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Alan was caught poaching in 1280. |
Alan son of Nicholas Farndale 1255? to 1325?
FAR00011
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1255
If he was 25 when he paid taxes, then
Alan was born in about 1255. His father was Nicholas Farndale (FAR00006).
1280
Alan son of Nicholas Farndale
(FAR00006), paid taxes to the
Eyre Court in 1280. (Say age 25 when he paid, then he was born in 1255) (Feet of Fines for the County of York, Volume
68). This fine was probably his bail for poaching – see 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
FAR00019.
There is a separate page about poaching in Pickering
Forest.
1325
If Alan lived four
scores years and ten, then he might have lived to 1325.