Sub-sub-series 15 - Constable scholarships

Sir Marmaduke Constable of Flamborough, Yorkshire, gave £100 for one fellowship during his life and bequeathed £240 to endow 4 scholarships. The scholarships were originally by preference: 1) to the name and kin of Sir Marmaduke; 2) to natives of York county or diocese; 3) to the fittest in the University of Cambridge, at the discretion of St John's College Master and Fellows. The fellowship was restricted to a priest of the county of Yorkshire, to say Mass for Constable and his kindred, and to commend their souls to the people in sermons.
His executors agreed to convey to St John's College Millington manor and £40 in cash. The estate was delivered to St John's by John Constable et al. in pursuance of the agreement of 1524 in 1526. The estate at Millington, land and woods and a cottage at Millington totalling approximately 198 acres, was sold in 1951, 1956 and 1959.

The fellowship and scholarships were freed from restriction under the Statutes of 1860, but before that date St John's had taken opinions as to whether the candidate for a Constable fellowship should be in holy orders (all actual fellows except those in law and medicine being required to take them within six years of becoming fellows).