c 1305 to c 1375
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1305
John
Farndale might have been born in about 1305. He might have been the son of
William the Smith of Farndale (FAR00037).
1324
John
de Farndale, and Peter son of Gervais shown as sureties for a court suite on 23
Feb 1324 (NRY Records Vol III – for
further research)
John de
Farndale, released from excommunication at Pickering Castle on 9
April 1324.
(Not sure to be this John, but no other is recorded at this time) (Patent Rolls).
There is a separate page about poaching
in Pickering Forest.
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.”
9
April 1324, Certificate of Absolution. Request to suppress the arrest of Lede,
Farndale and Brand, former excommunicates. Latin. Howum'
is simply Holme, so could be any of various places, but this form seems to fit
most closely to Holme on the Wolds. Addressee/s: Edward II, King of England;
Sender/s: William [de Melton], archbishop of York; Person/s: William de Lede of
Saxton, John de Farndale, John Brand of Holme on the Wolds (The York Arch
Bishop’s Registers Document Reference C85/181/61)
1330
The date of the following extract from the Coucher Book, folio 222,
is probably about 1330 :—
" Richard
Mosyn, of that part of
Rossedale which belongs to the Abbot of S. Mary's
(i.e. Rosedale West), William Troten of Spaunton, Roger del Mulne of
Farndale, Robert son of Peter of Rossedale, Walter Blackhous of Farndale, went on a Monday in January to some
unknown place within the forest and killed a soar and
slew a hart with bows and arrows." All are outlawed.
The Coucher Book, folio 224, tells how two men, on Thursday
next after the feast of S. Lucy the Virgin, went to Mulfosse,
in Hartoft, and there slew one hind. How
" Thomas de Hamthwaite, Robert de Bolton, Richard of Helmsley, John de
Skipton, Robert Moryng, Abraham Milner, Stephen Moye,
and Peter son of Henry, with others unknown, on Thursday, 7th of March, 1331,
went to a place called Hamclifbek, with two leporariis (gazehounds or greyhounds), and belonging to
John de Kilvington and Robert Spink, and with bows and arrows, and there slew
one soar and one hind and one stag, and were fined, etc."
In the same folio
we have an account of how " Roger son of Emma, John de Bordesden,
Robert Moryng, John son of William Fabri
(Smith) of Farndale, Robert Stybbing, and William
Bullock, about the feast of S. Bartholomew, captured one hind and one calf
at Rotemir." How " Hugh de Yeland and John de Yeland, Thomas
Hampthwait, William de Langwath,
Peter son of Henry Young, William de Hovingham, forester of Spaunton,
William Burcy (or Curcy), Robert de Miton, sergeant of Normanby, and six others unknown,
captured at Leasehow, with bows and arrows and
hounds, a young hart," and so on.
(History of the Parish of Lastingham)
It seems likely that Rotemir is a place
around Farndale, but it is possible it is a reference to Redmire,
west of Leyburn.
The Coucher Book also tells of how Thomas de Hamthwaite, Robert de Bolton, Richard of Helmsley, John de
Skipton, Robert Moryng, Abraham Milner, Stephen Moye,
and Peter son of Henry, with others unknown, on Thursday, 7th of March, 1331,
went to a place called Hamclifbek, with two leporariis (gazehounds or greyhounds), and belonging to
John de Kilvington and Robert Spink, and with bows and arrows, and there slew
one soar and one hind and one stag, and were fined, etc. In the same folio we
have an account of how Roger son of Emma, John de Bordesden,
Robert Moryng, John son of William Fabri (Smith)
of Farndale, Robert Stybbing, and William
Bullock, about the feast of S. Bartholomew, captured one hind and one calf at Rotemir and Hugh de Yeland and
John de Yeland, Thomas Hampthwait,
William de Langwath, Peter son of Henry Young,
William de Hovingham, forester of Spaunton, William
Burcy (or Curcy), Robert de Miton,
sergeant of Normanby, and six others unknown, captured at Leasehow, with bows and arrows and hounds, a young hart.
1335
Indicted
for hunting ….
1336
John de Farndale,
bail by him for poaching, given at Pickering before Richard de Wylughby and John de Hainbury
on Monday 2 Dec 1336 (Yorkshire Fees).
On 2 Dec
1336 fines received at Pickering
before Sir Richard de Wylughby and John Hainbury for payment of bail for poachers…..list of names
including John de Farndale (Yorkshire Deeds).
Debtor: John de Farndale of Hovingham [Ryedale Wapentake, N.R.Yorks];
Creditor: Thomas de Wrelton, chaplain [of Yorks]; Amount: £8 taken on 16 April
1336 before Henry de Belton, Mayor of York; William Gra, Clerk. The first term
from 19 May 1336 (National Archives Reference:
241/115/94, Latin)
John
might have lived to about 1375.