Thomas Lane was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons

House of Commons of England

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 variously between 1625 and 1648.

Career

Lane was a bencher of the Temple and lord of the manor of Greenford Parva

Perivale

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In 1625 Lane was elected Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Wycombe

Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and was re-elected in 1628. After King Charles I ruled without parliament for eleven years, Lane was re-elected for Wycombe in April 1640 for the Short Parliament

Short Parliament

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. He was re-elected in November 1640 to the Long Parliament

Long Parliament

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 and remained supporting the parliamentarian cause until ejected under Pride's Purge

Pride's Purge

Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents...

 in 1648

Early Life and Family

Lane was born in Hughenden

Hughenden Valley

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

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