Rev. Robert Banks^[1]

1650 - Abt 1714  (64 years)

• Name	Robert Banks
  Relationship	with Marion Murdoch Johnson
  Gender	Male
  Birth	22 Jun 1650  [1]
  Occupation	Clergyman (Vicar of Trinity in Hull, Prebendary of York)  [1]
  Death	Abt Nov 1714
  Burial	6 Nov 1714	Holy Trinity, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Kingdom of Great Britain   [2]
  	This is a guess - the entry reads "Mr Robert Banks, Viccar [sic]", so this, plus the fact he was buried at Holy Trinity in roughly the right time period is why we assign it.
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Robert Banks, of Beck Hall           b. 27 Mar 1630             d. Abt Sep 1711, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, Kingdom of Great Britain (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Margaret Frankland

  
  

  Wife	Margaret Thornton           b. Abt 1654             d. 12 Jun 1697 (Age ~ 43 years)
  Marriage	10 Jun 1678	Darrington, Wakefield, Yorkshire West Riding, England   [3]
  	NB The transcription says January 10th but I think this is in error.
  Age at Marriage	Robert was 28 years old - Margaret was ~ 24 years old.
  Children	1. Ann Banks           b. Abt 1684             d. Abt May 1759 (Age ~ 75 years)
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Early Life Robert Banks was born on the 22nd of June 1650, to Robert Banks of Beck Hall in Giggleswick, Yorkshire, and Margaret Frankland. He attended Christ's College Cambridge from 1667 and graduated with his MA in 1675. Career Robert became the Rector of Thrybergh in Yorkshire from 1671 until 1678, when he moved to Hooton Roberts. He was the Vicar of Conisbrough during 1680 and 1681 before becoming the Vicar of Holy Trinity in Hull from 1689 to 1715. He was also a Prebendary of York from 1695-1715. The Cambridge Alumni Database has the following entry: Banks, Robert. Adm. sizar (age 17) at Christ's, May 3, 1667. S. of Robert, of Beck Hall, Giggleswick. B. there. School, Giggleswick. Matric. 1667; B.A. 1670-1; M.A. 1675. R. of Thrybergh, Yorks., 1671-8. R. of Hooton Roberts, 1678. V. of Conisbrough, 1680-1681. V. of Holy Trinity, Hull, 1689-1715. Preb. of Southwell, 1689-95. Preb. of York, 1695-1715. Died 1715. Father of Joseph (1708). ( Peile, II. 11.) Family Life Robert married Margaret Thornton, daughter of the Rev. Robert Thornton (rector of Birkin in Yorkshire) on the 10th of June 1678 at Darrington in Wakefield. They had: Robert, of Bawtrey, who married Elizabeth Ward Joseph, later rector of Hooton Roberts, who married Mary Alderman Sykes Hamon, who died sp Anne, born c. 1684 and who married Rev. William Steer Elizabeth, who married Rev. Wilkinson Death It appears that Robert died c. November 1714 - there is a burial record at Holy Trinity in Hull for a "Mr Robert Banks, Viccar [sic]" for the 6th of November 1714. Note that this conflicts slightly with the date of 1715 given by the Cambridge Alumni Database above. Footnotes [1] See Nicholas Kingsley's comprehensive Banks of Beck House and Revesby Abbey for a great summary of the Banks family, including a discussion and refutation of the "accepted" pedigree that this Banks family descend from the Banks of Bank Newton (a very ancient family), apparently established by Robert's brother Joseph as part of his petition for a registry of arms at the College of Arms

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 10 Jun 1678 - Darrington, Wakefield, Yorkshire West Riding, England Burial - 6 Nov 1714 - Holy Trinity, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Kingdom of Great Britain  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S0337] John Burke, Esq and John Bernard Burke, Esq, Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Scotland & Ireland, The (2nd Edition), (London, 1841), 1841, Banks of Revesby Abbey; Page 34. [S0332] FindMyPast, Yorkshire Burials, (findmypast.co.uk), 6 Nov 1714, Robert Banks; Hull, Holy Trinity; East Riding Archives; PE158/76; Page 197 (Reliability: 1). [S0338] FindMyPast, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts of Marriages, (findmypast.co.uk), 10 Jan 1678, Banks/Thornton; Yorkshire (West Riding).