Nicholas de Farndone

Nicholas de Farndone (sometimes written as Farindone or Farrington) was a 14th-century English merchant and politician who served four non-consecutive terms as Mayor of London.[1] He was born Nicholas le Fevre, son of Ralph le Fevre, but assumed the surname of Farndone after marrying the daughter and heiress of William de Farndone, a goldsmith and alderman.[2] Like William, Nicholas was a goldsmith.[3] Nicholas succeeded his father-in-law as alderman of the ward of Farringdon Within,[4] and was elected mayor in 1308, 1313, 1320, and 1323. During his second term, on behalf of King Edward II, Nicholas issued a ban of the game of football, ancestor to the modern games of soccer and rugby, ostensibly due to the noise and disturbance ("great evils") caused by the game.[5][6] Nicholas died in 1334, without male issue, and devised his aldermanry to Sir John de Pulteney, another mayor of London.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Lord Mayors of the City of London from 1189" (PDF). www.citybridgetrust.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Phillimore, W.P.W. "The London & Middlesex Notebook" pp.114 - 115
  3. ↑ "The London Goldsmiths" pg. 4
  4. ↑ Wheatley, Henry Benjamin, and Cunningham, Peter "London, Past and Present" pg. 31
  5. ↑ Birley, Derek "Sport and the Making of Britain" pg. 32
  6. ↑ Riley, Henry Thomas "Munimenta Gildhallae Londoniensis, Vol. 3" pp. 439 - 441
  7. ↑ Sharpe, Reginald R. "Calendar of Letter-books Preserved Among the Archives of the City of London at the Guildhall" pg. 94