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A constable in Loftus and a freeholder, sharing for some time with his youngest brother |
William Farndale
FAR00152
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1739
William Farndale was
baptised at Skelton on 3
January 1739, the son of William
Farndale (FAR00123) (Brotton PR).
1761
William Farndale married Hannah Toes both
of Lythe Parish at Lythe Parish Church, by Banns on 14 Apr 1761 (Lythe PR). The witnesses were William Toes and
John Stangoe. He would be 22 years old
1763
Mary Farndale, daughter of William and Hannah Farndale of
Barnby was baptised at Lythe Parish Church 28 January 1763 (FAR00186) (Barnby PR).
1764
Mary
Farndale died on 7 October 1764.
1765
Mary Farndale daughter of William and Hannah Farndale of
Barnaby was baptised at Lythe in January 1765 (FAR00190) (Lythe PR).
1767
Hannah Farndale, daughter of William Farndale of Loftus, was baptised at Loftus on 14 September 1767 (FAR00191) (Loftus PR).
1770
William Farndale, son of William Farndale of Loftus, was baptised on 12 August 1770 (FAR00194) (Loftus PR).
1771
William
Farndale died on 24 September 1771.
1772
John Farndale, son of William Farndale of Loftus, was baptised on 27 October 1772 (FAR00196) (Loftus PR).
1781
Loftus Manorial Papers: Court Leet: 1781. ‘At this
Court Leet William Farndale was elected and sworn as
Constable for the year for South and North Loftus.’
Watchmen and
Constables
Law enforcement and policing during the 1500's, and earlier,
were not administrated nationally, instead they were organised by local
communities such as town authorities. Within local areas, a constable could
be attested by two or more Justices of the Peace, a procedure that some
sources say had its roots in an Act of the Parliament of England of 1673. From
the 1730s, local improvement Acts made by town authorities often
included provision for paid watchmen or constables to patrol
towns at night, while rural areas had to rely on more informal
arrangements.
In 1737, an Act of Parliament was passed "for better
regulating the Night Watch" of the City of London which
specified the number of paid constables that should be on duty each
night. Henry Fielding established the Bow Street Runners in 1749; between 1754
and 1780, Sir John Fielding reorganised Bow Street
like a police station, with a team of efficient, paid constables.
Freeholders and
Tenants - South and North Loftus:
William and his brother, John Farndale (FAR00168)
were freeholders in South Loftus.
1790
William and John Farndale (FAR00168)
were freeholders in Loftus.
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William and John Farndale (FAR00168)
were tenants in North Loftus.
1801
Hannah Farndale,
aged 69, was buried at Loftus on 29 Dec 1801. Thus she
was born in 1732 and was older than her husband. She would have been 29 at her
wedding (Loftus PR).
1803
In 1803, John Farndale
(FAR00168)
was a tenant in North Loftus.
William was the eldest brother, and John
the youngest (fifth). It seems that William and John Farndale lived in South Loftus
from 1778 to 1790 as freeholders. William was no longer there in 1803. He died
in 1813. John seems to have bought property in 1817 Loftus and is shown as a
freeholder from 1817 to 1830. His name is crossed out in 1830 when must have
left.
1813
William Farndale, of
Lofthouse, aged 75, was buried
at Loftus on 19 June 1813 (Loftus PR & IGI).