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LANE-CLAYPON, WILLIAM WARD, brother of Charlton George Lane (qv); b. 1 Aug 1845; adm. 24 Sep 1857 (James'); QS 1860; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1864, matr. Mich. 1864; BA 1868; assumed additional surname of Claypon by royal licence 28 Feb 1877; a banker at Boston, Lincs., firm Garfit Claypon & Co.; Master, Mercers’ Co. 1900; JP Parts of Holland, Lincolnshire; JP Hertfordshire 1915; m. 14 Jun 1871 Edith Margaret, youngest dau. of William Fenwick Stow, Red Hall, near Leeds, Yorks.; d. 31 Mar 1939.

Lane-Claypon, Edward William, son of William Ward Claypon Lane-Claypon (q.v.); b. March 7, 1886; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 28, 1899; left July 1904; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michael­mas 1904; B.A. 1908; Ely Theol. Coll. 1909; ordained 1909; Curate of Wigan, Lancs. 1909-11, and of Welwyn, Herts, 1911-2; Rector of Ayot St. Lawrence, Herts, 1912-21; enlisted in R.A.S.C. in May 1918; 2nd Lieut. Nov. 23, 1918; m. Feb. 7, 1923, Eleanor Frances, youngest daughter of Tom Studdy, of Paignton, Devon; d. Oct. 9, 1955.

LANE, WILLIAM, son of Richard Lane, Hanslop, Bucks. ; b. ; adm. ; KS (aged 16) 1629 (Bodleian Library, Oxford, Tanner MS lxix, f. 224); Magdalen Hall, Oxford, matr. 11 May 1632; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Thomas Tyrell, Kt, Castle Thorpe, Bucks.

LANE, THOMAS BRUCE, fifth son of Rev. Charles Lane, Rector of Wrotham, Kent, and Frances Catherine, second dau. of Right Rev. Daniel Sandford DD, Bishop of Edinburgh; b. 29 Apr 1831; adm. 20 Jan 1845 (Benthall's); QS 1845; left Midsummer 1847; at Haileybury Coll. 1850-1; Writer, EICS Bengal 1852; Assistant to Magistrate and Collector, Midnapur 1853; Joint Magistrate and Deputy Collector, Jessore 1856; Junior Secretary, Board of Revenue, Lower Provinces 1864-70, Secretary 1870-7; Collector of Customs, Calcutta 1877, retd. 1877; m. 20 Jul 1853 Adelaide Fanny Spring, sister of Frederick Macquoid Samuel Belli (qv); d. 14 Jan 1917.

LANE, RICHARD, son of Thomas Lane, Bradley and Coffleet, Devon, and Penelope, dau. of Thomas Tothill, Baytor; b. 18 Feb 1772; adm. 22 Sep 1783; KS 1787; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1791, adm. pens. 21 Jun 1791, scholar 1792; BA 1795; MA 1800; ordained deacon (Chichester) 24 Apr 1796, priest 10 Jul 1796; Perpetual Curate of Brixton, Devon, from 5 Nov 1802; m. 18 Feb 1800 Lucy, dau. of Nicholas Dennys, Ashley, near Tiverton, Devon; d. 17 Mar 1858.

LANE, SIR RICHARD, eldest son of Richard Lane, Courteenhall, Northants, and Elizabeth, dau. of Clement Vincent, Harpole, Northants; bapt. 12 Nov 1584; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge, but was never adm.; adm. Inner Temple 16 Feb 1604/5, called to bar 8 Feb 1612/3, Bencher 1630, Treasurer 1637; practised in Court of Exchequer; Attorney-Gen. to Prince of Wales 1634; Counsel to Cambridge Univ. 1635; appeared for Strafford when impeached by House of Commons 1641, for Mr. Justice Berkeley 1641 and for the twelve bishops Jan 1641/2; MA Oxford 1 Nov 1642; DCL 31 Jan 1643/4; joined Charles I at Oxford; knighted 4 Jan 1643/4; Serjeant-at-Law 23 Jan 1643/4; Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer 25 Jan 1643/4; Lord Keeper of the Great Seal 25 Oct 1645; one of King’s Commissioners at Uxbridge Jan 1645/6; acted on King’s behalf at surrender of Oxford Jun 1646; followed Charles II into exile; Privy Councillor 13 May 1649 (sworn in at The Hague); author, Reports in the Court of Exchequer from 1605 to 1612, 1657; m. Margaret, dau. of Thomas Walker, Westminster, and aunt of Thomas Randolph (elected to Cambridge 1623, qv); d. at Elizabeth Castle, Jersey 12 May 1650. DNB.

LANE, MIDDLETON, son of John Lane, London, merchant, and Elizabeth, dau. of Simon Myddelton, London, goldsmith; bapt. St. Mary at Hill, London 23 Mar 1686 (IGI : or 1686/7 ?); adm.; KS 1700; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1704, matr. 23 Jun 1704, aged 17, Westminster Student from 22 Dec 1704; BA 1708; MA 1711 (Act Book); adm. Middle Temple 20 Nov 1704; buried Temple Church 29 Jan 1715/6.

LANCASTER, FRANCIS, eldest son of William Lancaster, St. Margaret’s, Westminster; bapt. St. Margaret, Westminster 28 Feb 1588/9; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1606, matr. 5 Dec 1606, aged 17, Westminster Student to 1619, Faculty Student 1619-27; BA 1610; MA 1613; d. 1629 (will proved PCC Sep 1629). [Mother perhaps Cicely Wyat (IGI)]

LAMBERT, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1655, matr. 31 Jul 1658, Westminster Student; BA 1658/9; a testimonial signed by the Censors of Christ Church and others, certifying that he was “a person of more than ordinary proficiency in all parts of learninge for his yeares and standing”, is preserved among the Chapter Muniments.

LAMBE, JOHN, son of Christopher Lambe, Maidstone, Kent, and Elizabeth ---; bapt. Egerton, Kent 8 Mar 1675 (IGI); adm.; KS 1687; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1691, adm. pens. 11 Feb 1691/2, aged 17, scholar 8 Apr 1692, matr. 1692; BA 1695/6; MA 1699; ordained deacon (Ely) 24 Dec 1799, priest (Lincoln, lit. dim. from Canterbury) 17 Mar 1716/7; Rector of Shadoxhurst, Kent 1716/7; Rector of Ridley, Kent, from 1719; Rector of Longfield, Kent, from 1731; m.; d. 14 Dec 1733.