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.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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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 [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.
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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[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