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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. n. AUG. 26, me.

" Mr. Peter Jones and Miss Damaris Rann were married February 23rd (1743-4)."

On pp. 13 and 227 of the same book there are two further references to the Rann family which seem specially to the point.

A. L. HUMPHREYS.

187 Piccadilly, W.

I am obliged to your correspondent MB. -JOHN T. PAGE for correcting a slip of the pen in my query. The title-page of Rann's edition of Shakespeare describes him as Vicar of <St. Trinity, in Coventry (not Holy Trinity), which position he held from 1773 until his death, Sept. 21, 1811. His father was John Rann, of Birmingham, gent., according to Poster's ' Alumni Oxonienses.'

The Rann Kennedys do not derive from the Joseph Rann (1707-92) mentioned by IR. B. P., as the following shows :

Joseph Rann, currier,=pMary (?). Birmingham.

.John Rann, 1687-1771,T=Damaris Dolphin, 1711.

probably a cousin of Joseph Rann. 1707-1792, Vicar of WestBromwich

1710-1743.

Vicar of Rushall

1743-1771.

I

Sarah (4th child), =pllledge Maddux, lawyer, of Birmingham, 1715. and Withington, Salop.

I Sarah. =pBenjamin Kennedy, about 1771, died 1784.

I

iRann Kennedy, 1772-1851, 2nd Master=fJulia Hall, 1802 King Kdward's School, Birmingham, (1776-1856).

and Vicar St. Paul's, Birmingham.

"Benjamin Hall Chas. Rann George John Wm. James

Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy,

1804-1889, 1808-1867, died 1847, 1814-1.491.

Master Shrews- barrister. Master Rugby, bury School.

Edmund Hall Kennedy.

(Sir) William Rann Kennedy, 1846-1915, Judge.

Edmund F. Chas. Rann=Bdith Nina?=Harold E. Kennedy. Kennedy, Wynne Kennedy. Gorst. dramatist. Matthison.

The Ranns seem to have been a family of considerable standing in the Midlands. In Tjy Hill and Dent, it is stated (p. 100) :
 * Memorials of the Old Square ' (Birmingham),

"The Ranns had a long connexion with the town. Originally butchers and graziers, and having a small holding in the shambles, they amassed a considerable property, and the family included doctors, clergymen, and men of business. One of the Ranns had a proclivity for developing local claypits, and is said to have started a pottery works" (in Birmingham).

In spite of considerable research, however, I have not found any full or consecutive record of the family or of any of its members. I should be glad of any informa- tion. R. CHESLETT.

105 Gipsy Hill, S.E.

"BLUE PENCIL" (12 S. ii. 126). This term, it may be permissible to mention, applies very particularly to the pruning of dramatic MSS., being, as a consequence, much disliked by aspirants to fame in that line. Perhaps this may offer a clue as to date of introduction, to help MR. J. R. THORNE in his researches.

CECIL CLARKE.

Junior Athenaeum Club.

In editorial and printing rooms alike the blue pencil has for many years past been a serviceable tool, and for a considerable time the common phrase in which the term is used, either as substantive or verb, invariably signifies condensation or deletion. The use of the blue pencil is chiefly the prerogative of the sub-editor, but the' foreman printer finds it handy in numbering the folios and regularizing the style of his "copy."

In the Rev. A. L. Mayhew's compliment to the Clarendon Press "reader" there is a certain ambiguity in his terms of expression. He tenders his thanks " for the accuracy with which the proof -sheets represented the MS.," also for the "reader's" "judicious and con- scientious use of the blue pencil." Possibly the "blue pencil" in this case represents and the words " judicious " and "conscien- tious" imply as much suggested omissions in the copy (in this instance prepared by the " reader " ), or contractions to save space. In such a work as a ' Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words ' a proof-reader in ordinary circumstances would take no liberties with the "copy," and "blue pencil" in this con- nexion has evidently another than the ordinary acceptation. J. GRIGOR.

THE KINGSLEY PEDIGREE (12 S. ii. 70, 136) The information with regard to the Kings- leys might be found in the following : Hasted's ' Kent,' iii. 674 ; Berry's ' Kent Genealogies,' 306 ; Clutterbuck's - ' Hertford,' i. 223 ; Ormerod's ' Cheshire,' ii. 90 ; ' The Wolfe* of Forenaghts,' 59 ; Harleian Society, xxii. 70 ; xlii. 125. E. E. BARKER.

'Waterloo Roll Call' (Dalton), p. 141, 44th East Essex Regiment, Lieut. Nich. Toler Kingsley, March 29, 1814. E. E. COPE.