FAIRFAX, Sir Ferdinando (1584-1648), of Denton and Nun Appleton, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. 29 Mar. 1584, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Fairfax† of Denton, and Ellen (d. 23 Aug. 1620), da. of Robert Aske of Aughton, Yorks.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 188. educ. privately (Edward Fairfax);The Epistolatory Corresp. of Francis Atterbury (1784), iii. 263, 264. G. Inn 3 May 1602;G. Inn Admiss. 103. vol. Dutch army, 1602.HMC Hatfield, xii. 208, 320. m. (1) 1607, Mary (d. 2 June 1619), da. of Edmund, 3rd Baron Sheffield, 3s. inc. Thomas* (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 I* of Gonerby, Lincs., 1da.Bodl. Fairfax 30, f. 25; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 188-90. Kntd. 30 Jan. 1608;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 144. suc. fa. as 2nd Baron Fairfax of Cameron [S] 1 May 1640.C142/600/124. d. 13 Mar. 1648.Bodl. Fairfax 30, f. 26.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) by Apr. 1611-c.June 1642, Aug. 1644–d.;C231/6, pp. 5–6; Add. 29674, f. 148; Belvoir, PZ.1, f. 48; Some Speciall Passages from Westminster, London, Yorke and Other Parts no. 6 (28 June-5 July 1642), unpag.; W. Riding QS Recs. ed. J. Lister (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. liv), 1. liberties of Cawood, Wistow and Otley, Yorks. 23 Feb. 1613–?d.;C181/2, ff. 183, 288; C181/3, ff. 11, 266; C181/4, ff. 8v, 176v; C181/5, ff. 18, 203. liberties of Ripon 23 Feb. 1613–?d.;C181/2, ff. 183v, 288v; C181/3, ff. 11, 265; C181/4, ff. 7v, 177; C181/5, ff. 19, 217. E., N. Riding Aug. 1644–d.C231/6, pp. 5–6; Add. 29674, ff. 148v, 149; Belvoir, PZ.1, f. 48. Commr. sewers, W. Riding 8 June 1611–?d.;C181/2, f. 145v; C181/3, ff. 86, 249; C181/4, f. 82. Ainsty 19 July 1633;C181/4, f. 148v. Hatfield Chase Level 28 June 1636-aft. Dec. 1637.C181/5, ff. 53, 87. Gov. Otley g.s. Oct. 1611–d.Chronicles of the Free Grammar School of Prince Henry at Otley ed. L. Padgett (Otley, 1923), 80, 81. Commr. gaol delivery, liberties of Ripon 23 Feb. 1613–?d.;C181/2, ff. 184, 289; C181/3, ff. 12, 265v; C181/4, ff. 8, 178; C181/5, ff. 19v, 217. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 23 Jan. 1617–23 Jan. 38, 25 May 1638-aft. June 1641;C181/2, ff. 266v, 333v; C181/3, ff. 8, 262; C181/4, ff. 14, 197; C181/5, ff. 7v, 203. charitable uses, W. Riding 5 July 1619 – 29 July 1630, 5 July 1632 – aft.Mar. 1640, 21 Feb. 1648;C93/8/12; C93/9/9; C93/12/1, 5; C93/19/33; C192/1, unfol. Northumb. 22 Dec. 1630–11 Oct. 1638;C192/1. subsidy, W. Riding 1621 – 22, 1624;C212/22/20–23. privy seal loan, Yorks. 1625;SP16/44/4, f. 7. composition for feudal tenures, northern cos. 1626;C66/2384/2 (dorse). Forced Loan, W. Riding 1626–7;Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Str. P12/4; APC 1626–7, p. 244. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, 1633.LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/001, p. 44. Col. militia ft. 10 Mar. 1639-May 1642.Bodl. Fairfax 31, f. 134; HMC 9th Rep. ii. 432; Some Speciall Passages from London..and Other Parts no. 1 (24 May-2 June 1642), unpag. Dep. lt. Apr. 1639–?Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Str. P10a/324–5. Commr. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. embezzlement inquiry, York 9 Aug. 1641;Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 3, p. 65. disarming recusants, W. Riding 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385a. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; E., N. Riding, York 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;SR; A. and O. sequestration, E., N., W. Riding 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, W. Riding 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; E., N. Riding, Hull 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Member, cttee. to reside with armies in north, 24 June 1644.CJ iii. 533a; LJ vi. 604a. Custos rot. E., N., W. Riding Aug. 1644–d.C231/6, pp. 5–6; Belvoir, PZ.1, f. 48; Fairfax Corresp. ed. Bell, i. 314; Rushworth, Hist. Collns. vii. 1030. Member, cttee. to command Northern Assoc. army, 12 May 1645.CJ iv. 138b; LJ vii. 367b. Commr. Northern Assoc. E., N., W. Riding, York 20 June 1645.A. and O. Constable, Pontefract Castle 11 July 1643–d. High steward, honor of Pontefract 11 July 1643–d.Stowe 1058, f. 78v. Steward, Ripon, Otley, Cawood and Wistow 4 Sept. 1646-Feb. 1647.SP20/2, f. 249; Belvoir, PZ.2, f. 18.

