John Laney, Alderman of Dublin; (High Sheriff of that City in 1606). Vis. Dublin, 1607, Or on a chev. eng. betw. three mullets, pierced az., as many torteaux.

‘In a note to an article on Manningford Bruce, published in your Magazine for December 1831, you requested an account of ‘Mrs. Lane’s’ monument. I now send it you, with some particulars of her family, and that of her husband, together with some additional information with regard to Manningford. Exactly at the east end of the Church, over the altar, the monument is placed with this inscription:

Underneath lyeth the body of Mary Nicholas, daughter of Thomas Lane, of Bentley, in the county of Stafford, Esq. a family as venerable for its antiquity, as renowned for its loyalty, of which y wonderful preservation of King Charles ye Second, after ye defeat at Worcester, is an instance never to be forgotten: in which glorious action she herself bore a very considerable part; and that the memory of this extraordinary service might be continued to posterity, the family was dignified with the addition of this signal badge of honour, the arms of England in a canton. She was married to Edward Nicholas, ye son of Sir Oliver Nicholas, Cupbearer to King James ye First, and Carver to King Charles ye First, by whom she had only one son, who died before her, near to whose body she desired her own might be interred. She died Decemb’r 24th, anno 1686, aged 67 yeares.

On the sinister side of the escutcheon, at the top of the monument, are the arms of the Lanes of Bentley and Hyde, which are thus described by Edmondson: Or, a chevron Gules, between three mullets pierced Azure. Besides this, there are the arms of England in a canton, as specified in the inscription. On the dexter side are the arms of Nicholas of Wiltshire: ‘Azure, a chevron engrailed between three owls Or.’ The crest, which is not represented on this monument, is ‘On a chapeau Azure, turned up with Ermine, an owl with wings expanded Or.’ With the coat of Nicholas are quartered three others; the first is that of the old Wiltshire family of Chamberlayn, ‘Gules, a chevron between three escallops Or.’ Their crest is ‘an ass’s head couped Argent.’ The two other coats are, ‘Argent, three poissons naient Prop. and, Gules, on a chevron between three birds close Argent, two lions passant guardant.’ I have some doubt with regard to the last two escutcheons, owing to the faintness of the colours on the marble; but none with regard to the others’ (‘H’, The Gentleman’s Magazine, vol. 152, p. 520, 1832).

1. Ralph Lane, of Bentley and Hyde (d. 1477-8), m. Joyce Cresset, da. of Ralph or Robert Cresset.
1.1. Richard Lane, of Bentley and Hyde m. Anne Harcourt, da. of John Harcourt of Raunton, of the family of Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt.
1.1.1. John Lane, of Bentley and Hyde, d. 1578, m. Margaret Partrich, da. of Thomas Partrich of King’s Bromley.
1.1.1.1. Thomas Lane, of Bentley and Hyde, d 1590, m. Catherine Trentham, da. of Richard Trentham of Rochester.
1.1.1.1.1. John Lane, Esq. of Bentley and Hyde, m. Jane, da. of Sir Edward Littleton.
1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Lane, aforsaid.
1.1.1.2. Richard Lane.
1.1.1.2.1. (probably) John Laney, Alderman of Dublin; (High Sheriff of that City in 1606). Vis. Dublin, 1607, Or on a chev. eng. betw. three mullets, pierced az., as many torteaux.

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