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THE ANCESTOR shows the whole of it. Within the last few years, tour heraldic tiles have been discovered close to her tomb, two bearing the arms of Wadham, and two the arms of Lyte, the chevron charged with a crescent, to indicate that Richard Lyte, her father, was the second son of John Lyte of Lytes Cary. Four panels, uniform in size with the preceding, were executed for Thomas Lyte in or soon after 1621. They have not been photographed. Their borders are obviously copied from those of the sixteenth century, but no ruby, blue or other coloured glass was used, the heraldic charges being rendered by paint or stain on the surface of the white glass. The differ- ence between gules and or is almost imperceptible. These four shields may be described as follows : — 18. Gules a chevron between three swans argent^ their bills or^ impaling argent a saltire engrailed gules^ charged with a fleur de lys or, for difference. Inscribed : ' Lyte and Tiptoft.' The shield is that of Henry Lyte, who married, as his second wife, Frances daughter of JohnTiptoft of London, in 1565. 19. Gules a chevron between three swans argent^ their bills or^ impaling argent a two-headed eagle sable^ the beaks and legs gules. Inscribed: 'Lyte and Worth.' 'Anno Dom. 1592.' The shield is that of Thomas Lyte, who married Frances daughter of Henry Worth of Worth, co. Devon. 20. Gules a chevron between three swans argent^ their bills <?r, impaling argent a chevron gules between three roundels azure. Inscribed : ' Lyte and Baskervile.' ' Anno Dom. 1 62 1.' The shield is that of Henry Lyte, who married Con- stance daughter of Captain Nicholas Baskerville of Sunning- well, CO. Berks. 21. Quarterly of six. i and 6, Gules a chevron between three swans argent^ their bills or ; 2, Argent a cross engrailed sable with an eagle gules in the quarter ; 3, Argent on a fesse between three ducks sahle three bezants ; 4, Argent an ash tree erased ; 5, Argent a chevron sahle between three moor- cocks. The first and sixth quarters are Lyte ; the second quarter is Draycot ; the third quarter, in modern glass, may possibly be Blomvill ; the fourth quarter is Ash ; the fifth quarter is Drew. Of the fragments not made up into roundels or rectangular panels, the following date from the sixteenth century : — {a) A shield uniform in size and shape with those described above. Gules a chevron between three swans argent^ impaling