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.

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.