Fess is in Charges.
See: Fess Argent, Fess Azure, Fess Chequy, Fess Dancetté, Fess Gules.
fess. A horizontal bar across the centre of the escutcheon. From the Latin fascia meaning band.
Lisle Arms. Or a fess between two chevrons sable. Source.
Avenell Arms. Argent, a fess between five annulets gules. Modified from source.
Lister Arms. Ermine, a fess sable three mullets or. Source.
Badlesmere Arms. Argent, a fess between two gemelles gules. Source.
Louvain Arms. Gules billety or a fess of the last. Source.
Camden Arms. Or, a fess engrailed between six crosses crosslet fitchy sable. Source.
Lucas Arms. Argent, a fess between six annulets gules.
Craven Arms. Argent, a fesse between six cross crosslets fitchée gules. Source.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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Manners Arms. Or, two fess azure a chief gules.
Coventry Arms. Sable a fess between three crescents or. Source.
Roper Arms. Per fess azure and or, a pale counter-changed and three buck's heads erased of the second. Source.
Fermor Arms. Argent, a fess sable between three lion's heads erased gules. Source.
Tennant Arms. Argent, two crescents in fess sable on a chief gules a boar's head couped of the first. Source.
Cromwell Arms. Quarterly per fess indented, azure and or, four lions passant counterchanged. Source.
De La Pole Arms. Azure, a fess between three leopard's faces or. Source.
Ayscough Arms. Sable, a fess or, between three asses passant argent, maned and unguled of the second. Source.
Walpole Arms. Or a fess between two chevrons sable three cross crosslets of the field. 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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Watkins Arms. Azure, a fess vair between three leopard's faces jessant-de-lys or. Source.
Woodville Arms. Argent, a fess and a canton conjoined gules. Source.
Beauchamp Arms. Gules a fess or between six cross crosslets or.
Around 1577 George Gower [aged 37]. Portrait of Richard Drake [aged 42]. The heraldic escutcheon shows seven quarters as follows:
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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.
Carteret Arms. Gules four fusils in fess argent.
Daubigny Arms. Gules, four fusils conjoined in fess argent. Source.
Feilding Arms. Argent, on a fess azure three lozenges or. Source.
Arden Arms. Ermine, a fess chequy or and azure. Source.
Annals of the six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet
Translation of the Annals of the Six Kings of England by that traces the rise and rule of the Angevin aka Plantagenet dynasty from the mid-12th to early 14th century. Written by the Dominican scholar Nicholas Trivet, the work offers a vivid account of English history from the reign of King Stephen through to the death of King Edward I, blending political narrative with moral reflection. Covering the reigns of six monarchs—from Stephen to Edward I—the chronicle explores royal authority, rebellion, war, and the shifting balance between crown, church, and nobility. Trivet provides detailed insight into defining moments such as baronial conflicts, Anglo-French rivalry, and the consolidation of royal power under Edward I, whose reign he describes with particular immediacy. The Annals combines careful year-by-year reporting with thoughtful interpretation, presenting history not merely as a sequence of events but as a moral and political lesson. Ideal for readers interested in medieval history, kingship, and the origins of the English state, this chronicle remains a valuable and accessible window into the turbulent world of the Plantagenet kings.
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Stewart Arms. Or a fess chequy. Source.
Duff Arms. Vert, a fess dancetté ermine, between a buck's head caboshed in chief and two escallops in base or.
Pulteney Arms. Argent, a fess dancetté gules in chief three leopard's faces sable. Source.
Rolle Arms. Or, a fess dancetté between three billets azure each charged with a lion rampant of the first three bezants. Source.
Rous Arms. Sable, a fess dancetté or between three crescents argent. Source.
Vavasour Arms. Or, a fess dancetté sable. Source.
Onslow Arms. Argent, a fess gules, between six Cornish Choughs proper. Source.
Ingram Arms. Ermine on a fess gules three escallops or. Source.
Devereux Arms. Argent, a fess gules three torteaux in chief. Source.
Fitzwalter Arms. Or, a fess gules between two chevrons of the last. Source.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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Clifford Arms. Chequy or and azure, a fess gules. Source.
Lumley Arms. Argent a fess gules between three parrots vert, collared of the second. Source.
Marmion Arms. Vairy, a fess gules, fretty or. Source.
Montagu Arms. Argent, three fusils conjoined in fess gules. Source.
Acland Arms. Chequy argent and sable, a fess gules. Source.
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