Knightwick Mortuary Chapel	Return to Knightwick Index
Here lyeth the body of Grace Lane, daughter of, Colonel John Lane, of Bentley, in the county of Stafford; spinster. She died the 16th day of July, 1721, aged about 80.
Fol 32b. page 91 "Parish Registers of Knightwick and Doddenham A.D. 1538 to A.d. 1812. Funera [Funerals, or Deaths] Anno Ærae Praedictæ 1721 [In the year of the aforesaid era] XVI Kal: Augusti. - Gratia (vulgo Grace) Lane, in Ecclesia septula est annmeratis Rectori decem solidis. [Grace Lane, was buried at the Church, on 16th of August 1721, at a cost of ten solids to the Rector] 'solidis' would have been shillings, with twenty shillings to the pound, at that time.
Here lyeth the body of Dorothy Lane, daughter of, Colonel John Lane, of Bentley, in the county of Stafford; spinster. She died November the 22nd, 1726, aged about 82.
Fol 32b. page 91 "Parish Registers of Knightwick and Doddenham A.D. 1538 to A.d. 1812. Funera [Funerals, or Deaths] Anno Domini MDCCXXVI. [In the year of our Lord, 1726] November 24th. Domina Dorothea Lane Sepulta est. [Mrs Dorothy Lane was buried at the Church, on November the 24th, 1726]
How interesting to have the nieces (buried at Knightwick Chapel) of the famous Jane Lane. Their father, Colonel John Lane was Jane's brother, and their parents were, Thomas Lane and Anne Bagot of Bentley & Hyde (near Walsall). Jane Lane was famous for helping King Charles II to escape after the failed Battle of Worcester on the 3rd of September 1651
	Jane Lane, b. 1626 - d. 9th September, 1689. Portrait of Jane Lane, Lady Fisher, which depicts her holding a crown over which she has partially drawn her lace veil. Perhaps her niece's would have shown some resemblance to her. Apart from helping Charles II escape, she is also renowned for being his mistress!

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