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lion

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Wellesby

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

Chapé de sable et d'argent, au lion léopardé d'or en chef.

Original entry: per chevron acc. lion passt in chf · S AO · _England · 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
John Wellesby

In medieval armorials

  • Jenyns' Book (Thomas) (1410) no. 1511 “john willesby port d'argent ampty de sable a un lepard passant d'or au chief”

Tinctures

argent (field)
or (charge)
sable (field)

Charges

lion (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "sable",
      "category": "colour"
    },
    "partition": "chapé",
    "sub_fields": [
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "sable",
          "category": "colour"
        }
      },
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "argent",
          "category": "metal"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "lion",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "or",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "léopardé",
        "en chef"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "is_compound": true
}

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