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Attended Oxford University
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In late 1550s and early 1560s Lane Served in the English Parliament.
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Serving in Queen Elizabeth |'s court.
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Lane was in a rebellion in Scotland.
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Queens commision caused lane to seize ships.
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Helped England when struggling with Spain by developing plans and ideas.
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Received a commision to go to Ireland.
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Given command of the colony that Sir Walter Raleigh was organizing.
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600 men on 7 ships left England.
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Ships reached outer banks.
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Colony was ashore and built.
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"A fleet led by Sir Francis Drake left Roanoke carrying the first English colonists back home."
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"He provided the foreword to Thomas Harriot’s Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia."
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"His account of the colony appeared in Richard Hakluyt’s Principal Navigations...."
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Served as a general and clerk in Ireland.
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Died in October in Ireland and was buried on the 28th.
