In Domesday Book, the manor is thus described: 'In Flaneburg fifteen carucates for geld and eight ploughs may be there. Earl Harold had one manor there. Now Earl Hugh has it and under him Hugh, son of Norman. In the demesne one plough and one border. The whole manor one leuga in length and half a leuga in breadth' (The leuga was equal to about one and a half miles)

That the Danes at one time had possession of the manor of Flamborough is clearly indicated by the names of the places in the vicinity. One portion of the cliff is called the Stacks, from the Danish 'Stakkr', a column of rock. Sarnwick, a pavement is so called because of ledges like seats in a great amphitheatre. Thornwick echoes the god, Thor.

To the west is Stottle Bink. In Iceland a 'Stothul' is a station. There no doubt, the lookout was stationed and the 'bink' was the shelf-like portion of the rock on which he would stand to watch for enemy ships. The table in the yard, where the fisherman kept his lines was called a bink.

At Brail Point, there is a hole in the rock where the sea rushes through making a roaring sound as it recedes. For this reason the Danes used their word 'brole' to roar.

In the year 1535 Peter Suave visited Scotland and kept an account of his travels in a diary, which was later placed in Copenhagen. He related that at Jedburgh he met a certain Mr Campbell, who told him that in England there was a noble family of the name Constable, who once received a grant of land from the Danes.

Every year at Christmas the eldest of the family of Constable of Flamborough was still in the habit of going northwards to the seashore and thrice calling out if there is anyone who bears the name of the King of the Danes and desires his dues, that he is prepared to give them, and at length fixing a coin in the tip of an arrow he shoots it with all his force into the sea. Campbell informed him that when he was at Marmaduke Constable's house on Christmas Day he saw this done.

It should be noted that the Constables of Flamborough and the Constables of Burton Constable and Haslam were two distinct familes, who had no connection one with the other. 'Historical Antiquities' 1672 states that Sir William Constable of Flamborough, Sir Phillip Constable, of Everingham, Christopher Constable of Hatfield, James Constable of Cliffe, John Constable of Caythorpe, Marmaduke Constable of Kirby, Constable of Wassand, Sir John Constable of Dromandry, all living in 1622, were descended from Robert Constable of Flamborough.

Marmaduke Constable of Flamborough who was named 'The Little', and died in 1530, was the most distinguished soldier in the family. He accompanied Edward IV into France and was knighted at Lisle. He was Governor of Berwick, and he commanded the left wing of the English army at the Battle of Flodden. An old ballad describes him, at the age of 70 years, fighting there accompanied by his four seemly sons.

For his services to his country, Henry VIII sent him an autographed letter of thanks, which was fairly recently discovered at Wassand. On the staircase at Wassand there is a portrait of a bearded knight in full armour, which has always been thought to be that of Sir Marmaduke Constable 'The Little'.
His tomb and epitaph can be seen to the left of the altar in St Oswald's Church at Flamborough:
At Brankinston feld where the King of Scottys was slayne,
He then being of the age of three score and tene
With the gude Duke of Northefolke that journey he had tayne.
The tomb is surmounted by the upper part of a skeleton, the rib cage being still visible, revealing a bulbous heart and a curious lump of stone said to be the representation of a toad. Legend has it that Sir Marmaduke, while drinking some water, swallowed a toad. This creature ate his heart away until he eventually died.