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] He was Attorney General and Chief Justice to Charles I during the English Civil War.[1][2][3] Corfe Castle, his family seat was destroyed during a long siege, in which his wife Mary Hawtrey became known as Brave Dame Mary.[4]
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