Career
Lane was a bencher of the Temple and lord of the manor of Greenford Parva. After King Charles I ruled without parliament for eleven years, Lane was re-elected for Wycombe in April 1640 for the Short Parliament. He was re-elected in November 1640 to the Long Parliament and remained supporting the parliamentarian cause until ejected under Pride"s Purge in 1648
Lane was born in Hughenden, Buckinghamshire and baptised there on 2 January 1583.
According to Heralds visitations, he was descended from the "Lane family of Thingdon and Orlingbury" in Northamptonshire.
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.
