Abraham Lance, Gentleman of Abram, later associated with the Royalist cause
Dates: Active 1623-1652; died about 1659
Biography
Heir of Henry and Susan Lance and holder or claimant of the Abram estate during the seventeenth-century religious and Civil War disturbances. He was a recusant and later petitioned for restoration of lands under sequestration after professing conformity.
Notes / Sources
The VCH says he died about seven years before a bond signed by William Gerard in 1667 and without male issue.
Research sources:
- W. Farrer and J. Brownbill, A History of the County of Lancaster, Volume IV, 1911, Abram section, pp. 112-113 and notes 17-18, citing recusant rolls, the Calendar of the Committee for Compounding, and Royalist Composition Papers. — https://archive.org/stream/cu31924088434562/cu31924088434562_djvu.txt
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