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When it all started
In 1585 the queen recalled Lane from Ireland and he was given command of the colony that Sir Walter Raleigh was organizing to sail to Virginia -
They left
¨In April 1585, seven ships with about 600 men under the overall command of Sir Richard Grenville left England.¨ -
They Left
¨ On June 18 or 19, 1586, a fleet led by Sir Francis Drake left Roanoke carrying the first English colonists back home.¨ -
Doing something different
Lane was back in Ireland in 1592 serving as “muster master general” and “clerk of the check of the garrison” and remained in that country for the rest of his life. -
He couldn't be a Muster Master
By 1601 Lane’s physical weakness had made him unfit as muster master. -
He died
Lane died in Dublin, Ireland, in October 1603 and was buried at St. Patrick’s Church on the 28th of that month.