LANE, Ralph (c.1532-1603), of London.

Family and Education

b. c. 1532, 2nd s. of Sir Ralph Lane of Orlingbury, Northants. by Maud, da. and coh. of Sir William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Horton; bro. of Robertand William. educ. M. Temple, adm. 3 Dec. 1554. unm. Kntd. 1593.Date of birth estimated from elder brother’s, and from election to Parliament. Bridges, Northants. ii. 118; DNB.

Offices Held

Equerry of the stable by 1568; commr. piracy 1571, fortifications [I] 1583; gov. Kerry 1584, Virginia 1585 – 86; capt. Southsea castle, Hants 1588; muster master or clerk of the check [I] 1592.CPR, 1566–9, p. 213; B. Dietz, ‘Privateering in N.W. European waters 1568–72’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1959), 340–1; CSP Ire. 1574–85, pp. 423, 497, 551; 1588–92, p. 455; CSP Col. 1574–1660, p. 2; APC, xv. 296; xvi. 254, 273, 277; xviii. 54; xxi. 276.

Parlimentarian

LANE, Ralph (c.1532-1603), of London.

Main residence: London.

Author

S.M.T.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

LANE, Ralph (c.1532-1603)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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