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A saddler who was made a freeman of York |
Johannis de Farnedale 1303? to 1372
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1303
If
Johannis was 60 when he was made a freeman of York, then he was perhaps born in
or about 1303
1324
John
de Farndale was released from excommunication at Pickering Castle on 23
February 1324. This may have related to a prior poaching offence. Text of
Release From Excommunication; ‘To the Most Serene Prince, His Lord Edward, by the Grace of God, King
of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine, William by Divine
permission Archbishop of York, Primate of England, Greetings in him to serve
who is to reign for ever. We make known to Your Royal Excellency, by these
presents that William de Lede of Saxton, John of Farndale and John Brand of Howon, our Parishioners, lately at our ordinary invocation,
according to the custom of your Realm, were bound by sentence of greater
excommunication and, contemptuous of the power of the Church, were committed to
Your Majesty’s Prison for contumacy and offences punishable by imprisonment;
and have humbly done penance to God and to the Church, wherefore they have been
deemed worthy to obtain from us in legal form the benefit of absolution. May it
therefore please Your Majesty that we re-admit the
said William, John and John to the bosom of the Church as faithful members
thereof and order their liberation from the said prison. May God preserve you
for His Church and the people.’ Given at Thorpe, next York, 9 April 1324.
John de Farndale, signed a surety 23 Feb 1325 (Patent Rolls).
1327
Johanne de Farndale, paid taxes at
Crofton de Artoft of 2s 1d in 1327 (Lay Subsidy).
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The 1327 Lay Subsidy
In late 1326 a popular rebellion led by Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl
of March resulted in King Edward II being deposed and imprisoned. The King’s
closest supporter Hugh le Despenser the elder, who was lord of the manor of
Fairford at that time, was captured and executed. The King’s son was crowned as
Edward III on 25 January 1327 and his father died, probably murdered, while
imprisoned in Berkeley Castle in September of that year. However, as the new
king was only 14 years of age at that time England was in effect ruled by
Mortimer and his lover Queen Isabella, Edward III’s mother. One of the earliest
pieces of legislation of the new reign was passed in September to order a Lay
Subsidy, a nationwide tax of the laity intended to raise money to renew
hostilities against Scotland which Edward II had pursued unsuccessfully for
some years.
The Lay Subsidy of 1327 was a flat rate tax of one twentieth of
the value of each person’s moveable goods, hence the tax is also known as the
Twentieth. The majority of moveable goods were cattle,
sheep and crops and therefore the tax fell harder on the rural population than
it did on those in the major towns. Two prominent local men in each county were
appointed as Chief Taxers, those for Gloucestershire being Sir William Tracy
and Robert de Aston. They then appointed other local men, known as Subtaxers, to conduct the assessment and collect the money
from people. Those who were taxed included everyone from the lord of the manor
down to his peasant tenants (both freemen and serfs), traders and craftsmen as long as they had moveable possessions worth at least 10
shillings. The list of names, the Roll, was drawn up and sent to the Exchequer
in Westminster for approval. The assessment took some time to complete and it was not until between February and June of
1328 that the money was actually collected.
John de Farndale, witnessed a Deed 27 Jun 1327 (Yorkshire Deeds).
Crofton might be
Crofton southwest of Pontefract.
1333
Johanne de Farndale, paid taxes of 2s at
Crofton cum Hartoft in 1333 (Lay Subsidy).
1334
John might have been a guarantor for his
cousin Adam in 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.
1338
John de
Farndale, signed a surety 23 Aug 1338 (Lay Subsidy).
1347
Debtor: John de Farndale of Hovingham [Ryedale Wapentake, N.R.Yorks]
Creditor: Thomas de Wrelton, chaplain [of Yorks]
Amount: £8
Before whom: Henry de Belton, Mayor of York; William Gra, Clerk.
When taken: 16/04/1336
First term: 19/05/1336
Writ to: Sheriff of Yorks
Sent by: Nicholas Fouke, Mayor of York; John de Arnold, Clerk.
Endorsement: Ebor' Coram Justic' de Banco.
c1350
Johannis
was a saddler who must have lived in York.
Johannis
de Farndale was almost certainly his son and was also made a Freeman, probably
born in about 1330 (FAR00035).
1363
Johannis de Farnedale, a saddler, was made a Freeman of York in 1363 (Roll of Freemen, York).
Johannes de Farnedale, 1363, Saddler, Admission Register of Freemen of
the City of York
Johannes de Farnedale,
sadler.
https://archive.org/details/registerfreemen01collgoog/page/n82/mode/2up
John de Farndale: will proved at York 27 Sep 1372, if it was this John then he would be 69 years old (Register York Wills).