NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 is. n. AUG. 12, wie.
.">. William Hollingsworth, Esq., for fifty years
.an inhabitant of Nine Elms, d. July 20, 1825, a. 73.
Phoebe Franck. wid., his sister and companion
during fifty y.-ai-s, d. April 28, 1824, a. 80. Their
bro., John Hollingsworth, Esq., of Nine Elms,
d. Aug. 11, 1776. Honoria, his w., d. Aug. 21,
177.-,.
(i. Thomas Dives, of Lavender Sweep, Batter- sea, d. Jan. 27, 1880, a. 81. Ellen, his w., d. Sept. 1, 1879, a. 72. Erected by their children.
7. The Bight Rev. John Inglis, D.D., Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia, d. Oct. 27, 1850, a. 72. He presided over the Diocese of Nova Scotia upwards of twenty-five years.
8. Nathaniel Middleton, Esq., d. Nov. 7, 1807, a. 56. Sophia, his jdau., d. in 1790, a. 4 y. 3 m. Augusta, his dau., d. April 30, 1802, a. 16. Anne Frances, his relict, d. Nov. 3, 1823, a. 65. Louisa Anne, their youngest dau., relict of Charles Herbert, Esq., of Mucross, Ireland, d. May 23, 1828, a. 31.
9. Sarah, relict of Win. Willis, jun., Esq., of Bolingbroke Grove, Wandsworth Common, and late of 4 Hill Street, Berkeley Square, d. Dec. 20, 1857, a. 78. Erected by her son.
10. In the family vault of John Roberts, Esq., are the remains of Thomas, son of Thomas and Martha Ponton, formerly of this p. and also of Lr. mbeth. He died April 13, 1853, a. 72. Erected by his sister.
11. William Willis, Esq., formerly of Lombard Street and Battersea Rise, d. Nov. 1, 1831, a. 85. Ann, his w., d. June 6, 1817, a. 68. Henry William, their youngest son, of Aldenham, Herts, d. Oct. 29, 1829, a. 37. William, their eldest son, d. July 2, 1828, a. 49. William, eldest son of the last-named William and Sarah, his w., d. Dec. 27, 1826, a. 19. Matilda, their 3rd dau., d. Mar. 14,
1838, a. 20. Sarah, their 2nd dau., d. May 30,
1839, a. 24. Martha, their 4th dau., d. July 23, 1844, a. 22. William, s. of Henry and Eliza Willis, gr.s. of William and Sarah Willis, d. July 1, 1849, a. 2J y. Philip Crowe, Esq., of the Bengal Cavalry, s.-in-law of the above Wm. Willis, sen., Esq., d. Oct. 23, 1831, a. 52. Matilda Ann, his IF., d. April 18, 1844, a. 63.
12. Sir George Wombwell, Bart., of Wombwell in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and of Sherwood Lodge in this p., b. Mar. 14, 1769, d. Oct. 28, 1846. Georgiana Eliza, his eldest dau., d. May 1, 1834, a. 19. Elizabeth, his wid., d. Mar. 21, 1856, a. 65, and was bur. in the Cemetery at Brompton.
13. The two eldest sons of W. H. Crowder, Esq., of Clapham Common. Thomas John, late of Trinity College, Cambridge, d. at Falmouth on his return from Madeira, where he had been for the recovery of his health, June 17, 1814, a. 24. William Henry, R.N., d. at his father's house, Mar. 3, 1816, a. 21.
14. James Broadhurst, Esq., of this p.,d. June 9, 1837, a. 83. Mary, his w., d. Mar. 12, 1846, a. 84. Erected by their nephew and nieces, Rev. T. B., E. B. and A. P.
EAST END.
15. Samuel Fitch, Esq., d. Oct. 4, 1799, a. 75. Elizabeth, his w., d. Feb. 15, 1800, a. 77.
16. Martha Johnson, b. Sept. 27, 1834, d. Feb. 11, 1898.
17. Henry Boutflower Verdon, M.A., seven years Curate of this p., b. Dec. 8, 1846, ordained Priest, 1871, d. Oct. 10, 1879.
SOUTH SIDE.
18. William Francis, Esq., of Battersea Rise, d. June 19, 1805, a. 71.
19. Charles Wix, Esq.. d. N>v. 25, 1843. a. 68. Henry, his eldest son, d. Oct. 3, 1845, a. 38. William, his youngest son, d. Mar. 21, 1822, a. 2 y. Elizabeth, relict of Charles, d. April 11, 1861, a. 79.
20. Mary Sophia, w. of Thos. Vardon, Esq., d. Dec. 5,1808, a. 63. Thomas Vardon. d. Jan. 12, 1809, a. 73.
21. Thomas Astle, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A., Keeper of the Records of the Tower of London, and one of the Trustees of the British Museum, d. Dec. 1, 1803, a. 67.
22. Ann, relict of Jacob Mills, Esq., d. July 4, 1816, a. 80. Henry Heylin, her s. by her first husband, d. Nov. 20, 1853, a. 84. Elizabeth Gosling, wid., her sister, d. Oct. 3, 1816, a. 81.
23. Thomas Ashness, of Battersea Rise, Esq., d. Nov. 14, 1827, a. 72. Abigail, his w., d. Dec. 25, 1823, a. 57. George Ashness, of Battersea Rise, nephew of the above, d. Dec. 12, 1853, a. 87. Mary, his w., d. May 4, 1840, a. 65. Joseph Whittaker Ashness, of Turret Grove, Clapham, nephew of the above Thomas, d. June 1, 1845,
a. 64.
24. Martha, w. of Charles Hale, gent., d. Aug. 4, 1736, a. 51. Charles Hale, d. Sept. 13, 1739, a. 72.
25. William Connor, M.A., M.D., M.R.C.S.I.,
b. May 24, 1804, d. Oct. 31, 1879.
WEST END.
26. John Rapp, Esq., of Battersea Rise, a native of Basil in Switzerland, merchant of London, d. April 26, 1834, a. 73. Erected by his relations in Switzerland.
27. Hannah, w. of George Scholey, Esq., Alderman of London, of Clapham Common, d. Mar. 22, 1824, a. 64. Caroline Exam Scholey, her dau., d. May 3, 1833, a. 37. The above George Scholey died Oct. 4, 1839, a. 81.
G. S. PARKY, Lieut.-Col. 17 Ashley Mansions, S.W.
(To be continued.)
" BLUE PENCIL." - This expression is
generally used, so far as I have noticed, with
reference to the editor or conductor of a
newspaper or magazine, frequently in the
form " editorial blue pencil." But in the
last sentence of his preface to Prof. Skeat's
' Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words,'
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1914, the Rev.
A. L. Mayhew applies it to the proof-reader.
He says :
" I cannot conclude without expressing my thanks to the 'reader' for the accuracy with which the proof-sheets represented the MS., as well as for his judicious and conscientious use of the blue pencil."
The phrase, though a literary one, seems to have escaped the notice of the editors of the great Oxford Dictionary, unless I have by some mischance overlooked it. Will readers of ' N. & Q.' cite instances of it, so
