'Fairfax01'
Index
links to: Lead / LetterFamilies covered: Fairfax of Askam (Askham), Fairfax of Elmley, Fairfax of Gilling Castle, Fairfax of Steeton Castle, Fairfax of Walton
'Fairfax01'Index
links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered:
Fairfax of Askam (Askham), Fairfax of Elmley, Fairfax of Gilling Castle, Fairfax of Steeton Castle, Fairfax
of Walton
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| Commoners reports that the family was originally named from the "Fair locks"of its members, frax meaning hair in the Saxon language of the ancestors who were established in Northumberland before the Norman conquest. The progenitor of this family, who moved to Yorkshire in 1205, was ... | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Fairfax of Askham or Askam (a 1205) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Fairfax of Askham or Askam (a 1216) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice (dau of Nicholas de Bugthorp) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Fairfax of Walton (a 1249, Bailiff of York) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary (relict ot Walter Flower) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Fairfax of Walton (a 1284) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Sezevaux (dau of Henry Sezevaux, Mayor of York) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Fairfax of Walton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Clare Scott (dau of William Scott by Constance, dau of Sir Roger Bruce of Walton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Fairfax of Walton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Malbie (dau of John Malbie or Malbysse of Malbie) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Fairfax of Walton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ellen (dau of John de Roucliffe of Roucliffe) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Thomas Fairfax of Walton (a 1360) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth de Etton (dau of Sir Ivo de Etton, lord of Gilling) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | William Fairfax of Walton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1392) Constance de Mauley (sister of Peter, 4th Lord Mauley) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Thomas Fairfax of Walton (d 1415) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Friston (sister of Richard Friston of Marston) | |||||||||||||||
| The pedigree reported by Visitation differs significantly to this point so we ignore it. The first mentioned by BP1934 was ... | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Richard Fairfax of Walton (a 1422, Chief Justice of England) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eustachia or Anastasia Carthorpe (dau of John Carthorpe of Carthorpe by Elizabeth, dau of Sir William Ergham) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | William Fairfax of Walton (d 1453) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Nevil (dau of Sir Humphrey Nevil of Thornton Bridge) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Sir Guy Fairfax of Steeton Castle (d 1495, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabel Ryther (dau of Sir William Ryther of Ryther) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | Sir William Fairfax of Steeton Castle and Bolton Percy (d 1514/1535, judge) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Manners (dau of Sir Robert Manners) | |||||||||||||||
| (((1))) | Sir William Fairfax of Steeton, Sheriff of Yorkshire (d 31.10.1558) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1518) Isabel Thwaits (dau of Thomas Thwaits or Thwayts of Denton Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| (((2))) | Elenor Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Pykerynge | |||||||||||||||
| (((3))) | Anne Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Normanvyle | |||||||||||||||
| (((4))) | Elsabeth Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Robert Uttreth | |||||||||||||||
| ((b)) | Thomas Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. Cicely Manners (dau of Sir Robert Manners) | |||||||||||||||
| ((c)) | Eleanor Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Miles Wilstrop of Wilstrop | |||||||||||||||
| ((d)) | Maud Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Waterton of Methley | |||||||||||||||
| ((e))+ | other issue - Guy, Nicholas | ||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | Margaret Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Crathorne | |||||||||||||||
| ((iv)) | Agnes Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Cawood | |||||||||||||||
| ((v))+ | other issue - Bryan, Richard, Sir Nicholas, Miles, Thomas (dsp), Ellen (prioress) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Elizabeth Fairfax apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas de Etton of Gilling | |||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | other issue - John, Margaret (prioress), Mary (nun), Alice (nun) | ||||||||||||||
(B) |
Anne Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Maston or Marton | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Claricia Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m1. William Palmes of Naburn | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir William Malbysse of Acaster | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue (dsp) - William, Bego | ||||||||||||||
