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On the “ffetter-Aoch” as a cogniznuce of the 
Aongs of GAraxall. 
By the Rev, Prebendary W. H. Jonzs, M.A., F.S.A., 
Vicar of Bradford-on-Avon, 
bZaI@VERY one who is at all acquainted with the archeology of 
Crs Wiltshire is aware of the badge, or cognizance, of the 
“fetter-lock ”’—a kind of padlock used for, fastening together the 
chains of prisoners—borne by the family of Long of Wraxall and 
Draycote. They are also familiar with the account of such badge 
which they find in Aubrey, viz. that 
“ Draycote was held by petit ser- 
jeantie, namely, by being Marshal 
at the King’s coronation ; which is 
the reason the Cernes gave the Mar- 
shal’s Lock for their cognizance.” 
The Fetter-Lock. (Jackson’s Aubrey, p. 228.) Accept- 
ing this statement as correct, the 
-accompanying detailed explanation was added, and its ingenuity and 
apparent truth no one can doubt, who admits the statement itself :— 
“ Draycote was held of the Crown by the nominal service of 
supplying ‘ the third rod of the Marshalsea’ in the King’s household: 
by which is probably meant supplying one of the vergers, or wand- 
bearers, to attend upon the Marshal—the third rod’s post, according 
to another record (Test. de N. 147), being ‘at the door of the king’s 
kitchen’ (ad ostium coquine). The Shackle-bolt would accordingly 
be the emblem of the Assistant Marshal’s authority over all 
' 
marauders, or breakers of the peace, in that department.” 
There seems however some reason to dispute the correctness of 
Aubrey’s statement. Hence I venture to submit another explanation 
of this badge of the Longs of Wraxall. 
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