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