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daughter of Richard Mountenay, Esq., of Kew. By this marriage there were two sons Richard, " of whom we treat," as the genealogists say, and Peter (born in 1698, >died 1761).

Richard Lely, the elder son, is described in his epitaph in Greetwell Church as " Petri Lely, Car. II. Pictoris, Nepos Natu-Maxi- mus." In the parish registers of Richmond, Surrey (Register Society), under date 1695/6, 29 January, we find registered the baptism of " Richard, son of John Leley, Esq., and Anne his wife " ; and here it may be men- tioned that in these same registers the sur- name is variously spelt Lilley, Leley, and Liley. Richard Lely entered Queen's College, Oxford, and matriculated 7 May, 1712, aged 16, his father's name by some error appear- ing in the books as " George " Lely of Richmond, Surrey. He entered Lincoln's Inn in 1719, and his father's name is correctly given as John. He died in 1735 without surviving issue. His brother Peter, who had twenty children by Frances Mapletoft, died in 1761, and the male line of the family apparently became extinct in 1843 with the death of Frederic, the grandson of Richard's brother (and probably heir) Peter.

The verses of Richard Lely are evidently the work of a scholar in spite of their small modicum of poetic merit. Here and there one comes across a happy phrase or a well- turned line. Lowndes records that a large- paper copy of the ' Poems ' realized II. 5s. at the Skegg Sale in 1842, but its value to-day would not be much more than a few pence. On some of the head-pieces and initial letters will be found the initials " F. H." (Francis Hoffman), who engraved many things of this kind for books in the early part of the eighteenth century, and on whom an article by the late Mr. Edward Solly appeared in vol. ix. of Walford's Antiquarian. Doubtless these little decora- tions were the " stock " adornments of the printers, and were used in all sorts of books.

Mr. Cust refers in his notice of Sir Peter Lely in the ' D.N.B.' to the artist's grandson " John " Lely as being also "a painter, but of small merit." I cannot find that Lely had any grandson with this Christian name. Probably John Lely, Sir Peter's son and heir, dabbled in painting.

It may be mentioned that Gent Mag. records the death of a " Richard Lilly, M.D., J.P. for Middlesex and Surrey, and Chairman of the Westminster Sessions," March, 1749 ; but I think he must have belonged to quite another family.

W. ROBERTS.

SWAN MARKS : OLD SURGICAL WORKS. Two wills which I have recently examined contain notes which perhaps are worthy of preservation in ' N. & Q.'

The first of these is the will of " Thomas Graye, of Wisbeach in the Isle of Ely, gentleman." It is dated 1593, and was proved in the following year (P.C.C.). The testator bequeaths to his nephew Henry Graye " my swanne marke called ' the Bowne Copelles or Copell spares,'" "my swanne mark called ' the Letheres,' " and " my swanne mark called ' .the Pelles with six Gapes.' "

The second will referred to is that of Nicholas Geeringe, "ship's chirurgeon of the good ship Unitie," dated 1623/4, and proved (P.C.C.) 1631. The testator bequeaths to John Boothe Parke, of the same ship,

" All my bookes, the names of them as followeth, vizt, one Bible, Practise of Pietie, S* Augustine's meditacons, Garden of Spirituall Flowers, a Sermon uppou divers textes, Jacobs wrastling w th God, Vigo Clowsies Chirurgery, Monardus works of Chirurgerie, Parces woorkes in gunshott, Woodhalls works, Cloys Chirurgery, Viccars works of Chirur- gerie, one Chirurgerie booke, one Manuscript booke of Chirurgerie, Virgill judgement of the Starrs, Art of Gunery, Merchants of Esau, Regiment of the Sea, and Withers woorks which I lent unto Thomas Bright, Merchant."

Other bequests include various surgical instruments, including " one incision knife layde both endes w th silver," and "onepayre of sissors tipt with silver."

P. D. MUNDY.

THE GRANGE, KILBURN. The demolition of this house and the utilization of its grounds are worth recording in these pages. Notices in the press (Morning Post, 23 March, and others) have referred to it as " the last remaining relic of old Kilburn " ; but the expression is misapplied because there still exist buildings of the late eighteenth century, and this brick building, with French windows, mouldings, quasi-Gothic doorway, and chapel, was probably built after 1830. The contents of the house were sold in April, 1910 ; but there was nothing of local interest offered. The grounds, extending over 9 acres, are pleasant ; there is no timber of more than 70 years' growth, but the land is freehold, and 8 acres have been acquired as a public park. A scheme was brought forward last year to build a huge music-hall on the High Road frontage. Much local agitation ensued, but a licence having been refused, a proposal to build shops or flats on the frontage has been