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]
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- ↑ Phillimore, W.P.W. [1] "The London & Middlesex Notebook" pp.114 - 115
- ↑ [2] "The London Goldsmiths" pg. 4
- ↑ Wheatley, Henry Benjamin, and Cunningham, Peter [3] "London, Past and Present" pg. 31
- ↑ Birley, Derek [4] "Sport and the Making of Britain" pg. 32
- ↑ Riley, Henry Thomas [5] "Munimenta Gildhallae Londoniensis, Vol. 3" pp. 439 - 441
- ↑ Sharpe, Reginald R. [6] "Calendar of Letter-books Preserved Among the Archives of the City of London at the Guildhall" pg. 94
