Constable Of Norham

Norham. 2 recorded holders. ← all offices

The succession the rolls themselves record for this office, earliest first — a finding aid drawn from the roll text, not an authoritative fasti. Spelling variants of one holder now fold together where the volumes' own printed indexes attest them (“Burghers” and “Burghersh” are one man when the editors say so); the opposite case — one name hiding two men — is proposed from the same indexes and from matched identities, and separates only after human confirmation. Until then a shared name lists as one holder, and the list can be checked against printed succession lists (Fasti / VCH).

1. Walter de Roubiry 1297 ×3
   • 1297-04-01 — what was ordained by the bishop and others of the king's council, wherefore the king ordered by his writs the sheriff of Northumberland and his bailiff of Tynda…
   • 1297-04-01 — with what was ordained by the bishop and others of the king's council, wherefore the king ordered by his writs the sheriff of Northumberland and his bailiff of …
2. Thomas Gray 1349 ×2
   • 1349-04-13 — Order to cause Christopher de Colon son of de Flandre of Brugges, to be dearrested without delay, and to him to go to Flanders with his ship and corn, as the me…
   • 1349-04-13 — To Th. bishop of Durham. Order to cause Christopher de Colon son of de Flandre of Brugges, to be dearrested without delay, and to him to go to Flanders with his…

Ordered by the first date each holder appears with the office — where a holder is undated they sort last. Dates are the roll entries' own, not tenure dates.
Cite: “constable of Norham”, Reading the Rolls, https://readingtherolls.com/office/constable-of-norham, accessed 2026-07-25. Derived from the printed calendars of the medieval English royal records.