Yeoman, teacher at Whitton Chapel, born in Tenbury ca. 1558, resident of Burford.

Cause 2a (1598): deponent, described as yeoman, 40 years of age, and resident of Burford in Shropshire for seven years. Prior to that he lived, where he was born, in Tenbury, an adjoining town in Worcestershire. 

Cause 2b (1598): described as living in the Whitton household, teaching their four children as well as others in the chapel at Whitton (poss. St. Mary’s Church, Whitton). 

Cause 3 (1598): sues William Whitton for Defamation.

Disambiguation: 

Someone called Thomas Lane was rector at Burford 1567-69 and priest 1569-1587 but this could not be the same person. (If this record is correct the Thomas Lane mentioned in this case would only have been 9 at appointment.) The rector and priest were almost certainly this Thomas Lane's father which is suggested by the 1605 lease to "Thomas Lane, his wife Anne, and his son Thomas." 

Other documents:

Clergy records, 1567-87. Rector and priest at Burford. Person ID: 65140. https://theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/persons/index.jsp

Lease to Thomas, mentions job as yeoman, wife Anne, & son Thomas, 1605. 

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/9c44e6f6-a51c-46c9-9ca3-0439852b4a29 

Indenture to Francis Whitton in 1595. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4951304