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daughter Dorothy English, her brother and sister Edmund and Hester English ; to granddaughter Mary Entwisle, daughter of daughter Margaret Mould, deceased ; grandson Benjamin Mould. Daughter Mary Halley and cousin William Perkins executrix and executor. Dated Oct. 13, 1710; proved Dec. 9, 1714, by Mary Halley, William Per- kins having renounced. William Ppcklington (a witness to will) in an affidavit describes testatrix as late of parish of Aldermanbury."

The indenture (relating to the lands in Upwell) dated about 26 Nov., 1743, men- tioned in the will of Mrs. Catherine Price (born Halley), quoted at 10 S. iii. 6, has not been found in any of the public archives in London. It may be preserved among the title-deeds possessed by the present owner in Upwell. That document, presumably, recites that Edmund Halley, jun., surgeon R.N., died, circa 1740, without issue. There is, however, in the index to the fines, Public Record Office, record of a fine in 1743 : " Francis Smith, plaintiff, vs. Henry Price, defendant." In the Middlesex Land Registry are two records, in Dec., 1743, and in Jan., 1743/4, about the dealing by Catherine Price with the property styled by her will " Hen and Chickens." Francis Smith is described as silk dyer.

"Will of Ursula Tooke of London, spinster. Nieces Mary Smith, Anna S., and Tippinger S. ; cousin Hannah Hewlins ; sister Dorothy Smith ; cousin Martha Hewlins ; cousins Jane Hewlins, Ursula H., Daniel H. ; cousins Margaret and Cathe- rine Halley ; cousin Mary Causton the younger ; cousin Elizabeth Peirson ; godson Thomas Causton ; brother William Tooke ; residue to cousin Mary Halley, wife of Dr. Edmund Halley, and cousin Mary Causton the elder, of Oxted, Surrey, in trust for sister Dorothy Smith for life, and then as she may appoint. Dated Mar. 22, 1710. Witnesses : Arm Lease, Margaret Lease, William Entwisle. Proved Oct. 11, 1711 (P.C.C., reg. Young, fo. 221)."

"Will of James Tooke of Bromhill, Norfolk, gent. Sister Dorothy Smith ; brother George Tooke ; brother William Tooke ; sister Mary Ulm (?) ; 20--(. apiece to other brothers and sister ; daughter Dorothy. To be buried by wife at Weeting. Dated June 10, 1689. Witnesses: Sam Loader, Ellen Webb, Michael Mills, Robt. Crowe. Proved 1690 (P.C.C., reg. Dyke, fo. 193)."

"Will of Dorothy Smith, widow, of St. Bar- tholomew Close, London. Mentions daughters Mary Smith, Anna Ellis, Tippinga Coward ; son Francis Smith. Dated 1717 (P.C.C., reg. Whitfield, fo. 17)."

Among other P.C.C. wills of Tooke are the following :

1677: Tooke (Nicholas). Kent, 120.

1672 : Tooke (Thomas), Herts, 41.

1684 : Tooke (John), Herts (Adm.).

1690 : Tooke (Jacob), Norfolk, 193.

1695 : Tooke (Charles), (pts.) (Adm.).

1693 : Tooke (Edmund), Kent, 87. Of Dartford (does not make any mention of the surname Halley).

All the above material, with the excep- tion of the first five paragraphs, was supplied by Mr. R. J. Beevor, M.A., of St. Albans. Some items relating to Tooke appear in Musgrave's ' Obituary.'

EUGENE F. McPiKE. 1, Park Row, Chicago, U.S.

PUNCTUATION IN MSS. AND

PRINTED BOOKS. (See 10 S. ii. 301, 462 ; iv. 144, 262 ; v. 502.>

I CONCLUDE these articles with some notes from authorities.

Proctor, ' Printing of Greek in the Fif- teenth Century,' shows that this early printed Greek used

1. Commas commonly.

2. Periods commonly.

3. Semicol on = semicolon sometimes.

4. ;= question mark sometimes (appa- rently in one only out of the 24 he quotes).

5. Accents regularly.

6. Breathings sometimes.

7. Hyphens occasionally.

8. Apostrophes occasionally.

9. Diaereses occasionally.

Chanoine Reusens, ' Elements de Paleo- graphie,' says (p. 155) : " Le point d'inter- rogation off re les formes suivantes :

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L'exclamation s'exprime par la lettre o ; soit placee entre deux points : .o., soit surmontee d'un accent : 6 ou 6. Quelque- fois on la figure par un double point place au-dessus du premier mot ou a la suite du dernier mot de la phrase excla- mative

dolor 7 homo vane

He has nothing else about them.