[2] He was born Nicholas le Fevre, son of Ralph le Fevre, but assumed the surname of Farndone after marrying Isabella, daughter and heiress of William de Farndone (died 1293-94), a London goldsmith and alderman.
[4] In 1293 he succeeded his father-in-law as alderman of the ward of Farringdon Within,[5] and was elected mayor in 1308, 1313, 1320, and 1323.
[6][7] He was elected Member of Parliament for the City of London, as one of the two aldermanic representatives, in 1312, 1313, 1320, and 1321.
[8] Nicholas died in 1334, without male issue, and devised his aldermanry to Sir John de Pulteney, then mayor of London.
The first was to Robert Convers, by whom she had issue Nicholas (de Farndon, died 1361) and Katherine.