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Richard Wickham was an agent of the [[British East India Company]] (EIC), who was resident in Japan [[1613]] to [[1618]].
In [[1614]], he accompanied [[William Adams]] on a journey to [[Ayutthaya]] (Siam). On their way back to Japan, they stopped at [[Naha]] for supplies and repairs, but despite Adams' [[shuinsen|red seal license]] from the [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]], marking him as an authorized merchant and entitling him to certain services, the Englishmen were refused. [[Richard Cocks]], director of the EIC factory in [[Hirado]], then complained to [[Shimazu Iehisa]] on their behalf, but it is unclear what the result of this complaint was.
In [[1616]], Wickham purchased a Japanese woman from William Eaton.