The Hungerford or 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.[1]
References
^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,
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