Category: Geneology of the family of Sir Richard Lane

Welcome to the latest twist in a story more likely to sprout new heads than a hydra!  My research has often led me through accounts of Richard Lane which are sprinkled with comments that he came from a family of little wealth, but a good name.  Little wealth I understand, but what was meant by a good name?  Until now, I’ve spent most of my genealogy efforts directed toward his descendants, and little into his parentage. I should have known I would find something surprising when I did!  Although the Lane family is itself an old and distinguished family in its own right, the truly impressive link didn’t come about through his father, but through Richard Lane’s mother, Elizabeth (Vincent) Lane…

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