#gyronny

Rhannu’r cae - paritioning (sharing) the field note - for blazoning, use phrases as they appear here in place of “per pall, per chevron etc” or replace Yn with Rhannu’n in place of “party per pall, party per chevron etc” for tiercings, Rhannu (party) is replaced with Teirannu (tierced) Per Fess - Yn Llorweddol (horizontally) Per Pale - Yn Dalsyth (uprightly) Per Bend - Yn Groeslinol (diagonally) Per Bend Sinister - Yn Groeslinol Wrthdro (flipped diagonally) Per Bend Inverted - Yn Groeslinol Traphen (Diagonally upside-down) Per Bend Sinister Inverted - Yn Groeslinol Wrthdro Traphen Per Chevron - Yn Saeth (into an arrow) Per Chevron Inverted - Yn Saeth Traphen Per Pile - Yn Gwm - (into a valley) Per Chaussé - Yn Agendor (into a chasm) Per Saltire - Yn Sawtyr Quartlerly - Yn Chwarterol Gyronny - Yn Betalog - (into petals) Pily - Yn Gymoedd (into valleys) Checkered - Yn Sgwariog (into squares) Lozengy - Yn Ffenestri (into windows) Barry - Yn Wregys (into belts) Paly - Yn Bileri (into pillars) Bendy - Yn Fandiau (into belts) Chevrony - Yn Saethau (into arrows) Tierced per Pall -Teirannu’n Fforchog (tierced forkedly) Tierced per Pale - Teirannu’n Dalsyth Tierced per Fess - Teirannu’n Llorweddol A field - Cae

I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that we’ve run into Robert Louis again. As with most of his designs, these are not official arms. The chief is taken from the historical arms of Aquitaine (also known as Guyenne), which also contributed to Gironde’s administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The main part of the shield is a delightful use of canting arms - gyronny for Gironde.

I do have a few records of Bartholomew de Brianson: he was summoned in 1276 to pay a debt to Edward I, which was later acquitted. There’s another from 1346, when presumably he was already deceased - the monks of Monk Bretton Priory had an endowment to pray for his soul. It seems like he was the son of John de Brianson and his wife Elizabeth, but I can’t find any evidence that Bartholomew married or had further descendents. (Pity, because I’m a sucker for gyronny; more people should have that!)

Blazon: Gyronny of eight argent and gules within a bordure sable bezanté

Blazon: Per pale gyronny of twelve or and azure, an escutcheon gules (Flanders ancien) and or a lion rampant sable, armed and langued gules (Flanders moderne)