and, quoting verses from Psalm 136, summoned the Countess to Divine Judgement," and hence was returned to the Tower. A month later on 14 December, she was freed from prison without public explanation. Later life Lake did not return to his post as Secretary of State but he and the King were reconciled and he was readmitted to Court. In 1625, he was elected MP for Wells and, in 1626, he became MP for Wooton, which position he until his death on 17 September 1630. He was survived by his widow, Mary (daughter of Sir William Ryder, Lord Mayor of London, and a first cousin of John Ryder, Anglican Bishop of Killaloe), three sons, Arthur (died 1633), Thomas (died 1653) and Lancelot (died 1680), and four daughters, including Lady Roos (who had remarried George Rodney) and Bridget, who married Sir William Domville, Attorney General for Ireland, in 1637. Arms References Bibliography 1560s births 1630 deaths Politicians from Southampton People educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton Secretaries of State of the Kingdom of England English MPs 1604–1611 English MPs 1614 English MPs 1625 English MPs 1626 Members of the Privy Council of England Knights Bachelor