John the Shepherd of Farndale
c1233 to c1315
Shepherd
of Farndale who was bailed for poaching in 1280
FAR00010
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1233
John
might have been born in about 1233. (must have been later)
1280
John
the shepherd of Farndale, paid taxes to the
Eyre Court in 1280. (Feet of Fines). This tax was probably
the bail referred to below.
From
sureties of persons indicted for poaching and for not producing persons so
indicted on the first day of the Eyre Court in accordance
with the suretieship due to Richard Drye. There
follows a long list of names including,…..1s 8d from Roger son of Gilbert
of Farndale (FAR00028), bail from
Nicholas de Farndale, (FAR00022), 2s from William the Smith of Farndale, (FAR00009) 3s 4d from John the shepherd of Farndale, (FAR00010), and 3s 4d from Alan the son of Nicholas de Farndale. (FAR00011) (Yorkshire Fees). See also FAR00019.
There is a separate page about poaching in Pickering
Forest.
1334
1334 was the year
of the Eyre Court. It was therefore time to catch up with the Farndale
misbehaviour of the preceding years. A mainpernor was
a person who gave a guarantee that a prisoner would attend court. Westgill is the area of Farndale around West Gill Beck
which flows down to the River Dove at Low Mill. The folk of Farndale had
clearly been out in significant numbers to engaging in poaching. The hearing
dealt with offences of some antiquity, the reference to the seventeenth regnal
year of Edward I indicating an offence that took place in 1288 to 1289. So
these records were catching up with many years of activity in the forest.
Fines,
amercements and issues of forfeitures at Pikeryng before Richard de Wylughby
[Willoughby], Robert de Hungerford and John de Hambury,
itinerant justices assigned to take the pleas of the forest of Henry, earl of
Lancaster, of Pickering … Roger, son of Gilbert de Frandale [Farndale], one of
the mainpernors of John, son of Albe,
indicted of hunting. … John Alberd, another mainpernor of the same Robert, son of Richard de Westgill, indicted of hunting. The same John Alberd, one of the mainpernors of
John, son of Richard de Westgill, indicted of
hunting. John, son of Walter, one of the mainpernors
of Robert, son of Richard de Westgill, indicted of
hunting. John le Shephirde of Farndale, one of
the mainpernors of John, son of Richard de Westgill, indicted of hunting. Alan, son of Nicholas de
Farndale, one of the mainpernors of Richard, son of
John de Farndale, indicted of hunting. The same Alan, son of Nicholas de
Farndale, one of the mainpernors of Adam, son of
Simon the miller of Farndale, indicted of hunting. Nicholas Laverok,
one of the mainpernors of Richard, son of John de
Farndale, indicted of hunting. The same Nicholas Laverok,
one of the mianpernors of Adam, son of Simon the
miller, indicted of hunting. John, son of John the miller, one of the mainpernors of Richard, son of John the miller of Farndale,
indicted of hunting. The same John, son of John the miller, one of the mainpernors of Adam, son of Simon the miller, indicted of
hunting. William le Smyth of Farndale, one of the mainpernors
of Robert, son of Richard de Westgill, indicted of
hunting. The same William le Smyth of Farndale, one of the mainpernors
of John, son of Richard de Westgill, indicted of
hunting. John, son of John the miller, one of the mainpernors
of Richard, son of John the miller of Farndale, indicted of hunting. The same
John, son of John the miller, one of the mainpernors
of Adam, son of Simon the miller, indicted of hunting. Nicholas Brakenthwayt, one of the mainpernors
of Richard, son of John the miller of Farndale, indicted of hunting. The same
Nicholas Brakenthwayt, one of the mainpernors
of Adam, son of Simon the miller, indicted of hunting. Alan de Braghby, one of the mainpernors
of Richard, son of John the miller of Farndale, indicted of hunting … Nicholas
de Repyngale [Rippingale],
one of the mainpernors of Richard, son of John, and
Adam, son of Simon the miller of Farndale, indicted of hunting. The same Alan
de Braghby, one of the mainpernors
of Adam, son of Simon the miller, indicted of hunting. John de Braghby, one of the mainpernors
of Richard, son of John the miller of Farndale, indicted of hunting. … Pleas of
the forest of Henry, earl of Lancaster, of Pikeryng
[Pickering], held at Pickering before Richard de Wylughby
[Willoughby], Robert de Hungerford and John de Hambury,
justices itinerant on this occasion assigned to take pleas of the said forest
in Yorkshire: People mentioned … Adam, son of Simon the miller of Farndale, and
Richard, son of John the miller: It is presented that they and three unknown
men, on Friday next after the feast of the Translation of St Thomas 17 Edw I,
came in the said forest in a place called Petroneldel,
and there took two deer. And when they had been proclaimed by the forester,
they sent away one deer, which the foresters carried to the castle of Pikeryng [Pickering], and another deer the wrongdoers
carried away with them and thereupon did their will. They do not now come, but
it is witnessed that they are staying in the country. Therefore the sheriff is
ordered to make them come … John, son of Richard de Westgil
of Farndale, and Robert, his brother: On Sunday the eve of the Nativity of St
John the Baptist 18 Edw II, they came in the said forest in a certain place
called Soterlund, with one mastiff, bows and arrows,
and took there one fawn and carried away the game with them and thereupon did
their will. They do not now come, nor were they previously attached, but it is
witnessed that they are staying in the country. Therefore the sheriff is
ordered to cause them to come.
