Visitation
Fairfax, of Denton, Steeton, and Streetthorpe
- Family
- Fairfax
- Branch
- Fairfax of Denton, Steeton and Streetthorpe
- Source
- The Visitation of Yorkshire, made in the years 1584/5: to which is added the subsequent Visitation made in 1612, by Richard St. George, Norroy King of Arms, with several additional pedigrees
- Visitation county
- Yorkshire
- Source year
- 1584–1585; 1612
- Compiler / editor
- Robert Glover, Somerset Herald; Richard St. George, Norroy King of Arms; edited by Joseph Foster
- Publication / edition
- London: privately printed for Joseph Foster, 1875
- Page / folio
- Printed pedigree headed “Fairfax, of Denton, Steeton, and Streetthorpe”; index and pedigree approximately pp. 35–39; manuscript references Add. MS 18,011, fol. 68; Harley MSS 1394, 1415, 1487 and others
- Archive / manuscript reference
- British Library Add. MS 18,011; Harley MSS 1394, 1415, 1487; related manuscript references listed in the printed pedigree
- Historical period
- Medieval ancestry asserted; principal recorded continuation through 1584 and 1612
- Evidence status
- documented
Source-derived pedigree information
The pedigree begins with Guy Fairfax of Steeton, identified as one of the judges of Common Pleas and third son of Richard Fairfax of Walton. It records successive Fairfax generations, marriages into Ryther, Gascoigne, Manners, Thwaytes, Gale, Aske, Palmes and other Yorkshire families, and continues through Sir Thomas Fairfax of Steeton, living in 1584, and Sir Ferdinando Fairfax, living in 1612. The 1612 continuation records Edmund Fairfax, Lord Sheffield and Lord President of York, together with several sons and daughters. The layout and OCR are imperfect; relationships are retained only where the pedigree makes them reasonably explicit.
People recorded in this pedigree
Sir William Fairfax, of Steeton, knt., serjeant-at-the-law and judge of the County Palatine of Lancaster
Knight; Serjeant-at-law; Judge of the County Palatine of Lancaster
Steeton, Yorkshire; Lancashire
Sir Thomas Fairfax, of Steeton, knt., now living 1584
now living 1584; described as lunatic
Knight
Steeton; Denton
Sir Thomas Fairfax, knighted at the siege of Rouen, now living 1612
now living 1612
Knight
Steeton; Rouen
Ellen, daughter of Robert Aske, of Aughton, Esq.
Aughton, Yorkshire
Elizabeth, daughter to Robert Aske, of Aughton
Aughton, Yorkshire
Edmund Fairfax, Lord Sheffield, Lord President of York
Lord Sheffield; Lord President of York
Yorkshire
Relationships asserted by this source
- Sir Thomas Fairfax of Steeton living 1584spouse ofDorothy GaleSir Thomas Fairfax of Steeton married Dorothy, daughter of George Gale of York and relict of Sir Thomas Rokeby.
- Sir Thomas Fairfax of Steeton knighted at Rouenspouse ofEllen AskeThe 1612 continuation records Sir Thomas Fairfax married to Ellen Aske of Aughton.
- Gabriel Fairfax of Steetonspouse ofElizabeth AskeGabriel Fairfax of Steeton is paired with Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Aske of Aughton.
- Sir Ferdinando Fairfaxspouse ofMary SheffieldSir Ferdinando Fairfax is paired with Mary, daughter of Edmund, Lord Sheffield.
- Edmund Fairfaxparent ofMary SheffieldMary is identified as daughter of Edmund, Lord Sheffield.
Notes
This is a substantial multi-generation Yorkshire gentry pedigree with collateral branches and marriages into the Ryther, Manners, Gascoigne, Thwaytes, Gale, Aske, Curwen, Sheffield and Constable networks. OCR should be checked against the page images before assigning every child to a particular parent.