William Farndale
30 March 1760 (Baptised) to 5 March 1846
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A Farmer of Kilton and a merchant of
wood, rods, coals, salting bacon; a churchgoer. He pulled down Kilton Lodge to
build a new house.
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1760
William Farndale was baptised at Brotton on 30 March 1760, the son of John & Grace Farndale (FAR00143) (Brotton PR).
1789
William Farndale and Mary Farguson both of
this Chapelry were married in this Church (Brotton) by banns this 20th Day of September 1789 by J Parrington, Minister. Signed by William; Mary
made her mark in the presence of John Farndale and William Webster. William was
29. The wedding was at St Margaret's, Brotton. (Brotton
PR).
There was a Mary
Farguson, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Farguson, who was baptised at
Danby Whiske (north of Northallerton) on 27 March 1780. It is possible she was
baptised several years after she was born in which case this could have been
her. There are no other obvious candidates.
William and Mary had a family of eight, all born at Kilton and baptised at
Brotton.
1790
George Farndale (FAR00215) was baptised at
Brotton on 31 January 1790 (Brotton PR). It
is believed that he was born on 1 December 1789. George moved to Easby near
Richmond, and was looked after by his younger brothers following a provision in
William’s will.
1791
John Farndale was born at
Brotton and born on 15 August 1791 and
baptised on 9 October 1791 (FAR00217)
(Brotton PR). John became a prolific writer
and a merchant in Stockton.
1793
Two twins, William
Farndale (FAR00223) and
Matthew Farndale (FAR00225)
were baptised at Brotton on 3 November 1793
(Brotton PR). William died of typus fever in
1831. Matthew emigrated to Australia and founded a new line there.
1796
Mary Farndale was
baptised at Brotton on 9 October 1796 (FAR00232) (Brotton PR). Mary died at the age of twenty one
and is commemorated by a teapot given by a sea captain.
1798
Martin Farndale was
baptised at Brotton on 11 August 1798 (FAR00236) (Brotton PR). Martin took on the farm in Kilton
after William. He had various children of his brother John, including Charles,
living at Kilton at times. He farmed Kilton Hall Farm, and since he had no
children it was then John’s son Charles who then took over farming at Kilton
Hall Farm.
1801
Anna Farndale was
baptised at Brotton on 17 May 1801 (FAR00242) (Brotton PR). Anna married a farmer of Skelton.
1804
Elizabeth Farndale was
baptised at Brotton on 6 May 1804 (FAR00246) (Brotton PR). I have previously seen evidence which I cannot
now find, that her date of birth was 10 April 1804, which makes sense. Elizabeth died at the age
of eighteen.
William’s son in the writings of
John Farndale later wrote in ‘Kilton, this Ancient Hamlet of
Old
And now we come to our grandfather’s and father and mother, William and
Mary Farndale, and their seven children’s birth place; farmers and merchants of
wood, rods, coals, salting bacon; church people. And those premises are held by our youngest brother, held from generation
to generation this two hundred years. Springing
from this roof may be said to be forty Farndales of this last generation…..’
1798
William Farndale pulled down the old Kilton
Lodge, connected with the, by then, ruined Kilton Castle, to build the new
family home.
From the writings of John
Farndale, his son wrote in ‘Kilton, this Ancient Hamlet of Old
connected with the castle
is Kilton Lodge which my father pulled down to build a new
house.
William Farndale first appeared in the Kilton Overseer’s
Accounts in 1798 as follows: 1798:
Disbursements of Ralph Mitchell and William Farndale for the relief of the poor
of Kilton.
1799
William Farndale again
appeared in the Kilton Overseer’s Accounts in 1799 as
follows: 1799: Disbursements of Ralph Mitchell and William Farndale for the
relief of the poor of Kilton.
1800
From the writings of John Farndale,
John Farndale wrote in his booklet ‘ A Guide to
Saltburn by the Sea
At Cat Nab…..What
activity there was then at this place, when a vessel lay on the beach to be
loaded with rods, which were bought to the seaside in wagons accompanied by
eight or ten men under the suprintendence of my father, William Farndale,
well known to John Wharton Esq who by the sale of these rods received many
hundreds of pounds.
