Johannes de Farndall
c1334 to c1405
A freeman of York in 1397 through
patrimony from his father
The webpage
of Johannis
de Farendale includes a chronology and reference to source material.
Nepotism
Johannes was
the son of Johannes
de Farnedale, and he was probably born in about 1330. At that time his
father was at Cropton at the south end of Rosedale, growing oats there. Then in 1336, his father took on a
substantial debt of £8 and it seems likely that the family moved to York soon afterwards where
his father set up a new business as a saddler.
Johannes was
made a freeman of York in 1397 when he might have been about 33. Freemanship of
York could be obtained by patrimony. Patrimony is when the children of a
Freeman claimed freedom of the City as their heritage. The Patrimony Admission
Register of Freemen of the City of York include Johannes de Farndall, fil.
Johannis de Farndall, sadler.
It seems
likely that Johannes was the father of John, Henry and William, who
were archers or men at arms in the Wars in Scotland in 1389. Johannes Fernedill
became a freeman butcher of York.
How
does Johannes de Farndall 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, Johannes de Farndall, was related to the thirteenth century
ancestors of the modern Farndale family, and was part of the
York Line. He was possibly the brother of William and Nicholas
who settled in Doncaster from whom the modern Farndales
might descend. |
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