John de Farndale
c 1295 to c 1350
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1295
John might have been born in about 1295, the son of Walter de
Farndale of Cayton (FAR00014A).
1310
A number of local folk had taken draught beasts into
Pickering Forest in the reign of Edward III in 1310 or 1311, where the draught
animals were forbidden to wander. Some pasturages were
reserved for the use of the King where there was no right in common and here,
cattle were agisted at a fixed price, to be
paid to the bailiff. These sums were collected by the agisters, of whom there
were two in each ward, men of substance it seems by their assessments in the
Lay Subsidies.
Not the least of the profits
derived from the possession of a forest was that arising from the agistment of
cattle in waste grounds. (The Duchy of Lancaster Records, from the North Riding
Record Society, The Honour and Forest of Pickering, Edited by Robert
Bell Turton, Volume IV, 1897, page xxvii).
There
was a lengthy list of those individuals
from Farndale found by the agisters in about 1310 with their cattle in the
forests. Thomas Wake, the Lord of Liddell, whose tenants they
were, said the price had already been paid and the tenants should be discharged
of the matter. Amongst those fined were John (FAR00041B), son
of Walter of Farndale (FAR00014A) who had 4 oxen and one stirk, worth 17s 8d
agisted (North Riding Records
Yorks Volume III,
The Honour and Forest of Pickering, 1894, Edited Robert Bell Turton, page 61, The
Great Cowcher of the Duchy of Lancaster, The National Archives, DL42/1 Folio
273, 273v, DL 42/1/23/U64 folios 273 to 274v).
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October 1334
At a hearing on 3 October 1334, after Robert (WES00005),
son of Richard de Westgill of Farndale (WES00001) had trespassed and hunted in Pickering Forest, others
including William le Smyth of Farndale (FAR00037), John (FAR00041B), son of Walter
of the same (FAR00014A), John Alberd of the same (ALB00002), and Nicholas (FAR00041A),
son of Walter of the same (FAR00014A), mainperned (provided guarantees) for their appearance (The Great Cowcher of the Duchy of Lancaster, The National
Archives, DL42/1 Folio 228v, DL 42/1/23/U29 folios 228 to 229).
On 3 October 1334 Thomas Wake was
summoned to account for fines for straying animals at Middleton on an unknown
date. He claimed that the fines had already been paid. John de Farndale (FAR00041B) gave
his pledge in the matter. (The Great Cowcher of the Duchy of Lancaster, The National
Archives, DL42/1 Folio 314v).
Thomas Wake of Liddel (North Riding Records Yorks Volume
III,
The Honour and Forest of Pickering, 1894, Edited Robert Bell Turton, page
161) claimed
the right of having the fines in his court of escape of stranger's cattle, not agisted by the Earl, if taken by his officers within his
barony of Middleton before the Earl's foresters have made any capture or
attachment of them. He says that he and all his ancestors from time immemorial
while holding the barony have taken the fines in their court from such escapes
as appurtenant to the manor of Middleton. An inquiry is directed and the Jury
find that the right is limited to escapes found in the moors and woods only of
the barony and not in the arable land. The claim is therefore allowed as to the
former only and Thomas Wake is amerced for making too extensive a claim.
Afterwards Nicholas Repyngale, his attorney to
prosecute his claims, compounds for 6s 8d for his lord's amercement. Sureties, John de Farndale (FAR00041B) and Peter son of Gervais.
Then on 30 November 1336, before
Justices Richard de Willoughby and John de Hambury,
Thomas Wake of Lydell [Liddel] was fined 6s 8d for an amercement, which befell
on him for his false claim of buying and taking of all draught beasts taken
without agistment within his barony of Middleton on the evidence of John de
Farndale (FAR00041B) and
Peter, son of Gervase. (The Great Cowcher of the Duchy of Lancaster, The National
Archives, DL42/1 Folio 365v).
There are full
details of this hearing at another
webpage.
A number of individuals from Farndale were fined following prior
indictments for poaching in 1334 and not turning up at the Eyre. They paid bail
or had bail paid for them (North Riding Records, Volume IV by the North Yorkshire Record
Society, the Honour and Forest of Pickering, 1897, page 23, 28, and 34 not on line
but I have a physical copy).
|
Date of Hearing |
Notional date of Offence |
Payer |
Guarantor (malpernor) |
Poacher |
Amount of Fine |
|
3 October 1334 |
c 1320 |
John Alberd |
John Alberd |
2s |
There are further details
of these offences at another webpage.
2 December 1336
On 2 December 1336 fines received at Pickering before Sir Richard de Wylughby
and John Hainbury for payment of bail for poachers
included John de Farndale (Yorkshire Deeds).
John de Farndale
(FAR00041B), bail by him for poaching, given at Pickering before Richard de Wylughby and John de Hainbury on
Monday 2 December 1336 (Yorkshire Fees).
1350
John might have
lived to about 1350.