Robert
of Farndale
c
1300 to c 1360
The Medieval
Inhabitants of Farndale
Robert was outlawed for
hunting
FAR00012
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1300
If Robert was aged about 30 when he was outlawed in 1330, he might
have been born in about 1296, the son of Peter de Farndale (FAR00008).
The
family seem to have been in Rosedale in 1330.
In
1330, Richard Mosyn, of that part of Rossedale which
belongs to the Abbot of S. Mary's (i.e. Rosedale West), William Troten of Spaunton, Roger del Mulne of
Farndale, Robert (FAR00012) son of Peter (FAR00008) of Rossedale,
Walter Blackhous of Farndale (BLA00001),
went on a Monday in January to some unknown place within the forest and killed
a soar and slew a hart with bows and arrows. All are
outlawed. If we are right about his age, he was about sixty five by then.
A hart is a male deer and a soar is a sow or pig.
Outlaws of Flaskes
Robert Farndale (FAR00031) son of Simon
the miller of Farndale (FAR00021), and Robert Farndale (FAR00012) son of Peter of
Farndale (FAR00008), were fined for poaching at Pickering
Castle in 1332 Patent Rolls, North Riding Records, York, The
Honour and Forest of Pickering, Volume II, The Coucher
Book of the Duchy of Lancaster Records, page 66). Robert was outlawed with others for
killing a hart in the forest. On 24 September 1332, Robert Farndale (FAR00031) son of Simon (FAR00021) hunted a stag at Flaskes in Pickering
Forest.
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More
Poachers
Nicholas of Farndale (FAR00022),
gave bail for Roger (FAR00013A) son of
Gilbert of Farndale (FAR00018) who had been caught poaching in 1334 and 1335. Robert (FAR00031) son of Simon the miller of Farndale (FAR00021) and Robert (FAR00012), son of Peter of Farndale (FAR00008) were co-offenders.
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3
October 1334
At a hearing at Pickering before
Justices Richard Willoughby and John de Hambury on 3
October 1334, a long list of offenders including Robert (FAR00031), son of Simon of Farndale (FAR00021), Roger del Milne of Farndale (FAR00013A), Robert (FAR00012), son of Peter de Farndale (FAR00008), Walter Blachose (BLA00001), Ralph del Heued (HEU00002), were ordered for apprehension by the
sheriff by Easter 1335 (The Great
Cowcher of the Duchy of Lancaster, The National Archives, DL42/1 Folio 276v to
277v).
The Buck
and the Stag
On 2
January 1335, Roger the Miller of Farndale (FAR00013A), Robert (FAR00012), son of Peter of Farndale (FAR00008), Walter Blakhous
of Farndale (BLA00001), and Ralph de Heued
of Farndale (HEU00002) came into Pickering Forest at 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 they did their will.
They were ordered to appear at a hearing of the matter on 3 October 1334, but
although they were living in the country, they did not appear. Therefore the
sheriff was ordered to make them come. However the Sheriff failed to apprehend
them, since they had withdrawn into hiding, and so the search was continue
while meantime they were declared to be outlaws (The Great Cowcher of the Duchy of Lancaster, The National Archives,
DL42/1 Folio 222, DL 42/1/35/U9, Folio 221v to
223v).
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and research notes.
Poachers
Pleas were held at Pickering on Monday 13 March 1335, before Richard de Willoughby and John de
Hambury. A long list of names including Robert (FAR00031), son of Simon de Farndale (FAR00021), Roger del Milne of Farndale (FAR00013A), and Robert (FAR00012), son of Peter of Farndale (FAR00008) were convicted before the Justices on the evidence of
the foresters, verderers, and other officers. They did not appear, and the
Sheriff gave evidence that they could not be found and had nothing in his
bailiwick by means of which they could be attached. The sheriff was therefore
ordered to seize and secure them, so that he could produce them before the
Justices on Monday, 15 May 1335. There are records of further hearings in the
matter on 22 September 1337 and 29 March 1338 when they could still not be found.
At a hearing on 15 September 1338 the sheriff was ordered to search for
them from county to county and they were to be outlaws if they still failed to
appear. Were he to find them the sheriff was ordered to take steps in such a
way that he has their bodies here at this day to make satisfaction to the earl
about their redemption for trespasses of hunting whereof they are convicted
before the said justices by the foresters, verderers and other ministers. (North Riding Records Yorks Volume III, The Honour and Forest of Pickering, 1894, Edited Robert Bell
Turton, page 67, The National Archives DL 42/1/30/U1 (Folios 284v to
286), DL 42/1/31/U1 (Folios 286 to 287),
DL 42/1/32/U1):
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In a case
last heard on 3 October 1334, at a hearing at Pickering, again before Justices
Richard Willoughby and John de Hambury at Easter 1335,
a long list of offenders including Robert (FAR00031), son of
Simon of Farndale (FAR00021), Roger del Milne of Farndale (FAR00013A), Robert (FAR00012), son of Peter de Farndale (FAR00008), Walter Blachose (BLA00001), Ralph del Heued (HEU00002), had still not been apprehended and
were ordered for apprehension by the sheriff by the Tuesday three weeks after
Michaelmas 1335 (ie by Tuesday 17 October 1335)(The Great Cowcher of the Duchy of Lancaster, The National
Archives, DL42/1 Folio 277v to 278v).
