The heraldic badge of the Hastings family, with the so-called "Hastings knot" entwining a Hungerfordsickleand a Peverellgarb
TheHungerfordorHastings knotis aheraldic knotused as anheraldic badgein English heraldry by the Hungerford and Hastings families. The binding together of a Hungerfordsickleand a Peverellgarb(wheatsheaf) with the Hungerford knot commemorates the marriage between the Hungerfords and the Peverells in the early 15th century.[1]
^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,ISBN981-02-2469-9
