Clare

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

Blazon

D'or à trois chevrons de gueules.

Original entry: 3 chevrons · O G · 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

Identified as: arms of Clare E.Gloucester, Clare, earldom of Gloucester, E.Gloucester, Gilbert de Clare, comte de Hertford et de Gloucest

In medieval armorials

Matt.Paris Hist.Angl. (1244) no. 46 “comes de glovernia gilebertus”
Matt.Paris Hist.Angl. (1244) no. 76 “ricardus comitis de clare / glovernia”
Glover (1255) no. 5 “earl of gloucester”
Matt.Paris Lib.Add. (1259) no. 4 “clare”
Matt.Paris Lib.Add. (1259) no. 96
Matt.Paris Cron.Maj. vol.2 (1259) no. 29 “gilebertus comes glovernie”
Matt.Paris Cron.Maj. vol.2 (1259) no. 63 “ricardus de clare”
Compiegne 1278 (1278) no. 45 “comte de cloucestre”

Tinctures

gueules (ordinary)

or (field)

Charges

3× chevron (ordinary)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "category": "metal"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "chevron",
      "count": 3,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    }
  ]
}