From the writings of John
Farndale, John Farndale wrote in his booklet, ‘The
History of Kilton
Then again I see old Cat
Nab, where I have seen piled up thousands of bundles
of rods for the northern pits. I can
imagine I see old William Farndale and his host of men and wagons loading with
rods the sloop, ‘The Two Brothers’ and after dining together at David
Latter’s little public house when perhaps another vessel appeared for the next
tide following and those chosen handymen failed not to be in time and on the
spot when all must be done before old Neptune came creeping round, but oft time
Billy and Farmer have been belly deep, yet the work must be done. This was in
Old Saltburn’s prosperity, when gin could be got for a penny a glass, real
Hollands. In former days there were seen oft times near Old Saltburn, two or
three luggers at a time laden with contraband goods and the song of the crews
used to be;
‘If ever we should the Scottish Coast hie, We’ll mak Capt
Oggleby, the King’s cutter fly.
From the writings of John Farndale,
in the Emigrant’s Return by John Farndale
Then passing down
Cattersty Creak, where many a cargo of smuggled goods have been delivered here,
is a very choice place. The last I remember in this place is that Tom Webster
strangled himself by carrying gin tubs round is neck. Once more I stand on Skinningrove
duffy sands, where I have seen it crowded with wood and corf rods for the
North by the said Wm and
John (FAR00143) Farndale.
But what crowds of horses, men, and waggons, when the gin ship appeared in
view. Our friends had no dealings with those Samaritan gin runners, yet
they had great dealings at Skinningrove seaport, oth in export and import, as
well as supplying the hall of F Easterby Esq., with corn, wheat, oats, beans,
butter, cheese, hams, potatoes &c, &c, and once, a year at Christmas – they balanced accounts, over a
bottle of Hollands gin, and after eulogising each other, the squire would rise
and say, “Johnny, when you are gone, there will never be such another Johnny
Farndale (FAR00143)”. Here
lived the King’s officer, in the high season of gin running, but I knew of few
captures; he wished to live and die in peace, and the revenue received little
from his services. Near Skinnngrove are the Lofthouse iron mines, Messrs
Pearse, lessees. Above is the grand iron bridge standing on twelve massive
pillars, 178 feet high, which spans the cavern from the Kilton Estate to
Liverton Estate, the first and grandest in all England. Lofthouse, and their
long famed alum works, which has been the support of Lofthouse for ages gone,
but now discontinued. How well I remember my school days when we faced all
weather through Kilton Woods, and how I respected my masters – the Rev Wm
Barrick, Mr Wm King, the great navigator, and Captain Napper, steward to the
works. The popular Midsummer Lofthouse fair was the only fair we children were
allowed to attend.
Before the new Victorian coast town of
Saltburn by the Sea was built, Old Saltburn
comprised a small fishing community around the mound known as Cat Nab. William
Farndale was a merchant, as well as a farmer, and used to trade corf rods, which would be loaded onto a sloop at Old
Saltburn.
In A Guide to Saltburn by the Sea and the Surrounding
District, With remarks on its picturesque scenery, Fifth Edition, Dedicated to
John Thomas Wharton Esq of Skelton, By John Farndale. Late of Skelton
Castle Farm, Darlington, Printed by Charles W Hird, 1864, John Farndale wrote
There was another
servant of my father’s, named Ralph Page, equally as singular as Willy
Swales. As Ralph was once busily ploughing, a French Privateer, threatening
land at Skinningrove, fired into the town. Those in the district who had
guns assembled on the cliffs and fired a volley in return. To intimidate the
enemy the women mustered strong and attired in red cloaks and shouldering
sticks, to represent a body of soldiers, they stood far away in the
distance. Ralph took little notice of the privateer, not bothering his head
either with the French or the English, only they let him be, when a young woman
passing in haste, cried out “Ralph, French is landing.”. Ralph, turning round,
with the greatest coolness replied, “Then run yam, and sup all’t cream,” and unconcerned
he ploughed away as though nothing was the matter. The next day the king’s
cutter arrived, and the privateer and her had an engagement, when the Frenchmen
were beaten and the vessel taken, to the great joy of the inhabitants of the
surrounding district.
William Farndale again
appeared in the Kilton Overseer’s Accounts in 1800 as
follows: 1800: Disbursements of Ralph Mitchell and William Farndale for the
relief of the poor of Kilton.
1802
In 1802 William Farndale again appeared in the Kilton
Overseer’s Accounts shown as paying £8 0s 8d and he was paid 3/6d for jornals.
