Boxhull

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Blazon

D'or au lion d'azur fretté d'argent.

Original entry: lion fretty · O BA · Sussex · 1322

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: Alan Boxhull, Ralph de Buxhull (Kent)

In medieval armorials

Parliamentary (1312) no. 260 “sr alan boxhulle”
Newcastle 1319 (Boroughbridge) (1322) no. 107 “sire alayn de bokeshulle”
Ashmolean (1334) no. 368 “mons alain de boxhill”
Antiquaries (1360) no. 258 “monsire mayn bokeshull”
Jenyns' Book (Thomas) (1410) no. 88 “monsr rauf boyhill d'or a un leon rampant d'azure frettee d'argent”
Starkey (1460) no. 100 “bokselle”
Neve (Peter le) (1499) no. 307, fol. 17v1 “sir alen buxhyll”

Tinctures

argent (charge)

azur (charge)

or (field)

Charges

lion (meuble)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "category": "metal"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "lion",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "azur",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "fretté"
      ],
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "fretté",
          "tincture": {
            "name": "argent",
            "category": "metal"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}