Crichton-Cairns

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

Blazon

Écartelé : aux 1 et 4 d'argent au lion d'azur ; aux 2 et 3 de sable à trois merlettes d'or.

Original entry: lion; 3 martlets; =; = {AB, SO} · Scotland · 1458

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: Crichton, Crichton of Frendraught

In medieval armorials

Berry (1458) no. 1371 “ceulx de carmes”

Tinctures

argent (field)

azur (charge)

or (charge)

sable (field)

Charges

lion (meuble)

3× merlette (meuble)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "partition": "écartelé",
    "sub_fields": [
      {
        "charges": [
          {
            "name": "lion",
            "count": 1,
            "category": "meuble",
            "tincture": {
              "name": "azur",
              "category": "colour"
            }
          }
        ],
        "tincture": {
          "name": "argent",
          "category": "metal"
        },
        "positions": [
          "1",
          "4"
        ]
      },
      {
        "charges": [
          {
            "name": "merlette",
            "count": 3,
            "category": "meuble",
            "tincture": {
              "name": "or",
              "category": "metal"
            }
          }
        ],
        "tincture": {
          "name": "sable",
          "category": "colour"
        },
        "positions": [
          "2",
          "3"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "is_compound": true
}