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Mary, Lady Bankes (née Hawtry; c. 1598 – 11 April 1661) 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 Pleas and Attorney-General of King Charles I.
They lived in Corfe Castle, until its destruction during the civil war. Sir Ralph Bankes (1631–1677) was the second son of Sir John and brother of Jerome and John. Upon his father and younger brother's deaths, the estate passed to him. He was responsible for the building of the new family seat at Kingston Lacy.
Bankes was born at Corfe Castle, Dorset, the second son and one of nine children of Sir John Bankes and Mary Hawtrey. Sir Ralph, like his father, trained in the law at Gray's Inn and became close friends with Peter Lely, the painter, and Roger Pratt, the gentleman architect.
Sir John Bankes, portrait by Gilbert Jackson. Lady Mary Bankes defended the castle during two sieges in the English Civil War.. Sir John Bankes (1589 – 28 December 1644) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1624 and 1629. [1]
A plan of Corfe Castle from 1586, drawn up by Ralph Treswell. Corfe Castle is roughly triangular and divided into three parts, known as enclosures or wards. [50] Enclosed in the 11th century, the inner ward contained the castle's keep, also known as a donjon or great tower, which was built partly on the enclosure's curtain wall. It is uncertain ...
Corfe Castle, Dorset. Try and catch a glimpse of the headless Lady Banks at Corfe Castle (Getty Images) Dorest is known for its mesmerising 95-mile stretch of Jurrasic Coast, natural phenomenons ...
Kingston Lacy is a country house and estate near Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England.It was for many years the family seat of the Bankes family who lived nearby at Corfe Castle until its destruction in the English Civil War after its incumbent owners, Sir John Bankes and Dame Mary, had remained loyal to Charles I.
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