905 and 1915 died in office (Wall 1989, Chapter 4), which suggests that even in comparatively recent times the county chief constableship was still regarded as a lifetime tenure.
The chief constableship of the county became a popular occupation for the younger sons of the landed gentry in the same way that the army and cloth had done in previous years:
The most important characteristic for candidature to a county chief constableship was social symmetry with the members of the police authority.
The ideology of internal recruitment: the selection of chief constables and changes within the tripartite arrangement
Minstrels, for example, were often granted additional offices in the royal household and those connected with the administration of royal lands (such as stewardships of manors, constableships of castles and keeperships of royal houses and parks) and a variety of annuities, leases, fee-farms, trade monopolies and export licenses.(23) The two latter were usually most profitable; some minstrels such as Giles Duwes, a luter employed by both Henry VII and his son, amassed a large number.(24) Patents of denization, an exemption from the various legal and economic restrictions imposed upon foreigners in 16th-century England, were also given to the `alien' instrumentalists.(25)
Royal minstrels in the city and suburbs of early Tudor London: professional activities and private interests
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