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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io* s. v. JAN. e. 1906.

daughter and coheir of Sir Robert Gousell by Lady Elizabeth Fitzalan his wife, heir to Thomas, eleventh Earl of Arundel ; and their grandson was Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, brother-in-law to Henry VIII.

Sir Thomas Brandon died 10 September, 1497, having married Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Fiennes, son of Lord Dacre, and widow of William, second Lord Berkeley. Was Sir Thomas the father of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk ? If not, who were his father and mother ? E.

[The 'D.N.B.,' vi. 218, says that the Duke of Suffolk was son and heir of William Brandon, who was Henry VII.'s standard-bearer at Bosworth Field, and was killed by Richard III. in personal encounter. "This William, who with his brother Thomas had come with Henry out of Brittany, does not appear to have been a knight, though called Sir William by Hall the chronicler, and thus some confusion has arisen between him and his

father, Sir William Brandon, who survived him

On 6 Feb., 1510, he [Charles] was made marshal of the king's bench, in the room of his uncle, Sir Thomas Brandon, recently deceased."]

GRINDLETON. Looking through back numbers of * N. & Q ,' I met with the review of * Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum ' (9 th S. i. 199), in which the following remark occurs : "Students of the * Be6wulf ' will notice the interesting place-names Grendles mere and Grindeles pytt."

Will some student of the ' Beowulf ' assist me by explaining the meaning of Grendle or Grindele? If this is a personal name, is it A.-S. or Norse? It has been suggested to me that the village of Grindleton (West Riding) takes its name from the " Green Dale," a narrow valley in which is situated a small cotton factory named Greendale Mill. A connexion with the aforesaid Grindele seems more in accordance with the laws of euphony. FRED. G. ACKERLEY.

Grindleton Vicarage, Clitheroe.

LONDON NEWSPAPERS.

(10 th S. iv. 510.)

THERE is no absolutely satisfactory work, bibliographical or historical, dealing with the London and provincial press of this country, but the under-mentioned will be found to cover the ground.

1. An admirable historical article on Lon- don journalism, with dates, prices, &c., is given in Book and Neivs Trades Gazette 26 January, 1901.

2. Although no chronological list is pro- vided, valuable matter is contained in * The

History of British Journalism from the Foundation of the Newspaper Press in England to the Repeal of the Stamp Act, in 1855,' by Alexander Andrews, 2 vols. (London, Bentley, 1859).

3. The same is the case with English news- papers : ' Chapters in the History of Journal- ism, 1 by H. R. Fox Bourne, 2 vols. (London, Chatto, 1887).

4. 'The Pictorial Press: its Origin and Progress,' by Mason Jackson (London, Hurst & Blackett, 1885), has really a wider scope than its title would indicate. It is, of course, specially useful in its treatment of wood- block engravings.

5. An unpretending, but excellent little volume, that cannot be neglected, is ' English Journalism, and the Men who have Made It,' by Charles Pebody at one time, I think, of The Bristol Mirror, subsequently of The Yorkshire Post (London, Cassell, second ed., 1882).

6. The following is not well known, but will be found, on the whole, excellent: 'A Chronological List of Newspapers, from the Epoch of the Civil Wars,' forming Appendix No. 6 in 'The Life of Thomas Ruddiman, A.M., the Keeper, for almost Fifty Years, of the Library belonging to the Faculty of Advocates, Edinburgh,' by George Chalmers (London, 1794). The periods covered are :

(a) List of newspapers, <fec., 1640 - 59, pp. 404-20.

(b) Period of the Restoration, 1660-88, pp. 421-9.

(c) Period of the Revolution, 1688 - 91, pp. 430-2.

(d) Eighteenth century, pp. 432-7.

(e) English provincial papers (alphabetical by towns), pp. 437-41.

(/) Scottish papers in 1793, pp. 441-2.

P. L. Aberdeen.

See Timperley's ' Dictionary of Printers and Printing,' 1839, pp. 583-806.

WM. H. PEET.

See the following :

'The Newspaper Press,' by James Grant, 1871-2.

'Newspapers Past and Present,' Daily Express, 29 May, 1901.

1903.
 * Bicentenarian Newspapers,' Globe, 3 Dec.,

George H. Townsend's ' Manual of Dates,' 1862.

Henry Sampson's 'History of Advertis- ing.'

'An Art in its Infancy,' by Miss Mary Cholmondeley, in The Monthly fieview, June, 1901.