Johannis de Farnedale
c 1303
to c 1372
A saddler who was
made a freeman of York
FAR00030
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c1303 to c1372
A Saddler made
freeman of York in 1363 A narrative of
John’s life |
1303
If Johannis was 60 when he was made a freeman of York, then he was
perhaps born in or about 1303
1324
John de Farndale was released from excommunication at Pickering
Castle on 23 February 1324. This may have related to a prior poaching offence.
Text of Release From Excommunication; ‘To
the Most Serene Prince, His Lord Edward, by the Grace of God, King of England,
Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine, William by Divine permission Archbishop
of York, Primate of England, Greetings in him to serve who is to reign for
ever. We make known to Your Royal Excellency, by these presents that William de
Lede of Saxton, John of Farndale and John Brand of Howon,
our Parishioners, lately at our ordinary invocation, according to the custom of
your Realm, were bound by sentence of greater excommunication and, contemptuous
of the power of the Church, were committed to Your Majesty’s Prison for
contumacy and offences punishable by imprisonment; and have humbly done penance
to God and to the Church, wherefore they have been deemed worthy to obtain from
us in legal form the benefit of absolution. May it therefore please Your
Majesty that we re-admit the said William, John and
John to the bosom of the Church as faithful members thereof and order their
liberation from the said prison. May God preserve you for His Church and the
people.’ Given at Thorpe, next York, 9 April 1324.
John de Farndale,
signed a surety 23 Feb 1325 (Patent Rolls).
1327
Johanne
de Farndale, paid taxes at Crofton de Artoft of 2s 1d in 1327 (Lay Subsidy).
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The 1327 Lay Subsidy
In late 1326 a popular rebellion
led by Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March resulted in King Edward II being
deposed and imprisoned. The King’s closest supporter Hugh le Despenser the
elder, who was lord of the manor of Fairford at that time, was captured and
executed. The King’s son was crowned as Edward III on 25 January 1327 and his
father died, probably murdered, while imprisoned in Berkeley Castle in
September of that year. However, as the new king was only 14 years of age at
that time England was in effect ruled by Mortimer and his lover Queen Isabella,
Edward III’s mother. One of the earliest pieces of legislation of the new reign
was passed in September to order a Lay Subsidy, a nationwide tax of the laity
intended to raise money to renew hostilities against Scotland which Edward II
had pursued unsuccessfully for some years.
The Lay Subsidy of 1327 was a
flat rate tax of one twentieth of the value of each person’s moveable goods,
hence the tax is also known as the Twentieth. The majority of moveable goods
were cattle, sheep and crops and therefore the tax fell harder on the rural
population than it did on those in the major towns. Two prominent local men in
each county were appointed as Chief Taxers, those for Gloucestershire being Sir
William Tracy and Robert de Aston. They then appointed other local men, known
as Subtaxers, to conduct the assessment and collect
the money from people. Those who were taxed included everyone from the lord of
the manor down to his peasant tenants (both freemen and serfs), traders and
craftsmen as long as they had moveable possessions worth at least 10 shillings.
The list of names, the Roll, was drawn up and sent to the Exchequer in
Westminster for approval. The assessment took some time to complete and it was
not until between February and June of 1328 that the money was actually
collected.
John de Farndale, witnessed a Deed 27 Jun 1327 (Yorkshire Deeds).
1333
Johanne
de Farndale, paid taxes of 2s at Crofton cum Hartoft in 1333 (Lay
Subsidy).
1334
John might have
been a guarantor for his cousin Adam in 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.
1338
John de
Farndale, signed a surety 23 Aug 1338 (Lay Subsidy).
1347
Debtor: John de Farndale of Hovingham [Ryedale Wapentake, N.R.Yorks]
Creditor: Thomas de Wrelton, chaplain [of Yorks]
Amount: £8
Before whom: Henry de Belton, Mayor of York; William Gra, Clerk.
When taken: 16/04/1336
First term: 19/05/1336
Writ to: Sheriff of Yorks
Sent by: Nicholas Fouke, Mayor of York; John de Arnold, Clerk.
Endorsement: Ebor' Coram Justic' de Banco.
c1350
Johannis was a saddler who must have lived in York.
Johannis de Farndale was almost certainly his son and was also
made a Freeman, probably born in about 1330 (FAR00035).
1363
Johannis de Farnedale, a saddler, was
made a Freeman of York in 1363 (Roll of Freemen, York).
Johannes de Farnedale, 1363, Saddler,
Admission Register of Freemen of the City of York
Johannes de Farnedale, sadler.
https://archive.org/details/registerfreemen01collgoog/page/n82/mode/2up
John
de Farndale: will proved at York 27 Sep 1372, if
it was this John then he would be 69 years old (Register York
Wills).