Very many thanks, John. So "I E C BOURNE" was REALLY "J G C BROWNE". I got 4 letters right (and in the right order); 2 right (in the wrong order); and 3 totally wrong.... Oh well - he WAS a Cambridge man so allowances DO have to be made for his literacy :-) [And their Marmalade isn't as good as Oxford's either!] Gus ----- Original Message ----- From: John B Davies <jbdavies@maxitec.co.za> To: 'John Tysoe' <gtysoe@jtysoe.fsnet.co.uk>; <ENG-WORCESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 7:22 AM Subject: RE: [WOR] New Lister - EDWARDS/PLANT > Gus > > 1871 Littlebury's Directory shows - > > St. James's Church, Eve Hill, Dudley > Vicar - Rev John George Cotton BROWNE MA Corpus Christi College, > Cambridge > > John B Davies > Hermanus, South Africa > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Tysoe [mailto:gtysoe@jtysoe.fsnet.co.uk] > Sent: 04 October 2005 08:06 > To: ENG-WORCESTER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [WOR] New Lister - EDWARDS/PLANT > > Hi Louise, > > To my Sue-Per-Late-Ive Surprise, WorcHistCent DOES hold the (or at least > some of the) Registers of Dudley St James... > > And that Marriage entry was more surprising than most! > > > Dudley St James - Marriages Register > Page 19; Number 37 - 1871 Jan 17 [the first of 2 marriages that day] > By Banns; by I E C BOURNE > [very dubious transcription, this - his signature was almost illegible!]