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| William Fairfax of Walton (d 1453) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Nevil (dau of Sir Humphrey Nevil of Thornton Bridge) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Thomas Fairfax of Walton (d 1505) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Sherburne (dau of Sir Robert Sherburne of Stoneyhurst) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Thomas Fairfax of Walton (d 1520) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Gascoigne (dau of Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe by Margaret Percy) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Nicholas Fairfax of Walton and Gilling, Sheriff of Yorkshire (d 1570, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Alice Harrington (dau of Sir John Harrington) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Jane Palmes (dau of Guy Palmes of Lindley) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir William Fairfax of Walton and Gilling (a 1540, d 01.11.1597) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (sp) Agnes D'Arcy (dau of George D'Arcy, Lord of Menei) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Jane Stapleton (dau of Bryan Stapleton of Nottingham and Burton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Thomas Fairfax of Gilling Castle, Sheriff of Yorkshire, 1st Viscount of Elmley or Emmeley (b 1574, d 23.12.1636) | ||||||||||||||
| Both Commoners and BE1883 show Sir Thomas's marriages as 1st Mary Ford and 2nd Catherine Constable but TCP (Fairfax) shows them the other way round. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (1594) Catherine Constable (b c1579, dau of Sir Henry Constable of Burton Constable) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas Fairfax, 2nd Viscount of Elmley (b c1599, d 24.09.1641) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alathea Howard (d 03.09.1677, dau of Sir Philip Howard) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Fairfax, 3rd Viscount of Elmley (b 06.06.1620, d 1648) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Smith (d 06.1692, dau of Alexander Smith of Stutton) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Thomas Fairfax, 4th Viscount of Elmley (d infant 1650/1) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | William Fairfax (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Catherine Fairfax (d 20.03.1724) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Benjamin Mildmay, Lord FitzWalter (d 01.06.1679) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Charles Fairfax, 5th Viscount of Elmley (d 06.07.1711) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 18.03.1664) Abigail Yates (bur 29.05.1699, dau of Sir John Yates, 2nd Bart of Buckland) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Alathea Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c01.1676/7) William Widdrington, 3rd Lord of Blankney (b 1655/6, d 1694/5) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | John Fairfax of Gilling (d 1692) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Hungate (dau of Col. Francis (not Thomas) Hungate) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Nicholas Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Davison (dau of Sir Thomas Davison of Blackiston) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Nicholas Fairfax, (6th Viscount of Elmley) (d 26.02.1702/3) | ||||||||||||||
| Commoners and BE1883 suggest that Nicholas became the 6th Viscount but TCP (Fairfax of Emley) does not, presumably because he died before the 5th Viscount. We follow TCP and so, for later Viscounts, disagree with the numberings used by Commoners & BE1883. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Weld (dau of William Weld of Lulworth Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Charles Fairfax, 6th Viscount of Elmley (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Mary Fairfax (d 01.07.1741) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Charles Gregory Fairfax, 9th Viscount of Elmley (d 1741) below | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Charles Fairfax, 7th Viscount of Elmley (bpt 25.04.1665, d unm 06.01.1718/9) | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Alathea Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Forcer | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Catherine Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| Commoners and BE1883 (Fairfax) show the following marriages for this Catherine albeit the other way round. BE1883 (Ingram) reports that Sir Arthur's wife married Robert Stapylton and Sir Matthew Boynton before Sir Arthur. This appears to be confusion with Catherine's aunt Catherine below. Note that BE1883 (Ingram) did not mention her marriage to George Metham but did say that, after Sir Arthur died, she married a William Wickham. The dates found for George Metham suggest that (at least two of) the marriages were in the following order. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir Arthur Ingram of Temple Newham (Newsom) (d 04.07.1655) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. George Metham of Metham (b c1618, a 1665) | |||||||||||||||
| (vi)+ | other issue - Philip, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Henry Fairfax (d 04.04.1650) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Baker (dau of Henry Baker of Hurst) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Henry Fairfax of Hurst | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Frances Fairfax (d 31.07.1719) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1697) David Erskine, 4th Lord Cardross, 9th Earl of Buchan (bpt 03.01.1672, d 14.10.1745) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | other issue - John, Frances | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | William Fairfax of Lythe | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Cholmeley (dau of Marmaduke Cholmeley of Brandsby) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Charles Fairfax of York (dsps) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. ?? (widow of Charles Walmesley of Selby) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Charles Fairfax (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. ?? (widow of _ Middleton) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. ?? (widow of _ Mullins) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | William