Gabriel Fairfax, Esq. of Steeton in Yorkshire

Gabriel Fairfax, Esq. of Steeton, who distinguished his coat armour by bearing the lion, crowned or. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Aske, Esq. of A ugh ton, by Anne, his wife, dau. of Thomas Sutton, Esq., and had (with two daus., Anne, wife of Sir Edmond Sheffield, of Epworth; and Mary, m. to Sir Thomas Gower, of Stitenham,) four sons, of whom the eldest, Sik William Fairfax, of Steeton, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth, in 15G2. He tn. Mabel, dau. of Sir Henry Curweu, of Workington, and had by her five sons and four daus.

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