Grailly

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Blazon

D'or à la croix de sable chargée de cinq coquilles d'argent.

Original entry: cross ch. 5 escallops · O SA · Gascogne · 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: Jean (IV) de Grailly, captal de Buch, Pierre de Grailly, Pierre de Grailly Captal de Buch

In medieval armorials

Wijnberghen (1270) no. 1112
Chauvency 1285 (1285) no. 23, fol. 795 “perart de grilli”
Le Breton (1300) no. 418 “mes' jehan de grelli”
Navarre (1375) no. 1278 “le captal de buch, d'or a une croix noire a cinq coquilles d'argent sur la croix.”
Le Blancq (1380) no. 135 “le seigneur de cappetan”
Le Blancq (1380) no. 637 “le seigneur de ..”
Urfé (1380) no. 422 “messire le catton de buch, d or a la croix de sable a vj coquilles d argent”
Urfé (1380) no. 986 “celui de grely, d or a le croix de sable”

Tinctures

argent (charge)

or (field)

sable (ordinary)

Charges

5× coquille (meuble)

croix (ordinary)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "category": "metal"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "croix",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "sable",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "chargée",
          "count": 5,
          "tincture": {
            "name": "argent",
            "category": "metal"
          },
          "charge_name": "coquille"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}