Fairfax, 8th Viscount of Elmley (d 11.1738) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Gerard (dau of Captain _ Gerard) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Charles Gregory Fairfax, 9th Viscount of Elmley (dspms 1741) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (17.09/11.1720) Elizabeth Clifford (d 25.4.1721, dau of Hugh, Lord Clifford) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Mary Fairfax (d 01.07.1741, dau of Nicholas Fairfax, '6th Viscount of Elmley') above | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Anne Fairfax of Gilling Castle (d unm 08.05.1793) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2))+ | 8 children (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Richard Fairfax (dsp by 1741) | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Alathea Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ralph Pigott of Whitton | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Nathaniel Pigott (d 1804) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anna Mathurina de Beriol (d 1792) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Charles Gregory Pigott, later Fairfax of Gilling Castle (2nd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Goodricke (sister of Sir Henry Goodricke, 2nd Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Nicholas Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabel Beck dau of Thomas Beck of Acton = Beckwith of Aikton) | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Jane Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. Cuthbert Morley | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Margaret Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Watkinson Payler | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir John Hotham | |||||||||||||||
| (G) | Catherine Fairfax (d 23.02.1666) | ||||||||||||||
| BE1883 (Ingram) appears to confuse this Catherine with her niece Catherine, above. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (11.06.1622) Robert Stapleton of Wighill (b 1601, d 11.03.1635) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (sp) Sir Matthew Boynton, Bart of Barmston (b 1591, d 1646-7) | |||||||||||||||
| (H) | Mary Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Layton of Estlayton (b 1597, bur 27.02.1651) | |||||||||||||||
| (I) | Dorothy Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m1. John Ingram (dsp) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Thomas Norcliffe of Langton or Huntingdon | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Dorothy Norcliffe | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Grimston of Grimston Garth (b 16.08.1640, d 05.08.1711) | |||||||||||||||
| (J)+ | other issue - Jordan, John | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (sp) Mary Ford (dau of Robert Ford of Butley Abbey) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Nicholas Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Hungate (dau of William Hungate of Saxton) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | George Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. (Frances) Salvin (dau of Sir Francis Salvin of Thorpsalvin and Newbigging) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Thomas Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Vaux | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Robert Fairfax 'of Pockthorpe' | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Spencer (dau of John Spencer of Yeringham) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Mary Fairfax probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Lamplugh | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Edward Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ursula Mordaunt (dau of John Mordaunt, 2nd Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Margaret Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Belasyse, Sheriff of Yorkshire (a 1574) | |||||||||||||||
| g. | Anne Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christopher de Frickley | |||||||||||||||
| h. | Ellenor Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Vavasor of Hazlewood (b 1538, dsp 1609) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Elizabeth Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Roos of Ingneythorp | |||||||||||||||
| j. | Mary Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Henry Curwen of Workington (d 1597) | |||||||||||||||
| j.+ | other issue - Cuthbert, Henry | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Margaret Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Sayer of Worsell | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Anne Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Haryington | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Dorothy Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Dawtry | |||||||||||||||
| v.+ | other issue - Thomas (dvpsp), Myles, William, Guy, Robert, Isabell, Elsabeth, Dorothy, Katherine | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Jane Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Richard Audburgh of Audburgh or Aldborough | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Dorothy Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christopher Nelson | |||||||||||||||
| D.+ | other issue - Sir William, Richard, Robert, Anne, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Mary Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| Commoners reports a daughter Mary as married to Thomas Gower of Sittenham but that appears to have been a different Mary Fairfax. | |||||||||||||||
Main sources:
(1) For upper section :
Commoners (vol ii, Fairfax of Gilling Castle), TSP (Fairfax), BP1934 (Fairfax) with a little input from Visitation (Yorkshire, 1563-4, Fairfax)
(2) For lower section : Commoners (vol ii, Fairfax of Gilling Castle), BE1883 (Fairfax) with a little input from Visitation (Yorkshire, 1563-4, Fairfax)
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