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Stephen Bull, An Historical Guide to Armes and Armour (New York, 1991); Charles ffoulkes, The Armourer and his Craft (London, 1912), a great classic.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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Stephen Bull, An Historical Guide to Armes and Armour (New York, 1991); Charles ffoulkes, The Armourer and his Craft (London, 1912), a great classic.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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We have a curious affectation in such spellings as ffrench, ffoulkes, etc., where the ff is merely the method of indicating the capital letter in early documents.
The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909
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No one, who had not some good blood in their veins, would dare to be called Fitz; there was a deal in a name -- she had had a cousin who spelt his name with two little ffs -- ffoulkes -- and he always looked down upon capital letters and said they belonged to lately-invented families.
Cranford Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837
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