Hats worn by Females

Were not the hats worn by the *females*, as represented on the Myddelton Brass, peculiar to Wales? An engraving is given in Pennant's *Tour*, 2 vols., where also may be seen the hat worn by Sir John Wynne, about 1500, apparently similar to that on the Bacon Monument, and to that worn by Bankes. A MS. copy of a similar one (made in 1635, and then called "very auntient") may be seen in the Harleian MS. No. 1971. (*Rosindale Pedigree*), though apparently not older than Elizabeth's time. With a coat of arms it was "wrought in backside work"—the meaning of which is doubtful. What is that of the mot…