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Bankes Memorial, Keswick, Cumbria, NY26932363 --
He became Attorney General, 1634 and Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, 1640; died, Oxford, 1644.
"IN HONOUR OF SIR JOHN BANKES A NATIVE AND BENEFACTOR OF THIS TOWN, BORN AT CASTLERIGG, 1589 ..." (photo 3.4.2006)