1803
In the Return dated 5 October 1801 under the National Defence Act to list all those between
the ages of 15 and 60 capable of active service lists both William Farndale who
would be aged 43 and John Farndale who would be 53 (FAR00167).
In 1803 William Farndale
signed the Kilton Overseer’s Accounts along with
others.
In the Kilton Churchwarden’s Accounts; William Farndale first appeared in these
accounts in 1803 when, along with Matthew Young, he signed them.
1804
In a Skelton Estate Terrier dated 1804 William
Farndale is shown as a tenant of 110 acres. He was shown paying £125 rent.
In 1804 William Farndale
again signed the Kilton Overseer’s Accounts along with
others. He paid £11 5s 0d.
In the Kilton
Churchwarden’s Accounts; William Farndale in 1804, along with John
Farndale, donated 6/3d and signed the account.
1805
In 1805 the Kilton Overseer’s Accounts showed
William Farndale paid £15 0s 0d.
In the Kilton
Churchwarden’s Accounts; William Farndale in 1805, along with John Farndale, donated 9/4 1/2d and signed the
account.
1806
In 1806 the Kilton Overseer’s Accounts showed
William Farndale paid £12 10s 0d.
In the Kilton
Churchwarden’s Accounts; William Farndale in 1806 along with John
Farndale, donated 9/4 1/2d and signed the account.
1807
In 1807 the Kilton Overseer’s Accounts showed
William Farndale paid £11 5s 0d and he signed the accounts among others.
In the Kilton
Churchwarden’s Accounts; William Farndale in 1807, along with John
Farndale, donated 12/6d and signed the account.
1808
In 1808 the Kilton Overseer’s Accounts showed
William Farndale paid £11 5s 0d.
In the Kilton
Churchwarden’s Accounts; William Farndale in 1808, along with John
Farndale, donated 9/4 1/2d and signed the account.
1809
In 1809 the Kilton Overseer’s Accounts showed
William Farndale paid £11 5s 0d.
In the Kilton
Churchwarden’s Accounts; William Farndale in 1809, along with John
Farndale, donated 9/4 1/2d and signed the account.
The Terrier also records
the Kilton Farms of other tenants including Robert Folley, Robert Barker,
William Stephenson, Ralph Mitchell (see also record above in 1798 to 1800),
John Farndale (FAR00167)),
William Wood, William Bennison, which can be seen on the Kilton page.
So William’s
tenancy at Kilton comprised:
William Farndale Tenant
|
No |
Enclosure Name |
State in 1809 |
Quantity in a, r and p |
|
|
|
180 |
Homestead &c 0.0.12 |
|
|
|
|
|
181 |
Homestead &c 0.0.16 |
|
|
|
|
|
182 |
Garth 1.1.30 |
Pad |
1, 2, 18 |
yn |
1 4 2 |
|
183 |
Harry Duck Stank |
Pad |
8, 3, 32 |
yh |
8 1 1 |
|
162 |
Stank Head |
Oats Beans |
3, 3, 08 |
uu |
6 5 4 |
|
163 |
Ward Fence |
Oats |
8, 2, 16 |
uu |
14 3 9 |
|
176 |
Carter Fence |
Wheat |
4, -, - |
uo |
6 8 “ |
|
175 |
Fence |
Llea? Mea? |
6, -, 16 |
um |
9 3 “ |
|
190 |
High Pasture 8, 3, 16 |
|
|
|
|
|
189 |
Pond Close 1.3.30 |
Wheat |
10, 3, 06 |
uo |
17 5 2 |
|
188 |
Near Pasture |
Llea? Mea? |
4, 1, 12 |
uo |
6 10 4 |
|
187 |
House Stank |
Pasture |
4, 2, “ |
yt |
3 16 6 |
|
192 |
Stank Head |
Pasture |
3, 2, 08 |
oa |
4 5, 2 |
|
191 |
Stank Head Close |
Fall |
6, 1, 24 |
um |
9 12 “ |
|
219 |
Kilton Hill |
Wheat |
8, “, “ |
um |
12 “ “ |
|
93 |
Long Moor |
Pasture |
4, 2, 22 |
ou |
5 6 7 |
|
218 |
Ditto |
Fallow |
7, “, “ |
um |
10 10 “ |
|
216 |
Beck Close |
Llea? Mea? |
5, “, 12 |
un |
8 17 7 |
|
217 |
Square Close |
Tweat?? |
11, “, 16 |
oo |
16 1 10 |
|
215 |
Long Pasture |
Oats |
12, 2, 08 |
ua |
21 6 8 |
From the writings of
John Farndale, in the Emigrant’s Return by John
Farndale:
I see in the book recorded and registered in olden time, the names of
farmers who once occupied this great farm [at Kilton]
– R and W Jolly, M Young, R Mitchell; W Wood, J Harland, T Toas, J Readman, J
Farndale (FAR00177), S Farndale (perhaps Samuel Farndale, FAR00149), J and W Farndale (Perhaps
the brothers John Farndale FAR00167, and William Farndale),
all these tenants once occupied this great farm; now blended into one. I remember what a muster at the Kilton rent
days, twice a year, when dinner was provided for a quarter of a hundred tenants,
Brotton, Moorsholm, Stanghoe, those paid their rents at Kilton; and were indeed
belonging to the Kilton Court, kept here also, and the old matron proudly
provided a rich plum pudding and roast beef; and the steward also a jolly punch
bowl, for it was a pleasure to him to take the rents at Kilton, the day
before Skelton rent day.
