Submitted by legacy on
Family and Education
b. 1498 /99, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Fairfax of Gilling Castle and Walton by Anne, da. of Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe. educ. M. Temple, adm. 7 Feb. 1521. m. (1) c.1516, Jane, da. of Guy Palmes of Naburn, at least 8s. inc. William at least 4da.; (2) Alice, da. of (Sir) John Harington I of Exton, Rutland, wid. of Richard Flower (d.1540) of Whitwell, Rutland and of Sir Henry Sutton of Averham, Notts. suc. fa. 1 Dec. 1520. Kntd. by Dec. 1530.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xix. 185-7. Biog. Studies (now Recusant Hist. ), iii. 75-84; Vis. Yorks. (Harl. Soc. xvi), 118; Vis. Rutland (Harl. Soc. iii), 30; Vis. Notts. (Harl. Soc. iv), 143; Gooder, Parlty. Rep. Yorks. 5-8; LP Hen. VIII, iv.
Offices Held

J.p. Yorks. (N. Riding) 1530 – d., (E. Riding) 1561, (E. and W. Ridings) and Cumb. 1569, special commr. peace, northern circuit 1540, 1561, 1564; sheriff, Yorks. 1531 – 32, 1544 – 45, 1561 – 62; commr. musters (N. Riding) 1539, 1569, benevolence 1544/45, chantries, Yorks. 1548, relief (E. W. and N. Ridings), York 1550, goods of churches and fraternities (N. Riding) 1553, for offences against Acts of Uniformity and Supremacy, province of York 1561; other commissions 1527 – 65; member, council in the north Feb. 1548 – Sept. 1553, May 1555 – d.; chief steward, former lands of St. Mary’s abbey, York June 1557.LP Hen. VIII, iv, x, xii-xv, xx; CPR, 1548–9, p. 136; 1550–3, p. 394; 1553, pp. 353–4, 361, 414; 1555–7, p. 387; 1560–3, pp. 170, 187; 1563–6, pp. 22, 123–4; 1566–9, p. 172; 1569–72, pp. 216, 223–4; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 336; R. R. Reid, King’s Council in the North, 492.

Parlimentarian
FAIRFAX, Sir Nicholas (1498/99-1571), of Gilling Castle and Walton, Yorks.
Main residences: Gilling Castle; Walton, Yorks.
Author
L.M.K.
A.D.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title

FAIRFAX, Sir Nicholas (1498/99-1571)

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Estates
Oxford 1644
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