Francis Fane (royalist)
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Sir Francis Fane of Fulbeck (c. 1611–1681?) K.B. supported the Royalist cause During the English Civil War
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Fane was made a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Charles I
. During the English Civil War
he was appointed by the Duke of Newcastle to be governor of Doncaster
for the King, and afterwards of Lincoln Castle
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Lincoln was besieged
by Edward, Earl of Manchester
on 3 May 1644. An attempt to break the siege was made by George, Lord Goring
on the 5 May, but he found the Parliamentary forces too strong and retreated. The next night the Lincoln Castle
(a key defensive structure) was stormed with the use of scaling ladders. Sir Francis Fane, Sir Charles Dallison, and 100 other officers and gentlemen, and 800 soldiers were taken prisoner.
He obtained some reputation as a dramatic writer, having left, besides some poems, three dramatic pieces. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May 1663 (and expelled in 1682).
Fane was seated at Fulbeck, in Lincolnshire, and at Aston in Yorkshire, where he resided the latter part of his life.
and his wife Catherine Darcy dau of Sir Edward Darcy of Dertford in com. Ebor. and coheir to her brother, John West, Esq. She died in 1649, and left issue by Sir Francis Fane, four sons and six daughters:
Daughters: Mary, married to ??? Marshall, of Fisherton, Lincolnshire; Rachael; Elizabeth; married Thomas Wodhull, of Mollington in Oxfordshire, Esq. and died 2 May 1678; Catherine; Grace, wife of William Grove, of Shropshire, Esq.; and Jane.
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...
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Biography
Fane was the third, but second surviving, son of Francis Fane, 1st Earl of WestmorlandFrancis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland
Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland, KB head of the Fane family, of Mereworth in Kent, and then of Apethorpe in Northamptonshire, was first a Member of Parliament and then an English peer...
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Fane was made a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Charles I
Charles I of England
Charles I was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue whilst Parliament sought to curb his Royal prerogative which Charles...
. During the English Civil War
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...
he was appointed by the Duke of Newcastle to be governor of Doncaster
Doncaster
Doncaster is a town in South Yorkshire, England, and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The town is about from Sheffield and is popularly referred to as "Donny"...
for the King, and afterwards of Lincoln Castle
Lincoln Castle
Lincoln Castle is a major castle constructed in Lincoln, England during the late 11th century by William the Conqueror on the site of a pre-existing Roman fortress. The castle is unusual in that it has two mottes. It is only one of two such castles in the country, the other being at Lewes in Sussex...
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Lincoln was besieged
Siege of Lincoln
During the First English Civil War Lincoln was besieged between 3 May and 6 May, 1644 by Parliamentarian forces of the Eastern Association of counties under the command of the Earl of Manchester. On the first day, the Parliamentarians took the lower town...
by Edward, Earl of Manchester
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester KG, KB, FRS was an important commander of Parliamentary forces in the First English Civil War, and for a time Oliver Cromwell's superior.-Life:...
on 3 May 1644. An attempt to break the siege was made by George, Lord Goring
George Goring, Lord Goring
George Goring, Lord Goring was an English Royalist soldier. He was known by the courtesy title Lord Goring as the eldest son of the 1st Earl of Norwich.- The Goring family :...
on the 5 May, but he found the Parliamentary forces too strong and retreated. The next night the Lincoln Castle
Lincoln Castle
Lincoln Castle is a major castle constructed in Lincoln, England during the late 11th century by William the Conqueror on the site of a pre-existing Roman fortress. The castle is unusual in that it has two mottes. It is only one of two such castles in the country, the other being at Lewes in Sussex...
(a key defensive structure) was stormed with the use of scaling ladders. Sir Francis Fane, Sir Charles Dallison, and 100 other officers and gentlemen, and 800 soldiers were taken prisoner.
He obtained some reputation as a dramatic writer, having left, besides some poems, three dramatic pieces. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May 1663 (and expelled in 1682).
Fane was seated at Fulbeck, in Lincolnshire, and at Aston in Yorkshire, where he resided the latter part of his life.
Family
Fane married Elizabeth (widow of John Lord Darcy,) eldest daughter of William West, of FirbeckFirbeck
Firbeck is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England, on the border with Nottinghamshire. The name is said to derive from "Friebec", meaning a wooded stream. It lies between Maltby and Oldcotes, off the A634 and B6463 roads. The village has a...
and his wife Catherine Darcy dau of Sir Edward Darcy of Dertford in com. Ebor. and coheir to her brother, John West, Esq. She died in 1649, and left issue by Sir Francis Fane, four sons and six daughters:
- FrancisFrancis Fane (dramatist)Sir Francis Fane, of Fulbeck, in the county of Lincoln, K.B. was a writer of stage plays and poems and a courtier in the Restoration court of Charles II of England.-Biography:...
, who became a dramatist. - William, who died unmarried.
- Henry
- Edward, who married Jane, third daughter of James Stanier, of London, merchant, living 1679. This Edward ob. 15th, 1679, aet. thirty-seven, and was buried at St. Martin's in the Fields, London.
Daughters: Mary, married to ??? Marshall, of Fisherton, Lincolnshire; Rachael; Elizabeth; married Thomas Wodhull, of Mollington in Oxfordshire, Esq. and died 2 May 1678; Catherine; Grace, wife of William Grove, of Shropshire, Esq.; and Jane.