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the grant of an advowson passed the manor. Wakefield is described in Mr. Thomas Taylor's ' Rectory Manor of Wakefield,' which I have not read.

It would be interesting to know whether Richard Woddomes, who is called " parson, patron, and vossioner," was the owner of the manor of Upton. If he was, then " vos- sioner," which is short, as MR. MAYHEW says, for " advowsoner," means lord of the manor.

S. O. ADDY.

MOIRA JEWEL (US. viii. 489 ; ix. 33, 436). The centenary celebration was that of Lodge No. 253 (England), held 9 April, 1885. The author of the paper read on that occasion (from which I quoted all it contained about the jewel), died in 1901. Two later publica- tions on the history of the same Lodge, one issued in 1912, and the other in 1913, do not mention the subject, with exception of a statement in the first-named, that three members took a journey to London ex- pressly to attend the presentation to Lord Moira in 1813, and were thanked for so doing. W. B. H.

WICKHAM (11 S. ix. 70). In the Regis- trar's Office. Barbados, is recorded the will of a George Olliver of the said island, in which he mentions his wife Anne, son George, daughter Anne, father-in-law Nathaniel Wickham, brothers-in-law George Wickham and William Gibbs, cousin Capt. Lapthorne, and overseer Samuel Lapthorne, probate 2 Dec., 1648. Mr. N. Darnell Davis, C.M.G., gave me this abstract two years ago. In order to construct a pedigree of this family your correspondent should write to the Registrar of Barbados, who might permit a search to be made by one of his clerks. Having recently spent several weeks at Bridgetown, I can say that the records are in excellent order. All the originals, which were rapidly perishing, have been carefully transcribed. The various parish registers have been also copied, and there is an excel- lent general index of them, so that a search is greatly facilitated. There is, however, no Index of Deeds.

Thomas Wvborne, i a t e of New England, chyrurgeon, in his will dated 30 Nov., 1689, leaves his estate to his friend Nathaniel Wickham of Whitechapple, chyrurgeon (P.C.C. 183 Vere). This latter may have been identical with Nathaniel Wickham of Wapping, M.D., whose son Richard matri- culated from New. Coll. in 1715, aged 15, and whose second marriage took place 2 June, 1711, in St. Paul's Cathedral. Lysons notes

a monumental inscription (apparently to him T in 1727 at Westham in Essex.

Nathaniel Wickham, M.D., presented a memorial in 1718 in favour of Col. Tho. Morris of Antigua. I have a photograph of the marble slab over the vault of Major John Wickham of Antigua, who died in 1723 r aged 41. It is in perfect preservation, and has his crest (a bull's head erased charged on the neck with two chevrons) and arms (two- chevrons between three roses).

V. L. OLIVER.

Sunninghill, Berks.

THE WRECK OF THE JANE, DUCHESS OF GORDON, &c. (11 S. vii. 447, 496; viii. 56, 114). The following notes may prove useful to the correspondents interested in this subject :

" The Leopold, 50 Guns, Captain Humphries, is- appointed to convoy the outward bound East Indiamen now collecting at Portsmouth to be despatched about the end of the ensuing week.

Lady Jane Dundas

Harriet

Indus

Jane,Dutches [-sic] of Gordon 1

} For Bombay

Madras and Bengal*

Bengal

- Ceylon and Bengal.

Caledonian Mercury, 23 April, 1808.

" Lost at sea in the Lady Jane Dundas, India- man, Lt. -General Hay M'Dowall, late Com- mander-in-Chief at Madras, and Colonel of the 41st Regiment of Foot."

Caledonian Mercury, 1810.

" Dr. Robert Drummond of Keltic, Surgeon in the E.I.C.S. on Bombay Establishment. He was among the unfortunate passengers on board the Lady Jane Dundas,* one of the last missing ships."" Ibid.

Mr. James Drummond, Senior Merchant* Bombay, his wife (nee Castell), and some of their children also went down in her. Dr. Robert and Mr. James Drummond are supposed to have been related, but th& degree of relationship is not known. " EAST INDIA COMPANY.

" Wednesday a Quarterly General Court was hcldi at the East India House.

" After the usual forms had been observed, the titles of several papers ordered by the House of Commons were read. The dividend for the half year ending 4th of July next was fixed at 5 per cent. The resolutions of the Court of Directors imputing no blame to the owners, &c., for the loss of the ships Lady Jane Dundas, Bengal, Calcutta* and Duchess of Gordon was confirmed, when a ballot for the 4th July to determine whether three- parts of four of the proprietors concurred therein." Caledonian Mercury, 25 June, 1810.

E. H. FAIRBROTHER.

lost on 14 March, 1809.
 * At the India Office it is recorded that she