There is more about the lives of tenant farmers.
1810
In 1810 the Kilton Overseer’s Accounts showed
William Farndale paid and the accounts were again made
out in his name with William Wood.
In the Kilton
Churchwarden’s Accounts; William Farndale in 1810 paid 11/8 1/2d and
signed the account.
1811
In 1811 the Kilton Overseer’s
Accounts showed William Farndale paid £14 1s 3d and the accounts
were again made out in his name with William Wood.
In the Kilton
Churchwarden’s Accounts; William Farndale in 1811 paid 19/6 1/4d.
1812
In April 1812 the Kilton Overseer’s
Accounts showed he paid 4/6d and again 2/6d for going to
Guisborough. In 1812 he signed the accounts.
In the Kilton
Churchwarden’s Accounts; William Farndale in 1812 he paid 15/7 1/2d.
1813
In 1813 the Kilton Overseer’s Accounts showed he
paid £11 14s 41/2d he also signed the accounts.
In the Kilton
Churchwarden’s Accounts; William Farndale in 1813 he paid 3/11d.
1814
In 1814 he signed the Kilton Overseer’s Accounts.
In the Kilton
Churchwarden’s Accounts; William Farndale in
1814 he paid 11/8 1/4d.
1815
From the writings of John
Farndale, in the Emigrant’s Return by
John Farndale:
On entering his
hospitable hall I said, “Sir, I am reminded of the battle of Waterloo,
when Wellington and Blucher with their lion-looking men accidentally met
pursuing the fugitive French, when those two great generals, with uncovered
heads, congratulated themselves and their victorious armies, and so may I you; your
father and mine almost in equal circumstances placed us in this world to
fight our passage through. If providence do point a demarcation and you follow,
all well, but if you cross the line of providence your case will not be like
the two generals, their’s were one equal interest – the salvation of their
country and themselves. I find yours have been on the defensive, mine on the
aggressive; you never left the citadel and therefore met no foe, but to the
contrary, I have battled the world round, and therefore often found in fierce
engagements with the foe. The contrast is widely different – peace on the one
hand and war n the other. But all are equal in the grave. And now I will
advertise what shall befall Kilton in those later days. Kilton will stand most
pre-eminently above all the villages around. In imagination even now I see
splendid terraces, standing in view of Lofthouse, Easington, Handale Abbey,
Liverton, and a hall exceeding far the former one; I see a parsonage house and
school house and cottages, many already, plantations, and a most splendid
agricultural homestead on the best modern plan. Good success to JT Wharton
Esq., of Skelton Princely Castle.
In 1815 the Kilton Overseer’s Accounts showed
William Farndale paid £14 1s 3d based on the sum of £187 10s 0d he is paid 5/-
for expenses.
In the Kilton
Churchwarden’s Accounts; William Farndale in 1815 he paid 2/4d.
1816
In 1816 the Kilton Overseer’s
Accounts showed William Farndale paid £14 1s 3d based on the sum
of £187 10s 0d he signed the accounts and is paid 5s for expenses.
