Peter Lily

Peter LilyorLilly(died 1615),archdeacon of Taunton,was son of Peter Lily,prebendaryofCanterbury,and grandson of the grammarianWilliam Lily.He was educated atJesus College, Cambridge,where he becamefellow,and graduatedB.A.,M.A.,andD.D.He tookholy orders,and was maderectorofFulham, Middlesexon 17 May 1598, prebendary ofSt. Paul'son 16 April 1599, rector ofHornsey,Middlesex on 1 November 1610, and archdeacon of Taunton, Somerset in October 1613 (Le Neve,Fasti,i. 168). He was nominated byJames Iamong the first fellows ofChelsea College,and is named in the charter of its foundation on 8 May 1610. Lily was also a brother of theSavoy 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 publishedConciones Duæ,London, 1619, andTwo 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.]

Notes

^Until 1752, the legal year in England began on 25 March,Lady Day.Thus his will was made in the legal year 1614 but in the calendar year 1615.

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Bradley, Emily Tennyson(1893)."Peter Lily".InLee, 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.

[1] Until 1752, the legal year in England began on 25 March,Lady Day.Thus his will was made in the legal year 1614 but in the calendar year 1615.

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