Cray

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

Blazon

De gueules à la croix engrêlée d'or.

Original entry: cross engrailed · G O · Kent · 1280

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: Crey
Identified as: John Cray, Simon de Cray

In medieval armorials

Dering (1275) no. 31 “simon grey”
St. George (1285) no. 107 “simon creye”
Lord Marshal (1296) no. 483
Lord Marshal (1296) no. 484
Parliamentary (1312) no. 283 “sr simon crey”
Ashmolean (1334) no. 419 “monsr de crey”
Cotgrave's Ordinary (1340) no. 5 “monsire de crey”
Jenyns' Book (Thomas) (1410) no. 893 “monsr john de croy port de goules & une croice engrelé d'or”

Tinctures

gueules (field)

or (ordinary)

Charges

croix (ordinary)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "gueules",
      "category": "colour"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "croix",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "or",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "engrêlée"
      ]
    }
  ]
}