1st and 4th; arg., 3 dung-forks sa. _Worthington._
2nd and 3rd; arg., 3 chevrons gu. _Langton._
Sinister: Arg., a cross moline gu. _Colvile._
[CALVIN. _A Harmonie upon the Gospels._ Londini, 1610.]
The family of Worthington has been well known in several counties, but chiefly in Lancashire. Members of the family have also settled in Suffolk and in Cheshire.
I have not been able to decide to which member of the Worthington family this particular coat-of-arms belonged.
1st and 4th; arg., a saltire engrailed sa. _Wotton._
2nd and 3rd; arg., on a chief sa., a lion passant of the first. _Rudston._
[PLINIUS SECUNDUS. _Historia Naturalis._ Lugduni, 1548.]
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.
_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_.
_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._