Richard Fairfax, of Walton

Richard Fairfax, of Walton, who flourished in the reigns of the fourth, fifth, and sixth Henries, and was Chief Justice of England under the last monarch. He m. Anastasia, dau. and co-heir of John Carthorpe, by Elizabeth, his wife, dau. and co-heir of Sir William Ergliam, Knt., and had, with other issue, William, his heir, and Guy (Sir), Judge of the King's Bench, ancestor of the Fairfaxes of Newton and Steeton, and of the Lords Fairfax of Cameron.

The eldest son and heir,William Fairfax, Esq. of Walton, m. Catherine,dau. of Sir Humphrey Neville, of Thornton Bridge, by whom (who in. 2ndly, Sir Richard Percy, brother of Henry, Earl of Northumberland,) he left at his decease, 31 Henry VII., one dau., Mary, m. to Thomas Gowcr, Esq. of Sittenhani, in Yorkshire, and one son ...

Sources

1. A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland for 1852 (Google eBook). Sir Bernard Burke. Colburn and Company, 1852 - Gentry. Page 395

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