Title:

Gentleman

Military Rank:

Colonel

First Name:

John

Last Name:

Lane

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

Post 1667

Inscription:

From unclear and partially concealed photograph and google translate:

Mortales Exisviar
Praevalidi IOHANNIS LANE Armigeri,
Foeliciter reaninmari expectantes,
Hic repositae
Vir supra Titulos, vel cujus Meritis
Tituli defunt.
In Turbis nuperis Intestinis sub Rege CAR.I.
Et deinde in Bello Batavo sub Rege CAR.II.
Tribuni Militum dignissime Officio fungebatur
Regis et Patriae Liberator,
Nempe eum CAR.II. e Praeliis Vigorniis
AEgerrime elapsum et undiq infectatum,
Summa Pictate, summa Fide, summa Virtute,
Ultimo deniq. Capitis periculo,
Iniquis Tyranni Usurpantis et suorum Infidijs
Fortiter eripuit.
Factum inter Praeelarillima
Praeclarillimum.
Ut Ipse Monarcha etiam non tacite agnovit,
Cum Augutentatione Regali ex Infignijs Regijs
Ad Insignia antiqua Nobilis LAN. Familiar
Filium THO. LANE Ar. (digni Patris dign. Haer.)
In loco defuncti decoravit et retribuit.
Cujus Ossa insuper Rex gratus et pius
???? Maufoleis Basilicis Westmonast.
???noris ergo magnifice condi voluit,
???ose Heros moriens istis Honoribus
Modeste obsterfisser
???? VIII Kal. Apr. Ao. MDCIX
???Cal. Sept. Ao. MDCLXVII
Mortem obit comploratam.




Let the mortals perish
The valiant JOHN LANE the squire,
Happily waiting to be revived,
Stored here
A man above titles, or whose merits
The titles are missing.
In the mobs of the late Intestines under King CAR.I.
And then in the Dutch War under King CAR.II.
Tribune Militum served as a dignified office
Liberator of King and Country,
Namely him CAR.II. from the Battles of Vigornia
He has escaped and is infected everywhere,
With the highest wisdom, with the highest faith, with the highest power,
In the end at risk
The wicked tyrant of the usurper and his infidels
He made a strong escape.
Made among the most eminent
The most famous
As the Monarch Himself did not tacitly acknowledge,
With the Royal Augution of the Royal Insignia
To the ancient Insignia of the Noble LAN. Familiar
Son of Tho. LANE Ar. (worthy of the Father, worthy of Haer.)
In the place of the deceased he decorated and repaid.
Whose bones, besides, the King was grateful and pious
???? Mausoleum of the Basilica of Westminster.
???
???ose Hero dying with these Honors
Modest obsterfisser
???? 8 Cal. April Ao. 1609
???Cal. Sept. Ao. 1667
He dies lamented.

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Good

Condition Description:

Photographic evidence

Memorial Notes:

Involved in the concealment and escape of King Charles II after the Battle of Worcester

See:
LANE, Henry Murray 1910, The Lanes of Bentley.

https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/lane-john-1609-67

https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/colonel-john-lane-16091667-132222