(Called, also, “Marshal.’”) His office consisted in the care of the common peace of the realm in deeds of a and matters of war. Lamb. Const. 4.—Constable of Scotland. An officer who was formerly entitled to command all the king’s armies in the absence of the king, and to take cognizance of all crimes committed within four miles of the king’s person or of parliament, the privy council, or any general convention of the states of the kingdom. The office was hereditary in the family of Errol, and was abolished by the 20 Geo. III. c 43. Bell; Ersk. Inst. 1, 3, 37. —Constable of the exchequer. An officer mentioned in Fleta, lib. 2, ec. 31.— h constable of England, lord. His office has been disused (except only upon great and solemn occasions, as the coronation, or the like) since the attainder of Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, in the reign of Henry VIL.