A List of 'Ferthings', continued - J. (Justice) Ferthyng summoned John de Kyngeston to be at the next court at Aldgate, London in 1359. From The Cartulary of Holy Trinity Aldgate, ed. by Gerald A. J. Hodgett, (London: London Record Society, 1971), p. 24. - In 1361 William Ferting (sic) son of Adam, and Mabel his wife, daughter of Hamo Miller, endowed property to the convent of Boxley, Kent. From Exchequer, Augmentation Office, Calendar of Ancient Deeds - Series B, Part II, Vol. 101, (List and Index Society, 1974). - John Ferthyng witnessed a grant of land in Clopcote, Buckinghamshire in 1370. From The Boarstall Cartulary, by The Rev. H. E. Salter, M. A., (Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1930), p. 250. - In 1378 Willelmi (William) Ferthyng' provided Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March, with equipment and provisions on the Earl's peace mission to Scotland. The mission was a success and resulted in a peace treaty with England. From Household Accounts from Medieval England, Part I, Introduction Glossary Diet Accounts (i) , ed. by C. M. Woolgar, (Oxford University Press, 1992), p. 252, 256. - John Ferthing was appointed prior of St. Olave's Church in Suffolk by his patron Lord Edmund de la Pole, knight, in 1388. St. Olave refers to King Olav who was king of Norway from 1015 - 1030. He was the most widely celebrated Nordic saint. From Creeting Churches Project, Second Documentary Report, www.creetingchurches.org.uk/rep2.htm, downloaded 9/16/2001, p. 853. - In 1389 Thomas Ferthyng, vicar of Tollesbury in London, was presented by King Richard II to the church of St. Mildred, Canterbury. Now the king was a very volatile young man. He ordered that, if any man had any objections to his choice of Thomas for the position, he would be arrested immediately! From Calendar of Patent Rolls, Richard II, A.D. 1367-1400, (Nendeln/Liechtenstein: Kraus Reprint, 1971), p. 7, 123. - Robert Ferthyng is listed as a woolmonger and citizen of London in 1390. From Calendar of Patent Rolls, Richard II, A.D. 1367-1400, p. 478. - John Ferthing died in 1399 in Sussex. He held the position of Dean and his patron was the Prior and Convent of Ch. Ch. Canterbury. From Sussex Record Society, Volume XI, (London: published by the Society, 1910), p. 247. - The Dean of Salisbury visited John Ferthyng of Stratford near Old Salisbury Castle in Wiltshire in 1408 and 1412. From The Register of John Chandler Dean of Salisbury, ed. by T. C. B. Timmins, (Devizes, 1984), p. 88, 129. - John Ferthyng , of "Noculte", is listed in court papers in Surrey in 1424. John Piers claimed that John owed him 4 pounds. From Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VI A.D. 1422-1429, (Wendeln/Liechtenstein: Krauss Reprint, 1971), p. 154. - Roberti (Robert) Ferthyng is listed as one of the "Worthies of Essex" in 1433 under "The Names of the Gentry of this County" in The History of the Worthies of England, by Thomas Fuller, (New York: AMS Press, Inc., 1965 reprint of the 1840 London edition), p. 526. - William Ferthyng was sworn in as a "Master of divers Misteries" in 1440. He was a tapicer in London. Tapicers were makers of figured cloth or tapestries. From Calendar of Letter-Books of the City of London, Letter-Book K, ed. by Reginald R. Sharpe, D. C. L., (London: John Edward Francis, 1911), p. 257. - Reynold Ferthyng, a clerk in Suffolk, accused a man of trespassing in 1455. "Clerk" was used as a term for a religious figure holding a position in the Church. From Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VI A.D. 1422-1429, p. 191. - John Ferthyng was an attorney in Sutton, Essex in 1456. From Exchequer, Augmentation Office, Calendar of Ancient Deeds. Series B, Part II, Volume 101, (List & Index Society, 1974), B. 4894. - In 1456 Johannes (John) Ferthyng was the master of the ship Mary of Newcastle. On March 20th he departed Newcastle with a huge cargo of wool bound for the continent. From The Customs Accounts of Newcastle Upon Tyne 1454-1500, ed. by J. F. Wade, (Gateshead: Athenaeum Press Ltd., 1995), p. 34-5. - In 1515 King Henry VIII pardoned Rob. (Robert) Ferthing and 24 other soldiers stationed in Tournay, Belgium for some unknown offense. From Calendar of Patent Rolls, 7 Henry III, p. 392. - In 1520 Thomas Ferdyng, gentleman of King Henry VIII's Chapel Royal, received a tenement and a garden in Kent from the King. The grant included Thomas' heirs "forever". Thomas' name was also spelled "Fardyng", "Farding", and "Farthyng". In 1521 his death notice spelled his name "Farthing". Thomas Farthing was one of King Henry VIII's favorite choir masters and composers, and the king kept him well-attired with violet-colored gowns and black velvet coats. Unfortunately, most of Thomas Farthing's compositions have been lost, but a few have survived. From Calendar of Patent Rolls. - 1545 - Farthegn's Tun, the Northamptonshire village named after the Viking chieftain Farthegn, was called Ferthingston. This is more proof that Farthegn could be changed to Ferthing and remain that way for hundreds of years. As Farthegn's Tun evolved into Ferthingston and then into the Farthingstone that we know today, the surname Farthegn underwent the same transformation: from Farthegn to Ferthing to Farthing. From Calendar of Patent Rolls for Henry VIII, p. 230. Previous Page......Next Page