Curwen

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

Blazon

D'argent fretté de gueules, au chef d'azur.

Original entry: fretty & chief · A GB · Cumberland · 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: Christopher Curwen, Gilbert Curwen, Gilbert Curwen, kt, MP

In medieval armorials

Jenyns' Ordinary (William) (1380) no. 876 “gilbert curwen”
Willement (1395) no. 490 “monsr gilbert / oulwenne”
Jenyns' Book (Thomas) (1410) no. 1480 “monsr cristofre curwenne port d'argent fretté de goules a un chief d'azure”
Atkinson (1450) no. 82 “sir gilberte curwen”

Tinctures

argent (field)

azur (ordinary)

gueules (field)

Charges

chef (ordinary)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "argent",
      "category": "metal"
    },
    "partition": "fretté",
    "sub_fields": [
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "argent",
          "category": "metal"
        }
      },
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "gueules",
          "category": "colour"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "chef",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "azur",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    }
  ],
  "is_compound": true
}