John Bankes Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for John Bankes, based on 3 World History Database records associated with England.

3 records1635–16443 events2 places

Chronological biography

1635

Corfe Castle1635

Warfare / Military · Corfe Castle

Corfe Castle is sold to Sir John Bankes, the then Lord Chief Justice, more as a holiday home rather than as a first home

1643

Siege of Corfe Castle1643

Warfare / Civil War · Corfe Castle

Corfe Castle survives a 6 week Parliamentarian siege

1644

Death of John Bankes12 1644

Warfare / Civil War · Oxford

Death of John Bankes, Royalist supporter & owner of Corfe Castle

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.