Armorial du Hérault Vermandois

Francoys

Part 2

Nos 720 - 755


720 Le Viconte de Meleun

dasur a vj tourtiaux dor au chief dor

Azure seven bezants a chief or

Adam II, Vicomte de Melun, who died in 1270, bore these arms in CP11, & WN19. It appears to be the earliest coat of the Melun family.


721 Symon de Meleun

telles [dasur a vj tourtiaux dor au chief dor] a iij melectes de gueules v chief

Azure seven bezants and on a chief or three martlets gules

Simon de Melun also appears in CP12.

His brother, Adam III de Melun, in WN20, bears azure seven bezants on a chief or a dance gules

 

 

Simon de Melun, Maréchal de France, from a source not in the database, bears azure six bezants a chief or a lion rampant issuant gules.

 

 

Simon de Melun, Seigneur de Vaux le Vicomte, in WN21, bears azure seven bezants or a chief per pale gules and or

 

 

Simon de Melun, in WN224, bears azure seven bezants on a chief or four merlettes gules

 

 


722 Gilles de Meleun

tellez [dasur a vj tourtiaux dor au chief dor a iij melectes de gueules v chief] sest de sable la p'ime molecte de sable

Sable six bezants on a chief or a martlet of the field

Gilles de Melun

723 Jehan le Brun

dor au chief de sable a une melecte dargent v chef

Or on a chief sable a martlet argent

Jean le Brun


724 Jehan de Billecte

dor au chief dasur a j lionchel dargent passant v chief

Or on a chief azure a lion passant argent

VE, Copy D, gives the bearer's name as Villette.


725 Guy de Pomponne

dor au chef dasur a j lionchel dermine rampant

Or a chief azure overall a lion rampant ermine

Guy de Pomponne, who also appears in WN104.

Guy de Pomponne, in WN303, bears azure on a chief or a demi lion rampant issuant gules

 

 

Pierre de Pomponne, in WN86, bears or a chief azure

 

 

Renaud de Pomponne, in WN105, bears or a chief azure overall a bendlet argent

 

 

726 Jehan de Baugars

de gueules a vj tourtiaux dargent au chief dargent a une wiure de gueules au chef

Gules six plates on a chief argent a fess dancetty of the field

Jean de Baugars


727 Le conte de Dreues

eschequete dor et dasur a j oulle de gueules

Checky or and azure a bordure gules

Robert IV Comte de Dreux, who died in 1282, also appears in C26 & WN3.
Robert IV Comte de Dreux, who died in 1270, appears in WN895 .

WN922 has checky or and azure a bordure indented gules overall a canton ermine
The bearer is unnamed, and there is no evidence of a link between the arms.

 



728 Charles de la Gouresse

eschequete dargent et de gueules a fleurs de lis dor en gueules au label dasur

Checky argent and gules charged with fleurs de lis or a label azure

The number of checks is arbitrary. I have drawn 3x4 to show the fleurs de lis more clearly.


729 Guill'e de Beron

eschequete dargent at dasur

Checky argent and azure

Guillaume de Beron

The number of checks is arbitrary.


730 Philippes d euer

eschequete dor et dasur a v poins

Checky of five points or and azure

Philippe d'Euer

Here, the blazon is specific. In modern French blazon, the term for a checky field of this type is équipolé

Mathieu de Vert, in WN 135, bears echiquete (4x3) d'azur et d'argent

In VE, Copy D gives the bearer of N0 730 as Ver. The similarity to Vert may be coincidental.

 


731 Geude de Laeres

lozengie dor et de gueules

Lozengy or and gules

WN 652 shows the same arms with a label. Although the bearer is unnamed, the appears to be a strong correlation between WN & VE.

 


732 Saint Patuung

lozengie de gueules et dermine

Lozengy gules and ermine

The blazon is from VE, Copy D: the original does not make sense.
The number of divisions is arbritary. My intention is to make the ermine clear.


