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Sir Thomas Fairfax 1450–1505 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 Mar 1450

Birth Location: Walton Gilling Castle, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 31 Mar 1505

Death Location: Walton Gilling Castle, Yorkshire, England

Father: William Fairfax

Mother: Catherine Neville

Spouse(s): Lady Sherburne

Children(s): Sir Fairfax, Margaret Fairfax

Sir Thomas Fairfax was born in 1450 in Walton Gilling Castle, Yorkshire, England, the child of William Fairfax And Catherine Neville. Sir Thomas Fairfax married Lady Elizabeth Sherburne, and had children including Margaret Fairfax, Sir Thomas Fairfax. Sir Thomas Fairfax passed away in 1505 in Walton Gilling Castle, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Thomas Fairfax was born in 1450 in Walton Gilling Castle, Yorkshire, England, the child of William Fairfax And Catherine Neville.
  • Sir Thomas Fairfax married Lady Elizabeth Sherburne, and had children including Margaret Fairfax, Sir Thomas Fairfax.
  • Sir Thomas Fairfax passed away in 1505 in Walton Gilling Castle, Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Fairfax
1405–1453
Birth Location: Steeton, Bradford, Yorkshire, England
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Catherine Neville
1428–1453
Birth Location: Thornton, Yorkshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Lady Sherburne
1456–1505
Birth Location: Stonyhurst, Lanchashire, England
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Children(s)

Sir Fairfax
1470–1520
Birth Location: Gilling Castle, Yorkshire, England
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Margaret Fairfax
1476–1525
Birth Location: Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England
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Sir Fairfax's Ancestors

Self
Sir Fairfax
1450–1505
Birth Place: Walton Gilling Castle, Yorkshire, England
Parents
William Fairfax
1405–1453
Steeton, Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Catherine Neville
1428–1453
Thornton, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Richard) Fairfax
1390–1432
Steeton, Yorkshire, England
Eustachia (Anastasia) Calthorpe
1380–1432
Carthorpe, Yorkshire, England
Sir (Alexander) Neville
1382–1457
Raby Castle, Durham, England
Katherine Eure
1400–1459
Witton Castle, Durham, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Fairfax
1394–1415
Margaret Malbis
1370–1385
JOHN +
1354–
Elizabeth Ergham
1354–1383
Alexander Neville
1359–1420
Margery Ledes
1362–1425
Ralph *
1350–1422
Catherine Aton
1367–1422
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Eure
1305–1366
Margaret Grey
1314–1378
William Aton
1299–1389
Isabel Percy
1326–1368

Sir Fairfax's Descendants

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Sir (Thomas) Fairfax (31 Mar 1450–31 Mar 1505) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Sherburne (1456–31 Mar 1505)
  1. 1. Sir (Thomas) Fairfax 1470–1520 m. Lady (Agnes Anne) Gascoigne 1463–1504
    1. 1. Nicholas (Fairfax) Sir 1499–1571 m. Jane Palmes 1501–1582
      1. 1. Lady (Mary Margaret) Fairfax-Curwen 1528–1571 m. Sir (William Bellasis Viscount) Fauconbridge 1523–1604
        1. 1. Bryan Belasyse 1559–1608 m. Margaret Leigh 1559–1608
  2. 2. Margaret Fairfax 1476–1525

Sir Fairfax's Timeline

2 Records

1450
31 Mar 1450
Birth of Sir Thomas Fairfax in Walton Gilling Castle, Yorkshire, England
Walton Gilling Castle, Yorkshire, England
1505
31 Mar 1505
Age 55
Death of Sir Thomas Fairfax in Walton Gilling Castle, Yorkshire, England
Walton Gilling Castle, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 Mar 1450
    Event Place: Walton Gilling Castle, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Mar 1505
    Event Place: Walton Gilling Castle, Yorkshire, England
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