Bishopston

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Blazon

Bandé d'or et d'azur, au canton d'hermine.

Original entry: bendy & canton · O BE · Warwickshire · 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: John de Bishopston (Warwickshire)

In medieval armorials

Parliamentary (1312) no. 849 “sr john bishopston”
Cotgrave's Ordinary (1340) no. 394 “monsire bishopesdone”
Cooke's Ordinary (1340) no. 248 “sr de bisshopesdoune”
Jenyns' Book (Thomas) (1410) no. 324 “john de bishopdonne port d'or & iiii bendes d'azure & une quarter d'ermyne”

Tinctures

azur (field)

hermine (ordinary)

or (field)

Charges

canton (ordinary)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "category": "metal"
    },
    "partition": "bandé",
    "sub_fields": [
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "or",
          "category": "metal"
        }
      },
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "azur",
          "category": "colour"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "canton",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "hermine",
        "category": "fur"
      }
    }
  ],
  "is_compound": true
}