In the Kilton
Churchwarden’s Accounts; William Farndale in 1816 he paid 2/4d.
1817
In 1817 the Kilton Overseer’s Accounts showed
William Farndale paid £17 3s 9d based on the sum of £187 10s 0d, he signed the
accounts.
He appeared to act as a trustee in the
bankruptcy of William Smith in 1817. On 8 February 1817, the Durham County
Advertiser: NOTICE TO CREDITORS. WHEREAS WILLIAM SMITH, of Colliery
Row, *, the county of Durham, has by
indenture, bearing the date to the 13th day of January just, assigned all his
estates and effects unto William Farndale, of Brotton, in the county of York,
farmer, and Matthew Royal, of * who, in the said county of Durham, gentlemen,
in trust, the equal benefit of such of the creditors of the said William Smith,
shall execute the said assignment within four months from the date here of.
Notice is hereby given, that the assignment is lodged at the office of Mr.
Duncan, solicitor, for the perusal and signature of such creditors if any
choose to accept of the provision thereby made, for the repayment of their
respective debts; And such creditors as shall neglect or refuse to execute the
set assignment within the period limited for that purpose, will be excluded all
benefit arising therefrom. All persons indebted to the said William Smith are
requested immediately to pay their respective debts to Mr. Duncan, who is
authorised by the trustees to receive the funds, otherwise actions will be
commenced for the recovery of such. Durham, January 30, 1817.
1818
In 1818 William Farndale
paid £14 1s 3d based on the sum of £187 10s 0d, he signed the accounts.
In the Skelton
Parish Church Warden’s accounts 1818 – 1825, 1818 assessment for bread
and wine expenses @ rate 10d per house and 6d per oxgang: William Farndale,
3 oxgangs……..3s (Skelton PR).
1819
In 1819 William Farndale paid £14 1s 3d based on the sum of £187 10s 0d he signed the accounts.
In the Kilton
Churchwarden’s Accounts; William Farndale in 1819 paid 15/7 1/2d.
In the Skelton
Parish Church Warden’s accounts 1818 – 1825, 1819 the cost of
plastering north side of parish Church @ rate 1 1/2d per £1: William
Farndale, 3 oxgangs ……9s 3d (Skelton PR).1820
In 1820 the accounts are again made out in his name with Ralph Robson.
Skelton Estate Account for the half Year, ending
Michaelmus 1820 states; Freeholders Tithes - Brotton; John Farndale (FAR00177): One Year due £2 7s 0d.
Paid. Tenants Names: William Farndale: Half Year due £225 0s 0d. Paid.
Tenants of Kilton; John Farndale (FAR00167),
Arrears due Ladyday 1820 £19. Half Year due Michaelmus 1820 £59 10s. Received
£65 10s. Arrears due, Michaelmus 1820 - £14 0s 0d. William Farndale, Half
Yearly due Michaelmus 1820 - £165 0s 0d, Paid.
In the Kilton Churchwarden’s Accounts;
William Farndale in 1820 paid 7/9 3/4d.
1820
In the Skelton
Parish Church Warden’s accounts 1818 – 1825, 1820 Assessments for bread
and wine @ 15d per house and 6d per oxgang: William Farndale, 3 oxgangs……2s
9d (Skelton PR).
1821
In 1821 William Farndale paid £14 1s 0d based on the sum of £187 10s 0d.- in
Oct he was paid 2/6d for straw for William Porritt’s house.
1821 2 April. By cash to
John Wharton Esq, part of John Farndale’s arrears, £5 0s 0d.
In the Skelton Parish Church Warden’s accounts 1818 –
1825, 1821 Assessments for bread and wine @ 15d per house and 6d per
oxgang: William Farndale, 3 oxgangs……2s 9d (Skelton PR).1822
In 1822 he signed the accounts.
In the Kilton
Churchwarden’s Accounts; William Farndale in 1822 paid 7/9 3/4d.
1822
In the Skelton
Parish Church Warden’s accounts 1818 – 1825, 1822 rates increased to 18d
per house and 8d per oxgang: William Farndale, 3 oxgangs…….4s 6d (Skelton
PR).
1823
In the Kilton
Churchwarden’s Accounts; William Farndale in 1823 paid £1 3s 5 1/2d
In the Skelton
Parish Church Warden’s accounts 1818 – 1825, 1823 Rates decreased to 12d
per house and 6d per oxgang: William Farndale, 4 oxgangs……3s (Skelton
PR).
