Alard Banastre
Alard Banastre (fl. 1174), was High Sheriff of Oxfordshire under Henry II in 1174 and 1176.
In this capacity, Banastre was appointed, in company with the
great rebellion of 1174 that Henry II inaugurated this change; but in any case the name of Alard Banastre does not, apparently, occur again as one of the king's justices. The sheriff of Oxfordshire for the four years preceding 1174 was one Adam Banastre, who, as Foss
suggests, may have been the father of Alard Banastre.
References
. Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Banastre, Alard". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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