Nichols, John Gough, 1806-1873 · London : John Bowyer Nichols and Sons · leaf 363
ed two or three of these badges. They are of silver,about 5 inches by 4, with loops to fasten them on by. That engraved is dated 1688.The following is an entry in the parish register recording the commencement of theWaits annual course of duty:— Memorandum, That the Waits of this Town of Wakefield… … The falcon within a fetterlock is a well-knownbadge of the royal House of York; and oneboss in the north aisle has a falcon alone withexpanded wings (p. 33, note). When the familyhad ascended the throne, says Bonney in hisHistory of Fotheringay, the falcon was repre-sented as free, and the lock…
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