Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall

The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall (Chronicon Anglicanum) is an indispensable medieval history that brings to life centuries of English and European affairs through the eyes of a learned Cistercian monk. Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of the Abbey of Coggeshall in Essex in the early 13th century, continued and expanded his community’s chronicle, documenting events from the Norman Conquest of 1066 into the tumultuous reign of King Henry III. Blending eyewitness testimony, careful compilation, and the monastic commitment to record-keeping, this chronicle offers a rare narrative of political intrigue, royal power struggles, and social upheaval in England and beyond. Ralph’s work captures the reigns of pivotal figures such as Richard I and King John, providing invaluable insights into their characters, decisions, and the forces that shaped medieval rule. More than a simple annal, Chronicon Anglicanum conveys the texture of medieval life and governance, making it a rich source for scholars and readers fascinated by English history, monastic authorship, and the shaping of the medieval world.

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Chief

Chief is in Charges.

See: Chief Argent, Chief Azure, Chief Gules, Chief Indented, Chief Or, Chief Sable.

Chief. The Chief is the uppermost part of the arms occupying around one third of the arms.

Fitzherbert of Norbury Arms. Argent, a chief vairy or and gules a bend sable. Source.

Acheson Arms. Argent, a double-headed eagle displayed sable, beaked and membered or, on a chief vert, two mullets or. Source.

Kitson Arms. Sable three fishes hauriant in fess argent a chief or. Source.

Clement Arms. Argent, two bendlets wavy sable on a chief gules three leopard's faces or a bordure compony or and azure. Source.

Dormer Arms. Azure, ten billets or 4,3,2,1 issuant from a chief of the second a demi lion rampant sable langued gules.

Babington Arms. Argent, ten torteau in chief a label three points azure. Source.

Chichester Arms. Chequy or and gules, a chief vair. Source.

Mortimer Arms. Barry or and azure, on a chief of the first two pallets between two base esquires of the second over all an inescutcheon argent. Source.

Narborough Arms. Gules, a chief ermine. Source.

Palmer Arms. Or, two bars gules each charged with three trefoils of the first in chief a greyhound currant sable. Source.

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

Chief Argent

Bacon Arms. Gules, on a chief argent two mullets pierced sable. Source.

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

Chief Azure

Chaplin Arms. Ermine a chief azure three griffin's heads erased or.

Clinton Arms. Argent, six cross crosslets fitchée sable three two and one on a chief azure two mullets or pierced gules. Source.

Lord Douglas Arms. Argent, on a chief azure three mullets of the first.

Saluzzo Arms. Argent, a chief azure. Source.

Weston Arms. Ermine, on a chief azure five bezants.

Chief Gules

                    Around 1577 George Gower [aged 37]. Portrait of Richard Drake [aged 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.

Chaucer Modern Arms. Argent, a chief gules overall a lion rampant double queued or.

Manners Arms. Or, two fess azure a chief gules.

St John Arms. Argent, a chief gules two estoiles or. Source.

Tailboys Arms. Argent, a saltire gules in chief gules three escallops argent. Source.

Tennant Arms. Argent, two crescents in fess sable on a chief gules a boar's head couped of the first. Source.

Worsley Arms. Argent, a chief gules. Source.

Chief Indented

                    Around 1577 George Gower [aged 37]. Portrait of Richard Drake [aged 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.

Butler Arms. Or, a chief indented azure. Source.

Butler Carrick Arms. Or, a chief indented azure, a crescent for difference. Source.

Harsick Arms. Or, a chief indented sable.

Lathom Arms. Or, on a chief indented azure three plates. Source.

Perceval Arms. Argent, a chief indented gules three crosses pattee of the field. Source.

Chief Or

St Leger Arms. Azure fretty argent, a chief or. Source.

Chief Sable

Preston Arms. Or, a chief sable three crescents or.