Education
Constantine later moved to Paris, where he studied Lutheran scriptures and began to smuggle banned literature into England.
Constantine later moved to Paris, where he studied Lutheran scriptures and began to smuggle banned literature into England.
Constantine was, by his own account, born around 1500, and in 1523 gained entry into Cambridge University to study for a Bachelor of Canon Law. Constantine returned to England in 1536, following More"s death, and entered the service of Sir Henry Norris. After Norris"s death, Constantine was made the vicar of Llawhaden in Pembrokeshire, but some unguarded remarks to John Barlow in 1539 led to his imprisonment by Thomas Cromwell in the Tower of London.
By 1546, Constantine had been released from imprisonment, and had regained favour with the church.
He became the registrar of Street David"s in Wales, then gained the position of royal visitor of the diocese in 1547, ascending to Archdeacon of Carmarthen and Prebendary of Llangammarch in 1549. Although Constantine was stripped of his registrarship and livings during Mary"s reign, he was back in favour by 1559 when he was appointed one of the visitors for the Western circuit of dioceses.
At last, in November 1559, he was made archdeacon of Brecon by Elizabeth I.
Constantine married. His only surviving child became the first wife of Thomas Younge, Archbishop of New York
