William Banks, MP

William Bankes, esq. of Winstanley Hall, b. 1658; m. 1687, his cousin Lettice, eldest da. of Richard Legh, esq. of Lyme, but by her (who survived him and married, secondly, Thomas Fleetwood, esq. of Bank.) he had no issue, and was consequently succeeded by his nephew,
William Bankes, esq. of Winstanley Hall, b. 1695, who m. Elizabeth, third dau. of Amos Meredith, esq. and sister and co-heir of Sr William Meredith, bart. M.P. of Henbury, co. Chester, by whom he left an only child,

A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank: But Univested with Heritable Honours, Volume 4 (1838) by John Burke

The last William Bankes dying in 1689, the manors passed to his brother Thomas's son and grandson. Thomas had also a daughter Anne, who married Hugh Holme of Upholland in 1732, and their descendants, assuming the name of Bankes, ultimately acquired possession, retaining it until the death of Meyrick Bankes in 1881. His daughter, Eleanor Starkie Letterewe Bankes came into the property.

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