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A fact from Bankes's Horse appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 December 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that by kneeling before a cross the renowned 16th-century English performing horse Marocco (pictured) saved his master from death by burning as a witch?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/December.

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Praise[edit]

Excellent Read, congrats to the Editors of the Article The article as appeared on December 27 was a joy to read. The Elizabethans were gloriously vulgar. The performing life of Marocco was positively picaresque. Thanks to Una Smith, Pitke and The Man in Question.--Francis Burdett (talk) 21:14, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You are very welcome! It was a pleasure for me to play a small part in developing the article and giving it a DYK hook that might draw the most readers. --Una Smith (talk) 21:53, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! It was fun to research and write. — The Man in Question (in question) 22:35, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I believe this article should redirect to the country Morocco since most users will arrive at this article by mistake —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.132.68.237 (talk) 12:42, 28 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merge notice[edit]

William Banks (showman) is about the trainer, and he's really not notable apart from the horse. There may be useful literary references in that article. Also in the updated Oxford Dictionary of National Biography article. Charles Matthews (talk) 17:42, 4 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. William Banks (showman) should be merged with this article, which already contains William Bankes's biography anyway. — the Man in Question (in question) 16:49, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I could tell the whole showman article (except his death) was sourced to "Banks (fl.1588–1637)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900". As there were no inline citations it was impossible to tell what was sourced and what wasn't without access to the book. Given the quality, thoroughness and better sourcing of this article I decided to simply redirect the showman one here. This is a link to the previous version of that article. AIRcorn (talk) 06:09, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Banks never lived in Cross Keys[edit]

Bankes lived at the Bell Savage Inn on Ludgate Hill. See: this and other sources. In the Gracious Street (Gracechurch Street nowaddays) was just a small arena or such for the performances. Alberich21 (talk) 09:10, 14 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]