Family and Education
b. c. 1528, 2nd s. of Sir Ralph Lane (d.1541) of Orlingbury, Northants. by Maud, da. and coh. of William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Horton; bro. of Sir Robert and William Lane I educ. M. Temple 1554. unm. Kntd. 1593.
Offices Held
Equerry of the stable by 1568; served against the northern rebels 1569; commr. piracy 1571; capt. in the Netherlands 1572 – 73; commr. for fortifications [I] 1583 – 84; gov. Kerry 1584, Virginia 1585 – 86; muster master, Norf. 1587; muster master gen. Tilbury 1588; muster master on the Portugal expedition 1589; capt. Southsea castle, Hants from 1588; muster master or clerk of the check [I] from Jan. 1592.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: London; Glendon, Northants.; Dublin, [I].
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
LANE, Ralph (c.1528-1603)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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