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17 October 1335 and 10
February 1337
More
Poachers at Large
In a case
last heard in April 1335, at a hearing at Pickering, again before Justices
Richard Willoughby and John de Hambury at Easter
1335, a long list of offenders including Robert (FAR00031), son of Simon of Farndale (FAR00021), Roger del Milne of Farndale (FAR00013A), Robert (FAR00012), son of Peter de Farndale (FAR00008), Walter Blachose (BLA00001), Ralph del Heued (HEU00002), had still not been apprehended. As a
follow up, on 10 February 1337, the original judicial panel of Richard
Willoughby and John de Hambury were to be replaced by
the King by a new judicial panel comprising two of Richard de la Pole, Richard,
Robert de Hungerford and John de Hambury (The Great Cowcher of the Duchy of Lancaster, The National
Archives, DL42/1 Folio 279 to 280v).
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In a case last heard on 17 October 1335, at a
hearing at Pickering, before Justices John de Hambury
and Richard de la Pole on 13 February 1337, a long list of offenders including
Robert (FAR00031), son of Simon of Farndale (FAR00021), Roger
del Milne of Farndale (FAR00013A), Robert (FAR00012), son of Peter de Farndale (FAR00008), Walter Blachose (BLA00001), Ralph del Heued (HEU00002) had still not been apprehended. The
King ordered at Leicester on 1 October 1337 that a fresh writ be issued by
Monday next after the feast of St Andrew the Apostle (The feast is on 30
November) with an adjourned hearing to Wednesday next after Ascension (39 days
after Easter) 10 Edw. III (The Great Cowcher
of the Duchy of Lancaster, The National Archives, DL42/1 Folio 280v to 282).
See details and research notes.
In a case
last heard on 13 February 1337, at a hearing at Pickering, before Justices John
de Hambury and Richard de la Pole on 1 December 1337,
a long list of offenders including Robert (FAR00031), son of
Simon of Farndale (FAR00021), Roger del Milne of Farndale (FAR00013A), Robert (FAR00012), son
of Peter de Farndale (FAR00008), Walter Blachose (BLA00001), Ralph del Heued (HEU00002), had still
not been apprehended. (The Great Cowcher of the Duchy
of Lancaster, The National Archives, DL42/1 Folio 282 to 283v).
See details
and research notes.
In a case last
heard on 1 December 1337, at a hearing at Pickering, before Justices Richard
Willoughby and John de Hambury on 16 March 1338, a
long list of offenders including Robert (FAR00031), son of Simon of Farndale (FAR00021), Roger del Milne of Farndale (FAR00013A), Robert (FAR00012), son of Peter de Farndale (FAR00008), Walter Blachose (BLA00001), Ralph del Heued (HEU00002),
had still not been apprehended. (The
Great Cowcher of the Duchy of Lancaster, The National Archives, DL42/1 Folio
283v to 284v).
See details
and research notes.
21 September 1338
In a case
last heard on 16 March 1338, at a hearing at Pickering, before Justices Richard
Willoughby and John de Hambury on 21 or 28 September
1338, a long list of offenders including Robert (FAR00031), son of Simon of
Farndale (FAR00021), Roger del Milne of Farndale (FAR00013A), Robert (FAR00012), son of Peter de Farndale (FAR00008), Walter Blachose (BLA00001), Ralph del Heued (HEU00002), had still not been apprehended. (The Great Cowcher of the Duchy of Lancaster, The National
Archives, DL42/1 Folio 284v to 286).
See details
and research notes.
In a case
last heard in September 1338, at a hearing at Pickering, before Justices
Richard Willoughby and John de Hambury on 5 April
1339, a long list of offenders including Robert (FAR00031), son of Simon of Farndale (FAR00021), Roger del Milne of Farndale (FAR00013A), Robert (FAR00012), son of Peter de Farndale (FAR00008), Walter Blachose (BLA00001), Ralph del Heued
(HEU00002), had still not been apprehended. (The Great Cowcher of the Duchy of Lancaster, The National
Archives, DL42/1 Folio 286 to 287).
See details
and research notes.
In a case
last heard on 5 April 1339, at a hearing at Pickering, before Justices Richard
Willoughby and John de Hambury on 14 or 21 September
1339, a long list of offenders including Robert (FAR00031), son
of Simon of Farndale (FAR00021), Roger del Milne of Farndale (FAR00013A), Robert (FAR00012), son of Peter de Farndale (FAR00008), Walter Blachose (BLA00001), Ralph del Heued (HEU00002), had still not been apprehended.
Exacerbated at the lack of progress in apprehending the gang, the sheriff was
ordered to hunt for them from county to county and if they were still not
found, they were to be outlawed (The Great
Cowcher of the Duchy of Lancaster, The National Archives, DL42/1 Folio 287 to
289v).
See details and research notes.
Fugitive gangmember
Robert seems to have became an outlawed vagrant, who might have poached and
lived in the forest, escaping justice. If so, he seems to have been something
of a Robin Hood character, though we can’t tell whether he was a noble rogue or a
violent criminal.
1360
He might have
died in about 1360.
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How does Robert de Farndale relate to the modern
family? It is not possible to be accurate about the early family tree,
before the recording of births, marriages and deaths in parish records, but
we do have a lot of medieval material including important clues on
relationships between individuals. The matrix of the family before about 1550
is the most probable structure based on the available evidence. If it is accurate Robert de Farndale, was related
to the thirteenth century ancestors of the modern Farndale family, but not on
the direct line of ancestry of later Farndales. |