john bankes 1650 – 1719
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John Bankes (abt 1650 – 1719)
Who? What? When? Where?
John Bankes (abt 1652 – 1720) – Who?Birth
Evidence :
10 March 1673 – Freedom Record Haberdashers’ Company –indicates over 21
09 May 1715 – Marriage Licence Allegation re second marriage states Aged 60
John Bankes (abt 1652 – 1720) – Who?Birth
John Bankes (abt 1652 – 1720) – Who? First Marriage
• Wife Elizabeth Atherton
• Marriage date not known
• Evidence:
• Will of John Bankes names deceased wife and other members of her family. Also refers to 8 children
• Poll tax assessment for Castle Baynard ward 1692 lists a wife of John Bankes
• Elizabeth Atherton believed born abt 1640 – Jane Stacey researched in Parish Registers Marsh Baldon, Oxon
• Elizabeth Atherton died pre 1715 (second marriage)
John Bankes (abt 1652 – 1720) – Who? Second Marriage
• Wife Elizabeth Trevers
• Previous married name Elizabeth Russell
• She had several children, among whom Elizabeth Russell, m Robert Mitchell, Skinner on 10 Nov 1715 at Holy Trinity Chapel, Knightsbridge – Bankes’ nephew
• Not known when Russell died
• Maiden name unknown
• Marriage Licence Allegation 9 May 1715
• Marriage 12 May 1715 at Holy Trinity Chapel, Knightsbridge
• Elizabeth Russell / Trevers / Bankes died 24th May 1733
John Bankes (abt 1652 – 1720) – Who? Second Marriage
John Bankes (abt 1652 – 1720) – Who? Death
• Date of death evidenced by Court of Chancery documents 23 March 1719
• Will proved in PCC on 26 April 1720
• Will stipulated burial in Bishop of Winchester’s burial ground, Southwark – near New Park Street Chapel. Known as Deadman’s Place. No records survive
• Barclay’s Brewery later built on burial ground site
• Executors of Will named as John Cartlitch, Goldsmith, and John Hales of the Inner Temple, London
John Bankes (abt 1652 – 1720) – What?Occupation
• Was he a Haberdasher?
• Citizen & Haberdasher
• Served Haberdashers’ Company most of his adult life
• Was he a Mercer?
• 1986 – Haberdashers’ Company archivist said so
• Was he a merchant?
• 1715 Marriage Licence Allegation says so
John Bankes (abt 1652 – 1720) – What?Occupation
• City of London Freedom record 1673
• Bankes had served apprenticeship as a Carpenter
• Involved in the rebuilding of the City of London after the Great Fire – a Builder
• Confirmation – business records
John Bankes (abt 1652 – 1720) – What?Occupation
• Business documents:
• Notebooks containing accounts 1695-1716
• References to payments to skippers – eg Christian Petersen, Peter Nelson
• Purchases of timber – Mr Furnall, Mr Cooper Chapman
• References to Stock in Goods at Paul’s Wharf & Nine Elms
John Bankes (abt 1652 – 1720) – What?Occupation
• Business Premises - Timber Wharves:
• Paul’s Wharf
• Nine Elms – “a yard and docks”
John Bankes (abt 1652 – 1720) – What?Occupation
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John Bankes (abt 1652 – 1720) – What?Occupation
• Bankes’ Business Operations –
• Timber importer
• Property Developer
• Typically he leased land
• Built properties
• Rented properties to tenants
John Bankes (abt 1652 – 1720) – What?Occupation
• Bankes owned many properties at various times across London – examples:
• Poultney Street, Windmill Street & Princes Street, Westminster.
• George Yard, parish of St.Mary Matfellon - Whitechapel.
• Great Queen Street, Parish of St.Giles in the Field -Middlesex.
• Rosemary Lane, near the Tower of London
• Harcourt Buildings, The Temple, London
• Mary Gold Alley, Strand
• Goodman’s Fields, East of London
John Bankes (abt 1652 – 1720) – What?Occupation
• Rental agreements exist
• Signed by Bankes & tenants
• Some agreements include a description of the property
• We have some lists of Bankes’ tenants and the amount of rent they paid
John Bankes (abt 1652 – 1720) – What?Occupation
• Financed by mortgages –
• John Hales, Gentleman of Temple Bar, London
• John Cartlitch, Goldsmith of London
• Lord Lempster
• All appear as creditors in John Bankes’ Accounts
• Hales & Cartlitch named as creditors in Bankes’ will 1716
John Bankes (abt 1652 – 1720) – What?Worshipful Company of Haberdashers• Freedom March 1672/3 by Redemption. Fine paid
• Junior Warden March 1701/2
• Upper Warden 1705 / 6
• Master 1716 / 17
• Court of Assistants – regular attendance at meetings
• Will dated 1716 – Haberdashers’ Company appointed trustees of Bankes’ Charity
• Charity last paid benefits early 1970s
• Bankes commemorated at Haberdashers’ Hall – portrait, roll of Benefactors & landscape of City
John Bankes (abt 1652 – 1720) – What?Worshipful Company of Haberdashers
John Bankes (abt 1652 – 1720) – What?Religion
• Will leaves bequests to Thomas Ridgeley, Pastor at Three Cranes Meeting House, Fruiterers’ Alley, Thames Street, and the poor of his congregation
• Ridgeley was a well known Puritan preacher (c1667-1734)
• Will leaves bequest to Deacon at Bishop of Winchester’s Burial Ground, where Bankes was to be buried
• Will tells us that Bankes’ first wife and child – Esther – had been buried at Bishop of Winchester’s Burial Ground
• Above evidence points to non-conformist religion
John Bankes (abt 1652 – 1720) Bankes’ Houses
• Paul’s Wharf, London – Residence 1716 when Will made
• The Mint, London
• The Lottery, Nine Elms – wife lived there after Bankes’ death
• Great house at Goodman’s Fields, Bethnal Green
John Bankes (abt 1652 – 1720) –Bankes’ Houses
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John Bankes (abt 1652 – 1720) – When? Dating Problems
• Birth date
• Only evidence inferred from other sources
• No baptism or birth record traced
• Approx birth date 1650-52 means born in the Interregnum – few records – civil records – few parish registers survive
• Birthplace unknown
• Parents unidentified
• Freedom record – ‘served an Apprentishipp to that trade in the Countrey’ – Where & When?
John Bankes (abt 1652 – 1720) – When? Dating Problems
• First marriage date
• Location unknown
• Date unknown
• Atherton family links with Marsh Baldon, Oxfordshire, but no marriage found there
• 1692 Tax assessment – Wife & one child. Presumably Elizabeth Atherton
• Evidence suggests marriage between abt 1673 & 1692, probably in London
John Bankes (abt 1652 – 1720) –The Rands
• Bankes had no descendants
• We infer that his father must have died and his mother remarried to Rand
• Rand half siblings are our ancestors –
• John Rand
• Joseph Rand
• Elizabeth Rand m Hopkins
• Anne Rand m Joseph Deane
• Mary Rand m Robert Mitchell
John Bankes (abt 1652 – 1720) –An enigma!
• Much known about Bankes’ life in London & business affairs
• Little known about Bankes’ origins & family
• Have researched a number of Bankes families, eg:
• Sir John Bankes of Maidstone, Kent – financier to Charles II
• Edward Bankes, Haberdasher of Cambridgeshire family researched by Pat Dent
• Bankes family of Dorset – Corfe Castle
• No links found to our Bankes
• Apprenticed as tradesman suggests not high born
• Ability to pay Redemption Fee in 1673 suggests reasonable means
John Bankes (abt 1652 – 1720) –An enigma!
• Where to look next?
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