Family and Education
s. of John Lane (d. by 1413) of Wolverhampton, Staffs. m. (1) by Sept. 1398, Katherine, prob. da. of John Ruycroft of Hilton, Staffs.; (2) c.1409, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Ralph de la Hyde (d. by 1397) of the Hyde, wid. of John Foucher (d.c.1408) of Egginton, Derbys.; M. Jurkowski, ‘John Fynderne’ (Keele Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1998), 409. (3) by May 1427, Joan; 1s. Dist. 1430.
Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Staffs. 1414 (Nov.), 1416 (Mar.), 1432, 1433.

Commr. Salop, Staffs. July 1406 – Oct. 1437; of gaol delivery, Stafford May 1426, Oct. 1427 (q.), Apr. 1429, Stafford castle May 1435 (q.). C66/419, m. 19d; 422, m. 31d; 424, m. 8d; 437, m. 14d.

J.p.q. Staffs. 16 Nov. 1413 – d.

Steward of John Burghill, bp. of Coventry and Lichfield, by 23 Mar.-c. 27 May 1414. KB9/113/42.

Escheator, Staffs. 4 Nov. 1418 – 23 Nov. 1419, 24 Jan. – 17 Dec. 1426, 15 Feb. – Apr. 1430.

Guardian, temporalities of the bp. of Coventry and Lichfield 15 Feb. – Apr. 1420.

Main residences: Bentley; Hyde, Staffs.
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Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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