Robert Farendon
c 1395 to c
1460
FAR00044B
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Robert Farndale may have been a son of John de Farndale (FAR00048A), a veteran
soldier of the Scottish Wars in the 1380s and later a freeman butcher in York.
He may have been born in or about 1405. The spellings of his name in the
historic records mean that he may have been from a different family, but the
circumstances support his possible link to the Farndales of the York Line.
The evidence for the York Line of the Farndale family, which
supports Robert’s family linkage, is explored in another
webpage.
The Hundred Years
War in the 1430s
1434
John of Lancaster, Duke of
Bedford (1389 to 1435) was a medieval English prince, general, and statesman
who commanded England's armies in France during the Hundred Years' War. Henry
V's last wish had been that Bedford should be guardian of the kingdom and of
the young king. The protector took up Henry V's work of conquest, captured Meulan and other places, and sought to strengthen his
position by an alliance with Philip of Burgundy.
By late 1434, England's
ally Philip the Good, the Duke of Burgundy, began signing a series of truces
with the Armagnacs, leaving the English on their own. The siege of Saint-Denis
from late August to 4 October 1435 was the last act of cooperation between the
English and their Burgundian allies in the Hundred Years' War. The English did
not control Saint-Denis for long. By the time the town had been recovered, the
French had taken Meulan, which blocked the main
supply route from Paris to Normandy, further isolating the English forces in
the French capital.
Robert
Farendon was a man at arms at the Garrison of Meulan
under Sir Richard Merbury listed in the Counter Roll
of 29 March 1435 (Bibliothèque Nationale de France,
MS. Fr. 25772, no. 939).
1460
Robert
Farndale may have died in about 1460.