Family and Education
b. by 1531, 1st s. of Sir Nicholas Fairfax by 1st w. m. (1) Agnes, da. of George, Lord Darcy, s.p.; (2) c.1572, Jane, da. and h. of Brian Stapleton of Burton Joyce, Notts., 1s. Thomas. Kntd. 21 July 1560. suc. fa. 30 Mar. 1571.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xix. 133-4, 192. The report of his marriage in May 1537 (LP Hen. VIII, xii) suggests an earlier date but this may have been only a childhood betrothal. Vis. Yorks. (Harl. Soc. xvi), 118; Glover’s Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 39; Gooder, Parlty. Rep. Yorks. ii. 37-38.
Offices Held
J.p. Yorks. (N. Riding) 1562 – d., (E. and W. Ridings) 1579 – d.; chief steward, former lands of St. Mary’s abbey, York and surveyor, Exchequer, Yorks. (N. Riding) 1571 – d.; member, council in the north Nov. 1577 – d.; commr. musters 1596.
Main residences: Gilling Castle; Walton, Yorks.
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Commons 1509-1558
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FAIRFAX, William (by 1531-7)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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