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William Fairfax 1405–1453 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1405

Birth Location: Steeton, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 1453

Death Location: Steeton, Yorkshire, England

Father: Sir Fairfax

Mother: Lady Calthorpe

Spouse(s): Lady Neville

Children(s): Sir Fairfax

William Fairfax was born in 1405 in Steeton, Yorkshire, England, the child of Sir Richard Walton Yorkshire Fairfax And Lady Eustachia Calthorpe. William Fairfax married Lady Catherine Neville, and had children including Sir Thomas Walton Fairfax. William Fairfax passed away in 1453 in Steeton, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • William Fairfax was born in 1405 in Steeton, Yorkshire, England, the child of Sir Richard Walton Yorkshire Fairfax And Lady Eustachia Calthorpe.
  • William Fairfax married Lady Catherine Neville, and had children including Sir Thomas Walton Fairfax.
  • William Fairfax passed away in 1453 in Steeton, Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Fairfax
1390–1432
Birth Location: Walton, Yorkshire, England
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Lady Calthorpe
1376–1454
Birth Location: Carthorpe, Yorkshire, England
LC

Spouses(s)

Lady Neville
1428–1463
Birth Location: Thornton, Yorkshire, England
LN

Children(s)

Sir Fairfax
1450–1505
Birth Location: Walton Gilling Castle, Yorkshire, England
SF

William Fairfax's Ancestors

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William Fairfax
1405–1453
Birth Place: Steeton, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Sir Richard Walton Yorkshire Fairfax
1390–1432
Walton, Yorkshire, England
Lady (Eustachia) Calthorpe
1376–1454
Carthorpe, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Fairfax's Descendants

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William Fairfax (1405–1453) m. Lady (Catherine) Neville (1428–1463)
  1. 1. Sir (Thomas Walton) Fairfax 1450–1505 m. Elizabeth Sherburne 1456–1500 m. Elizabeth Sherburne 1456–1500
    1. 1. Sir (Thomas) Fairfax 1476–1520 m. Agnes Gascoigne 1474–1504
      1. 1. Nicholas (John) Fairfax 1498–1571 m. Jane Palmes 1501–1582
        1. 1. Elizabeth Fairfax 1517–1545 m. John Skinner 1510–1585

William Fairfax's Timeline

2 Records

1405
1405
Birth of William Fairfax in Steeton, Yorkshire, England
Steeton, Yorkshire, England
1453
1453
Age 48
Death of William Fairfax in Steeton, Yorkshire, England
Steeton, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1405
    Event Place: Steeton, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1453
    Event Place: Steeton, Yorkshire, England
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