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Possible Medieval Soldiers who may have been from the Farndale
Family
This page explores medieval records of soldiers for possible candidates for Farndale ancestors
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The
University
of Southampton project provides tips on whether an individual might have
been part of the Agincourt campaign. The site explains how
the army was raised and includes a dataset
of captains but not troops in the force. There is no name like Farndale in
this list.
There
is also a database of known
soldiers.
This
includes a few names which might be of interest, which are included in the
table below. Given the multiplicity of spellings of Farndale at this time,
there is a possibility that any names with similar spellings might have been
linked to the family. The table below is
compiled from University of Southampton’s Medieval Soldiers’ Database by
searching for names beginning Far***** and then refining the list to extract
those who could have been misspellings of Farndale.
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Name |
Status/Origin |
Rank |
Service |
Captain |
Lieutenant |
Commander |
Service Date |
Source |
Reference |
Possible Farndale associations |
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Farnham,
John de |
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Gascony
/ Aquitaine |
Hastings,
John (1347 - 1375) earl of Pembroke |
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Plantagenet,
Edward `Black Prince` (1330 - 1376) prince of Wales |
13
Feb 1369 |
Letters
of Protection |
TNA,
C61/82, m. 8 |
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Farnham,
John de |
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Gascony
/ Aquitaine |
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Plantagenet,
Edward `Black Prince` (1330 - 1376) prince of Wales |
18
Feb 1370 |
Letters
of Protection |
TNA,
C61/83, m. 9 |
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Farnam,
Thomas |
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Archer |
Naval
Service (expedition) |
Newent,
Roger |
Pulteney,
[Richard], Sub |
Montagu,
William (1328 - 1397) earl of Salisbury |
22
May 1373 |
Retinue
roll |
TNA,
E101/32/36, m5d |
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Faryndon,
Thomas |
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France |
Sir
Alan Buxhill [14th c.] |
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2
Jul 1373 |
Letters
of Attorney |
TNA,
C76/56, m. 11 |
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Faryndon,
Thomas de |
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Garrison
of St Saveur le Vicomte, (France) |
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5
Jul 1373 |
Letters
of Protection |
TNA,
C76/56, m. 15 |
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Faryndon,
John de |
Lancs |
Man
at Arms |
Calais
March |
Sir
Percy Thomas |
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27
May 1377 |
Letters
of Protection |
TNA,
C76/60, m. 4 |
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Faryngdon,
Nicholas |
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Man
at Arms |
Naval
Service (expedition) |
Saint
Leger, Ralph, Sir |
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FitzAlan,
Richard (1346 - 1397) earl of Arundel |
24
March 1378 |
Muster
Roll |
TNA,
E101/36/32, m1 |
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Farnham,
Richard (also Farneham, Richard) |
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Archer |
Expedition,
France |
Windsor,
William, Sir (d. 1384) |
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Thomas
of Woodstock (d. 1397) duke of Gloucester |
28
Jun 1380 |
Retinue
/ muster rolls |
TNA,
E101/39/7, No 1 m4 and TNA, E101/39/7, No 4 m1 |
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Farnham,
John de |
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Gascony
/ Aquitaine |
Wales,
Edward, Prince of |
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18
Feb 1381 |
Letters
of Protection |
TNA,
C61/94, m. 8 |
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Farnham,
John |
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Castile
/ Portugal (overseas) |
York,
Edmund of Langley (1341 - 1402) duke of York |
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4
March 1381 |
Letters
of Protection |
TNA,
C76/65, m. 13 |
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Farondell, John |
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Archer |
[Not
Specified], Scottish Marches |
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Percy,
Henry (d. 1408) earl of Northumberland |
1383
to 1385 |
Retinue
Roll |
BL,
Cotton Roll XIII.8, m2 |
John
de Farendale (FAR00035A)? |
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Farnham, John |
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Archer |
Standing
Force, Scotland (West March) |
FitzWalter,
Walter (1345 - 1386) Lord FitzWalter |
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FitzWalter,
Walter (1345 - 1386) Lord FitzWalter |
18
January 1384 |
Retinue
Roll |
TNA,
E101/39/38, m3d |
John
de Farendale (FAR00035A)? |
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Farodell, John |
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Archer |
Expedition,
Scotland |
Percy,
Henry (d. 1408) earl of Northumberland |
Fulthorp,
William, Sir, Sub |
John of Gaunt (d. 1399) duke of
Lancaster, Aquitaine |
1
February 1384 |
Retinue
Roll |
TNA,
E101/40/5, m2 |
John
de Farendale (FAR00035A)? |
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Farendon, John |
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Man-at-Arms |
Standing
Force, Scotland (East March) |
Mowbray,
Thomas (1366 - 1399) duke of Norfolk |
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June
1389 |
Retinue
Roll |
TNA,
E101/41/17, m2 |
John
de Farendale (FAR00035A)? |
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Farendon, Henry |
