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1796, and signed Robert Grave. He became a printseller later in life.

Robert Grave the engraver was the eldest on of the last named. He was born 7 May, 1798, and seems to have retained the name of Grave for some years after 1824. The name appears to have been spelt Graves about that time, for he bore that name when he was elected Associate Engraver of the Royal Academy in 1835. He engraved many line portraits to form frontispieces to sale catalogues of importance, and a large collection of his works can be seen in the Print-Room of the British Museum. He was the brother of Mr. Henry Graves, of 6, Pall Mall ; of Mr. Francis Graves, the well-known expert on portraiture ; and of Mrs. William Manson, of Christie's. He died 28 Feb., 1873. ALGERNON GRAVES.

42, Old Bond Street, W.

CROSBY HALL (10 S. vii. 481 ; viii. 30, 71). It hardly seems possible that, because the purchasers of this property decline to retransfer to the City, their offer of the structure and its fittings is to be ignored. Are we to allow these to come under the hammer, and be sold as interesting relics for our more appreciative American cousins ? or will the panelling and ceilings be re- erected in one of the dark alleys of the South Kensington Museum ?

Cannot the City authorities afford a sufficient area in Trinity Square, Finsbury ircus, or the gardens behind St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, or St. Mary, Aldermanbury, for its preservation like Temple Bar ? Is it too late for some public-spirited person to come forward and ensure its preservation, as did Maria Hackett when in 1831 it was almost lost to us ? ALECK ABRAHAMS. 39, Hillmarton Road, N.

In continuation of my " Reply," ante, p. 30, I may note that on 19 July there was sold by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge a deed which was described as a " beautiful clean Document, signed [by Sir Thomas More], of the purchase of Crosby Place, Bishopsgate, 1524, with nice seal." This valuable relic was purchased by Mr. Quaritch for the sum of 151.

Sir Thomas More purchased Crosby Place of Sir John Best, Alderman of London, and disposed of it to his friend Antonio Bonvisi in January, 1523/4. W. F. PRIDEAUX.

MORAVIAN CHAPEL, FETTER LANE (10 S. viii. 26). There is an excellent account of this chapel, and of its varied ownerships by different denominations, in Wilson's

' History and Antiquities of Dissenting Churches. . . .in London,' vol. iii. pp. 420-23. " It was probably erected," says Wilson, " in 1672 " ; there was, however, an earlier meeting-house, possibly on the same spot, as one is mentioned in connexion with the Fire of London in 1666. Wilson writes that this former building " was taken forcible possession of by the Episcopalian party, after they were deprived of their churches by the Fire." At the same time he supplies a list of its ministers from 1660 until 1803 ; and in that there is no break indicated, as might have been anticipated had its minister been dispossessed. In 1732 differences arose among the members of the Independent Church there, and the then pastor (the Rev. Richard Rawlin) removed to a new meeting- house erected for him on the other side of the street. The Rev. John Wesley took over the old meeting-house, and formed his first society in that place, 1 May, 1738. Peter Boehler (a disciple of Count Zinzendorf, who, it would seem, preached here) made many converts from the Methodists, and led to a crisis, as the result of which Wesley withdrew, and engaged the " Foundery " in Upper Moorfields (where now the City Road Wesleyan Chapel stands), leaving the Moravians in possession of the chapel.

Wilson's list of pastors of the Fetter Lane church, up to the removal, is as follows : Dr. Thomas Goodwin (the friend of Oliver Cromwell, and pastor later of the Inde- pendent Church in Miles' Lane, of which the City Temple Church is a lineal descend- ant), the Rev. Thankful Owen, the Rev. Stephen Lobb, the Rev. Benoni Rowe, the Rev. Thomas Bradbury (not Bradley, as printed in MR. HIBGAME'S note), the Rev. Thomas Tingey, and the Rev. Richard Rawlin. It was in this Fetter Lane chapel that George I. was first proclaimed king, the news of Queen Anne's death having been sent to Thomas Bradbury, according to promise, by Bishop Burnet, through the medium of Mr. John Bradbury, his brother, who was of the medical profession. The signal announcing the Queen's death was the dropping of a handkerchief from the gallery. J. WATKINSON.

The Quinta, Herne Bay, Kent.

MONKS OF ST. EBRALD AT ETON (10 S. viii. 47). Since the inquiry on this point was sent to 'N. & Q.' I have received a note (through the Vice-Provost of Eton) from Sir H. Maxwell Lyte, explaining that by an oversight Dr. Lipscomb assigned in his ' History ' to Eton, Bucks, some grants