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William Smyth of Farndale 1328 to 1398?
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1328
If
William was 20 at the time of the poaching incident, then he might have been
born in about 1328.
From
the Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III AD 1345 to
1348, 21 Edward III – Part III, page 472: Jan 17, Westminster. Commission
of Oyer and terminer to Henry de Percy, Thomas de Rokeby, William Basset,
William Malbys, William de Broclesby,
Thomas de Fencotes and Thomas de Seton, on complaint
by the same Peter that Edmund de Hastynges …. William
Smyth of Farndale the younger … broke his park at Egton, Co York, hunted
therein, carried away his goods with deer from the park and assaulted his men
and servants, whereby he lost their service for a great time. By fine of 1 mark.
There is also a reference to Richard Ruttok of Farendale in
the long list of names.
So on 17 January 1348 at Westminster, there was a commission
of oyer and terminer to a long list of names including William Smyth of
Farndale the younger and Richard Ruttok of Farendale for breaking in to the
park at Egton, hunting and carrying away the property of the owner with deer,
and for assaulting the owner’s men and servants causing their inability to work
for a long time, for which the werefined 1 mark.
1398
If William lived to the
age of about 70, he might have lived to about 1398.