Nicholas
de Farndale the Younger
c 1296
to c 1350
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1296
Nicholas might have been born in about 1296, the son of Walter de
Farndale of Cayton (FAR00014A).
13 March 1334
A hearing of the itinerant Eyre Court (FAR00015B),
picking up cases from several decades previously, took place at Pickering on 3
October 1334 (The Duchy of Lancaster Records, from the North Riding
Record Society, The Honour and Forest of Pickering, Edited by Robert
Bell Turton, Volume IV, 1897, page xiii).
John (WES00004),
son of Richard de Westgille of Farndale (WES00001) had trespassed and hunted in Pickering Forest, others
including William le Smyth of Farndale (FAR00037), Richard de Westgill (WES00001),
John le Shepherd of Farndale (FAR00010), John Alberd
of the same (ALB00002), Nicholas (FAR00041A), son of Walter of the same (FAR00014A), John del Heued of the same (HEU00001), and Robert de Westgill (WES00005) mainperned (provided guarantees) for their
appearance (The Great Cowcher of the Duchy
of Lancaster, The National Archives, DL42/1 Folio 228v).
The offence was clearly many years before as one or more
of the mainpernors had died.
Similarly, Robert (WES00005),
son of Richard de Westgill of Farndale (WES00001) had trespassed and hunted in Pickering Forest, others
including William
le Smyth of Farndale (FAR00037), John (FAR00041B), son of Walter of the same (FAR00014A), John Alberd of the
same (ALB00002), and Nicholas (FAR00041A), son
of Walter of the same (FAR00014A), mainperned (provided guarantees) for their
appearance (The Great Cowcher of the Duchy
of Lancaster, The National Archives, DL42/1 Folio 228v, DL 42/1/23/U29 folios 228 to 229).
Under medieval forest law, mainpernors
were individuals who acted as guarantors for others, ensuring they appeared in
court to answer for alleged offenses against forest law. These offenses
primarily involved the king's hunting rights and the protection of forest
resources like timber and vegetation. Mainpernors
essentially vouched for the accused's future appearance in court, preventing
them from fleeing justice within the forest jurisdiction.
There are full
details of this hearing at another
webpage.
A number of individuals from Farndale were fined following prior
indictments for poaching in 1334 and not turning up at the Eyre. They paid bail
or had bail paid for them (North Riding Records, Volume IV by the North
Yorkshire Record Society, the Honour and Forest of Pickering, 1897, page 23, 28, and 34 not on line
but I have a physical copy).
|
Date of Hearing |
Notional date of Offence |
Payer |
Guarantor (malpernor) |
Poacher |
Amount of Fine |
|
3 October 1334 |
c 1319 |
Nicholas de Farndale (FAR00041A) |
John son of
Richard de Westgill (WES00004 ) |
Robert Westgyll (WES00005) |
3s 4d |
|
3 October 1334 |
c 1319 |
Nicholas de Farndale (FAR00041A) |
Nicholas de Farndale (FAR00041A) |
William the Smith
of Farndale (FAR00037) |
2s |
There are further details of these offences at another
webpage.
Nicholas of Farndale, gave bail for Roger (FAR00013A) son of Gilbert
of Farndale (FAR00018) who had been caught poaching in 1334 and 1335. (The Duchy of Lancaster Records, from the North Riding
Record Society, The Honour and Forest of Pickering, Edited by Robert
Bell Turton, Volume IV, 1897).
1350
If Nicholas lived to about 70, he might have lived to about 1350.