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The Doncaster Kirkleatham Skelton Line
The sixteenth century Farndale family to whom most Farndales can trace their ancestry
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This
page traces the earliest recorded Farndales back from George Farndale’s
family (1606 to 1693)(FAR00067),
which history is shared by all modern Farndales. George’s descendants William
Farndale (1599 to 1677)(FAR00071),
Richard Farndale (1604 to 1685)(FAR00075),
and Nicholas Farndale (1634 to 1693)(FAR00082)
branched off into lines which would then diverge to the wider family.
We
can use genealogical sources to trace back with reasonable certainty to
Nicholas Farndale (FAR00059)
and Agnes Farndale (FAR00060)
who were probably the paternal and maternal ancestors of all members of the
modern family. As these are the earliest days of parish records, we cannot be
completely certain about the precise history and interrelationships, but it is
very likely that these are the early ancestors.
The
uniqueness of the name then allows us to identify a very large number of family
members back to the thirteenth century. We know that our family originated in
those who lived in Farndale when it was first settled and later left the dale, but used its name to identify themselves. We also know
that the lands of Farndale were part of the large medieval estate of Chirchebi
(Kirkbymoorside). These lands were places of political significance through
early Anglo Saxon Scandinavian history, so we are able
to tell the story of our very distant ancestors. The genealogical tree below
therefore follows our origin further backwards to known facts about the lands
where our most distant ancestors once lived.
The
Story of the Doncaster Kirkleatham Skelton Line
The Doncaster-Kirkleatham-Skelton Line is where the recorded history of the Farndales in Cleveland began. Most Farndale lines can trace their ancestry directly back to Nicholas, born in about 1512. These were the folk who emerged in Cleveland as the only people using the Farndale name, having descended from those who had left the valley of Farndale in medieval times.
Looking carefully at the records we have regarding Nicholas, his potential children and grandchildren, we can build a timeline. We know that from the second half of the sixteenth century, the Farndale ancestors were predominantly living in the Cleveland area. So this timeline gives an explanation as to how Farndales left the dale and moved south, with a group living around Doncaster, and how and when the Doncaster Farndales moved to Skelton/Kirkleatham to establish the lines of Farndales across Cleveland.
I have explained on the page of Nicholas, the analysis which leads to the conclusion of our geographical ancestry, even though the records at this era are slim.
Campsall, Doncaster, 1512 to 1564
(perhaps 1335 to 1564)
He met Agnes, who might also have come from around Doncaster too (or did she come from Kirkleatham, which explains the long move north later on?). They married in about 1537. If so, they probably married around Doncaster, perhaps in the same church in Campsall, where their son William later married.
Their son, William was born in about 1539. Jean was born in about 1540. Let’s assume they were still living around Campsall, Doncaster then.
We then know that William married at the church at Campsall (the same church where Robin Hood is reputed in stories to have married Maid Marion!) in 1564.
Moving north, between 1564 and 1567
Between 1564 and 1567, the family moved to the Skelton/Kirkleatham area. One possibility is that Agnes came from there. Another is that Jean shortly afterwards married Richard Fairly, a family from Kirkleatham. Had they met in Campsall or around Doncaster? For whatever reason, they moved to Kirkleatham.
In 1567, Jean married Richard Fairly at Kirkleatham (where we know Nicholas and Agnes both died). Richard Fairley had a bit of a pedigree. So perhaps another reason for the move north is that Jean moved to the neighbourhood of her new husband, and the whole family moved north at about the same time.
They then lived in Kirkleatham, which was perhaps more the Fairly home than the Farndale home before then.
William’s three children were born in Kirkleatham between 1568 and 1573.
We then know that Nicholas died in Kirkleatham in 1572, and Agnes died there in 1586.
Skelton
William died in Skelton and was buried there.
The focus of the family thereafter turns more to Skelton, Liverton, Loftus and Moorsholm.
Our more distant ancestors
We can then trace the likely path of our ancestry back through Norman, Scandinavian, Anglo Saxon and Roman times, and into the archaeological history of our ancestral lands, frequently finding significant sites in the immediate vicinity of our ancestral home.
