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Old 13-01-2015, 07:33 PM
janwhin janwhin is offline
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Some nice photo's there Mike. I spent some time two or three years ago researching the medieval history of the preceptory and found out very little.
Regarding the shields, in most instances, in other structures i,ve looked at, they,ve bourne the coat of the lord of the manor. Perhaps one for Wyddryngton and the other the crest of the Knights Hospittallers ?
Apparently, according to an article in my collection of the Friday Books, the coats of arms are of the Widdringtons and the Knights of St John.
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