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Tempest

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

D'argent à la bande engrêlée de sable accompagnée de six merlettes de sable.

Original entry: bend engrailed betw 6 martlets · A SS · Yorkshire · 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
Richard Tempest

In medieval armorials

  • Jenyns' Book (Thomas) (1410) no. 352 “monsr richard tempest port d'argent une bende endenté de sable & sys merlotz en le champ”

Tinctures

argent (field)
sable (charge)
sable (ordinary)

Charges

bande (ordinary)
6× merlette (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "argent",
      "category": "metal"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "bande",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "sable",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "engrêlée"
      ],
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "accompagnée",
          "count": 6,
          "tincture": {
            "name": "sable",
            "category": "colour"
          },
          "charge_name": "merlette"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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