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luable and curious collection. Mr. Granger's dates are thereby 

 moft exactly confirmed, and it may not be improper here to add 

 the infcription under the engraving : 



" Vera effigies Domini Clariffimi Johannis Wynn de Gwedir 

 " in Com. Carnarvon, Equitis & Baronetti. 



** Obiit primo die Martii 1626, aetat. 73. 



" Honoris ipiiuscaufa Rob. Vaughan fculplit, prolique D. D." 



This was poffibly Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt the great an- 

 tiquary, who was a particular friend of Sir John Wynn, as alfo 

 of his fon Sir Richard, to whom he dedicated his book entitled, 

 *' Britifh Antiquities revived." I find alfo by the letter fubjoined, 

 that Mr. Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt engraved himfelf, and that 

 the expreflion of fiulpjit therefore is ftrictly accurate. 



" Sir, 



** I wold intreate you to fend me certayne directions, whether 

 " itt mold be three Egletts in a Scutcheon, or one Eagle on a 

 " Wreath ; for to doe it in a Scutcheon with one Eagle is con- 

 " trary to the rules of heraldry, and not your cote : like wile 

 " whether itt mold not have a Labell for the diftindtion of an 

 " elder brother, during the life-time of his father, in this man- 

 ner, j eirm } If you pleafe to fend by the weekly poft I will 

 anfweryou by the next convenient meflenger. 

 When thefe troubles began 1 had drawne the 

 pedigree of Sir Richard from Owen Gwynedd 

 " lineally to himfelfe ; now in my abfence from London both the 

 " copper plate which I had began to 'grave and the draught was 

 " embezzeled from me : now I am refolved (God willing) this 

 4< vacation time to fett it a foote agayne. I onely want the names 

 <l of your anceftors from Owen Gwynedd to your felfe, of which 

 <« you are the 15th (leaving out young Sir John and Sir Richard) 



Y y " becaufc 



