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THE BEAR AND STAFF WERE UNITED ON THE COAT OF ARMS FOR RICHARD NEVILLE EARL OF WARWICK "THE KING MAKER" VERIFIED BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE IN HENRY VI PART II WHEN ANSWERING CLIFFORD:

"By my father's badge, old Neville's crest, The rampant Bear,chained to the Ragged Staff,This day I'll bear aloft my burgonet"