BURTON CONSTABLE HALL

Please check Calendar of Events for a change of 'April Fun Shoot' date. Thank you

A.G.M. Saturday 29th March 2008 @ 19:00 in the Tea Rooms. Please try to attend

Easter Bunny Shoot - National - Sunday 23/03/2008 sighters @ 14:00

Drogo de la Beauriere who was married to William the Conquerors niece was granted the Lordship of Holderness which was later sub-divided into lesser Lordships, when Drogo became known as the Lord Paramount.

He was expected to provide 350 Archers, mounted and on foot whenever William required. The Archers were also used to gather taxes.

In the 17th Century Charles 11 granted the title of Lord Paramount to John Constable and it has been held by the family ever since that time.

The current Lord Paramount is John Chichester Constable who is the Burton Constable Company of Bowman's Warden.

The building of Burton Constable Hall was started in the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1 and has been occupied by the Constable family for over 400 years.

Although the Hall is now run by the Burton Constable Foundation as a Country House Museum, part of the Hall is John Chichester Constables’ residence.

Archers have been part of Burton Constable since it was built, although the current Company of Bowmen have only been in existence since 1964

The Burton Constable grounds in which we shoot are part of a 300 acre site landscaped by ‘Capability Brown’ in the 1770’s