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Form of Petition.

Sir,—­In reply to B. in your third number, who requests information as to the meaning of the “&c.” at the foot of a petition, I fear I must say, that at the present day, it means nothing at all.  In former times it had a meaning.  I send you a few instances from the Chancery Records of the year 1611.  These petitions to Sir E. Phillips or Phelips, M.R., end thus:—­

    “And he and his wife and six children shall dailie praie for your
    Worship’s health and happines!

    “And shee shall accordinge to her bounden duetie pray for your good
    Worship in health and happinesse longe to continewe!

    “And both your said supliants and their children shal be bound
    dailie to praie for your Worship’s health and happines with increase
    of honour!”

These instances are taken at random from amongst many others.  The formula, slightly varied, is the same in all.  The modern form was, however, even at that early date, creeping in, for I see a petition to L.C.  Ellesmere, of the same year, has

    “And he shall dailie, praie, &c.”

This will probably suffice to answer B.’s Query.

CECIL MONRO.

Registrar’s Office, Court of Chancery,
Nov. 20. 1849.

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Greene of Greensnorton.

Sir Thomas Greene, of Greensnorton, Co.  Northampton, Knt. died 30 Nov. 1506—­22 Hen.  VII.  By Jane, daughter of Sir John Fogge, Knt., he left issue two daughters and coheirs: 

Ann, the eldest, aet. 17, at her father’s death, was wife of Nicholas Vaux, Lord Vaux, of Harrowden, who died in 1556, now represented by George Mostyn, Baron Vaux, and Robert Henry, Earl of Pembroke, and Edward Bourchier Hartopp, Esq.

Matilda, the youngest, was aged 14 at her father’s death, and married Sir Thomas Parr, by whom she had William Marquess of Northampton (who died s.p. 1571); Anne, wife of William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke (now represented by Robert Henry, Earl of Pembroke); and Catherine, Queen Consort of King Henry VIII.  The assumption of arms, by Richard Green, the Apothecary, in 1770, will afford no ground for presuming his descent from the Greensnorton family.

G.

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Cottle’s Life of Coleridge, when reviewed in the Times.

The Times review of Joseph Cottle’s Reminiscences of Coleridge and
Southey, appeared Nov. 3. 1847; and on the following day, Mr. Thomas
Holcroft complained by letter of a misrepresentation of his father by
Mr. Cottle.

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Times, Herald, Chronicle, &c., when first established.

We are enabled, by the courtesy of several correspondents, to furnish some reply to the Query of D. (No. 1 p. 7)