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Brerely

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

D'argent à la croix recroisetée de gueules.

Original entry: cross crosslet · A G · variant · Lancashire · 1400

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

Identified as
Thomas Brereley

In medieval armorials

  • Powell (1350) no. 297 “st thom brereleye”
  • Antiquaries (1360) no. 244 “mons thomas brerelegh”
  • Jenyns' Book (Thomas) (1410) no. 901 “thomas breselegh port d'argent a une croice croisilé de goules”

Tinctures

argent (field)
gueules (ordinary)

Charges

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

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