Name

Gent

49 coats of arms in 3 sources

By source Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) 37 · Rietstap 8 · Burke (General Armory) 4

Attestations: what are they?

Some arms carry an “Attested: in Renesse’s dictionary…” or “in … Ordinary” note. It points to a reference work, separate from the armorial that gives the blazon, where this name appears with these arms. It is independent corroboration: two books that agree are worth more than one.

Renesse, Dictionnaire des figures héraldiques (1894–1903): files families by charge (lion, cross…); it cites the family under the charges of its arms.

Papworth, Ordinary of British Armorials (1874) and Balfour Paul, An Ordinary of Arms (Scotland, 1893): sort arms by their design and name who bears them.

Medieval armorials (after Clemmensen): rolls of arms, painted or blazoned, from the 13th to the 16th century in which these arms appear.

Only sure matches are counted (same name in Renesse, a confirmed entry in Papworth). Each coat’s page lists every citation, with a link to the scanned printed page.

The parser reads these blazons the same way. Each source keeps its own text, shown here: a word the parser does not keep can tell them apart.

Read identically in 2 sources (3 coats of arms)

Gent (town) Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR — Attested : in 2 medieval armorials
Gent (town) Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR — Attested : in 2 medieval armorials
Gent (Comtes von) Rietstap · Autriche

Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) De sable au lion d'argent.
Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) De sable au lion couronné colleté d'argent.
Rietstap De sable au lion d'argent

Read identically in 2 sources (2 coats of arms)

Gent Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR — Attested : in 2 medieval armorials
Gent (van) Rietstap · Bruges; Flandre-Occidentale +1 — Attested : in Renesse’s dictionary (1 mention)

Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) D'or au chevron de sable.
Rietstap D'or au chevron de sable

Other coats of arms of the name

Gent Burke (General Armory) · co. Essex

Ermine on a chief indented azure three eagles displayed or

Attested in Papworth’s Ordinary (1) · see the citations →
Gent Burke (General Armory) · co. Northumberland

Sable a fesse counter-compony argent and of the first between three lions' heads erased or

Attested in Papworth’s Ordinary (1) · see the citations →
Gent Burke (General Armory) · co. Essex

Ermine a chief indented sable quartering MOYNE, viz., or, a cross engrailed sable a label of three points gules on each three bezants
Gent Burke (General Armory) · co. Essex

Ermine on a chief indented sable two eagles displayed or

Attested in Papworth’s Ordinary (1) · see the citations →
Gent Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · DE

generatedArgent, a fess Gules

Attested in 2 medieval armorials · see the citations →
Gent Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · DE

generatedArgent, a fess Gules fretty Or, in chief three spur-rowels Gules

Attested in 1 medieval armorial · see the citations →
Gent Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · DE

generatedArgent, a fess Gules fretty Or

Attested in 5 medieval armorials · see the citations →
Gent (town) Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

generatedSable, a lion rampant Argent collared Gules

Attested in 1 medieval armorial · see the citations →
Gent (town) Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

generatedGules, a lion rampant Argent collared Or

Attested in 1 medieval armorial · see the citations →
Gent (Vilain) Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

generatedSable, on a chief Argent three spur-rowels Gules

Attested in 2 medieval armorials · see the citations →
Gent dit Vilain Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

generatedSable, a chief Argent, a label Gules

Attested in 7 medieval armorials · see the citations →
Gent dit Vilain Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

generatedSable, a chief Argent

Attested in 24 medieval armorials · see the citations →
Gent dit Vilain ecu/Maelstede Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

De sable au chef d'argent chargé d'un écusson d'argent à dextre chargé d'une fasce d'azur et d'un sautoir de gueules.

Attested in 3 medieval armorials · see the citations →
Gent dit Vilain-Gavre Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

Écartelé : aux 1 et 4 de sable au chef d'argent chargé d'un écusson d'argent à dextre chargé d'une fasce d'azur accompagnée d'un sautoir de gueules ; aux 2 et 3 d'or au lion de gueules, à la bordure engrêlée de sable.

Attested in 1 medieval armorial · see the citations →
Non identifié / Gent Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · NL

generatedSable, on a chief Argent a lion passant Gules

Attested in 1 medieval armorial · see the citations →
Gent (van) Rietstap · Hollande

Écartelé: au 1 d'azur à trois poissons nageants d'argent, Fun sur l'autre; au 2 d'or à une roue de sable, au 3 de gueules à trois larmes d'or; au 4 d'argent à trois pantoufles à l'antique (rippen) de gueules

Attested in Renesse’s dictionary (2 mentions) · see the citations →
Gent (van) Rietstap · Hollande

Écartelé: au 1 d'azur à trois poissons nageants d'argent, l'un sur l'autre; au 2 d'or à une roue de sable; au 3 de gueules à trois larmes d'or; au 4 d'argent à trois pantoufles à l'antique (trippen) de gueules

