March 2019 – 5280 Explorer

A Man of Spotless Integrity: The Life and Legacy of the Lost Lord Keeper of the King’s Great Seal (Part I of III)

Foreword: This is the full article submitted for publication in the 2018 Annual Bulletin of the Société Jersisiase. This version includes significant additional content which could not appear in that publication, and benefits from the excellent editorial refinements of the editors at the Société Jersisiase. In this format, footnotes appear the end of the sections in which their references occur.

A Man of Spotless Integrity: The Life and Legacy of the Lost Lord Keeper of the King’s Great Seal (Part II of III)

In this second part of the article submitted for publication in the 2018 Annual Bulletin of the Société Jersiaise, Richard Lane rises quickly in the king’s service amid dire circumstances in the wartime capitol of Oxford.

A Man of Spotless Integrity: The Life and Legacy of the Lost Lord Keeper of the King’s Great Seal (Part III of III)

This conclusion of the article submitted for publication in the 2018 Annual Bulletin of the Société Jersisiase chronicles the last few weeks of Richard Lane’s life in the Elizabeth Castle, and his dramatic 1650 burial in St Helier, Jersey.

Temple Church, London

Tombs of Templar Knights in the floor of Temple Church

Middle Temple grounds

Parish church of St Hellier, Jersey

Elizabeth Castle, Jersey

Title page of Richard Lane’s book

Map of southern England and Jersey

Middle Temple Library’s restored copy of “Lane’s Reports”

Stone knight effigies in the floor of the rotunda, Temple Church, London

Richard Lane’s Armorial glass in the windows of Middle Temple Hall. This is different than his Readership armorial panel on the walls below – it was the updated with the Lion by Charles II. The word “miles” means he was a Knight.