Nichols, John Gough, 1806-1873 · London : John Bowyer Nichols and Sons · leaf 362
ion. Wehave to beg the Authors pardon for omitting in our extract some ofhis explanatory remarks, which we have done not because we differfrom them, but because we wish to combine with them our owncomments. The cause of the appearance of the Percy badge at Wakefield doesnot appear ; but our readers… … The Wakefield arms (so called) aresurely a modern misapprehension. Theyare simply the arms of France. We ob-serve at p. 81 that the waits or watchmenof Wakefield used to wear for a badge1 asingle fleur de lis, which may have led tothe misinterpretation of the shield; butthe corporate seal of the…
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