Paternal Family Tree: Fairfax
In 1545 [his father] William Fairfax [aged 14] and Agnes Darcy [aged 23] were married. They were fifth cousins.
On 27th April 1571 [his father] William Fairfax [aged 40] and [his mother] Jane Stapleton [aged 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 [aged 43] and Jane Stapleton [aged 16].
In 1590 Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax [aged 16] entered Caius College, Cambridge University.
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 mother] Jane Stapleton [aged 37] died.
On 1st November 1597 [his father] William Fairfax [aged 66] died.
Around 1599 [his son] Thomas Fairfax 2nd Viscount Fairfax was born to Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax [aged 25] and [his wife] Katherine Constable [aged 20]. He married in or before 1620 Alathea Howard Viscountess Fairfax and had issue.
In 1601 Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax [aged 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.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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In or before 1620 [his son] Thomas Fairfax 2nd Viscount Fairfax [aged 20] and [his daughter-in-law] Alathea Howard Viscountess Fairfax were married.
In 1621, 1624, 1625 and 1626 Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax [aged 47] was elected MP Hedon.
Around 1622 [his son] Henry Fairfax was born to Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax [aged 48] and [his wife] Katherine Constable [aged 43].
Around 1626 [his wife] Katherine Constable [aged 47] died.
In 1627 Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax [aged 53] and Mary Ford Viscountess Fairfax Lady Bamburgh were married.
In 1627 Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax [aged 53] was appointed High Sheriff of Yorkshire.
On 10th February 1629 Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax [aged 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 [aged 18] died unmarried. Baronet Bamburgh of Howsham in Yorkshire extinct.
On 23rd December 1636 Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax [aged 62] died. His son Thomas [aged 37] succeeded 2nd Viscount Fairfax of Emley in Tipperary. 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.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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[his son] William Fairfax of Lythe was born to Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax and Katherine Constable.
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 Godwinson: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 7 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 9 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 13 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fairfax
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Fairfax
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Fairfax 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Neville 
6 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Neville 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Eure
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Fairfax 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Grandfather: Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Gascoigne XII 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Gascoigne XIII 7 x Great Grandson 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 Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Neville 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Gascoigne 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Percy 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Poynings 
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
father: William Fairfax 6 x Great Grandson 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 Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Corbet 7 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Corbet 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Windsor 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Guy Palmes of Naburn 10 x Great Grandson 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 Granddaughter of King John of England
Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Grandfather: Brian Stapleton of Burton Joyce in Nottinghamshire 
mother: Jane Stapleton 11 x Great Granddaughter of King William I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Ros 
6 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Ros 7 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Middleton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Ros 8 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Ros 9 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland
Grandmother: Alice Ros 10 x Great Granddaughter of King William I of Scotland