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as "like a cross between a plate of spaghetti and an unsuccessful attempt at a Staffordshire knot", with the headline above the article on the newspaper's front page, written by sub-editor Alan Eaglesfield, reading "Spaghetti Junction".
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inherited her personal property. Humphrey, who was made the Duke of Buckingham the following year, incorporated his aunt's adaptation of the Wake knot as a cordon around his seal, although he used three knots and not four.
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in the 19th century. It was discarded by some as too dangerous, as the knot could slip if not tied correctly, and indeed, its use led to multiple deaths by haemorrhage.
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The earliest known appearance of the knot in association with the Stafford family was on the 15th-century seal of Lady Joan de Stafford, Lady Wake (daughter of
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used 18 badges, including the Stafford knot, all enclosed in a circle of Stafford knots. The design closely matches the early design of the
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force and Staffordshire fire and rescue service. Staffordshire wing of the Air Training Corps also uses the knot on its crest.
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as an Ensign in 1789 â€“ and thus the eponymous city of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia, has the Stafford knot on its
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Stafford in Olden Times: Being a Reprint of Articles Published in "The Staffordshire Advertiser," with Illustrations
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for her use. The seal, on which four knots appear tied on a string around her coat of arms, is now in the
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Non-traditional, regional, or rarely used (sometimes considered unheraldic)
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Three-looped overhand knot that is the traditional symbol of Staffordshire
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after the knot. The knot symbol appeared in the railway company's badge.
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The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children
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Transactions and Annual Report of the North Staffordshire Field Club
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Also used as a pin/lapel badge by members of Freemasonry under the
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use the knot on their club badge, as do fellow Staffordshire clubs
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on 1 June 1965, journalist Roy Smith described plans for the
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in 1583, the town's arms were recorded for the first time as
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symbol brought to Staffordshire by missionary monks from
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period, being probably either a heraldic symbol of early
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that is the traditional symbol of the English county of
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Future earls of Stafford retained the knot for use on
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Index


badge
Stafford family
knot
Staffordshire
county town
Stafford
overhand knot
mythical
Stafford gaol
Anglo-Saxon cross
Stoke-upon-Trent
Staffordshire hoard
Norman
medieval
Mercia
Celtic Christian
Lindisfarne
Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford
Wake knot
British Museum
Humphrey de Stafford, 6th Earl of Stafford
standard
visitation
Stafford
flag of Staffordshire
heraldic badges
Earl of Stafford
pretzel
surgical suture

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