Edward Wotton (born circ. 1548, died circ. 1626) was the son of Thomas Wotton by his first wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Rudston, Lord Mayor of London. Mr. Wotton was a man of much learning and a great linguist, and in 1583 he was Member of Parliament for Kent. He was Elizabeth's emissary to James VI. concerning his marriage, and also about a treaty of alliance. In 1591 he received the honour of Knighthood, and in 1602 he was Comptroller of the Household. In the same year he was created Baron Wotton. Lord Wotton was Lord Lieutenant of Kent, and Ambassador to France and Treasurer of the Household. He inherited his father's library, and in many cases added his own coat-of-arms impressed in silver to the beautiful bindings made for Thomas Wotton, "The English Grolier," on whose books occur the legend THOMAE WOTTONI ET AMICORUM. [Illustration] WRIGHT, JAMES _Arms._--Az., 2 bars engrailed arg., in chief as many leopards' heads or. _Wright._ [LAMBERT. _Chancery Collections._ Stowe MS. 415.] James Wright (born circ. 1643, died October 1713) was the son of Abraham Wright, of Oxfordshire. He was called to the Bar in 1672. His tastes were literary and antiquarian, and he possessed a considerable library, chiefly manuscripts. Wright wrote a number of works on antiquities, and others on the political matters of his time. The drama also had much fascination for him, and he wrote several poems, and made an epitome of Dugdale's _Monasticon_. [Illustration] WYCLIFFE _Arms._--Arg., on a fess gu., 3 crescents of the first between 3 Cornish choughs ppr., in chief a spear-head of the second. _Wycliffe._ _Crest._--A Cornish chough, wings addorsed, ppr. _Motto._--DEUS ALIT ME. [GROOT. _Defensio fidei Catholicae de Satisfactione Christi adversus Faustum socinum._ Lugduni Batavorum, 1617.] This stamp belonged to T. Wycliffe, probably a member of the Yorkshire family of that name, but I have not so far been able to identify the owner more particularly. [Illustration] WYNDHAM, SIR HUGH, KNIGHT _Arms._--Arg., a chevron between 3 lions' heads erased or. _Wyndham._ _Crest._--A lion's head erased, within a fetterlock or. [OLEARIUS. _The Voyages and Travels of J. Albert de Mandelslo._ London, 1669.] Hugh Wyndham (born circ. 1603, died 27th July 1684) was the son of Sir John Wyndham of Orchard-Wyndham, Somerset. He was educated at Oxford, and called to the Bar in 1629. In 1654 Mr. Wyndham was made a Serjeant-at-Law and a Judge on the Northern Circuit. In 1670 he was made a Baron of the Exchequer, and received the honour of Knighthood. He married three times. HERALDIC BOOKS TO CONSULT BEDFORD, W. K. R. The Blazon of Episcopacy. London, 1858. BERRY, W. Encyclopædia Heraldica. London, 1828. (?) BOUTELL, C. English Heraldry. London, 1867.