Title:

Knight

First Name:

John

Last Name:

Bankes

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

1645

Inscription:

P : M : S
HOC LOCO IN SPEM
FVTVURI SÆCVLI DEPOSITV IACET
IOHANNES BANKES
QVI REGINALS COILEGIJ IN HAC ACADEMIA
ALVMNVS
EQVES AVRATVS ORNATISSIMVS
ATTORNATVS GENERALIS
DE COMVNI BANCO CAPS IVSTICARIVS
A SECRETIORIB’ CONSILIJS REGE CAROLI
PERETIAM INTEGRITEM FIDEM
ÆGREGIE PRÆSTITIT
EXÆDE CHRISTI IN ÆDES CHRISTI
TRANSIJT MENSE DECEMBRIS DIE 28
ANO DNI 1644
ÆATIS SVÆ 55

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Very Good

Condition Description:

Shows no wear and appears to have been repainted "recently". The condition is near perfect.

Memorial Notes:

Sir John Bankes was owner of and husband to the defender of Corfe Castle. He served King Charles I as Attorney General.