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 io8 THE ANCESTOR daughter and co-heiress of John Kelloway of Collumpton, in 1 546. It is more probably that of William Lyte of Lillesdon, who married Dorothy daughter of Sir John Kelloway of Rock- bourne, and relict of John BuUer of Wode, in or before 1537. The pears in the sinister half of the shield were obviously of the kind known as ' Kelways/ The meaning of the glazier*s irons is not so obvious. Proceeding with the second series of panels, the shields are as follows : — 12. Gules a chevron between three swans argent^ impaling argent a chevron between three moorcocks. Inscribed : ' Lyte and Drue.' The shield is that of Thomas Lyte, who married Margaret, daughter and heiress of John Drew of Bridgwater, in or before 1498. 13. Gules a chevron between three swans argent^ impaling azure three horses' heads or^ with bridles. Inscribed : ' Lyte and Horsse.' This shield is historically a duplicate of that numbered i. The chevron is of modern glass. 14. Gules a chevron between three swans argent^ impaling argent a chevron between three chess-rooks sable. Inscribed : ' Lyte and Fitzwucke.' The sinister half of the shield bears some resemblance to the arms of the family of Wyke of Nyne- head. The charges may, however, be mill-rinds, salt-cellars, or even dice-boxes. 15. Gules a chevron between three swans argent^ impaling or three piles azure. Inscribed : ' Lyte and Brune.' The sinister half of this shield shows the arms of the family of Bryan of co. Dorset. 16. Gules a chevron between three swans argent^ impaling argent a chevron sable between three hammers, the heads sabky the handles ^^//^j. Inscribed: 'Lyte. . The arms on the sinister half of this shield are unknown. The last of the rectangular panels now reproduced differs from the others in that the shield alone dates from the six- teenth century, the diapered ground and the border having alike been added in the reign of James I. or Charles I. 17. Gules a chevron between three roses argent^ impaling gules a chevron between three swans argent. The shield is that of Sir Nicholas Wadham of Merrifield, who married, as his fourth wife, Joan daughter of Richard Lyte, relict of William Walton of Barton. She died in 1557. Part only of her monumental brass remains in Ilton church. The pedigree by Thomas Lyte