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uncle's son. I have already consulted Morant's ' Essex ' and ' The Complete Peerage.' I should be glad of a reply direct.

(Mrs.) LOWE. Gosfield Hall, Halstead, Essex.

GTJNDBED OR GTJNDBADA DE WABENNE. Illustrations of her tomb at St. John's, Southover, appear in Misc. Gen. et Her., Fourth Series, vol. iv. part v. (March, 1911). From the accompanying letter- press the writer appears to be ignorant of the fierce genealogical controversy waged over the question of her parentage, as he accepts without comment the statement that she was the fifth daughter of the Conqueror. This theory has been discarded on eminent authority. Has any further in- formation, particularly from French sources, been forthcoming recently ? So far, all that can be safely said is that she was of kin to the Conqueror. R. W. B.

DUCHESSE DE BOUILLON. I subjoin a clipping from the Sunday edition of the San Antonio, Texas, Express. Who is this Duchesse de Bouillon ? By the Congress of Vienna, 1815, the Duchy of Bouillon, &c., were taken from Admiral Philip d'Auvergne of the English Navy adopted by the last reigning Duke of Bouillon, 1788, who had been allowed in 179[?] by the British Government to take the rank and title of Duke de Bouillon, &c. and given to the house of Rohan-Gue- menee, now Rohan-Rohan, and living in Austria.

" The convent [Carmelite Convent at Jerusa- lem] and the beautiful little chapel attached were built about thirty-six years ago by and at the expense of the late Aurelia de Bossi, Princess de la Tour d'Auvergne, Duchesse de Bouillon, and is now occupied by French nuns of the Carmelite order."

Did Admiral Philip d'Auvergne leave children ? and did, or do, they claim the duchy ?

EL SOLTEBO. Texas.

FOBEIGNEBS ACCOMPANYING WlLLIAM III.

Does there exist any list of the foreigners who came over to England with William III. in 1688 ; and, if so, where can I find it ? I want to test the truth of a family tradition that some German sword-cutlers from Solingen (who afterwards settled at Shotley Bridge in the county of Durham, and whose name was anglicized as Oley) came over with William in the frigate Brill.

HENKY BETT. Lincoln.

ROYAL ARTILLERY, NINTH BATTALION, 1809-14. The 10th Company of this Bat- talion is variously stated to have become the 8th Company in 1809 and 1819. Which date is correct ? Is anything known of the services of either of these companies in the Walcheren expedition of 1809, in the Peninsular War, and in the war with the United States, 1812-14 ? C. O.

ALEXANDBO AMIDEI was a teacher of Hebrew at Oxford about 1700. I shall be glad of any information about him.

ISRAEL SOLOMONS.

118, Sutherland Avenue, W.

BTJBIAL CUSTOMS. With reference to the practice of burying fire-dogs with the dead, which was common among the Celts, it does not seem improbable that these " dogs," which are found with cinerary urns, may have been first used to bear the logs of wood which comprised the funeral pyre. On the same reasoning, the amphorae found with calcined remains may have contained the wine which was sprinkled over the ashes of the dead, since amphorae were vessels in which wine and oil were imported. Perhaps one of your readers may be kind enough to inform me if my inference is a correct one or not. H. H. COLLETT.

N. LE VASSETJR : RICHELIEU. In the year 1748 an engineer, Nere LeVasseur, obtained a grant of the seigniory of St. Armand in Quebec. The Archives of Canada state that the name of the seigniory was taken from that of the Due de Richelieu, who may have been a protector of Le Vasseur. Is anything known about Le Vasseur or his connexion with the Due de Richelieu ?

ALFBED EBNEST HAMILL.

Lake Forest, Illinois.

BlOGBAPHICAL INFOBMATION WANTED.

1. TEMPLE HENBY CBOKER. Can any correspondent give me the date of Croker's birth and death ? Did he die in St. Chris- topher's ? The 'Diet. Nat. Biog.,' xiii. 1 32, does not give much assistance. He was, I believe, the son of Henry Croker of Sars- field Court, co. Kildare. I should be glad to know the name of his mother.

2. SIB HOME RIGGS POPHAM. Accord- ing to the ' Diet. Nat. Biog.,' xlvi. 143, Popham was the son of Stephen Popham, consul at Tetuan. In the ' Trinity College Admissions,' iii. 249, he is described as the son of Joseph Popham of Gibraltar. Which authority is correct ? G. F. R. B.