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Mortein

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

D'hermine au chef de gueules.

Original entry: chief · E G · ancient arms · Derbyshire · 1300

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
William Mortein

In medieval armorials

  • Glover (1255) no. 215 “william mortein”
  • St. George (1285) no. 144 “william mortein”
  • Charles (1285) no. 174 “<narburgh>”
  • Collins (1295) no. 113 “william morten”
  • Collins (1295) no. 539 “robert morteyn”
  • Lord Marshal (1296) no. 237, fol. 21r29 “roger de morteyn”
  • Jenyns' Book (Thomas) (1410) no. 1624 “william de moteyns port d'ermyne au chief de goules”

Tinctures

gueules (ordinary)
hermine (field)

Charges

chef (ordinary)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "hermine",
      "category": "fur"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "chef",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    }
  ]
}

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