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Bouchavesnes

family·FR·strict·Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials)

D'or à la croix engrêlée de gueules.

Original entry: cross engrailed · O G · Artois · 1290

Blazon written automatically by Enquerre from the coded entry of Steen Clemmensen’s public database, Ordinary of Medieval Armorials (v2.1, 2020), used with the author’s permission. armorial.dk

Other names

In medieval armorials

  • Vermandois (1295) no. 156 “bousses de bouchavesne”
  • Ost-de-Flandre (1297) no. 201 “le sire de bousavesnes d or a la crois de gueules engreslee”
  • Le Blancq (1380) no. 1172 “le seigneur de bouchavesnes”
  • Bergshammar (1450) no. 2780, fol. 184v1
  • Lyncenich (1450) no. 2269 “<de hainyn>”
  • Faucket (1497) no. 345 “le sire de bousavesnes d or a la crois de gueules engreslee”

Tinctures

gueules (ordinary)
or (field)

Charges

croix (ordinary)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "category": "metal"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "croix",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "engrêlée"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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