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Nicholas farndaile 1512 to 1572 The common ancestor of all or most Farndales Doncaster?, Campsall?, Kirkleatham |
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Agnes farndaile Born 1516 Probably the wife of Nicholas Doncaster?, Campsall?, Kirkleatham |
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William Farndale About 1539 to 1606 Married Margaret Atkinson at Campsall William will be a direct ancestor of most, probably all, living Farndales who married in the church where legend suggests Robin Hood and Maid Marion were married before them Doncaster, Campsall, Skelton |
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Born 1540? Who married Richard Fairley in Kirkleatham Kirkleatham The Fairley Family |
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Robin Hood Stories Campsall, once in Barnsdale Forest, was at the centre of the emergence of the Robin Hood stories and their written recording of those stories. They were certainly inspired by tales of medieval poachers, such as Farndale ancestors in Pickering Forest, and those stories seem to have originated in Yorkshire. Note the similarity between Barnsdale and Bransdale, the valley beside Farndale |
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Jane farndell Born 1568? Married Valentine Wraye in Skelton Skelton |
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George Farndale 1570? To 9 March 1606 George is the person to whom modern Farndales will be able to trace lineage on definite record. We can then trace two further generations back from George, to Nicholas, using educated guesses Skelton
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Eln (Eleanor) Farndale 1573 Eln moved across the North Yorks Moors to Pickering Kirkleatham, Pickering, Wilton |
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Isabell farnedaile 1592 Died at birth? Skelton |
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The Wraye Farndale |
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William Farndaile 22 January 1599 to 24 January 1677 Married Jane With William, for the first time, we get to some more detailed record of him and his family, including a full date of birth. William is not in my own direct line of ancestry. It is at this point that we start to get to different lines to modern families named Farndale. Skelton, Moorsholm, Liverton |
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Susan Farndaile 1601? to 1660? Skelton |
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George Farndaile 16 March 1602 to 17 August 1693 Married Jaine or Jane Skelton, Liverton, Moorsholm, Loftus |
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Infanta Farndayle 4 January 1603 to 4 January 1603 Probably died at birth Skelton |
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Rychards ffarnedayle 3 February 1604 to 1685? Married Emmie Nellice in 1632 Skelton, Liverton |
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William Farndal 20 November 1625 to 19 January 1677 Liverton, Great Ayton |
Nicholas Farndale 6 July 1634 to 28 February 1693/4 Married Elizabeth ? and Elizabeth Bennison A Liverton Family, Nicholas had four children from his first marriage and two from his second Liverton |
Jane Farndale 17 November 1636 Liverton |
Isabal Farndale 18 March 1637 Liverton |
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Ane Farndale Born 1660 Liverton |
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The Ancestry of
the Kirkleatham Skelton Line
Although we reach the end of the direct ancestry of
the Farndales with Nicholas Farndaile (FAR00059), 1512-1572, this was certainly the family whose
ancestors were those folk who lived in Farndale in the medieval period and more
details can be found about them in Volume 1 of the Farndale
directory.
At this stage of history, we have to do some guessing. If our logic is correct, then this
places the direct known relatives of certainly most, and probably all Farndales
today to the Doncaster/Campsall area between about 1512 and 1564.
We know that almost (and probably all)
all modern Farndales are certainly related to each other. The only quandary I
have is that I’ve not been able to link the
Ampleforth Line (and the Lines that trace from it) back from 1733 when
Elias was born, so I can’t be sure that the Ampleforth line is related to the
other Farndale lines. I have a strong suspicion that the Ampleforth Line will
link in to everyone else, I just can’t evidence that
yet. So I don’t have a direct link from the Ampleforth
line back to Nicholas, but I have a strong suspicion that they link in to the
other families somewhere between 1512 and 1733, I just can’t find the evidence.
See the
Farndale Lines interface chart to understand how modern Farndale lines
relate back to the Doncaster-Kirkleatham-Skelton Line.
That is exciting because we then know
that Sir William Farndale (FAR00038)(about
1335 to about 1420), was the Vicar of Doncaster cathedral between 1396 and
1402. ‘Sir’ is simply the title used by vicars at the time. We have guessed he
might have lived between about 1335-1420. He owned land for a period at
Lovershall just south of Doncaster. Of course the span
between 1402 and 1512 means that there must have been some generations between,
but could this have been the same family. Could the family from which all
living Farndales have descended have been this group living in or around
Doncaster from about 1396 to 1564?