1824
In 1824 he was paid 10/6d for shirts and he signed the accounts.
In the Skelton
Parish Church Warden’s accounts 1818 – 1825, 1824 Rates were 13d per
house and 8d per oxgang: William Farndale, with 4 oxgang….3s 9d (Skelton
PR). There are no further payments by William after 1824, but John
Farndale (FAR00217), his son,
by then at Skelton Barnes Farm, began payments.
1825
In the Kilton Churchwarden’s Accounts; William
Farndale in 1825 paid 15/7 1/2d and signed the account.
1827
In the Kilton Constables Account; William
Farndale is mentioned in 1827 as paying £3 2s 6d and he signed the account.
1828
In the Kilton
Constables Account; William Farndale is mentioned in 1828 and paid £4
13s 9d
1829
In the Kilton
Constables Account; William Farndale is mentioned in 1829 and paid £3
10s 3 3/4d
In the Kilton
Churchwarden’s Accounts; William Farndale in 1829 paid 7/9 3/4d.
1830
In the Kilton Constables
Account; William Farndale is mentioned in 1830 and paid £3 2s 6d
In the Kilton Churchwarden’s Accounts; William Farndale
in 1830 paid 7/9 3/4d.
1831
In the Kilton
Constables Account; William Farndale is mentioned in 1831 and paid £3 2s
6d
In the Kilton Churchwarden’s Accounts; William Farndale
in 1831 paid 15/7 1/2d. This is the last entry for the
Churchwarden’s Accounts.
1832
In the Kilton
Constables Account; William Farndale is mentioned in 1832 and paid £3
18s 1 1/2d. This is the last entry for the Kilton Constables Accounts.
1841
William was recorded as a farmer at Brotton in his
daughter Anna’s marriage certificate on 24 August 1841.
The Brotton Census
Returns 1841 show he was living at
Kilton. William Farndale, 80, Farmer born in county lived with his wife Mary
Farndale, 80, born in county; Anna Farndale, 35, born in county (FAR00242); Robert Farndale, 11,
born in county (FAR00307), son of William’s eldest son George Farndale (FAR00215).
1843
Mary Farndale
died, aged 81, at Brotton on 25 March 1843 (Death
Certificate).
Her grandson, Robert Farndale (FAR00307)
was in attendance at her death.
John Farndale, William’s
son wrote in his personal Memoirs 1876
Next was our dear mother
(Mary Farndale, nee Ferguson). She died in the Lord happy. Some days before she
died she had vision, ‘caught up in
rapture at the Gates of the new Jerusalem. At the last door she was to go home
and await her call.’ She died happy in her 83rd year. Then our dear father
(William Farndale) in his 84th year, also a praying man all his life long. He
also died in the faith.”
Mary, died happy
after a vision
1846
William Farndale aged 86, farmer, died at Seamer of Infirmities at
old age, on 5 March 1846. William Philips was present
at the death (Death Certificate).
William Farndale’s death
was registered Stokesley District on 7 March 1846. He was at Seamer when he
died, which is a small village northwest of Stokesley. He may have been looked
after by one of his children, probably Anna, as Anna’s husband, William Phillips
was a farmer of Seamer and he was present at the death.
Nevertheless William
Farndale was buried at St Peter, Brotton,
at his Kilton home, aged 86, on 9 March 1846. His gravestone at Brotton Churchyard reads:
Erected to the memory of
William Farndale who died March 5th 1846 years aged 86. Also Mary
Farndale his wife who died March 25th 1843 aged 82 years.’ (Mon R).
The Will of William Farndale read
This is the Last Will and
Testament of me William Farndale, late of Brotton in the County of York but now
of Seamer in the said County, Yeoman, made this first day of January One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Six. I direct my just debts and my funeral and
testamentary expenses to be paid by my executor and herinafter named out of any
part or parts of my personal estate.
I give and bequeath my
silver watch unto my Grandson Robert Farndale (FAR00307).
I give and bequeath unto
my son Matthew Farndale (FAR00225)
the sum of twenty pounds Upon Trust to layout and expend the same in clothing
to and for the use of my said Grandson Robert Farndale during his
apprenticeship at such times and in such manner as my said son the said
Matthew Farndale shall think proper and expedient.
