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The York Southcliffe Line
A medieval family from Southcliffe near York
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The Story of the York Southcliffe Line
The Will of Alice Farndale was proved in 1547 and this Line is deduced from the contents of her Will.
The genealogical chart showing the York Southcliffe Line
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Alice Farndale 1507? to 1547 Alice Pratt must have married a Farndale Southcliffe, near York |
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Simon ffarnedaill 1535? to 1600? Southcliffe, near York |
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Isabell ffarnedaill 1537? to 1607? Southcliffe, near York |
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Chronology of the York Southcliffe
Line
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About 1507 |
Alice Farndale was born.
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About 1535 |
Simon ffarnedaill, son
of Alice Farndale, was born. |
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About 1537 |
Isabell ffarnedaill, daughter of Alice Farndale, was born. |
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1 August 1547 |
The Will of Alice
Farndale (nee Pratt) of Southcliffe, near York was proved. (Since her
children were not of age, she was clearly not very old when she wrote her
will; at say 40, then she was born about 1507). ‘In the Name of God
Amen, the eleventh day of July 1547. I Alice Farndale of Southclif do make
and ordain this my last Will and Testament in a manner and form following.
First, I give my Soul to Almighty God, to Our Blessed Lady and All the
Ecclesiastical Company of Heaven and my body to be buried in the Churchyard
of North Cave. Item. I give to Jennet
Brightin a kerchief. Item. I give to Isabell
Brightin a veil. Item. I give to my mother
Agnes Pratt a violet gown. Item. I give to my
sister Isabell Prate(sic) a red kirtle (outer petticoat). Item. I give to Thomas
Brightin and to John Pratt (her brother, see later), to either of them a calf
of the best of my part. Item. I give to Jennet
Brightin a green kirtle. Item. I give to my
brother John Prate (sic) a stage (stag?) of the best of my parte. The residue of my goods,
my debts paid and my will fulfilled, I give to Symon
ffarnedale and to Isabel my children whom I make my executors. And further I
will that my brother John Prate(sic) shall have custody and keeping of my
said children’s portions bequest unto them by this my Testament unto they
come to lawful years of age when I will that the said portions go to the use
and profit of my brother John Pratt provided always that my brother John
Lonsdale and Laurence shall have the custody and keeping of my aforesaid
children, Simon ffarnedaill and Isabell as specified in their father’s
Testament (clearly he was dead). And also if my
aforesaid children depart before they become to their years of age, I will
that my brother John Pratt do give unto John Lonsdale and Laurence aforesaid,
a cowe of my parte. These witnesses, Symon Garthorne, Thomas Dean, Thomas
Stevyns and Sir Robert Barker, priest. Will proved on 1st
August in the year above given, written before Symon Garthorne and Master
Robert Barker, priest, witnesses to the Will and Commissioners before whom
administration was granted to John Prate, guardian of Simon and Isabelle
ffarnedale, minors.
South
Cliffe with North Cave to the south |
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