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b. Mar. 1581, 2nd s. of Sir Thomas Fane (d.1589) of Badsell, Tudeley, Kent and his 2nd w. Mary, suo jure 3rd Baroness Le Despenser, da. and h. of Henry, 6th Lord Bergavenny; bro. of Sir Francis*. educ. Maidstone g.s.; Queens’, Camb. c.1595; L. Inn 1597. m. (1) 3 Sept. 1607, Elizabeth (bur. 19 Nov. 1618), da. of Robert Spencer†, 1st Bar. Spencer of Wormleighton, s.p.; (2) 1620, Anne (d. 5 Mar. 1664), da. of Sir Oliver Boteler of Teston, Kent, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.). Kntd. 23 July 1603; suc. uncle (Sir) Thomas Fane† at Burston 1607. d. 26 June 1640. VCH Northants. (geneal. vol.). Nothants. Fams. 95-6; J. Thorpe, Registrum Roffense, 874; Maidstone Recs. 89; Al. Cant.; LI Admiss.; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 120. sig. Geo[rge] Fane.
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Freeman, Dover 1602, 1614, Maidstone 1625; Add. 29625, f. 38; Add. 28036, f. 157v; Maidstone Recs. 85. commr. sewers, Welland, Dengemarsh and Wittersham marshes, Kent and Suss. 1604, C181/4, pp. 170, 173, 180. Rother valley 1609; C181/2, f. 87v. j.p. Kent 1606–d.; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 20; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Chas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 364. asst. Dover harbour board 1606; J.B. Jones, Annals of Dover, 100. commr. subsidy, Kent 1611, 1621 – 22, 1624, 1626, 1628–9, E179/127/569; C212/22/20–1, 23; E115/254/79; 115/157/25; 115/570/7. aid, 1612; E163/16/21. asst. Rochester Bridge, Kent 1613–d. (snr. warden 1614, 1635, jnr. warden 1627); Traffic and Pols. ed. N. Yates and J.M. Gibson, 294. commr. piracy, Cinque Ports 1612–d., C181/2, ff. 185, 246v; 181/3, f. 247; 181/5, p. 262. i.p.m. Zachary Harlackenden, Kent 1618; C66/2146 (dorse). sheriff, Kent 1622–3; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 69. commr. recusants, Kent 1622/3, CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 449 (misdated). oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1625–5 June 1640, C181/3, f. 138; 181/5, pp. 276, 346. Forced Loan, Kent 1626; Harl. 6846, f. 37. pres. Cobham Coll. by 1628; A.A. Arnold, ‘Cobham Coll.’, Arch. Cant. xxvii. 87. commr. survey of highways 1631, C181/4, f. 88. knighthood fines, Kent, Canterbury and Cinque Ports 1631, E178/5368, f. 17. charitable uses 1632–d. C192/1, unfol.

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FANE (VANE), Sir George (1581-1640), of Dover and Burston, Hunton, Kent
Main residences: Dover; Burston, Hunton, Kent.
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Commons 1604-1629
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FANE (VANE), Sir George (1581-1640)

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