 Once more in 1248, his health declined, and it was this illness that caused Farnham to seek a licence to resign his see from the pope.He resigned on 2 February 1249 and died in 1257.On his resignation, he had three manors assigned to him for his support, and it was at one of these, Stockton in County Durham, that he died, possibly on 31 July, which was the date his death was commemorated at Durham.