James Farndale
1630 to 22 October 1682 (buried)
FAR00080
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1630
James Farndale,
son of William Farndale (FAR00071)
was born in 1630 at Skelton (Father's will at FAR00071).
1654
James Farndale,
married Isabell ?? at Skelton or Liverton
in 1654 (Skelton PR).
1655
Robert Farndale (FAR00094),
son of James Farndale, was born in Moorsome on
14 April 1655 (Liverton PR and Liverton BTs).
1660
James ffarnedail, had one hearth at Moorsome in 1660 (Hearth
Tax Returns).
The
Hearth Tax was introduced in England and Wales by the government of Charles II
in 1662 at a time of serious economic need. Although it only lasted 26 years,
it had a major impact on our ancestors.
The
Act decreed that householders who paid more than 20 shillings a year in rent
had to pay two shillings per year for each fire, hearth and stove within the
property, about £153 per year in today’s money. A payment of one shilling per
hearth was collected twice yearly, at Michaelmas (29 September) and Lady Day
(25 March), starting at Michaelmas 1662.
1663
James ffarndale, had one
hearth at Moorsome
in 1663 (Hearth Tax Returns).
1673
James farndale, hath one hearth at Moorsome in 1673 (Hearth Tax Returns).
1672
Isabell Farndale, wife of James Farndale, was
buried at Liverton 19 April 1672 (Liverton PR). She would have been aged
about 40.
1674
James ffarnedale, hath
one hearth in Moorsome
in 1674 (Hearth Tax Returns).
1675
Guideon
Farndale (FAR00098), son of
James and Isabell Farndale, was born at Liverton
on 29 February 1675 (Liverton PR and Liverton BTs).
1678
There was a James
Farndale who died and was buried at Liverton on 26 August 1678 (Liverton PR, Teeside Archives
PR/LIV 1/1) – this could have been another son who died young. It wasn’t
the older James who continued to live at Moorsholm until he died in 1682.
1680
James ffarndail, hath
one hearth in Moorsome
in 1680 (Hearth Tax Returns).
1682
James Farndale was buried at Skelton on 22 October 1682 (Skelton PR).
