Submitted by admin on
Family and Education
b. 29 Mar. 1584, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Fairfax I* and Ellen, da. of Robert Aske of Aughton, Yorks. educ. privately (Edward Fairfax); G. Inn 1602; vol. Dutch army 1602.GI Admiss.; HMC Hatfield, xii. 208, 320. m. (1) 1608, Mary (d. 2 June 1619), da. of Edmund, 3rd Bar. Sheffield, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 6da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 16 Oct. 1646, Rhoda (d. 11 Oct. 1686), da. and coh. of Thomas Chapman, Draper of Soper Lane, London and Wormley, Herts., wid. of Thomas Hussey† of Gonerby, Lincs., 1da. Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 188. Kntd. 30 Jan. 1608; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 144. suc. fa. as 2nd Bar. Fairfax of Cameron [S] 1 May 1640. C142/600/124. d. 14. Mar. 1648. Bodl. Add. A119, f. 27. sig. Fer[dinando] Fairfax.
Offices Held

J.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) by 1611–d.; W. Riding Q.S. Recs. ed. J. Lister (York Arch. Soc. rec. ser. liv), 2, 7. commr. sewers 1611, oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 1617 – d., subsidy, W. Riding 1621 – 22, 1624; Privy Seal loans 1625, composition for feudal tenures, N. parts 1626, Forced Loan, W. Riding 1626–7; Yorks. ERRO, DDBE/27/2; C181/2, f. 200; C212/22/20–23; SR, v. 83; C66/2384/2 (dorse); SP16/44/4; APC, 1626–7, p. 244. col., militia ft., Yorks. 1639–42; Bodl., Fairfax 31, ff. 133–4; HMC Cowper, ii. 228–9; HMC 9th Rep. ii. 432b. commr. Poll Tax, W. Riding 1641, assessment, 1642 – 44, Yorks. 1644 – d., sequestration, 1643, levying money, 1643, excise 1645, Northern Assoc. 1645; steward, honour of Pontefract, Yorks. 1645–d. SR, v. 150; A. and O. i. 91, 112, 148, 229–30, 544, 643–4, 705–6, 964–5, 1081–2; Historical Collections ed. J. Rushworth, v. 641; LJ, vii. 507.

Gen. Yorks. (parl.) 1642 – 45; gov. Hull, 1643 – 44, York 1644–5. Fairfax Corresp. ed. R. Bell, iii. 21, 51–2; Yorks. Arch. Soc. ms 735.

Commr. excise disputes 1645, scandalous offences 1646. A. and O. i. 691, 853.

Parlimentarian
FAIRFAX, Sir Ferdinando (1584-1648), of Denton and Nun Appleton, Yorks.
Main residences: Denton; Nun Appleton, Yorks.
Author
S.H.
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
Web Title

FAIRFAX, Sir Ferdinando (1584-1648)

Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image