William Fairfax 1531-1597

Paternal Family Tree: Fairfax

Around 1516 [his father] Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle [aged 18] and [his mother] Jane Palmes were married. They had at least eight sons and at least four daughters.

In or before 1531 William Fairfax was born to Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle [aged 32] and Jane Palmes.

In 1545 William Fairfax [aged 14] and Agnes Darcy [aged 23] were married. They were fifth cousins.

In 1558 William Fairfax [aged 27] was elected MP Boroughbridge.

Before 1570 [his father] Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle [aged 71] and Alice Harrington were married.

In 1570 [his father] Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle [aged 72] died. He was buried at the Church of the Holy Cross, Gilling East [Map].

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

Before 1574 [his wife] Agnes Darcy [aged 51] died.

Around 1574 [his son] Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax was born to William Fairfax [aged 43] and [his wife] Jane Stapleton [aged 16]. He married (1) 1594 his fifth cousin Katherine Constable and had issue (2) 1627 Mary Ford Viscountess Fairfax Lady Bamburgh.

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In 1577 William Fairfax [aged 46] was appointed High Sheriff of Yorkshire.

In 1594 Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax [aged 20] and Katherine Constable [aged 15] were married. They had six sons and five daughters. They were fifth cousins.

Around 1595 [his wife] Jane Stapleton [aged 37] died.

In 1597 William Fairfax [aged 66] was elected MP Yorkshire.

On 1st November 1597 William Fairfax [aged 66] died.

1875. Church of the Holy Cross, Gilling East [Map]. Memorial to member of the Fairfax family buried in the in or near the church, including:

[his father] Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle

Nicholas Fairfax

William Fairfax [Note. States 1595?]

Abigail Yate, wife of Charles Fairfax 5th Viscount Fairfax, daughter of John Yate 2nd Baronet.

Charles Fairfax 5th Viscount Fairfax

Charles Fairfax 6th Viscount Fairfax

William Fairfax 8th Viscount Fairfax

Ann Fairfax

Mary Fairfax Viscountess Fairfax, wife of Charles Gregory Fairfax 9th Viscount Fairfax, sister of Charles Fairfax 6th Viscount Fairfax.

Their last descendant Lavinia Fairfax [aged 73] of Gilling Castle, North Yorkshire [Map], onbly surviving child of Charles Gregory Fairfax place this memorial AD 1875, by which she also desires affectionately to commemorate others of her family buried here who have no memorial in this church, viz, her brother Henry Fairfax, died 1797, her sister Mary Anne Fairfax, died 1809 her grandfather Nathaniel Pigot, died 1804, and her aunt Elizabeth Goodricke died 1839.

Royal Ancestors of William Fairfax 1531-1597

Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 12 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 12 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Ancestors of William Fairfax 1531-1597

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fairfax

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Fairfax

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Fairfax

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Fairfax 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Neville 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alexander Neville 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Neville 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Eure

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Eure

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Aton

Grandfather: Thomas Fairfax 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

father: Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Gascoigne 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Gascoigne XII 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Gascoigne XIII 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Clarell of Aldwarke

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Clarell Lady of the Garter

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Gascoigne 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Neville 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary or Margery Ferrers Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Neville 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Grandmother: Anne Gascoigne 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Hotspur" Percy 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness Camoys Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

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

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Percy 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Poynings 4th Baron Poynings 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Poynings 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Grey Baroness Poynings 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Berkeley 4 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bettershorne

William Fairfax 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Palmes of Lindley

Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Palmes of Lindley 9 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Corbet 6 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Corbet 7 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vernon 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Corbet 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Windsor 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Blount Baroness Windsor 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Grandfather: Guy Palmes of Naburn 10 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Stephen Hadnall of Lancelevy

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Hadnall

mother: Jane Palmes 11 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England