Bures

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

Blazon

D'hermine au chef denché de sable chargé de deux lions d'or.

Original entry: chief indented ch. 2 lions · E SO · Suffolk · 1400

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: Andrew Bures

In medieval armorials

Parliamentary (1312) no. 445 “sr robert boures”
Powell (1350) no. 399 “sr andreu beures”
Antiquaries (1360) no. 156 “mons robert bures”
Jenyns' Ordinary (William) (1380) no. 347 “andrew de bures”
Picquigny (armorial - 5256) (1400) no. 208 “m. and bures”

Tinctures

hermine (field)

or (charge)

sable (ordinary)

Charges

chef (ordinary)

2× lion (meuble)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "hermine",
      "category": "fur"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "chef",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "sable",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "denché"
      ],
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "chargé",
          "count": 2,
          "tincture": {
            "name": "or",
            "category": "metal"
          },
          "charge_name": "lion"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}