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Cotton

family·lenient_en·Fox-Davies (Armorial Families)

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Quarterly, 1. quarterly i. and iiii., sable, three buckles argent (Jodrell); ii. and iii., azure, a chevron between three hanks of cotton argent (Cotton); 2. azure, a chevron between three hanks of cotton argent (Cotton) ; 3. argent, a fesse gules, between three calves sable (Calverley); 4. sable, on a chevron argent, between three crosses patonce or, as many cinquefoils gules (Mottram); 5. argent, on a bend sable, three annulets interlaced or (Huberk); 6. ermine, a fesse gules (Barnak) ; 7. argent, on a saltire sable, five swans proper (Burgh); 8. sable, two hinds counter trippant argent (Cottingham) ; 9. azure, a cutlass in bend proper, pommel and hilt argent, within a bordure engrailed or (Tattnall); 10. argent, on a mount vert, a stag lodged gules (Herthill); rz. sable, a chevron between three bulls’ heads caboshed argent (Buckley); 12. gules, a fesse dancettée between three bugle-horns argent (Cotgrave); 13. gules, a lion rampant argent, ducally crowned argent, between three crescents or (Salusbury); 14. sable, three leopards (? lynxes) rampant argent, spotted of the field (Lynch); 15. azure, a cross patonce pierced square or, before four martlets argent, all within a bordure ermine (Tomkinson) ; 16. per pale azure and sable, within an orle of fleurs-de-lys argent,a lion rampant erminois, ducally crowned and holding between the paws a mascle or, a canton ermine (Phillips); 17. ; 18. azure, three hammers or (Thorneton); 19. argent, a chevron between three bugle-horns sable (Sutton); 20. sable, on a cross engrailed argent, a mullet of the field gules (Knottesford); 21. argent, a mullet sable (Aston); 22. argent, a lion couchant azure between three ducal coronets gules (Butterworth).

Tinctures

argent (charge)

argent (ordinary)

au naturel (charge)

azur (charge)

gueules (charge)

gueules (ordinary)

hermine (charge)

hermine (ordinary)

or (charge)

or (ordinary)

sable (charge)

sable (field)

sable (ordinary)

sinople (charge)

Charges

3× annelet (meuble)

bande (ordinary)

2× biche (meuble)

bordure (ordinary)

3× boucle (meuble)

canton (ordinary)

cerf (meuble)

chevron (ordinary)

3× cor (meuble)

3× couronne (meuble)

3× croissant (meuble)

3× croix (ordinary)

5× cygne (meuble)

étoile (meuble)

fasce (ordinary)

fleurs-de-lys (meuble)

3× léopard (meuble)

lion (meuble)

macle (meuble)

3× marteau (meuble)

4× merlette (meuble)

mont (meuble)

orle (ordinary)

3× quintefeuille (meuble)

sautoir (ordinary)

3× taureau (meuble)

3× tête (meuble)

3× veau (meuble)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "sable",
      "category": "colour"
    },
    "partition": "écartelé"
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "boucle",
      "count": 3,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "chevron",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary"
    },
    {
      "name": "chevron",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary"
    },
    {
      "name": "fasce",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "veau",
      "count": 3,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "sable",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "chevron",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "croix",
      "count": 3,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "or",
        "category": "metal"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "quintefeuille",
      "count": 3,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "bande",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "sable",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "annelet",
      "count": 3,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "or",
        "category": "metal"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "fasce",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "sautoir",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "sable",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "cygne",
      "count": 5,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "au naturel",
        "category": ""
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "biche",
      "count": 2,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "passant"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "bordure",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "or",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "engrêlé"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "mont",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "sinople",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "cerf",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "chevron",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary"
    },
    {
      "name": "tête",
      "count": 3,
      "detail": "taureau",
      "category": "meuble"
    },
    {
      "name": "fasce",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "attitudes": [
        "dancettée"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "cor",
      "count": 3,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "lion",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "rampant",
        "couronné"
      ],
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "couronné",
          "tincture": {
            "name": "argent",
            "category": "metal"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "croissant",
      "count": 3,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "or",
        "category": "metal"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "léopard",
      "count": 3,
      "category": "meuble",
      "attitudes": [
        "rampant"
      ],
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "rampant",
          "tincture": {
            "name": "argent",
            "category": "metal"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "croix",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "attitudes": [
        "percé"
      ],
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "percé",
          "tincture": {
            "name": "or",
            "category": "metal"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "merlette",
      "count": 4,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "bordure",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "hermine",
        "category": "fur"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "orle",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary"
    },
    {
      "name": "fleurs-de-lys",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "lion",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "hermine",
        "category": "fur"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "rampant",
        "couronné"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "macle",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "or",
        "category": "metal"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "canton",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "hermine",
        "category": "fur"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "marteau",
      "count": 3,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "or",
        "category": "metal"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "chevron",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary"
    },
    {
      "name": "cor",
      "count": 3,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "sable",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "croix",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "engrêlé"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "étoile",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "du champ",
        "category": "",
        "reference": "du champ"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "étoile",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "sable",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "lion",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "azur",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "couronne",
      "count": 3,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    }
  ],
  "is_compound": true
}

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