Just a suggestion... "Declare and Pronounce" is, I think, a religious phrase (Book of Common Prayer?) which I suspect at that time would have been familiar enough to be worth abbreviating. It seems to fit the context, anyway. > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Randell [mailto:Brian.Randell@newcastle.ac.uk] > Sent: 28 May 2005 15:15 > To: SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SoG] A court record query > > Hi: > > Attempting a reply to my own question, I belatedly wonder whether "& > P" should be transcribed as "&c"?