Warenne

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

Blazon

Échiqueté d'or et d'azur.

Original entry: checky · O B · Surrey · 1386

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

Also called: Warenne of Blomfield
Identified as: earldom of Surrey, E.Warenne, John de Warenne E.Surrey, Warenne

In medieval armorials

Matt.Paris Hist.Angl. (1244) no. 64 “comes warannie willelmus”
Glover (1255) no. 7 “earl warren”
Matt.Paris Lib.Add. (1259) no. 7 “comitis warenne”
Matt.Paris Lib.Add. (1259) no. 92
Matt.Paris Cron.Maj. vol.2 (1259) no. 36 “.. comitis warenne”
Camden (1280) no. 37 “earl of surrey”
Segar (1282) no. 27 “cunte de garenne”
St. George (1285) no. 2 “earl warren”

Tinctures

azur (field)

or (field)

Charges

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "category": "metal"
    },
    "partition": "échiqueté",
    "sub_fields": [
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "or",
          "category": "metal"
        }
      },
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "azur",
          "category": "colour"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "is_compound": true
}