733 Ninant de Poissy

lozengie dargent et de gueules

Lozengy argent and gules

Simon V de Poissy, in WN121, bears lozengy 5,5 de gueules et d'argent

Jean de Poissy, WN123, bears lozengy 5,5 a label of four points azure

 



734 Guill'e de Saint Amand

lozengie dor et de sable

Lozengy or and sable

Guillaume de Saint Amand


735 Guillaume de Nanteuillet

lozengie dargent et de gueules de v poins a j quartier dasur

Lozengy of five argent and gules a canton azure

Guillaume de Nanteuillet


736 Le Sire d Yvery

dor a iij quevrons de gueules

Or three chevrons gules

Guillaume d'Ivry, who also appears in CP35 & WN397.


737 Colard de Marchouville

de gueules a iij quevrons dermine au label dasur

Gules three chevrons ermine a label azure

738 Piere de Richebourc

quevronne dor et de gueules

Chevronny or and gules

739 Guy de Garanchieres

de gueules a ijj quevrons dor

Gules three chevrons or

The same arms are borne by Pierre de Garancieres, in WN82.
The painting in WN shows the uppermost chevron couped at the edge of the shield. This is the case with most instances of two or more chevrons in WN.


740 Jous de Garanchieres

tellez [de gueules a ijj quevrons dor] au label dasur

Gules three chevrons or a label of four points azure

In WN83, the bearer is Yon de Garancieres. In both instances the name is MF jeune, the younger: hence the label.


741 Robert de dilonc

dargent a j quevron de gueules

Argent a chevron gules

Robert de Dilonc


742 Foucques de Marcely

dor a j quevron de sable

Or a chevron sable

Fouques de Marcely


743 Amauris de Meulent

de sable a j lion dargent se a la queu fourc'

Sable a lion rampant double queued argent

Amauri de Meulan, Seigneur de la Queue

It is possible that the forked tail is canting; queue, tail.

Waleran, Comte de Meulan, in CP14, bears the same arms.


744 Le Borgne de Meulent

de sable --- au label de gueules

Sable a lion rampant double queued argent a label of five points gules

I have assumed that this is Guillaume de Meulan, who also appears in WN44.
Le borgne is a one-eyed man.

Amaury II de Meulan, in C109, bears sable billetty a lion rampant double queued argent

 

 


745 Jehan de Meschy

dor a j lion de sable a une fleur de lis dargent en l espaule

Or a lion rampant sable charged on the shoulder with a fleur de lis argent

Jean de Meschy


746 Jehan de Palay

dargent a j lion de gueules couronne dor a j oulle de gueules

Argent a lion rampant gules crowned or within a bordure of the second

Jean de Palay


747 Boulehare de Gazerang

de gueules a j lion dor sa la queue forcheue

Gules a lion rampant double queued or

 

748 Guill'e de la Grange

de synoble a j lion dor a j baston de gueules

Vert a lion rampant or overall a bendlet gules

Guillaume de la Grange, in WN153, vert a lion rampant or a label of four points gules

 

 

Jean de la Grange, in WN152, bears vert a lion rampant or

 

 

Philippe de la Grange, in WN235, bears vert a lion rampant or a label of four points gules each point charged with three plates

 


749 Pierre de Mezelan

dargent a j lion de gueules sa la queue forcheue

Argent a lion rampant double queued gules

Pierre de Mesalant, who also appears in WN175.


750 Guill'e de Coubreuses

dargent a une croix dasur ancree

Argent a cross moline azure

Guillaume de Coubreuses

The blazon is from VE, copy D. A gives the field gules.


751 Piau de Chat

de gueules a une croix dor ancree

Gules a cross moline or


752 Bernarde de Bulouc

dargent a une croix de gueules a ancree

Argent a cross moline gules


753 Guiy le Bouteiller

esquartele dor et de gueules

Quarterly or and gules

Gui le Bouteiller, who also appears in CP21.


754 Guill'e le Bouteiller

tellez [esquartele dor et de gueules] a j baston dasur

Quarterly or and gules overall a label azure

Guillaume le Bouteiller

Anseau le Bouteiller, Sgr de Luzarches, who died in 1309, bears, in CP22 & WN99, quarterly or and gules a label of of four points azure

 


755 Huchars de Hons

esquartelle dor et de sable

Quarterly or and sable

The same arms are borne by the Chastelain de Lens in WN797 & VE234, where he is unnamed.
It is possible that Hons is Lens.