If so, then we might be able to follow
up some more links:
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Could
the Doncaster Farndales have been related to the
Sheriff Hutton Line (1332 to 1388) or to the York 1
Line (1275 to 1448) or the York
Southcliffe Line (from 1507)?
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Could
the ecclesiastical link with Sir William Farndale of Doncaster have some link
to Walter de Farndale (FAR0000041A)(about
1300 to about 1370) who links to Turvey Church in Bedfordshire and St
Margaret’s Church in Chelmsford, London? Could Walter have been William’s
father, and they were travelling about in their ecclesiastical roles?
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There
is also a William Farndale of Caleys who was pardoned
in 1370. It is possible this is the same person as Sir William Farndale, but
probably not as we know he was already a chaplain at Doncaster by 1355, and it
doesn’t seem likely he would have needed a pardon and then gone on to become
the vicar! It is possible though that this is William Farndale (FAR00036)(1332
to 1397) of the Sheriff Hutton Line. Caleys might
mean Calais, which widens our imagination to campaigns in France, but it might
have been a misspelling of a more local place.
Regardless, these must be the
descendants of the group of folk who lived in Farndale and then moved out and
about as explored in detail in Volume 1 of the Farndale Directory.
So maybe our ancestry is:
1. Villeins moved into Farndale the place
in about 1230
2. Individual people started to move out
of Farndale and use the name Farndale;
3. Families started to emerge using the
name of Farndale (increasingly without the ‘de’) more permanently including the
Sheriff Hutton Line and the York 1 Line – these might well have included our
direct ancestors (the probability increases as the information improves);
4. The direct line to modern Farndales
focuses around Doncaster from at least 1335 to about
1564;
5. Between 1564 and 1567, the family
moves to the Skelton area in Cleveland, either because Agnes came from there or
because Jean’s husband Richard Fairly came from there;
6. From 1512, and certainly from 1570, we
know beyond doubt who are ancestors were;
7. Cleveland, and particularly the areas
of Skelton, Kirkleatham, Moorsholm, Loftus, Brotton and eventually Kilton
become the home of the Farndales from 1564 to the Victorian age.
If that is right, then we trace our
ancestry directly back to 1512, perhaps to 1332, have some pretty good guesses
about links to folk coming out of Farndale from about 1330, and then know that
they in turn descended from the villeins put into Farndale to assart and clear the land to farm from about 1230. Before
that our ancestors were plucked from the cauldron and primeval mass of
Bronze Age Beaker Folk, Iron Age Settlers, Brigantes,
Romans, Vikings, Angles and Saxons that had roamed the moors and Dales of
Yorkshire since about 9,000 years BCE. You can then explore Yorkshire prehistory to give you a further
perspective of the very distant ancestry of the people of Farndale.
Outlaws and Robin Hood
Volume
1 of the Farndale Directory includes a large number of
examples of Farndales who were caught poaching deer and fish around the forests
of Pickering and being fined, excommunicated and outlawed in consequence.
The Farndale ancestors found themselves
amongst the poachers who inspired the Robin
Hood legends, and later in the places where the Robion Hood stories were
told.
Campsall is a village seven
miles north-west of Doncaster. Before
the industrial revolution, the area was dominated
by the inaccessible and waterlogged marshes of the Humberhead
Levels. To the west was the Barnsdale Forest, the area associated with the
legend of Robin Hood.
Sky’s
series The British tells the story of People Power in Episode 2.
It narrates the rampages and rebellions of medieval Britain,
the Black Death and Peasants' Revolt and it depicts poachers in Pickering
forest where our Farndale ancestors were also poachers and suggests that such
exploits were the inspiration for the British spirit that developed and the
legend of Robin Hood. If you are interested in exploring the Robin Hood
parallels, you will enjoy the second episode of this series. See also a website which explores the world of Robin Hood.
