Family and Education
b. 1498 /9, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Fairfax of Walton by Agnes or Anne, da. of Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe. educ. M. Temple 1521. m. (1) c. 1516, Jane, da. of Guy Palmes of Naburn, at least 8s. inc. Sir William, at least 4da.; (2) Alice, da. of Sir John Harington of Exton, Rutland, wid. of Richard Flower of Whitwell, Rutland, and of Sir Henry Sutton of Averham, Notts. suc. fa. 1 Dec. 1520. Kntd. by Dec. 1530.Vis. Yorks. (Harl. Soc, xvi), 118; Gooder, Parl. Rep. Yorks. ii. 5-6; LP Hen. VIII, iv. g. 6803(12).
Offices Held
J.p. Yorks. (N. Riding) by Dec. 1530, (E. Riding) 1561, (E. and W. Ridings) and Cumb. 1569; member of special commissions of the peace 1540, 1561, 1564; sheriff, Yorks. 1531 – 32, 1544 – 45, 1561 – 62; commr. musters 1539, 1569; member, council in the north Feb. 1548 – Sept. 1569, from May 1555; commr. for church goods 1548, 1553; chief steward of lands late of St. Mary’s abbey, York 1557; commr. to inquire into offences against the Acts of Uniformity and Supremacy 1561.
Main residences: Gilling Castle; Walton, Yorks.
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Commons 1558-1603
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FAIRFAX, Sir Nicholas (1498/9-1571)
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Oxford 1644
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