Henry Bannester (of Banke)

'Townships: Bretherton', in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 6, ed. William Farrer and J Brownbill (London, 1911), pp. 102-108. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol6/pp102-108 [accessed 15 July 2019].

Henry Banastre died in London 13 June 1641, and was brought to Croston for burial (fn. 35); his eldest son Henry, aged twenty-eight when the pedigree was recorded in 1664, (fn. 36) was killed in Cheshire by a Manxman named Colcoth, (fn. 37) and Bank passed to his brother Christopher, high sheriff in 1669–70. (fn. 38) Christopher, who died in 1690, left two daughters and co-heirs; the elder, Anne, married Thomas Fleetwood, (fn. 39) the first to attempt the draining of Martin Mere, and their daughter and heir, Henrietta Maria, (fn. 40) carried Bank and the moiety of Bretherton to the Leghs of Lyme, from whom it has descended to Lord Lilford, (fn. 41) who, as stated above, is now lord of the manor of Bretherton. Courts are held annually.
===References===

• The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, Volume 4 Edward Baines J. Heywood, 1891 - . “Banastre of Banke.” Page 133. GoogleBooks