Constable of Chester

Chester Castle today, within the City of Chester, in Cheshire. Much of the structure is modern rebuilding, but the mediaeval castle mound survives

The Constable of Chester was a mediaeval hereditary office held by the Barons of Halton. The functions of the Constable are unclear, possibly they related to the custody of Chester Castle (built in 1070 by Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester), as was the main function of most mediaeval constables, but Sanders (1960) says the office-holder was constable for the entire County Palatine.[1]

  1. ^ Sanders, p.138, note 4; Sanders does not list the barony of Halton as an English feudal barony but refers to the "Lord of Halton, hereditary constable of the County Palatine"