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Shepherd of Farndale who was bailed for poaching in 1280 |
John the Shepherd of Farndale c1233 to c1315
FAR00010
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1233
John might have been born in about 1233.
(must have been later)
1280
John the shepherd of Farndale, paid taxes to the Eyre Court in 1280. (Feet of Fines). This tax was probably the bail referred to below.
From sureties
of persons indicted for poaching and for not producing persons so indicted on
the first day of the
Eyre Court
in accordance with the suretieship due to Richard
Drye. There follows a long list of names including,…..1s 8d from Roger son of Gilbert of Farndale (FAR00028), bail from Nicholas de Farndale, (FAR00022), 2s from William the Smith of
Farndale, (FAR00009) 3s 4d from John the shepherd of
Farndale, (FAR00010), and 3s 4d from Alan the son of
Nicholas de Farndale. (FAR00011) (Yorkshire
Fees). See
also FAR00019.
There is a separate page
about poaching in
Pickering Forest.
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.
… 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.
1315
John might have
lived until about 1315. (must have been later)