'Lane01'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Lane of Bentley, Lane of Hyde, Lane of King's Bromley, Lane of The Grange

                               
Commoners reports that, according to Holinshed, this family "came into England ... with William the Conqueror."
Richard de la Lone of Hampton (a 1315)
1. Andrew de la Lone (a 1357)
  A. John de la Lone
  i. Richard Lone of Halton
  m. (c1407) Elizabeth de la Hyde (dau/heir of Ralph de la Hyde)
  a. John Lane of Bentley and Hyde
  m. Margery Egerton (dau of Randle Egerton of Wrinehill)
  (1) Richard Lane
  (A) Ralph Lane of Bentley and Hyde (d 1477-8) first generation mentioned by Visitation
  m. Joyce Cresset (dau of Ralph or Robert Cresset)
(i) Richard Lane of Bentley and Hyde
  m. (c1500) Anne Harcourt (dau of John Harcourt of Raunton)
  (a) John Lane of Bentley and Hyde (d 1578) first generation mentioned by BLG1952
  m. Margaret (not Catherine) Partrich (dau of Thomas Partrich of King's Bromley)
  ((1)) Thomas (not Francis) Lane of Bentley and Hyde (d 1590)
  m. Catherine Trentham (dau of Richard Trentham of Rochester)
  ((A)) John Lane of Bentley and Hyde (d 1605-6) - continued below
  m. Jane Littleton (dau of Sir Edward Littleton of Pillaton)
  ((B)) Cassandra Lane
  m. Thomas Littleton (son of Sir Edward)
  ((C)) Faith Lane probably of this generation
  m. Thomas Westby
  ((D))+ other issue - Thomas, Richard of Kiernes, 2 sons, 5 daughters
  ((2)) other issue - Richard, Elizabeth
  (b) Alice Lane
  m. Roger Partidge or Partrich
  (c) Dorothy Lane
  (ii)+ other issue - Christian, Margerie

 

 

