... gossip. We can however, confirm the information with visual evidence that saffron was important to Saffron Walden due to its name "Saffron" Walden. Saffron Walden's Coat of Arms also has saffron on it, also supporting the importance and integrity of Holinshed's Chronicles. A problem with the Coat of Arms is that it's anachronistic, which means that there are things present on the Coat of Arms that were missing from the town. For example, the Coat of Arms had walls, whereas the town never did, therefore we cannot be sure that the saffron existed on this source alone. But Saffron Walden's museum's "The Saffron Crocus" and a crocus carving in the Saffron Walden Parish Church (dating 1480) confirm this. Saffron Walden was also a very rich town. "The story of Saffron Walden Parish Church" by WJ Fancett tells us that Saffron Walden's church was most "sumptuously equipped and furnished", and that the ...

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