Chronology of the Kirkleatham Skelton Line
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About 1335 |
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William Farndale, later Vicar of Doncaster, was
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11 April 1355 |
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William de Farndall was
chaplain at Doncaster. |
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1360 to 1420 |
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Sir William Farndale was Vicar of Doncaster (‘Sir’
being the title given to a vicar at the time). He might though have been Vicar of Doncaster from 8
January 1396 to 31 August 1403 and perhaps the wider dates reflect his
association with St George’s Church Doncaster in more senior roles. |
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7 December 1368 |
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‘Know men present and to come that I Robert Ripers of Loversall have given, granted, and by this my
present charter confirmed to Sir William Farndale, chaplain, 5 acres
of land with appurtenances lying in the fields of Loversall, extending from
the meadows of the Wyke to the Kardyke, of which 1
acre 1 rood lie in Wykefield between the land of
Robert son of John son of William, son of Robert on both sides. And 2 1/2
acres lying in the Midelfild between my own land on
the west and the land of Richard son of Robert on the east. And 1 rood lying
in Wodfild between my own land on the west and the
land of John of Wakefield on the east. To have and to hold the said 5 acres
of land with appurtenances to the said William and his heirs and assigns,
freely, quietly, well and in peace, from the chief lords of the free by the
services then owed and customary by right. And I, said Robert, and my heirs,
will warrant the said 5 acres with appurtenances to the said Sir William, his
heirs and assigns against all men for ever. In witness whereof I have affixed
my seal to this present charter. These being in witness; Sir John of
Loversall, Chaplain; William Vely, Robert Clerk,
Richard Rilis, John son of
William son of Roger and others. Given at Loversall on Thursday after the
Feast of St Nicholas, 42 Edward III. (7 Dec 1368). Loversall is just south of modern Doncaster. |
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In or about 1420 |
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William Farndale died, presumably in or around
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About 1512 |
Nicholas farndaile was
born. |
Was Nicholas Farndale originally associated with
Campsall and Doncaster (which is where his first son was born (if we are
right that William was his son)? If he was, then maybe he was descended from Sir
William Farndale, the Vicar of Doncaster 1360 to 1420, who was probably born
in about 1335. So perhaps between 1420 and 1512, William’s
descendants had lived around Doncaster (William had lands south of Doncaster
at Loversall), but towards 1512, they were perhaps living north of Doncaster
at Campsall. Perhaps somehow Nicholas met Agnes who had been born
in Kirkleatham and at some point the family then
settled in Kirkleatham. Could this be how the Farndales for hundreds of years
after that, became associated with Cleveland? |
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About 1516 |
Agnes Null was born. |
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About 1537 |
Nicholas farndaile
probably married Agnes Null. |
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About 1539 |
William Farndale, probably the son of Nicholas and Agnes
Farndale, was born, possibly in Campsall, near Doncaster. |
So if William was their son, had Nicholas somehow met
and married Agnes from Kirkleatham, but perhaps they were still living at
Campsall at this stage? |
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About 1540 |
Jean Farndale, probably the daughter of Nicholas and
Agnes Farndale, was born possibly in Campsall. Jean married Richard Fairley
at Kirkleatham on 16 October 1567. |
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29 October 1564 |
William Farndale married Margaret Atkinson (or Kiddall) in St Mary Magdalene Church, Campsall, near
Doncaster. Reputedly this was the same church where Robin Hood married Maid
Marion. |
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1564 to 1567 |
The family leave the Doncaster area and move north
to Kirkleatham |
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1567 |
Jean Farndale married Richard Fairly at Kirkleatham |
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1568 |
Jane Farndale, daughter of William and Margaret
Farndale, was born at Kirkleatham. She married Valentine Wraye
on 11 February 1588 in Skelton. |
By 1568, they were certainly at Kirkleatham. |
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1570 |
George Farndale, son of William and Margaret
Farndale, was born at Kirkleatham. |
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6 August 1572 |
Nicholas farndaile was
buried at Kirkleatham. |
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1573 |
Eln or Eleanor Farndale, daughter of William and
Margaret Farndale, was born at Kirkleatham. Eln Farndale married Pet or Peter
Atkinson at Wilton (just south of Kirkleatham) in 1598. |
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23 January 1586 |
Agnes Farndaile was buried
at St Cuthbert Church, Kirkleatham. |
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1592 |
Isabell Farndale, probably another daughter of
William and Margaret Farndale, was buried at Skelton – she may have been born
and died on the same day. |
