Constable of the Tower of London is in Constables of Castles, Tower of London [Map].
In 1220 Stephen Segrave [aged 49] was appointed Constable of the Tower of London.
On 23rd June 1267 Alan Zouche [aged 64] was appointed Warden of London and Constable of the Tower of London which offices he held until September.
In October 1335 Nicholas de la Beche was appointed Constable of the Tower of London.
In 1337 Bartholomew "The Elder" Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh [aged 50] was appointed Admiral of the Fleet from the mouth of the Thames westward, Constable of the Tower of London, Lord Chamberlain of the Household and Seneschal of Ponthieu.
In 1345 John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth [aged 65] was appointed Constable of the Tower of London.
In 1361 Richard Vache was appointed Constable of the Tower of London.
Before 1381 Thomas Morieux was appointed Constable of the Tower of London.
On 7th October 1399 Thomas Rempston was appointed Constable of the Tower of London.
In 1413 John Abrichecourt was appointed Constable of the Tower of London.
In 1420 John Holland 2nd Duke Exeter [aged 24] was appointed Constable of the Tower of London.
In 1433 Richard Woodville [aged 48] was appointed Constable of the Tower of London.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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Patent Rolls. 2nd December 1461. Westminster Palace [Map]. Grant for life to the king's [aged 19] kinsman John, Earl of Worcester [aged 34], of the office of the constable of the Tower of London, with the accustomed fees.
On 17th July 1483 Robert Brackenbury was appointed Constable of the Tower of London for life. As Constable he was in direct care of The Princes in the Tower: King Edward V of England [aged 12] and his brother Richard of Shrewsbury 1st Duke of York [aged 9].
Close Rolls Edward IV Edward V Richard III 1476-1485. 9th March 1484 King Richard III of England [aged 31]. Westminster Palace [Map]. Grant for life to the king's servant Robert Brackenbury of the office of Constable of the Tower of London and £100 yearly for his wages from the issues of the manors or lordships of Wrottell, Haveryng, Boyton, Hadlegh, Raylegh and Rocheford, co Essex, and Tunbrich, Penshurste, Middleton and Merdon and the hundred of Middleton, co Kent, with arrears from 17 July last, in lieu of a grant to him by letters patent of that date surrendered. By p.s.
On 28th May 1524 William Kingston [aged 48] was appointed Constable of the Tower of London.
Wriothesley's Chronicle [1508-1562]. 2nd May 1536. ... and the same daie, about five of the clocke at nighta, Anne Bolleine [aged 35] was brought to the Towre of London by my Lord Chauncelor [aged 48]b, the Duke of Norfolke [aged 63], Mr. Secretarie [aged 51],c and Sir William Kingston [aged 60], Constable of the Tower; and when she came to the court gate,d entring in, she fell downe on her knees before the said lordes, beseeching God to helpe her as she was not giltie of her accusement,e and also desired the said lordes to beseech the Kinges grace to be good unto her, and so they left her their prisoner.f
Note a. "In the afternoon." — Stow.
Note b. Sir Thomas Audley.
Note c. Sir Thomas Cromwell, afterwards Earl of Essex.
Note d. "Towergate" in Stow.
Note e. On her arrest she was informed of the accusation of adultery.
Note f. Anne's prison-chamber was that in which she had slept the night before her coronation.
In 1540 John Gage [aged 60] was appointed Constable of the Tower of London.
In 1557 Robert Oxenbridge [aged 49] was appointed Constable of the Tower of London.
In 1685 George Legge 1st Baron Dartmouth [aged 38] was appointed Constable of the Tower of London.
Geoffrey Mandeville was appointed Constable of the Tower of London.
William Mandeville was appointed Constable of the Tower of London.