Sir John Bankes, Attorney General to Charles I, Lord Chief Justice of Common Pleas
Dates: 1589-1644
Biography
Sir John Bankes was a leading lawyer and royal servant who purchased the Corfe Castle estate in 1635. He died at Oxford in 1644 during the Civil War.
Notes / Sources
The Afflington connection is supported by the subsequent 1639 rental evidence and the reported inclusion of Afflington within the estate.
Research sources:
- Extract from John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, Corfe Castle entry, 1870-1872, stating that the estate passed in 1635 to Sir John Bankes; Corfe Valley News, November 2022, reporting a 1639 deed in which Gyles Grene rented Afflington from Sir John Bankes. — https://opcdorset.org/CorfeCastleFiles/CorfeCastleImpGaz.htm
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