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 I12S. VII. SEPT. 25, 1920. NOTES AND QUERIES.

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MILITABY SERVICES OF THE WABDELL FAMILY OF DURHAM AND JERSEY.

I HAVE compiled Memoirs of this family from the year 1706. These collections are for purely private purposes, and I should be very grateful for any mentions of my sub- jects which may occur in the papers of descendants of brother officers. Also for any confirmation from Parish Registers or other sources of the earlier dates of birth, &c., foere given. I already possess outline accounts of the campaigns mentioned, and dates of all commissions. I have seen Longstaff's 4 History of Darlington Parish.'

1. John Wardell, grandson of John War- dell of West Murton, Sedgefield Parish, for which place a subsidy was paid 1623-4. Presumably identical with John, son of Francis of^Oxenflat, Blackwell, Darlington, toapt. at Darlington, May 14, 1707. Free- man of Durham City, 1727 ; Lieut. In- dependant Coy. in West Indies ; came to Ireland, 1749-50 ; m. Cork, Aug. 10, 1750, Mary Anderson ; died in Co. Durham about 1754-5. His widow buried Cathedral, Dur- ham, Mar. 26, 1758.

John Wardell, Lieut. -Col. 66th Berks, only child of above, born Cork, February, 1754 ; . bapt. (mother's Christian name wrongly given), Cathedral, Durham, Mar. 28, 1754 ; lived Cork City to 1770. Served with 50th, 79th (Liverpool Volunteers), (prob. 71st) and 66th, 1770-1818 in following cam- paigns : St. Vincent, 1772-3 ; New York, 1775 ; Savannahs, 1778 ; San Juan, 1779-81 ; San Domingo, 1794-6 ; Nepaul, 1816. Buried St. Luke's, Chelsea, Mar. 28, 1819 ; mar. 1793, Gibraltar, Mary Stewart. He left three sons :

(i.) John born Jamaica, Dec. 21, 1796 ; Lieut. Ceylon Rifles and the Yorkshire Kegt., also attached 66th ; served Canadian Insurrections ; died 1871.

(ii.) George born Sept. 26, 1801, at St. John's, Newfoundland ; capt. 66th, 32nd, 28th, 1817-43, Australia, &c. no active service ; died July 3, 1845.

His only son, George W. H. Wardell, Lieut. 83rd Royal Irish Rifles, also attached Seaforth Highlanders ; born Paramatta, 1839 ; died 1861 (drowned at sea). Served Indian Mutiny, 1858-59.

(ii.) William Henry, Major, born Mar. 21, 1799, Berkshire (place wanted ? Reading) ; served Royal Navy, 66th, 93rd Argyll Sutherland; Royal Canadian Rifles, 1811- 1857, Java ; Palembang Expedition, and in

Channel against French ; died 1881. His sons were :

i. Major- General W. H. Wardell, died 1903 ; his only son Warren, Major I/ 39th Garhwalis ; killed in action France, 1914.

ii. Capt. Geo. V. Wardell, l/24th Regt. ; killed in action, South Africa, 1879. No sons.

iii. Capt. John C. Wardell, R.M.L.I. ; killed in action Tel-el-Kebir, 1882. His son, Major C. V. Wardell, served five fronts, 1914-20. JOHN WARDELL.

MAN-AT-ARMS : NEW SIGNIFICATION. The 'N.E.D.' definitions of man of arms, later man-at-arms, as a soldier (1593) and a fully armed knight (1598) will have to be extended to include a policeman on board a vessel at sea. During the late war the crews, troops, and passengers on board ships requisitioned by the British Government were held in check by a few picked soldiers or sailors, whose duty it was to preserve order on board. Since the conclusion of peace these officials have been retained for police duty, and on the arm of their tunics appears the legend "man-at-arms." In the steamer on which I lately crossed the Atlantic, a vessel of 12,000 tons, with a crew of 300 odd and some 700 passengers, there were three such men, whose rank was that of quartermaster. N. W. HILL.

Hotel St. James, San Francisco.

DENNY, DE DEENE, AND WINDSOR FAMILIES. (See 10 S. xii. 424 ; 11 S. ii., 153, 274 ; vi. 418). On the roof of Ruthin Church, Denbighshire, amongst other badges, there appears, between the Prince of Wales 's Feathers and the Pomegranate badge of Arragon, "Two arches, supported on columns," which is a Denny badge. This must be intended for the badge of Henry Dene, Deen, or Denny, who, as Archbishop of Canterbury, officiated at the wedding of Prince Artlrar and Katherine of Arragon in 1501. When Henry Dene was Bishop of Bangor, Ruthin was in that Dio- cese. This may, perhaps, be taken as evidence of knowledge, in the early Tudor period, of an affinity between the names of Denny and Dene.

The Archbishop's origin seems quite obscure, and it is very doubtful if he had any hereditary right to armorial bearing^ If not, they would have been "found" for him. If this be so, and knowing the methods of the Tudor heralds, it may be worth while comparing the Archbishop's coat, a chevron between three choughs,