… Pleas of the
forest of Henry, earl of Lancaster, of Pikeryng
[Pickering], held at Pickering before Richard de Wylughby
[Willoughby], Robert de Hungerford and John de Hambury,
justices itinerant on this occasion assigned to take pleas of the said forest
in Yorkshire: … Richard Moryn of Rossedale
[Rosedale] on the behalf of the abbot of St Mary, William Trotan
of Spaunton, Roger del Mulne
of Farndale, Robert, son of Peter of the same, Walter Blakhous
of the same, and Ralph de Heued of the same: On
Monday next after the feast of the Epiphany, they came in the forest in an
unknown place with bows and arrows and killed one four-year-old buck and hunted
one stag and carried away with them the game and thereupon did their will. They
have not now come, etc. Therefore the sheriff is ordered to cause them to come
… Roger son of Emma, John de Bordesden, Robert Moryng, John, son of William the Smith of Farndale, Robert Stybbyng, and William Bullok:
Around the feast of St Botolph 10 Edw [III], they came in the forest in a place
called Rotemir [Rutmoor],
and took there one deer and one calf, and carried away that game …. Roger
Sturdy, Thomas de Hippeswell, Robert, son of Simon de
Farndale, John le Caluehird and Peter son of Henry:
On Thursday next before Michaelmas 6 Edw III, they came in the said forest in a
place called Flaskes and there hunted one stag and
took it away with them. They have not now come, nor were they previosuly attached, but it is witnessed that they are
living in the country. Therefore the sheriff is ordered to make them come …
Richard, son of John the miller of Farndale, and Adam, son of Simon the miller
of Farndale: After they trespassed about hunting in this forest, Richard and
Adam were sent away by the mainprise of Nicholas de Repynghale
[Rippingale], Adam, son of Nicholas de Farndale,
Nicholas Laverok, John, son of John the miller,
Nicholas de Brakenthwayt [Brackenthwaite[,
Alan de Wraghby [Wragby] and John Wraghby
of Farndale, who mainperned to have them on the first
day of the eyre, and they so not now have them, etc … John, son of Richard de Westgille of Farndale: John was sent away by the mainprise
of William le Smyth of Farndale, Richard de Westgill,
John le Shephird of Farndale, John Alberd of the same, Nicholas, son of Walter of the same,
John del Heued of the same, and Robert de Westgill, who mainperned to have
him on the first day of the eyre, and they do not now have him, etc. Robert,
son of Richard de Westgill of Farndale: Robert was
sent away by the mainprise of William le Smyth of Farndale, John, son of Walter
of the same, John Alberd of the same, and Nicholas,
son of Walter of the same, who mainperned to have him
on the first day of the eyre, and they do not now have him, etc … John son of
Abba: John was sent away by the mainprise of Roger, son of Alfred de Farndale,
Roger, son of Gilbert of the same, Richard de Beverle [Beverley] of the same,
William Kyng of the same, John de Hoton of the same,
Thomas Makand, Hugh the clerk of Cropton, William de Birkheued of Hartoft, Henry del Tung, Peter son of Gervase,
Hugh Broun [Brown], smith, and William Hare, who mainperned
to have him on the first day of the eyre, and they do not now have him, etc.
1315
John might have lived until about 1315. (must have been later)