Thomas Lane (1582 – 31 December 1652) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the

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variously between 1625 and 1648.

Career

Lane was educated at

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and was a bencher of the

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and lord of the manor of Greenford Parva.John Allen Brown ''The chronicles of Greenford Parva; or, Perivale, past and present. With divers historical, archæological, and other notes, traditions, etc., relating to the church and manor, and the Brent Valley'' 1891
/ref> In 1625 Lane was elected

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for Wycombe and was re-elected in 1628. After an eleven-year period during which King Charles I ruled without parliaments, Lane was re-elected for Wycombe in April 1640 for the

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. He was re-elected in November 1640 to the

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and remained supporting the parliamentarian cause until ejected under

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in 1648.

Early life and family

Lane was born in

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and baptised there on 2 January 1583. According to Heralds visitations, he was descended from the "Lane family of Thingdon and Orlingbury" in

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. He married twice but had no children. His second wife was Jane Duncombe, daughter of John Duncombe of

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, Buckinghamshire. Lane died at the age of 70 and a memorial exists in the church of Greenford Parva (or Perivale). His will was proved on 10 May 1653.Will of Thomas Lane. Peculiar Court of Canterbury

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lane, Thomas 1582 births 1652 deaths English MPs 1625 English MPs 1628–1629 English MPs 1640 (April) English MPs 1640–1648 Members of the Inner Temple