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Lane, Robert (1526/7 - 1588)

Born / Died

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

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced 3 sons and 2 daughters
  2. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1573
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced 1 son

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1553-10-02
    Vacated: 1588

General Lands Note

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

Details of Offices

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

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Horton, Northamptonshire

Lands

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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - 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

  • Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Page, William, ed. The Victoria History of the County of Buckingham. 4. London: Constable, 1905--1927