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Biography of Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax 1574-1636

Paternal Family Tree: Fairfax

In 1545 [his father] William Fairfax (age 14) and Agnes Darcy (age 23) were married. They were fifth cousins.

On 27th April 1571 [his father] William Fairfax (age 40) and [his mother] Jane Stapleton (age 13) were married at Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire. The difference in their ages was 26 years.

Around 1574 Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax was born to William Fairfax (age 43) and Jane Stapleton (age 16).

In 1590 Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax (age 16) entered Caius College, Cambridge University.

In 1594 Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax (age 20) and Katherine Constable (age 15) were married. They had six sons and five daughters. They were fifth cousins.

Around 1595 [his mother] Jane Stapleton (age 37) died.

On 1st November 1597 [his father] William Fairfax (age 66) died.

Around 1599 [his son] Thomas Fairfax 2nd Viscount Fairfax was born to Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax (age 25) and [his wife] Katherine Constable (age 20).

In 1601 Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax (age 27) was elected MP Boroughbridge.

In or before 1606 William Bamburgh 1st Baronet and [his future wife] Mary Ford Viscountess Fairfax Lady Bamburgh were married.

In or before 1620 [his son] Thomas Fairfax 2nd Viscount Fairfax (age 20) and [his daughter-in-law] Alathea Howard Viscountess Fairfax were married.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1621, 1624, 1625 and 1626 Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax (age 47) was elected MP Hedon.

Around 1622 [his son] Henry Fairfax was born to Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax (age 48) and [his wife] Katherine Constable (age 43).

Around 1626 [his wife] Katherine Constable (age 47) died.

In 1627 Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax (age 53) and Mary Ford Viscountess Fairfax Lady Bamburgh were married.

In 1627 Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax (age 53) was appointed High Sheriff of Yorkshire.

On 10th February 1629 Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax (age 55) was created 1st Viscount Fairfax of Emley in Tipperary. [his wife] Mary Ford Viscountess Fairfax Lady Bamburgh by marriage Viscountess Fairfax of Emley in Tipperary.

On 12th December 1631 [his step-son] John Bamburgh 3rd Baronet (age 18) died unmarried. Baronet Bamburgh of Howsham in Yorkshire extinct.

On 23rd December 1636 Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax (age 62) died. His son [his son] Thomas (age 37) succeeded 2nd Viscount Fairfax of Emley in Tipperary. [his daughter-in-law] Alathea Howard Viscountess Fairfax by marriage Viscountess Fairfax of Emley in Tipperary.

On 22nd March 1639 [his former wife] Mary Ford Viscountess Fairfax Lady Bamburgh died.

[his son] William Fairfax of Lythe was born to Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax and Katherine Constable.

Royal Ancestors of Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax 1574-1636

Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax 1574-1636

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fairfax

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Fairfax

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Fairfax 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Neville 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Neville 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Eure

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Fairfax 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandFather: Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Gascoigne XII 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Gascoigne XIII 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Clarell Lady of the Garter

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Gascoigne 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Neville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Gascoigne 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Percy 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Poynings 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Father: William Fairfax 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Palmes of Lindley

Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Palmes of Lindley 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Corbet 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Corbet 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Windsor 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Guy Palmes of Naburn 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Stephen Hadnall of Lancelevy

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Hadnall

GrandMother: Jane Palmes 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Brian Stapleton of Burton Joyce in Nottinghamshire

Mother: Jane Stapleton

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Ros

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Ros

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Middleton

Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Ros

Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Ros

GrandMother: Alice Ros