John Lane of Bentley and Hyde (d 1605-6) - continued above
m. Jane Littleton (dau of Sir Edward Littleton of Pillaton)
1. Thomas Lane of Bentley and Hyde (d 1660)
  m1. Anne Bagot (dau of Walter Bagot of Blithfield, sister of Sir Hervey, 1st Bart)
  A. John Lane of Bentley (b c1602, d 09.1667, Colonel)
  m. Athaliah Anson (d c1644, dau of Thomas Anson of Dunston or Acton Trussel of family of Shutborough)
  i. Sir Thomas Lane of Bentley (b c1638, bur 25.01.1715, 2nd son)
  m. (29.08.1667) Abigail Wightwick (dau of Samuel Wightwick, widow of Sir Henry Williams, Bart of Gwernevet)
a. John Lane of Bentley (b 12.12.1669, bur 25.10.1748)
  m. (30.04.1702) Mary Wyrley (d 01.04.1729, dau of Humfrey Wyrley of Hampstead by Mary, dau of Sir Henry Wroth of Durrants by Anne, dau of William, 1st Lord Maynard)
  (1) Thomas Lane of Bentley (b 28.04.1703, d 1775)
  m1. Anne Austen (d 1724)
(A) John Lane of Bentley (b 11.1723, d 28.06.1782)
  m. (15.10.1750) Sarah Fowler (d 20.01.1784, dau of Richard Fowler of Pendeford)
  (i) John Lane of King's Bromley (b 20.12.1752, d 21.12.1824)
  m. (20.01.1800) Sarah Lloyd (d 01.04.1855, dau of Thomas Lloyd of Wyle Cop)
  (a) John Newton Lane of King's Bromley (b 04.12.1800, d 13.10.1869) had issue
  m. (08.01.1828) Agnes Bagot (d 04.11.1885, dau of William Bagot, 2nd Lord)
(b) Thomas Leveson Lane (b 28.09.1802, rector of Withington)
  (ii) Thomas Lane of The Grange (b 30.09.1754, d 10.01.1824)
  m. (04.09.1784) Barbara Fowler (d 15.07.1823, dau of Thomas Fowler of Pendeford)
  (a) Thomas Goldsmith Fowler Lane (b 05.11.1786, dsp 10.04.1819)
  m. Rebecca Howell (d 28.11.1844, dau of John Howell of Penheol)
  (b) John Lane of The Grange (b 06.06.1788, d 16.01.1852) had issue
  m1. (19.08.1817) Jane Williams (d 07.07.1818, dau of Rev. John Williams)
  m2. (17.01.18250 Elizabeth Carter (d 17.06.1852, dau of William Carter)
(c) Charles Lane (b 02.02.1793, d 23.03.1879, rector of Wrotham) had issue
  m. (01.07.1816) Frances Catherine Sandford (d 26.10.1875, dau of Daniel Sandford, Bishop of Edinburgh)
  (d) Richard Lane (b 02.10.1794, d 27.01.1870) had issue
  m. (24.04.1827) Sarah Pink Tracy (d 14.02.1879, dau of George Thomas Tracy of Liskeard)
  (e) Sarah Lane (d 22.12.1872)
  m. (14.02.1812) William Cotton of Walwood House (d 01.12.1866, Governor of the Bank of England)
  (f) Jane Lane (b 21.05.1791, d 21.07.1791)
  (iii) Maria Lane (b 27.01.1757)
  m. (28.04.1788) Rev. John Hammond Lucy of Charlecote Park (d 12.01.1823)
  (vi)+ other issue - Richard (b 06.06.1761, dsp 28.02.1799, Captain RN), Newton Charles (b 16.02.1763, dsp 06.03.1846, rector of Ingoldsby), Sarah (b 02.11.1750, d 1751), Sarah (b 30.03.1759, d 1760)
  (B) Mary Lane
m. (1729) John Taylor of Walsall
  (C) Elizabeth Sybilla Lane
m. Roger Holmes of Walsall
  (D)+ other issue (d young) - Thomas, Anne
  m2. Anne Sayers
  (F) Thomas Lane (b 1746, rector of Handsworth)
  m. (1779) Esther Barbara Birch (dau of Judge (Thomas) Birch)
  (G) William Lane, Governor of St. Helena (Colonel)
  m. _ Camac of Greenmount Lodge
  (H) Jane Lane
  m. (1776) John Freer of Birmingham
  (I) Anne Lane
  m. (1776) George Birch of Harbourne and Hampstead
  (J)+ other issue - Charles (d young), Edward (d 1784)
  (2) Mary Lane
  m. _ Leigh of Aldridge
  (A) daughter
  m. William Dilke of Maxtoke Castle
  (3) Elizabeth Lane (d unm)
(4) Jane Lane
  m. John Birch
  b.+ other issue - Thomas (d 03.04.1697), Elizabeth
  ii. Mary Lane
  m. Littleton Clent of Knighwick
iii. Anne Lane
  m. Richard Best of Walsall, formerly of Perry Hall
  iv. Elizabeth (not Mary) Lane
  m. Humphrey Jervis, Lord Mayor of Dublin (b 1630, a 1681)
  v. Frances Lane
  m. William Offley (brother of John of Madeley)
  vi.+ other issue - son (d infant), Grace, Lettice, Jane, Dorothy
  It was probably one of these daughters who married ...
  m. Thomas Meynell (rector of Langley)
  B. William Lane (b c1623, a 1683, 3rd son)
  m. _ Collins
Commoners identifies William as "from whom the Irish branch of the family derives". Visitation identifies him as 'of Bentley' and shows the following daughters but no sons. BLG1952 identifies him as 'of Shelton'.
  i. Dorothy Lane
  m. _ Jenny of _ near London
  ii. Elizabeth Lane
  m. Thomas Russel of Wolverhampton
  iii. Jane Lane
  m. _ Birch of Stretton
  C. Jane Lane (d 09.09.1689)
  m. Sir Clement Fisher, 2nd Bart of Packington (dsp 15.04.1683)
  D. Withy (or Writhy) Lane
  m. John Petre of Horton
  E. Anne Lane
  m. Edward Birch of Leacroft
F. Mary Lane
  m1. _ Peters of _ near Windsor
  m2. Edward Nicholas (son of Sir Oliver, cupbearer to King James I)
  G. Elizabeth Lane
  m. Thomas Cartwright of Coven
  H.+ other issue - Walter (b 05.1611), Richard (d unm), Thomas (d unm c1647), Frances (d unm)
  m2. (sp) _ Eardley (d c1655, widow of _ Kettle)
2. Alice Lane
  m. Alexander Wightwick of Wightwick
3. daughter
  m. _ Tallemache (younger brother of Sir Lionel Talmach)
4.+ other issue (d unm) - 2 sons, Margaret (d c1662)

Main source(s): Commoners (vol i, Lane of King's Bromley), BLG1952 (Lane formerly of King's Bromley), King's Staffordshire Pedigrees (1912, Lane)
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