Peter Lily
Peter Lily or Lilly (died 1615),
St. Paul's on 16 April 1599, rector of Hornsey, Middlesex on 1 November 1610, and archdeacon of Taunton, Somerset in October 1613 (Le Neve, Fasti, i. 168). He was nominated by James I among the first fellows of Chelsea College, and is named in the charter of its foundation on 8 May 1610. Lily was also a brother of the Savoy Chapel, where he died in 1615. His will, dated 22 February 1614–15,[a]
was proved on 14 June 1615. He was buried in the chancel of the Savoy Chapel, where are also the tombstones of his wife (died 1 June 1627) and only daughter (died 10 October 1625). He published Conciones Duæ, London, 1619, and Two Sermons, London, 1619.
[Lansd. MS. 983, f. 52; Wood's Athenæ (Bliss), i. 34; Newcourt's Repert. i. 128, 587, 609; Faulkner's Chelsea, ii. 225; Cat. of the Bodleian Library.]
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References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bradley, Emily Tennyson (1893). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 33. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 263.
- "Early History of the Lilley-Family – Part 1". lilley.org.za.
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