Prince of Wales' Feathers

The establishment of "De Navorscher" is a matter of great importance to all students of our early history, and the liberal mention of its projectors, to bring under the notice of their countrymen all Queries likely to be answered by them, is one calculated to clear up many obscure points in our early history. Sir H. Nicolas concludes his valuable papers on the Badge and Mottoes of the Prince of Wales (*Archæologia*, vol. xxxi. p. 372.) by expressing his belief that both the former, namely, *the Feathers*, and the mottoes, "*Ich Dien*" and "*Houmout*," were derived from the House of Hainault, p…