John Fairfax (abt. 1330 - 1393)

Ancestors

Biography

Rector of Prescot, Gilling etc.

Executor of the will of John, Lord Neville of Raby, d 1388, along with his nephew, Thomas de Etton.

Trustee of the Malbish mortgage.

His will (written and proved in 1393) names among others

• my kinsman Thomas Fairfax and his wife Margaret
• Brian Fairfax, apparently at law school
• John Fairfax "my filiolus", at school
• Lady Margaret Fairfax my sister, prioress of Munkton
• Lady Elizabeth Fairfax, nun
• Mary and Alice Fairfax, nuns at Sempringham
• my kinsman Thomas de Etton and his wife Isabel
• Sir John de Etton, Knt.
• William de Etton
• Sir Thomas Gerard, Knt. (co-supervisor) and his wife Maud
• John Gerard "my filiolus" (godson according to HoP)
• Richard de Kilham
• John de Kilham "my filiolus"
• Katherine the wife of Henry de Nesfield
• John de Nesfield "my filiolus"
• "my filiolus" John the son of Thomas Canner
• my kinsman John de Pickering

To be buried at Walton.

The nuns receive bequests of money so it seems they aren't under vows of poverty.

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Sources

• Will. (The confused state of knowledge about the Fairfax pedigree can be gauged from the footnote which places John as the son of William, notwithstanding his advanced age.)

See also:

• HoP, Sir Thomas Gerard, d. 1416.

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