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 10 s. x. JULY 4, 1908.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY U, 1908.

CONTENTS. No. 236.

NOTES : The Bombay Regiment, 1662-5, 1 Bonaparte on the Northumberland, 3 ' Englands Parnassus,' 1600, 4 Gulston Collection of Prints Oxford Commemoration in 1759, 6" Fair-copy "First Duke of Gordon's Birth, 7.

QUERIES : Wotton House Prior and his Chloe David- son Clan, 7 Romans at York Goldsborough Family of Stapleford, Herts Johnsoniana Maps Gordons of Messina Burial-Ground of St. George's, Hanover Square, Bayswater Road Askew or Ayscough Family Henry Ellison Searle or Serle of Epping De St. Philibert, 8 False Quantities Conscientious Scruples against War Round Oak Spring John of Gaunt's Arms "The lost tribe "=the Scotch Burney's ' History of Music '- Scotch Tour Title Wanted T. L. Peacock: "Skylight" and ' Twilight" Harvey's Birthplace "Femmer" Bletchingly Place, 9 "Lady Charlotte Gordon "" Pro- methean," 10.

REPLIES : Snodgrass as a Surname, 10 The Treaty of Tilsit : Colin A. Mackenzie, 11 Dickens and the Lamp- lighter's Ladder " Idle "=Mischievous Archbishop Sands' 4 Her's," 12 Dunghill Proverb W. Heath, Artist " Making buttons ""Guide," its Derivation, 13 Hove Maghull Yates Hungarian Grammar "Angel" of an Inn, 14 " Stymie " at Golf Finnis Street Apples : their Names Proverb on Beating Unthank, 15 Clergy in Wigs Authors of Quotations Wanted Victorian Coin Caricature: 'Once I was Alive' Murder at Winnats, 16 Holy Grail Latin Lines on Sleep St. Mary's Abbey, York, 17.

NOTES ON BOOKS: 'The Scots Peerage The Shake- speare Apocrypha.'

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THE BOMBAY REGIMENT, 1662-5.

THE writer is indebted to Mr. Salisbury of the Public Record Office for drawing his attention to the Pay Lists and Muster Rolls of the Bombay Regiment (Colonial Corre- spondence, East Indies, bundles 5 and 6). They have a special interest, as they record the levying, embarkation, and payment of the officers appointed to the four English companies of foot sent to Bombay, in the spring of 1662, to garrison that island, part of the dowry of Charles II. 's queen. These companies formed the nucleus of the corps Imown in the days of John Company as the 1st Bombay European Regiment of Foot, which was, in 1863, brought into the British Line as the 103rd (Royal Bombay Fusiliers).* When the Territorial system was introduced into the British Army in 1881, the 103rd Foot became the 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers.

about thirty years ago, but are most meagre as regards the formation and early history of the Bombay Regiment.
 * The ' Records ' of this corps were published

The four new companies were commanded respectively by Sir Abraham Shipman, Kt., who had been appointed Governor of Bombay ; Col. John Hungerford ; Capt. John Shipman ; and. Capt. Charles Povey. Each company had a lieutenant, ensign, two sergeants, three corporals, two drummers and a hundred privates. From the MS. dated "London, Feb., 1661 [1661/2]," and headed " Monies disburst for his Maj ties Acc fc by mee Sir Abraham Shipman, Knt., for y e expedicon of y e following officers and soldiers for y e Island of Bombay in East India," it appears that each of the aforesaid captains received 100/. for levying one hundred men. John Shipman' s company was mustered on 2 Feb., 1661/2, when it consisted of only half its strength ; but at the second muster, on 7 March following, it was complete. Povey 's company was mustered on 4 Feb., 1661/2, being then at its full strength. The two remaining com- panies were mustered on 11 March. All four companies were paid their arrears on the last-named date, and at the same time received advance pay up to 6 April, when they embarked on board the Earl of Marl- borough's fleet for Bombay. From Sir A. Shipman' s well-kept accounts it appears that he, as Governor and Commander-in- Chief, received 21. per diem. Col. Hunger- ford got 12s. per diem* ; while the other two captains had 8s. a day each. Under date of 6 April, 1662, Sir A. Shipman gives this entry :

" Paid to all y e officers tower months advance, commencing from 6th Aprill, at which tynie they went aboard shipp, till y e 27th July following."

The pay per day was at this rate : lieutenant, 4s. ; ensign, 3s. ; sergeant, Is. Qd. ; cor- poral, Is. ; drummer, Is. ; private, 9d. Sir A. Shipman' s subalterns were Lieut. Price and Ensign Thomas Fowlkes ; John Shipman' s were Lieut. John Cole and Ensign Squire ; Povey 's were Lieut. Forster and Ensign John Thome ; Hungerford' s were Lieut. Twyning and Ensign Garth. In addition to the four companies of infantry sent to Bombay, a small detail of artillery formed a part of each company. A surgeon, surgeon's mate, provost-marshal, store-

Hungerford received 161. 12s. for 26 days' pay, it works out at 12*. per diem. This officer probably acted as lieutenant-colonel of the British garrison. He was third son of Sir Anthony Hungerford, by a second wife, and half-brother to Sir Edward Hun- gerford. Col. John Hungerford commanded the Royalist garrison at Farleigh Castle when it was besieged and taken in September, 1645.
 * The amount is torn off in the MS., but as Col.