Anne Gascoigne

Dame Anne Fairfax, née Anne (or Agnes) Gascoigne,^[1] (born c. 1474 at Gawthorpe, Yorkshire, England), was the daughter of Sir William Gascoigne (son of another Sir William Gascoigne) and Lady Margaret Percy.^[2]

Records reveal that in his will, dated 26 November 1520, her husband, Sir Thomas Fairfax of Walton and Gilling Castle, names Anne – "Dame Anne Fairfax, my wif" – as executrix and she is granted administration 11 April 1521.

Anne Gascoigne and her husband, Sir Thomas Fairfax, are common ancestors of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Through her mother, Anne is descended from Edward III.^[3][4][5][6]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Anne Gascoigne

16. William Gascoigne               8. William Gascoigne                       17. Joan Wyman               4. Sir William Gascoigne                             18. Thomas Clarel               9. Margaret Clarel                       19. Matilda Montgomery               2. Sir William Gascoigne "the Younger"                                   20. Ralph de Neville, son of 26               10. John Nevill                       21. Mary Ferrers, daughter of 27               5. Joan Nevill                             22. Robert Newmarch               11. Elizabeth Newmarch                       23. Joan Shirley               1. Anne Gascoigne                                         24. Henry Hotspur Percy               12. Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland                       25. Lady Elizabeth Mortimer               6. Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland                             26. Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland               13. Eleanor Neville                       27. Lady Joan Beaufort               3. Lady Margaret Percy                                   28. Robert de Poynings, 4th Lord Poynings               14. Sir Richard de Poyning                       29. Margaret Squery               7. Eleanor de Poynings, Baroness de Poynings                             30. Henry Seamer               15. Jean Seamer                       31.

Notes

1. "The will of Sir Thomas Fairfax of Walton, Knight". Testamenta Eboracensia V. Durham: Andrews & Co. 1884. pp. 121–123.
2. "Anne Gascoigne". The Peerage.
3. Reitwiesner, William Addams (2011). Child, Christopher Challender, ed. The Ancestry of Catherine Middleton. Scott Campbell Steward. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society. pp. 118–9. ISBN 978-0-88082-252-7.
4. Reitwiesner, William Addams; Wood, Michael J. "Ancestry of the Duchess of Cambridge". William Addams Reitwiesner Genealogical Service.
5. Adolph, Anthony. "The Ancestry of H.R.H. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge". Retrieved 2 October 2013.
6. Cracroft-Brennan, Patrick (22 July 2013). "How royal is the royal baby?". Channel 4. Retrieved 7 October 2013.