John Bankes
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Sir John Bankes was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1624 and 1629. He was Attorney General and Chief Justice to Charles I during the English Civil War. Corfe C
Sir John Bankes, portrait by Gilbert Jackson.
Lady Mary Bankes defended the castle during two sieges in the English Civil War.
Portrait of Jerome Bankes (1635-1636–1686), the third son of Sir John Bankes.
Mary Bankes
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Mary, Lady Bankes was a Royalist who defended Corfe Castle from a three-year siege during the English Civil War from 1643 to 1645. She was married to Sir John Bankes, Lord Chief Justice of the Common
Corfe Castle, which Lady Bankes defended against attacking Parliamentarians
