Mary Bankes

Lady Mary Bankes ne Hawtry was a Royalist who defended Corfe Castle from a threeyear siege during the English Civil War from 1643 to 1646. She was married to Sir John Bankes, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and AttorneyGeneral of King Charles I.

Mary Hawtry was born in about 1598, the only daughter of Ralph Hawtry, Esquire of Ruislip, Middlesex, and Mary Altham. In about 1618, she married Sir John Bankes, who later became AttorneyGeneral to King Charles I and Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. In 1635, Sir John purchased Corfe Castle in Dorset with all its manors, rights, and privileges from Lady Elizabeth Coke. Sir John died onDecember 1644 at the age of 55.

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