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The head, however, which is partly coverec with the parchment tag, is very indistinct and from the naming tongue I should guess it to be a panther's head. The seal is broken at the edge, and all that can be reac of the inscription is SIG. . M VINOZ. I shoulc be greatly obliged for any suggestions to wards the identification of this John Talbot

LEO C.

WOLLESCOTE HALL : MlLWABD : OLIVER.

I shall be grateful to any one who wil kindly give me information regarding the above Hall, which is near Stour bridge, Worcestershire. 1 have a cutting from the county paper in 1889 in which Wollescote Hall is thus described :

" Wollescote Hall, the old historical mansion mentioned in a recent issue of the County Express as having been the head-quarters of Prince Rupert's troops, cogently illustrates the vicissi- tudes of families. At the period mentioned, the Hall was the property of Thomas Mil ward, Esq., barrister-at-law, whose ancestors have owned the place for centuries. This gentleman, who, our informant says, was possessed of very con- siderable wealth, protected and sustained the Prince and his troops during six weeks This interesting old mansion descended from the Milwards to their posterity, the Olivers, but the property subsequently passed into other hands. One of the Milwards, viz., Thomas Milward, was a captain in the Parliamentary Army at the time of the Civil War, and was then residing at Wollescote."

I should be glad to know in whose reign the Hall was built, and when it changed hands. Is the Thomas Milward of Wollescote who sheltered Prince Rupert the same as the Thomas Milward who also resided at Wolles- cote Hall, and was a captain in the Parlia- mentary Army ?

I understand that Wollescote Hall and the family are mentioned in Glazebrook's ' Heraldry of Worcestershire * and Scott's out of print.
 * Stour bridge,'- both of which, I learn, are

The coat of arms and crest of the family are : Ermine, on a chief sable tnree lions rampant or, quartering Milward. Crest, a demi-lion rampant gules. It would be interesting to know at what period the crest and coat of arms were granted to the family.

A descendant of the founder of Wadham College, Oxford, married Thomas Milward of Wollescote.

This is all the information that I possess until a much later period, when I find that Capt. Thomas Milward Oliver, who was attached to the 38th Foot, was staying at "The Star Hotel,' 1 Southampton, in 1814. At the time of his death he was, I believe,

residing in Jamaica, and I shall be glad of any information concerning him. He was the eldest son and heir of the late Edward Oliver of Wollescote, by Anne, daughter of Joseph Harpur of Calthorpe, co. Leicester, and grandson of Hungerford Oliver of the Grange, near Stourbridge, by Prudence, daughter and coheiress of Thomas Milward of Wollescote. Hungerford Oliver was the son of Edward Oliver of Bristol by Jane, nee Hungerford, his wife.

ELSIE OLIVER. 45, Church Crescent, Muswell Hill, N.

JANE BENNETT : LIEUT. J. PIGOTT. Can any correspondent give me the parentage of Jane Bennett, who was married in Comp- ton Chamberlain, Wiltshire, on 25 Feb., 1764, to Lieut. John Pigott, one of the survivors of the Black Hole of Calcutta in 1756? By him she had issue : I.Elizabeth Pigott, baptized in parish of Broad Chalke, Wilts, 3 Feb., 1765. 2. Sophia More Pigott, married in Compton Chamberlain, 4 Nov., 1817, to William Kemp, of Rumsey, widower. 3. Robert Pigott, twin, buried in Compton Chamberlain, 10 Dec., 1831, aged 64 (M.I.). 4. John Pigott, twin, buried in Compton Chamberlain, 1 Jan., 1841, aged 73 (M.I.). 5. Constantia Maria Pigott, married in Compton Chamberlain, 2 July, 1819, to Edmund King of Swathling, parish of North Stoneham, Hants, and buried in Compton Chamberlain, 24 Sept., 1837, aged 62 (M.I.).

WM. JACKSON PIGOTT. Manor House, Dundrum, co. Down.

SIB JOHN AND GEORGE DAY. Many years ago (see 4 S. iv. 215) a query was nserted asking for information

' concerning two brothers, John and George Day, who flourished in India in the time of Warren Hastings. The former was a barrister, was appointed Advocate-General of Bengal and was knighted. The latter was physician to the Vabob of Arcot. They were, I believe, sons of a imerick country gentleman, and were connected tvith the well-known Mr. Justice Day and Sir Mward Denny."

This query remained unanswered, and I would now repeat it.

Benedetta, Lady Day, Sir John's wife, is he subject of one of Romney's most beautiful Dortraits, and a coloured mezzotint has ecently been published of it.

A nephew of the above-mentioned Judge )ay was a judge at Calcutta about the same ime that Sir John Day was in India, viz., Sir John Franks, whose mother was Cathe- iner Day. (Rev.) H. L. L. DENNY.

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