Varennes

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

Blazon

De gueules à la croix d'or accompagnée d'une merlette d'argent au canton dextre du chef.

Original entry: cross acc. martlet in chf dx · G OA · Amiens · 1312

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: Jean de Varennes

In medieval armorials

Hozier-Cénalis (1260) no. 322 “le sr de warenne”
Compiegne 1278 (1278) no. 249 “jehan de varenges”
Navarre (1375) no. 1028 “m mahieu de varennes, semblablement a une meslete d'argent”

Tinctures

argent (charge)

gueules (field)

or (ordinary)

Charges

canton (ordinary)

chef (meuble)

croix (ordinary)

merlette (meuble)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "gueules",
      "category": "colour"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "croix",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "or",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "accompagnée",
          "tincture": {
            "name": "argent",
            "category": "metal"
          },
          "charge_name": "merlette"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "canton",
      "count": 1,
      "detail": "chef",
      "category": "ordinary",
      "attitudes": [
        "dextre"
      ]
    }
  ]
}