Henry ‘Harry’ Banastre

Evidence needed to support as son of Sir Francis Banastre & Lady Elizabeth Joseph

Henry "Harry" Banastre

• AKA Banestre, Banester, Banaster, Bannyster
• Birth: estimated between 1444 / 1460 - Bretherton, Lancashire, England
• Death: 1526 - Lancashire
• Parents: unknown
• Spouses: 1) a daughter Osbaldestone 2) Cicley Worthington
• Children: Richard (Banastre) of Bank Hall, Henry Banastre, Alexander Banastre, Anne Banastre, Margaret Banastre, Elizabeth (Banastre) Becconsall and Jane Banastre

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Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Banastre-22

Henry "Harry" Banestre, gent. of the Bank in Bretherton, Lancashire (d. 1526).[1][2][3]

Marriage

Henry married twice to:[2]

1. [....] Osbaldestone of Osbaldestone, Lancashire,[2]
2. Cicley Worthington.[2]

He had children with both wives.[2]

Osbaldestone

Henry and his first wife are the parents of:[2]

1. (s. & h.) Richard of the Bank,[2] (b. c. 1482 - d. 1548).[1] m.1 Margaret, dau. of Nicholas Ridmayden of Wedacre, Lancashire.[2] m.2 Margaret, dau. of William Kirkby of Rawcliffe, Lancashire.[2]
2. 2. Henry[2]
3. Anne[2] m.1 Thomas Farington[2] m.2 Jame Anderton[2]
4. Elizabeth[2][3] m. (bef. 1515) Edward Bekonsall[2] or Beconsaw,[3] (d. 19 Apr 1535).[4]

Worthington

Henry and Cicely are the parents of:[2]

1. 3. Alexander[2]
2. 3. Margaret[2] m. [...] Melys or Mellys[2]
3. 4. Jane[2]

Death

Henry died in 1526 and was suc. by s. & h. Richard (b. c. 1482, age 44 in 1526 - d. 1548).[1]

At death, Henry was, "seised of a capital messuage called the Bank and other messuages and lands in Bretherton; also lands in Tarleton, Becconsall and Hesketh. The Bank estate was said to be held of the king as of his duchy of Lancaster by the twentieth part of a knight's fee and a rent of 4½d. yearly."[1]

Notes

prob. born around c. 1460 surname spellings: Banestre, Banester, Banaster, Bannyster
Farrer & Brownbill (1911), try to trace the descent of Bank Hall through the Banester family.

'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 16 July 2019].

The early history of the Banastres of BANK, though apparently they were lords of the manor of Bretherton, is very obscure, (fn. 26) much of the uncertainty resulting from the co-existence of several families of the same surname (fn. 27) in the township and neighbourhood. Henry Banastre died in 1526 seised of a capital messuage called the Bank and other messuages and lands in Bretherton; also lands in Tarleton, Becconsall and Hesketh. The Bank estate was said to be held of the king as of his duchy of Lancaster by the twentieth part of a knight's fee and a rent of 4½d. yearly. Richard Banastre, his son and heir, was forty-four years of age. (fn. 28) The said Richard, who recorded a pedigree in 1533, (fn. 29) died in 1548 holding an augmented estate; the Bank was stated to be held of the heirs of Richard le Boteler in socage; William, his son and heir, was forty-eight years old. (fn. 30) William Banastre died in 1555, just after arranging for the marriage of his grandson Adam and Dorothy daughter of Hugh Anderton; Henry, the son and heir of William and father of Adam, was thirty years of age. The tenure of the 'manor of Bretherton' was recorded as in 1548. (fn. 31)

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Banester of Bankhall (Vis. of Lancs., 1567)

References

1. The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, Volume 4 Edward Baines J. Heywood, 1891 - . “Banastre of Banke.” Page 133. GoogleBooks
2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Banastre-22 cites
   1. Townships: Bretherton." A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 6. Eds. William Farrer, and J Brownbill. London: Victoria County History, 1911. 102-108. British History Online. Web. 29 July 2020. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol6/pp102-108
   2. Banester of Bankhall (Vis. of Lancs., 1567). Pedigrees. < image >
   3. "Edward Beconsaw of Beconsaw, (citing Harry Bannyester & dau. Elizabeth)," in Remains Hist. & Literary co. Lancs. & Chester, 1879-80, cx, p. 129. Chetham Society.
   4. Farrer, W. (1906). The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster, 1, p. 112. < GoogleBooks >.
   5. The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, Volume 4. Edward Baines, William Robert Whatton, Brooke Herford. < GoogleBooks >