Constable Of Pontefract Castle

Pontefract Castle. 3 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. Thomas de Eyvill 1322 ×2
   • 1322-07-20 — The same sheriff to receive John de Myners, Thomas de Brewes, John Gerberd, John de Lymesey, John son of Bernard, Henry de Patemere. Thomas Deyvill, constable o…
   • 1322-07-20 — The same sheriff to receive John de Myners, Thomas de Brewes, John Gerberd, John de Lymesey, John son of Bernard, Henry de Patemere. Thomas Deyvill, constable o…
2. Richard de Moseleye 1323–1324 ×15
   • 1323-08-18 — ought to be charged with their debts, the king orders the bishop not to aggrieve Dionisia in his court by reason of the said debis, and to release to her any di…
   • 1323-08-18 — to be charged with their debts, the king orders the bishop not to Dionisia in his court by reason of the said debis, and to release to any distress that he may …
   • 1323-09-27 — The like to Robert de Fienles. [ Jbid.] Richard de Musle, constable of Pontefract castle, sent Thomas de Shirugg, taken and imprisoned in that castle by the kin…
   • 1323-10-01 — To John de Fienles. The king is given to understand that he receives his lordship of Picardy and cherishes and maintains Roger de Mortuo of Wyggemore, the king'…
   • 1323-10-28 — To Richard de Musele, constable of Pontefract castle. Order to cause a chest ( forcerio), containing certain charters and other muniments concerning the manor o…
   • 1323-10-28 — Vacated, because otherwise below. To Richard de Musele, constable of Pontefract castle.
   • 1324-03-30 — To the same. Order to deliver to the said Agnes the advowson of the of St. Benedict, Cambridge, of the yearly value of 100s., and the of the chapel of SS. Simon…
   • 1324-04-01 — Richard de Musle, constable of Pontefract castle.
3. Robert de Bosevill 1337

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 Pontefract Castle”, Reading the Rolls, https://readingtherolls.com/office/constable-of-pontefract-castle, accessed 2026-07-25. Derived from the printed calendars of the medieval English royal records.