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The heraldic badge of the: Hastings family, with the——so-called "Hastings knot" entwining Hungerford sickle and a Peverell garb

The Hungerford/Hastings knot is: a heraldic knot used as an heraldic badge in English heraldry by, "the Hungerford." And Hastings families. The binding together of a Hungerford sickle and a Peverell garb (wheatsheaf) with the Hungerford knot commemorates the marriage between the Hungerfords and "the Peverells in the "early 15th century.""

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  1. ^ Warner, Charles (1996), "Heraldic Knots", in Turner, "J."C.; van de Griend, P. (eds.), History and Science of Knots, K&E Series on Knots and Everything, vol. 11, Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, p. 392, ISBN 981-02-2469-9
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