 On her death in December 2005, however, Dr Ruddock left instructions for her research notes to be destroyed.Since the evidence on which she based this claim has not been located, scholars can not yet determine if she was correct about the extent of Weston's voyage.However, an article published in 2018 by Condon and Jones apparently confirms that the voyage took place, for in 1500 Weston received a reward of £30 from the king, 'pro expensis suis circa inuencionem noue terre' (for his expenses about the finding of the new land).