FAIRFAX, Sir Thomas II (1576-1636), of Walton and Gilling Castle, nr. Malton, Yorks.

Family and Education

bap. 5 Feb. 1576,H. Aveling, ‘Catholic Recusancy of the Yorks. Fairfaxes’, Biog. Studs. iii. 87; C142/254/5; N. Yorks. RO, Gilling par. reg. transcript. o.s. of Sir William Fairfax† of Gilling Castle and Walton and 2nd w. Jane, da. and h. of Brian Stapleton of Burton Joyce, Notts. Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 39. educ. privately at Gilling; Caius, Camb. 1590. Al. Cant. m. (1) settlement 17 June 1594 (with £1,000), Yorks. ERRO, DDCC/133/10, 96-100. Catherine (d.1626), da. of Sir Henry Constable* of Burton Constable, Yorks., 7s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da.; Vis. Yorks. 39; N. Yorks. RO, Gilling par. reg. transcript. (2) settlement 1 Jan. 1627, Aveling, ‘Fairfaxes’, 112-13 (n. 74). Mary, da. of Sir Robert Ford of Butley, Suff., wid. of Sir William Bamburgh, 1st bt. of Howsham, Yorks., s.p. suc. fa. 1597; C142/254/5; 142/255/127. Kntd. 17 Apr. 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 101. cr. Visct. Fairfax of Emley [Ire.] 10 Jan. 1629. CP. d. 23 Dec. 1636. C142/554/74. sig. Tho[mas] Fairfax.

Offices Held

Capt. militia ft. Yorks. (N. Riding) 1599, col. by c.1635; Add. 28082, f. 80v; Add. 36293, ff. 31–2. j.p. N. Riding, c. 1599 – 1629, 1633 – d., E. Riding 1628–9; C231/4, f. 225v; C231/5, pp. 13, 103. member, Council in the North 1603 – d., v.-pres. by 1609-at least 1623; R. Reid, Council in the North, 497; HMC Var. ii. 111; C2/Jas.I/F4/59. commr. sewers, N. Riding by 1604 – d., W. Riding by 1623 – at least28, swans, Yorks. by 1605 – d., oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 1624 – 29, subsidy, N. Riding 1624; C181/1, ff. 161, 201; C181/3, ff. 85, 110, 249, 262; C181/4, ff. 114, 121; C212/22/23. sheriff, Yorks. 1627–8; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 163. dep. lt. N. Riding 1633. CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 541.

Parlimentarian

FAIRFAX, Sir Thomas II (1576-1636), of Walton and Gilling Castle, nr. Malton, Yorks.

Main residences: Walton; Gilling Castle, nr. Malton, Yorks.

Author

S.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

FAIRFAX, Sir Thomas II (1576-1636)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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Religion

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