Who is Henry Constable

Henry Constable (1562 – 9 October 1613) was an English poet, known particularly for Diana, one of the first English sonnet sequences. In 1591 he converted to Catholicism, and lived in exile on the continent for some years. He returned to England at the accession of King James, but was soon a prisoner in the Tower and in the Fleet. He died an exile at Liège in 1613.

Family

Henry Constable, born in Newark-on-Trent in 1562, was the only child of Sir Robert Constable (d. 12 November 1591) and Christiana Dabridgecourt, widow of Anthony Forster, and daughter of John Dabridgecourt of Langdon Hall, Warwickshire. His paternal grandparents were Sir Robert Constable (before 1495 – 29 October 1558) and Katherine Manners, the daughter of George Manners, 11th Baron de Ros, ...
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Henry Constable Poems

• On The Death Of Sir Philip Sidney
  Give pardon, blessèd soul, to my bold cries,
  If they, importune, interrupt thy song,
  Which now with joyful notes thou sing'st among
  The angel-quiristers of th' heavenly skies....

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Comments about Henry Constable

• Stanvowales: imbred - the knife and gun culture in london is a 'wgm' thing... ask the widow of keith henry blakelock qgm, a london metropolitan police constable, was butchard on 6 october 1985 during rioting at the broadwater farm housing estate in tottenham, north london.
• Kyliemaclac1996: henry hell, if this dreadnought or the dreadnought whatever the proper name for it, is apparently so intimating and large by eyewitness accounts why did we not see more severity in the injuries with constable and the other teens?
• Regionofdurham: regional chair and ceo, john henry, has released a statement on the passing of constable travis jordan and constable brett ryan:
• Royals1tom: the big guy right behind bride is charles albert duncan who went overseas with the 114 cef and after the war became a police constable and lived to 102 i’m looking for a picture of his less famous brother frank henry duncan who served with the no2 construction battalion
• Thegatecast: birthday best wishes to lachlan murdoch

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