282 On the cognizance of the “ Fetter-lock.” 
nor of the arched recess within which it is contained, is there the 
least trace of the badge of the “fetter-lock.” Neither, as far as 
my observation has gone, is it to be found on any of the more 
ancient portions of the church or tower. Then again there are, in 
the chancel, brasses of Sir Edward Cerne (c. 1393), and of his 
daughter Philippa; but on neither have we this badge, said to be 
emblematical of the tenure under which Draycote was held. Is it 
likely that it would have been missing, if the opinion, the correctness 
~ of which we are discussing, were founded in truth? 
After the Long family were owners of Draycote we find plenty 
of examples of the use of this badge. On the tomb of Sir Thomas 
Long, who died in 1508; it is found, and also on Draycote Mill; 
but there it is in connection with the coat of Long impaling Darell, 
which fixes its date at a period subsequent to 1490. 
The badge was seen in Aubrey’s time on a large monument, now 
destroyed, in the church of Box, to the memory of Anthony Long 
(fourth son of Sir Henry Long, of Wraxall and Draycote), who 
was buried there in 1578. The use of it on such a monument would 
seem to show that they regarded it now rather as a family badge 
than as indicative of the tenure of Draycote. In fact it was at Box 
accompanied with the motto “Envi will lye,” which is found only 
at Wraxall. (See Jackson’s Aubrey, pp. 29, 56.) 
The conclusion to which we come is this—that there is no evidence 
either that the Cernes used this badge of the “ fetter-lock,” or 
that the Longs first adopted it, when they became their successors 
at Draycote, as an emblem of the tenure under which that estate 
was held. 
But now let us go to Wraxall, and see whether we have any proof 
there of an early use of the “ fetter-lock” as a cognizance by the 
Long family, and whether, im the history of that estate, we 
can find any peculiarity that may account for it. Without doubt, 
the earliest known examples of its use are over the gateway leading 
into the manor house, and on an old tomb in the church at Wraxall. 
Judging from external appearances, there certainly seems no reason 
for considering the gateway otherwise than coeval with the older 
portions of the manor house, which would be about 1480-1450. At 
