Dreadnaught wrote:
It goes something like this:-
The Manor of Wakefield was bestowed by Edward III on his fifth son, Edmund of Langley, Duke of York, in 1347, who bore the Royal Arms of France and England. These arms thus became on all public documents the arms of Wakefield, superseding the "Checky or and azure" shield of the de Warenne family, the former Lords of the Manor. It would seem that a kind of abridgement of these arms subsequently ensued, one golden fleur-de-lis only on an azure shield being adopted.
So there is a kind of french link
HTH
The Manor of Wakefield was bestowed by Edward III on his fifth son, Edmund of Langley, Duke of York, in 1347, who bore the Royal Arms of France and England. These arms thus became on all public documents the arms of Wakefield, superseding the "Checky or and azure" shield of the de Warenne family, the former Lords of the Manor. It would seem that a kind of abridgement of these arms subsequently ensued, one golden fleur-de-lis only on an azure shield being adopted.
So there is a kind of french link
HTH
Thanks for the History