William the Smith of Farndale the Younger
c 1306 to c 1380
Enjoyed
some poaching like his father
FAR00040
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1310
William Farndale
might have been born in about 1306. He was almost certainly the son of the
elder William the Smith of Farndale (FAR00037).
From the Calendar of Patent Rolls,
Edward III AD 1345 to 1348, 21 Edward III – Part III, page 472: Jan 17, Westminster. Commission of Oyer
and terminer to Henry de Percy, Thomas de Rokeby, William Basset, William Malbys, William de Broclesby,
Thomas de Fencotes and Thomas de Seton, on complaint
by the same Peter that Edmund de Hastynges …. William
Smyth of Farndale the younger … broke his park at Egton, Co York, hunted
therein, carried away his goods with deer from the park and assaulted his men
and servants, whereby he lost their service for a great time. By fine of 1 mark.
There
is also a reference to Richard Ruttok of Farendale in the long list of names.
So
on 17 January 1348 at Westminster, there was a commission of oyer and terminer
to a long list of names including William Smyth of Farndale the younger and
Richard Ruttok of Farendale for breaking in to the park at Egton, hunting and
carrying away the property of the owner with deer, and for assaulting the
owner’s men and servants causing their inability to work for a long time, for
which the werefined 1 mark.
1380
William
might have lived to about 1380.