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.

 

1325

 

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.

 

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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.

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1372

 

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).