Ferrers

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

Blazon

Vairé d'or et de gueules, à la bordure de sable chargée d'un fer à cheval d'argent.

Original entry: vairy & border ch. horseshoes · O GSA · Herefordshire · 1280

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: Ferrers of Chartley

In medieval armorials

Camden (1280) no. 163 “william ferrers”
FitzWilliam = HE no. 92 “willm de ferrers”

Tinctures

argent (charge)

gueules (field)

or (field)

sable (ordinary)

Charges

bordure (ordinary)

fer à cheval (meuble)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "category": "metal"
    },
    "partition": "vairé",
    "sub_fields": [
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "or",
          "category": "metal"
        }
      },
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "gueules",
          "category": "colour"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "bordure",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "sable",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "chargée",
          "tincture": {
            "name": "argent",
            "category": "metal"
          },
          "charge_name": "fer à cheval"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "is_compound": true
}