And I give and bequeath
unto my sons John Farndale (FAR00217),
the said Matthew Farndale and Martin Farndale (FAR00236), the sum of One
Hundred pounds upon trust to apply the same, or any interest which may
arise therefrom in case my said three sons should place out or invest the said
sum of One Hundred pounds at interest in providing Board Lodging Clothing or
Medical attendance to and for my son George Farndale (FAR00215) at such times and in
such manner as my said three children shall think proper, provided always, and
I declare and direct that in case my said three sons, the said John Farndale,
Matthew Farndale and Martin Farndale shall think it expedient to lay out or
expend the said sum of One Hundred pounds in any other manner than is
hereinbefore mentioned, in favour of my said son George Farndale. I hereby
authorise and empower them so to do, it being my Will and intention that my
said three sons shall have the complete control, management and expenditure
of the said principal sum of One Hundred pounds and interest if any. And I
declare and direct that in case the said principal sum of One Hundred pounds
and interest, or any part or parts thereof shall not be expended by my
said three sons at the time of the decease of my said son George Farndale,
then, and in that case, I give and bequeath the same to the children of my
said son George Farndale to be divided equally between and amongst them.
I give and bequeath all
my ready money and money upon note and other securities and all other my
personal estate and effects of whatever nature or kind so ever (except my
silver watch which is hereinbefore bequeathed to my Grandson Robert Farndale), unto
my said son the said Matthew Farndale, his executors, administrators and
assigns upon trust to convert the same into money and after paying thereout my
just debts and funeral and testamentary expenses and the said sums of twenty
pounds and One Hundred pounds hereinbefore by me bequeathed upon trust to pay unto
my daughter Anna Philips (FAR00242)
the legacy or sum of Two Hundred and Fifty pounds at the expiration of
twelve calendar months next after my decease, with interest up to the payment
thereof after the rate of three pounds per cent per annum.
And as to the ultimate
residue or surplus of the money to arise and be produced from my said
personal estate and all my effects, I give and bequeath the same to my said
sons John Farndale, Matthew Farndale and Martin Farndale and my said daughter
Anna Philips equally to be divided between and amongst them, their
respective Executors, Administrators and Assigns. I appoint my said son the
said Matthew Farndale Sole Executor of this my Will and I give and
devise to the said Matthew Farndale his heirs and assigns all such real estates
as are now or shall ever be vested in me by way of mortgage, in order to enable
him and them with the greater ease and convenience to recover and get in the
money secured thereby for the purposes of this my Will.
And I give to the said
Matthew Farndale his heirs and assigns all such estates as are now vested in me
upon any trust or trusts, to hold the same to the said Matthew Farndale his
heirs and assigns upon the trusts affecting the same.
And I declare and direct
that my said trustees and Executor, their respective heirs and executors and
administrators shall not be charged or chargeable with or for any sum or sums
of money other than what they shall respectively actually receive by virtue of
the trusts in them hereby reposed and notwithstanding they or any of them shall
join in any receipt or receipts for the sake of conformity and that one of them
shall not be accountable for the others or other of them or for the acts,
receipts , neglects or defaults of the other of them and by no means for
involuntary losses they respectively shall and may retain and be allowed out of
the trust monies and premises, all reasonable costs and charges for their
journies, attendances and trouble in the execution of the trusts hereby in them
vested or in any way in relation thereto. And I hereby revoke all former Wills,
in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the day and year first
herein written.
Signed, Sealed, Published and Declared by the said Testator, William Farndale
as and for his Last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his
presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto
subscribed our names as Witnesses.
Signed William Farndale.
William Kirton. Elizabeth Wilkinson.
(Yorkshire Wills)
Probate Register, March
1847. William Farndale, formerly of Brotton but late of Seamer in Cleveland,
£450. York Prerogative and Exchequer Courts (Borthwick
Institute, Document reference vol.216, f.1001 April 1847, Index
reference 1845061847060097/1942).
1847
Samuel Okey paid bills in 1847 for collecting iron stone from
below the cliffs at Saltburn
and for gathering and leading stone and for horse hire as follows to: William
Farndale, 4 days at 7s = £1.8.0. William Farndale, 1 day at 5s = 5.0.
So he seems to have been working until shortly before his death since a
payment was due shortly after his death for his work on stone clearing.