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lion

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Cherlton

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

D'or au lion de gueules chargé d'une molette d'argent.

Original entry: lion ch. mullet · O GA · Wales · 1380

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
Pole, Powis
Identified as
Howell Cherlton

In medieval armorials

  • Jenyns' Ordinary (William) (1380) no. 263 “howell de charlton”

Tinctures

argent (charge)
gueules (charge)
or (field)

Charges

lion (meuble)
molette (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "category": "metal"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "lion",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "chargé",
          "tincture": {
            "name": "argent",
            "category": "metal"
          },
          "charge_name": "molette"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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