Healey, R. M. “Interview with Germaine Greer”. Book and Magazine Collector, pp. 26 -34.
29-30
Sir Thomas Fairfax
Standard Name: Fairfax, Sir Thomas
Used Form: Thomas Fairfax, third Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Residence | Mary Ward | On 3 June 1644 York was besieged by Sir Thomas Fairfax
: the prospect of a siege made MW
reluctantly agree to move inside the city. There she stayed until the siege ended late the... |
| Textual Features | Rosemary Sutcliff | Each of these books is based around the life of an actual historical figure. The first features Bess Throckmorton
: her secret marriage to Sir Walter Raleigh
and her experiences after it. The second follows... |
| Textual Production | Mary Carey | These had been written over a number of years. MC
's own manuscript, formerly owned by the family of the poet Alice Meynell
, is now the property of scholar Germaine Greer
. |
Timeline
14 June 1645
Cromwell
's New Model Army
scored its first signal victory, at the battle of Naseby in Northamptonshire. This defeat for Charles I
was a step towards his surrender in May 1646 and the end...
June 1648
Royalists commanded by Sir Charles Lucas
were besieged in Colchester by parliamentarian forces under Sir Thomas Fairfax
.
5 January 1649
An English widow named Johanna Cartwright
, resident in Amsterdam with her son Ebenezer
, presented to General Sir Thomas Fairfax
a pamphlet whose lengthy title begins The Petition of the Jewes.
27 January 1649
Ann or Anne Fairfax
(wife of the former parliamentary commander Sir Thomas Fairfax
) made her second verbal intervention in the trial of Charles I
.