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Ralph lane was born in 1528
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Ralph lane attended oxford university
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He served in the english parliament from the late 1550's to the early 1560's
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He stopped serving in the english parliament in the early 1560's
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He began to serve in Queen Elizabeth 1's court
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Ralph lane fought in a rebellion in scotland in 1569 and gained accolades for his military skill.
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By the early 1570's ralph lane got himself involved in maritime affairs which included a queens mission to seize ships by 1571
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By the late 1570's and the early 1580's ralph lane was developing plans and offering services to help england struggle with spain
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Ralph lane stopped helping England struggle with spain in the early 1580's
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In 1583 ralph received a commision to go to ireland and construct forts.
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In april 1585 600 men on 7 ships left from england.
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Sir francis drake took 107 of Lanes men back to England
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Lane provided the foreword to Thomas Harriot’s Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia.
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Lanes account of the colony appeared in principal navigations.
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Ralph returned back to ireland and there served as the "muser master general" and the "clerk of the check of the garrison”. He remained in this country for the rest of his life.
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By 1601 ralph was unfit to be a muser master.
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Ralph lane died in dublin ireland in october 1603