Meaning of per chief | Babel Free

Definitions

Partitioned into two parts by a horizontal line one-third of the way down the shield. A shield of this form is now normally viewed as one colour charged with a chief instead, although this may cause it to break the rule of tincture.

nonstandard, not-comparable

Examples

“Party per chief, gules and or, are the Arms of Camoyse.”

“[...] which Anne bore parted per chief azure and vert, three martlets or, in the first a crescent az. for difference, but by her he had no issue.”

“Per chief gules and sable, a lion rampant ermine (argent billetty sable). GOLDWELL,”

“Cromwell of Tattershall : party per chief, gules and argent, a bend azure; which might also be blazoned as gules, a chief argent, and a bend azure (fig. 16). Heraldic writers give the fillet as a diminutive of the chief.”

“Shield—Quarterly first and fourth, quarterly Gules and Argent, in the first quarter a mullet Argent (De Vere); second, Gules, a bend between six cross crosslets fitchée Argent (Howard); third, per chief Gules and Argent[…]”

“Per chief gules and azure, over all a lion rampant or Hastang Robert G. 162 QI . 123 .... L. 69 J. 133 E. 153 Per chief or and azure, over all a lion rampant gules Hastang Sutton Robert John FW. 176 HE . 162 L. 228 Per chief gules[…]”

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