William Fairbanke

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William Fairbanke is recorded as surrendering 17 acres called Brigbotham and a croft called Pigilcroft in Sowerby, Yorkshire, England to his son John's use in 1506/7.

William’s known child is:

1	John Fairbanke, surrendered Brigbotham and other lands to his son Gilbert in 1526 and lands, along with son Gilbert to the use of grandson George 14 April 1551.

Summary of Sources

Records related to William Fairbanke but not copied below in full due to copyright considerations:

Joseph, Ruth Fairbanks and Landberg, James Swan, "Jonathan Fairbank of Dedham, Massachusetts and His Family in the West Riding of Yorkshire," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 166, Jul 2012, pgs. 165-186.
Torrey, Clarence Almon, "The English Ancestry of Jonathan Fairbanks of Dedham, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist, vol. 37, Apr 1961, pgs. 65-72.

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Court rolls and other records quoted in NEHGR 166:165-186

1506-07 22 Henry VII. William [Fairbank] surrendered all of his estate and term of years not yet elapsed which he held in 17 a[cres] of land and meadow called Brigbothame, and one croft called Pigilcroft in Soarbie to the use of John Faerebaink, son of said William and his assigns during the term.

1526 19 Henry VIII. John Fairbanke surrendered "Brigbotham" &c to the use of Gilbert Fairebanke, son of the aforesaid John Fairebank and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten, rendering therefore yearly 48 s. 9 d.

14 April 1551 [Sowerby] John Fairbanke and Gilbert Fairbanke the son and heir of John...surrendered unto the lord's hands one messuage, one garden and half of one barn and one croft called Lathecroft, 2 closes of land and meadow called Overholme and Netherholme and a wood called Le Sprynge with appurtenances estimated at 5 acres now in the tenure of Humphrey Fairebank: to the use of George Fairbank, son of Gilbert, and Sibyl Wade, daughter of Gilbert Waide...

Source: Joseph, Ruth Fairbanks and Landberg, James Swan, "Jonathan Fairbank of Dedham, Massachusetts and His Family in the West Riding of Yorkshire," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 166, Jul 2012, pgs. 165-186.

Note: The last record cites Ann Weikel (ed.), The Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield from October 1550 to September 1552, Wakefield Court Rolls Series of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, vol. 7, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1989, pgs. 78-79.