Central: commr. to attend king at York, 2 May 1642;CJ ii. 553a conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647.LJ vi. 55b; LJ viii. 411a; ix. 500a. Member, cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645;A. and O. cttee. for plundered ministers, 7 July 1645;CJ iv. 199a. cttee. for revenues of elector palatine, 8 Oct. 1645. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646.A. and O.

Military: c.-in-c. (parlian.) northern cos. 24 Sept. 1642–25 June 1645.SP16/511, f. 94; SP28/3A, f. 195; CJ ii. 785a. Gov. Hull 22 July 1643–20 May 1645;CJ iii. 161b; HMC 5th Rep. 96; Fairfax Corresp. ed. Bell, i. 51–2; SP16/511, f. 94. York c.25 July 1644-Apr. 1645.Rushworth, Hist. Collns. v. 641.

Parlimentarian

FAIRFAX, Sir Ferdinando (1584-1648), of Denton and Nun Appleton, Yorks.

: of Denton and Yorks., Nun Appleton.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, E. Bower, 1646;York Art Gallery. line engraving, unknown, 1647;J. Ricraft, A Survey of Englands Champions (1647), opp. 28. line engraving, unknown, 1647.J. Vicars, England’s Worthies (1647), 35.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

FAIRFAX, Sir Ferdinando (1584-1648), of Denton and Nun Appleton, Yorks.

Will

12 Mar. 1648, pr. 11 Oct. 1649.PROB11/209, f. 204v.

Estates

in 1640, inherited manors of Askwith, Bilborough, Bolton Percy, Davyhall in York, Denton, Newsome, North Ferriby, Nun Appleton, Rigton and Thwaites, Yorks.; St Andrew’s Priory and Clementhorpe Priory, York; a house in Bishophill, York; and half the tithes of Denton.C142/600/124; Add. Ch. 1797. In 1647-8, purchased, for £2,728, manor of Otley and its demesne lands and manors of Kilburn, Marton, Ripon and Sutton, Yorks. from the trustees for the sale of bishops’ lands.Col. Top. et Gen. i. 3, 4, 6. In 1648, estate inc. manor of Hartlington and lands in Oulston, Yorks.Fairfax Corresp. ed. Johnson, i. pp. lxxxix-xciv.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

The Sacaren’s Head, King Street, Westminster (1640-1) the Palace Yard, Westminster (1641) Queen Street, Westminster (1645-6).Fairfax Corresp. ed. Johnson, i. pp. xxxiii, 28, 32, 57, 61, 160, 309, 403; ii. 99, 105, 181, 200, 215; Fairfax Corresp. ed. Bell, i. 235, 268; Add. 15858, f. 78v.

Religion

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