Nicholas de Farndale
c 1302 to c 1370
FAR00041A
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1302
Nicholas might have been born in about 1302. It is possible that
he was the son of Walter de Farndale of Cayton (FAR00014A).
1334
… 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.
1370
Nicholas might have died in about 1370.