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Henry Fairfax ( - fl. 1697)

Esq high Sheriffe of Yorkshire Visitor
 Relevant locations: Workplace or place of business Yorkshire, England
 Relationships: Henry Fairfax was a visitor to the collection of Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)

 Linked manuscript items: as Mentioned or referenced by - "[Guest Book to Thoresby's Museum]," Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS27, Leeds
 References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) 17. Corpus Christi Playe in antique English Verse, by Tho. Cutler and Rich Nandycke; take a Taste of the Poetry in the Crucifixio Christi. Sir knyghtis take heed hydir in hye zee wootte your self als wele as I has geven dome yat yis doote schall dye. sen we are comen to Calvarie this dede on dergh we may noght drawe howe lordis and leders of our lawe Sir all yare counsaile wele we knawe lat ilke man helpe nowe as hym awe. Some of the Trades themselves in the several Scenes are antiquated, as are the Names of others, Bowers and Fletchers, Wefferes, Cappers (Hatters added in a later Hand) Estrereners, Gyrdillers, Tyllethekkers, Spicers, Shavers, Parchmynners, Shermen and Wyne-drawers were of old, but Merceres added at the End as modern, Richard the Father of Bishop Morton of Durham, being the first of that Trade, at least in these Northern Parts of England (c)(c) c Fuller's Worthies in Yorke, Pag. 229. Don. Hen. Fairfax Arm.
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

30. An Alphabetical List of the Names and Arms of the Nobility and Gentry, with the List of those in Yorkeshire 1590. The Sheriffs of the same County from 1155 to 1663. A short List of the Nobility and Gentry in the Bishoprick of Durham. The Knights that dwelt between Tyne and Tees, Temp. H. 3. The Northern Gentry whose Names end in Son, by Rich. Glover Somerset Herald 1584. Knights of the Garter from the Foundation of the Order to the Earl of Stafford, Temp. Car. 1. The Roman Stations in the North of England, the ancient and modern Names. Charters relating to Fountain's-Abbey. This, and the preceding were formerly the Books of Mr. Barth. Towers of Leedes (and were presented to me by Mrs. Hinks his Daughter) but hath been perused by the Rev. Mr. Hen. Fairfax Rector of Bolton-Percy, whose Hand occurs frequently, and who hath added, The Lords Presidents of the Council at Yorke, from the first Erection of that Court 1544 to the Earl of Stafford.

A Catalogue of the Naturall and Artificial Curiositys in my slender Musaeum at Leedes Ano. 1708 a white mole & a white squirrel with brown strakes Don: Hen: Fairfax Arm:
Ralph Thoresby's guestbook of visitors to his museum (Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS27)
À ferendo Adversa Fortificor[*] "from having to bear adversary, I am strengthened" H:Henry Fairfax (EsEsqueEsquire high Sheriffe of Yorkshire)[*] Henry Fairfax was high sheriff of Yorkshire from 1690–1691