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Man-at-Arms |
Standing
Force, Scotland (East March) |
Mowbray,
Thomas (1366 - 1399) duke of Norfolk |
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Mowbray,
Thomas (1366 - 1399) duke of Norfolk |
June
1389 |
Retinue
Roll |
TNA,
E101/41/17, m2 |
Henry
Farendon (FAR00035B)? |
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Farnham, William |
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Archer |
Standing
Force, Scotland (East March) |
Mowbray,
Thomas (1366 - 1399) duke of Norfolk |
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Mowbray,
Thomas (1366 - 1399) duke of Norfolk |
June
1389 |
Retinue
Roll |
TNA,
E101/41/17, m5 |
William
Faryndon (FAR00035C)? |
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Faryndon, William |
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Archer |
Standing
Force, Scotland (East March) |
Mowbray,
Thomas (1366 - 1399) duke of Norfolk |
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Mowbray,
Thomas (1366 - 1399) duke of Norfolk |
June
1389 |
Retinue
Roll |
TNA,
E101/41/17, m5 |
William
Faryndon (FAR00035C)? |
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Farnworth or Farnysworth,
Richard |
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Archer |
Standing
Force, Ireland |
Stanley,
John de, Sir |
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Stanley,
John de, Sir |
21
Oct 1389 |
Muster
and retinue rolls |
TNA,
E101/41/18, m10d and TNA, E101/41/18, m23 |
Richard
Farendale (FAR00044)? |
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Farendon
or Farndon, Hugh |
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Calais
March, Oye (castle) |
Hoo,
William, Sir |
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4
Nov 1390 |
Letters
of Protection |
TNA,
C76/75, m. 9 and Calendared: CPR 1389-92, p. 364 |
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Farnam,
Thomelyn |
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Archer |
Expedition,
Scotland |
Neville,
Robert |
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King
Henry IV? |
24
June 1400 |
Retinue
lists |
TNA,
E101/41/1, m54 |
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Farneham,
John |
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Man-at-Arms |
Expedition,
Scotland |
Ferrers
of Groby, William, Lord |
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King
Henry IV? |
24
June 1400 |
Retinue
lists |
TNA,
E101/41/1, m57 |
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Farendon, Richard |
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Archer |
Expedition,
Scotland |
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24
June 1400 |
Retinue
lists |
TNA,
E101/42/16, m34 |
Richard
Farendale (FAR00044)? |
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Farendon, Richard |
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Man-at-Arms |
Expedition,
Scotland |
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24
June 1400 |
Retinue
lists |
TNA,
E101/42/16, m34d |
Richard
Farendale (FAR00044)? |
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Farnham,
Walter |
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Archer |
Expedition,
France |
FitzAlan,
Thomas (1381 - 1415) earl of Arundel |
|
Henry
V (1386 - 1422) King of England |
1415 |
Retinue
roll |
TNA,
E101/47/1, m3 |
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Farndon, Richard |
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Archer |
Garrison;
mustered: Harfleur |
No
captain given |
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Beaufort,
Thomas (c. 1377 - 1426) earl of Dorset, duke of Exeter |
1417 |
Muster
Roll |
TNA,
E101/48/17 |
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Farendon,
Davy (plus other later records) |
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Man-at-Arms |
Standing
Force, France |
Woodville,
Richard (the elder) (1385 - 1441) seigneur de Preaux |
Jakemyn,
John |
Woodville,
Richard (the elder) (1385 - 1441) seigneur de Preaux |
1421 |
Muster
Rolls |
TNA,
E101/49/37, m1 |
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Farendon, Richard |
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Man-at-Arms
(foot) |
Standing
Force, France |
Woodville,
Richard (the elder) (1385 - 1441) seigneur de Preaux |
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Woodville,
Richard (the elder) (1385 - 1441) seigneur de Preaux |
1421 |
Muster
Rolls |
TNA,
E101/49/37, m4 |
Richard
Farendale (FAR00044)? |
|
Farndon, Richard |
|
Archer |
Garrison
of Rouen (gates) |
Beauchamp,
Richard (1382 - 1439) earl of Warwick |
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3
May 1430 |
MNuster
Roll |
BNF,
MS. Fr. 25769, no. 492 |
Richard
Farendale (FAR00044)? |
Agincourt
Since
Richard Farendale bequeathed a grey horse with saddle
and reins and his armour, comprising a bascinet, a breast plate, a pair of vembraces and a pair of rerebraces
with leg harness, he appears to have been armed for military service. Perhaps
he had fought in some of the battles of the early fifteenth century. It is
tempting to consider whether he might have fought at Agincourt or in that
campaign.
There
are lists of known soldiers at Agincourt.
Sir Nicholas Harreis’ History
of the battle of Agincourt, and of the expedition of Henry the Fifth into
France, in 1415; with The roll of the men at arms, in the English army,
1832 includes a Roll
of the men at arms at Agincourt, p394. There is no Richard Farendale listed, unless he was Richard Fulshull
(p336), a Lancer in the retinue of the Earl of Marche, or Richard Fythian (p344). It doesn’t seem likely that these were the
same man.
But
to these lists of named individuals were unnamed lists of lances and archers,
so he could have been amongst these ordinary unlisted soldiers. And if he
wasn’t at Agincourt, he may have been in the other battles in those French
campaigns. Living firmly within the Neville lands, it seems likely that he
would have fought in the King’s battles with France.