Chevron

Chevron is in Charges.

See: Chevron Argent, Chevron Engrailed, Chevron Ermine, Chevron Gules, Chevron Or, Chevron Sable, Chevrons.

Chevron. A v-shape, pointing upwards unless specified inverted.

Monck Arms. Gules, a chevron between three lion's heads erased argent. Source.

Berkeley Arms. Gules a chevron between ten crosses pattee six in chief and four in base argent.

Mordaunt Arms. Argent, a chevron between three estoiles sable. Source.

Chicheley Arms. Or, a chevron between three cinquefoils gules. Source.

Mosley Arms. Sable a chevron between three pickaxes argent. Source.

Finch Arms. Argent, a chevron between three griffins passant sable. Source.

Ponsonby Arms. Gules, a chevron between three combs argent. Source.

Hyde Arms. Azure, a chevron between three lozenges or.

Rich Arms. Gules, a chevron between three crosses botonée or. Source.

Lyttleton Arms. Argent, a chevron between three escallops sable. Source.

Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes

Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.

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Robinson Arms. Vert, a chevron between three bucks at gaze or. Source.

Braye Arms. Argent, a chevron between three eagle's legs erased sable. Source.

Tilney Arms. Azure, a chevron between three griffin's heads erased or. Source.

Mansel Arms. Argent, a chevron between three maunches. Source.

Fanshawe Arms. Or a chevron between three fleur de lys sable. Source.

Littleton Arms. Argent, a chevron between three escallops sable. Source.

Trefusis Arms. Argent, a chevron between three spindles sable. Source.

Vaux Arms. Chequy argent and gules, on a chevron azure, three roses or. Source.

Wyndham Arms. Azure, a chevron between three lion's heads erased or.

Fox Arms. Ermine, on a chevron azure three fox's heads and necks erased or on a canton of the second a fleur de lys of the third. The canton is an augmentation of honour to his paternal arms, granted out of the Royal Arms as a mark of esteem to him and his heirs forever, by King Charles II following the Restoration of the Monarchy. Source.

Chevron Argent

Beckford Arms. Per pale, gules and azure, on a chevron argent between three martlets or, an eagle displayed sable. Source.

Brooke Arms. Gules, on a chevron argent a lion rampant sable crowned or. Source.

Carr Arms. Gules, on a chevron argent, three mullets, of the field.

Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.

In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.

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Knollys Arms. Gules, on a chevron argent, three roses gules, barbed and seeded proper. Source.

Throckmorton Arms. Gules, on a chevron argent three bars gemelles sable. Source.

Chevron Engrailed

Loftus Arms. Sable, a chevron engrailed ermine, between three trefoils slipped argent. Source.

Child Villiers Arms. Quarterly 1&4 Villiers Arms and 2&3 Child Arms gules a chevron engrailed ermine between three eaglets argent gorged or. Source.

Watson Arms. Argent, on a chevron engrailed azure between three martlets sable as many crescents or. Source.

Baron Annaly Arms. Argent, on a chevron engrailed gules, between three roses of the last, a cross crosslet or. Source.

Chevron Ermine

Beaumont Arms. Chequy or and azure a chevron ermine. Source.

Blennerhassett Arms. Gules, a chevron ermine, between three dolphins naiant embowed argent. Source.

Clotworthy Arms. Azure, a chevron ermine between three chaplets or. Source.

Gresham Arms. Argent, a chevron ermine between three mullets pierced sable.

Townshend Arms. Azure, a chevron ermine between three escallops argent. Source.

William of Worcester's Chronicle of England

William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.

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Turner Baronets Arms. Sable, a chevron ermine between three fers de moline or on a chief argent a lion passant gules. Source.

Chevron Gules

Tuchet Arms. Ermine, a chevron gules. Source.

Eyre Arms. Argent, a chevron gules.

Brudenell Arms. Argent, a chevron gules between three morion caps azure pointed to the sinister. Source.

Delves Arms. Argent, a chevron gules fretty or between three delves sable. Source.

Boleyn Arms. Argent, a chevron gules between three bull's heads afrontée. Source.

Gorges Arms. Lozengy or and azure, a chevron gules. Source.

Newport Arms. Argent, a chevron gules between three leopard's faces sable. Source.

Stafford Arms. Or, a chevron gules.

Belasyse Arms. Argent a chevron gules between three fleur de lys azure. Source.

Chevron Or

Barkham Arms. Paly argent and gules a chevron or.

Memoires of Jacques du Clercq

This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.

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Cobham Arms. Gules a chevron or three lions rampant sable. Source.

Danvers Arms. Gules a chevron or three estoiles. Source.

Oldham Arms. Sable, a chevron or between three owls argent on a chief of the second three roses gules. Possibly an example of canting arms where owl represents owl-dam. Source.

Wentworth Arms. Sable, a chevron or three leopard's faces or. Source.

Wodehouse Arms. Sable a chevron or between three cinquefoils. Source.

Wodehouse Augmented Arms. Wodehouse Arms augmented with a chevron or guttée de sang. The Wodehouse arms were augmented after the Battle of Agincourt. Source.

Sable

Chevrons

Three Chevrons

Clare Arms. Or three chevrons gules. Source.

Fitzhugh Arms. Azure, three chevrons interlaced in base or a chief of the last. Source.

Hainault Arms. Or, three chevrons sable. Source.

Two Chevrons

                    Around 1577 George Gower (age 37). Portrait of Richard Drake (age 42). The heraldic escutcheon shows seven quarters as follows:
                
                    1: Drake of Ash Arms. Drake of Ash in the parish of Musbury, Devon.
                
                    2: Argent, on a chief gules three cinquefoils of the first; Billet of Ash.
                
                    3: Gules, on a fess argent two mullets sable; Hamton of Rockbere and Ash.
                
                    4: Ermine, on a chief indented sable three crosslets fitchee or; Orwey of Orwey and Ash.
                
                    5: Barry of seven argent and sable.
                
                    6: Azure, six lions rampant argent crowned Gules, 3, 2, 1; Forde of Forde.
                
                    7: Argent, two chevrons sable (Esse/Ash of Ash); Esse or Ash of Ash.

Daubeney Arms. Or, two chevrons gules three griffin's heads. Source.

Fitzwalter Arms. Or, a fess gules between two chevrons of the last. Source.

Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke

Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.

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Lisle Arms. Or a fess between two chevrons sable. Source.

Walpole Arms. Or a fess between two chevrons sable three cross crosslets of the field. Source.