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Aston

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

D'or au chef d'azur chargé d'un lion léopardé d'or.

Original entry: chief ch. lion passt · O BO · _England · 1415

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
John Aston

In medieval armorials

  • Arautos (1416) no. 92 · crest: lion's head

Tinctures

azur (ordinary)
or (charge)
or (field)

Charges

chef (ordinary)
lion (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "category": "metal"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "chef",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "azur",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "chargé",
          "tincture": {
            "name": "or",
            "category": "metal"
          },
          "attitudes": [
            "léopardé"
          ],
          "charge_name": "lion"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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