Nicholas Faringdon
Nicholas Faringdon Mayor
(fl. 1308-61)
Mayor of London
1308-1309, 1313-1314, and 1320-1324. Member of the Goldsmiths’
Company. Principle owner of Farringdon Ward. Son of
William Faringdon. Helped prisoners escape the Conduit upon Cornhill in 1299. Buried at St. Peter, Westcheap.