By 1592, the family had moved its geographical focus
to Skelton. |
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1592 |
George Farndale of Moorsome
is referred to as having property at Skelton. |
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1595 |
George Farndale married Margery Nelson in Skelton. |
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22 January 1599 |
William Farndale the Younger, son of George and Margery
Farndale, was baptised at Skelton. William was Founder of the Skelton 1 Line. |
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1601 |
Susan Farndale, daughter of George and Margery
Farndale, was born at Skelton. |
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28 March 1602 |
George Farndale the Younger, son of George and
Margery Farndale, was baptised at Skelton. He may have been born on 16 March
1602. |
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1602 |
George Farndale of Moorshome
is mentioned in the Inpseximus in the Skelton
Church Records. An inspeximus is an English charter
or letters patent beginning with the Latin word inspeximus
in which the grantor confirms and recites a former charter. It normally
relates to a royal grant. |
By 1602, there was an association with Moosholm. |
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4 January 1603 |
Infanta Farndale, child of George and Margery
Farndale, was buried at Skelton. She probably died at birth. |
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3 February 1604 |
Richard Farndale, son of George and Margery
Farndale, was baptised at Skelton. He married Emmie Nellice
at Liverton on 29 July 1632. They had three children
and he is Founder of the Liverton 1 Line. |
By 1604, Richard was associated with Liverton. |
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1606 |
William Farndale the Elder died at Skelton. |
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9 March 1607 |
George Farndale the Elder, aged only 37, was buried
at Skelton. |
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1609 |
The Dean of Cleveland granted guardianship of
William Farndaile, Susan, George and Richard Farndaile, children of George Farndale, deceased,
together with administration of their affairs, goods, rights and portions to
Margery Farndale by choice of the said children. |
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About 1622 |
William Farndale the Younger married Jane. She was
probably born about 1602. |
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About 1623 |
George Farndale the Younger married perhaps Jane at
Liverton. |
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3 October 1624 |
George Farndale, son of William farndale the
Younger. |
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20 November 1625 |
William Farndale of the fifth generation, son of
George Farndale the Younger, was baptised at Liverton. He married Ellin at
Liverton in about 1655 and they had a daughter, Ane
Farndale, baptised on 2 August 1662. He had one hearth in 1660, two hearths
in 1663, one hearth in 1673, and a clear certificate in 1674. He was buried
at Easington on 1 July 1680. |
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31 May 1628 |
Isabell Farndale, daughter of William farndale the
Younger was christened. |
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1630 |
James Farndale, son of William farndale the Younger
was born. |
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1632 |
Ann Farndale, daughter of William farndale the
Younger was born and died. And buried at Skelton. |
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6 July 1634 |
Nicholas Farndale of the fifth generation, son of
George Farndale the Younger, was baptised at Liverton. Nicholas married
Elizabeth in about 1660. They had four children. His first wife died and he married Elizabeth Bennison on 23 November
1676. They had two children. He is Founder of the Liverton 2 Line. He was buried on 29
February 1694 at St Michael Anglican Church, Liverton. |
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17 November 1636 |
Jane Farndale of the fifth generation, daughter of
George Farndale the Younger, was baptised at Liverton. |
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18 March 1638 |
Isabell Farndale of the fifth generation, daughter
of George Farndale the Younger, was baptised at Liverton. |
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1673 |
George Farndale the Younger had one hearth at Moorshome. |
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1674 |
William Farndale the Younger of Mooshome
had two hearths. George Farndale the Younger had two hearths at Moorshome. |
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26 August 1678 |
Jaine Farndale, probably wife of George Farndale the
Younger, was buried at Loftus. |
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22 October 1682 |
Jane Farndale of Moorshome,
wife of William Farndale the Younger, was buried at Liverton. |
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1685 |
William Farndale of Liverton was exempt from paying
hearth tax. |
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23 August 1685 |
William Farndale of Hilton brought charges against
James Hodgeson and William Kempley of Seamer. Hilton is a village west of
Stokesley and Seamer is between Hilton and Stokesley. |
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17 August 1693 |
George Farndale the Younger died at the impressive
age of 91 at Loftus. |
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22 January 1697 |
William Farndale the Younger’s will was proved. |
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