Attested in Renesse’s dictionary (2 mentions) · see the citations →
Gent (van) Rietstap · Hollande

generatedAzure, three crescents Or

Attested in Renesse’s dictionary (1 mention) · see the citations →
Gent (van) Rietstap · Hollande

generatedAzure, a wheel Argent between twelve billets couchant of the same in orle
Gent (van) Rietstap · Hollande

generatedAzure, a fess wavy Argent

Attested in Renesse’s dictionary (1 mention) · see the citations →
Gent (van) Rietstap · Utrecht

D'argent à un tau ou béquille de St.-Antoine de gueules

Under another name

Brisetête (Gent-Vilain) Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

also named Gent

generatedSable, on a chief Argent a lion crowned issuant Gules

Attested in 1 medieval armorial · see the citations →
Brisetête (Gent-Vilain) Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

also named Gent

generatedSable, on a chief Argent a lion issuant Gules

Attested in 4 medieval armorials · see the citations →
Gent-Maelstede Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

also named Gent

generatedQuarterly: 1st and 4th, Sable, a chief Argent; 2nd and 3rd, Or, on a chevron Gules three spur-rowels Argent

Attested in 1 medieval armorial · see the citations →
Gent-Vilain Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

also named Gent

generatedPer fess Argent and Sable, over all an escarbuncle Or

Attested in 2 medieval armorials · see the citations →
Gent-Vilain Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

also named Gent

generatedSable, a chief Ermine

Attested in 1 medieval armorial · see the citations →
Gent-Vilain Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

also named Gent

De sable au chef d'argent chargé d'un écusson à dextre.

Attested in 2 medieval armorials · see the citations →
Gent-Vilain Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

also named Gent

generatedSable, a chief Argent, a label Azure

Attested in 3 medieval armorials · see the citations →
Gent-Vilain Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

also named Gent

De sable au chef d'argent chargé d'une fasce de fusées brochant de gueules posé sur un le partition.

Attested in 2 medieval armorials · see the citations →
Gent-Vilain Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

also named Gent

generatedSable, on a chief Argent three martlets Gules

Attested in 1 medieval armorial · see the citations →
Gent-Vilain Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

also named Gent

De sable à l'escarboucle d'or chargée d'un écusson d'argent.

Attested in 1 medieval armorial · see the citations →
Gent-Vilain Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

also named Gent

De sable au chef d'argent chargé d'une molette de gueules à dextre.

Attested in 1 medieval armorial · see the citations →
Gent-Vilain Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

also named Gent

generatedSable, on a chief Argent a lion passant Gules

Attested in 2 medieval armorials · see the citations →
Gent-Vilain-Broucke Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

also named Gent

generatedQuarterly: 1st and 4th, Sable, on a chief Argent an escutcheon Gules; 2nd and 3rd, Or, a chevron Gules

Attested in 1 medieval armorial · see the citations →
Gent-Vilain-St.Janssteen Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

also named Gent

De sable au chef d'argent chargé d'un écusson d'hermine à dextre chargé d'une fasce d'azur et d'un sautoir de gueules, au lambel d'azur.

Attested in 2 medieval armorials · see the citations →
Gent-Vilain-St.Janssteen Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

also named Gent

De sable au chef d'argent chargé d'un écusson d'hermine à dextre chargé d'une fasce d'azur et d'un sautoir de gueules.

Attested in 8 medieval armorials · see the citations →
Hove (Gent-Vilain) Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

also named Gent

generatedSable, on a chief Argent a fleur-de-lis Gules

Attested in 6 medieval armorials · see the citations →
Hove (Gent-Vilain) Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

also named Gent

generatedAzure, on a chief Argent a fleur-de-lis issuant Gules

Attested in 1 medieval armorial · see the citations →
Hove (Gent-Vilain) Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

also named Gent

generatedSable, on a chief Argent three lions' heads Gules

Attested in 2 medieval armorials · see the citations →
Moere (Gent-Vilain) Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

also named Gent

De sable au chef d'argent chargé d'un écusson d'or chargé d'un chevron de gueules et d'un lambel d'azur.

Attested in 1 medieval armorial · see the citations →
Moere (Gent-Vilain) Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

also named Gent

De sable au chef d'argent chargé d'un écusson d'or chargé d'un chevron de gueules.

Attested in 3 medieval armorials · see the citations →
Vilain-Maelstede Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

also named Gent

generatedQuarterly: 1st and 4th, Sable, a chief Argent; 2nd and 3rd, Or, a chevron Gules

Attested in 2 medieval armorials · see the citations →
Ville Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

also named Gent (Vilain)

generatedOr, a chief Sable, a bordure Gules

Attested in 2 medieval armorials · see the citations →
Ville Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · FR

also named Gent (Vilain)

generatedOr, a chief Sable

Attested in 1 medieval armorial · see the citations →

Read identically in 2 sources (3 coats of arms)

Read identically in 2 sources (2 coats of arms)

Other coats of arms of the name

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