Ferrers

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

Blazon

Vairé d'or et de gueules, à la bordure d'azur chargée d'un fer à cheval d'argent.

Original entry: vairy & border ch. horseshoes · O GBA · Herefordshire · 1249

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: Ferrers of Chartley
Identified as: Richard Ferrers, William Ferrers

In medieval armorials

St. George (1285) no. 70 “william ferrers”
Collins (1295) no. 101 “william ferrers”
Neve's Roll (William le) (1307) no. 123 “ferrers”
Cooke's Book (1320) no. 15 “baron fferrers”
Jenyns' Book (Thomas) (1410) no. 642 “monsr william ferrers port verree de goules & d'or a bordeur d'azure ove cressantz d'or”
Jenyns' Book (Thomas) (1410) no. 646 “monsr richard ferrers port verree d'or & de goules la bordure d'azure ove lez ferres du chival d'argent en la bordeure”
Domville (1470) no. 1799, fol. 45v “co de ferris”

Tinctures

argent (charge)

azur (ordinary)

gueules (field)

or (field)

Charges

bordure (ordinary)

fer à cheval (meuble)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "category": "metal"
    },
    "partition": "vairé",
    "sub_fields": [
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "or",
          "category": "metal"
        }
      },
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "gueules",
          "category": "colour"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "bordure",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "azur",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "chargée",
          "tincture": {
            "name": "argent",
            "category": "metal"
          },
          "charge_name": "fer à cheval"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "is_compound": true
}