Lane, Robert (1526/7 - 1588)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 8
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 3
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1527-01-07
Death Date: 1588

Siblings

Male

Lane, Ralph (1532 - 1603)
Lane, William ( - )

Female

Lane, Frances ( - )
Lane, Lettice ( - )
Lane, Mary ( - )
Lane, Jane ( - )
Lane, Dorothy ( - )
Lane, Katherine ( - )

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Copley, Catherine ( - 1563)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced 3 sons and 2 daughters
  2. Heneage, Mary ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: by 1573
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced 1 son

Offspring

From Copley, Catherine ( - 1563)

  1. Male offspring: Lane , William (b. 1553)

Primary Title

Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1553-10-02
    Vacated 1588

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
MP, Northamptonshire 1553-3 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1559 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1559 n.d.
Deputy Lieut, Northamptonshire 1560 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1562 n.d.
MP, Surrey 1563 n.d.
Sheriff, Northamptonshire 1563-11-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1563/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1563/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1563/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1563/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1563/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Rutland 1563/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1563/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Northamptonshire 1569/70 n.d.
MP, Northamptonshire 1571 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1584 1587

General Lands Note

Succeeded father 26 Sept. 1540 & mother 1559. Entered into lands 26 April 1548

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Horton, Northamptonshire

Lands

  • Buckinghamshire
  • Cambridgeshire
  • Lincolnshire
  • Northamptonshire
  • Somerset
  • Sussex
  • Warwickshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1570-1570 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Sir Robert Lane's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Robert Lane's Players Lane, Robert (1527 - 1588) Players 1

Bibliographic Sources

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Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
Page, William, ed. The Victoria History of the County of Buckingham. Victoria History of the Counties of England. 4. London: Constable, 1905–1927.