Background
Bancks was born in Sonning, Berkshire, and became apprenticed to a weaver in Reading.
Bancks was born in Sonning, Berkshire, and became apprenticed to a weaver in Reading.
He suffered an accident, and left the apprenticeship before completion, becoming a bookseller in Spitalfields. He wrote poetry and biography, including works on the lives of Jesus, Oliver Cromwell and William III.
