Heraldry from the 1250-1259 Historia Anglorum by Matthew Paris

by Gunnvǫr silfrahárr (Christie L. Ward), ©2014

The British Library's manuscript Royal MS 14 C VII is the only complete copy of the Historia Anglorum, a history of England covering the years 1070-1253, probably composed and written by Matthew Paris in the period between 1250-1255, and also includes part III of the Chronica Maiora by Matthew Paris, covering the years 1254-1259. The manuscript includes numerous shields with coats of arms upright or inverted, indicating births, coronations, or deaths of kings, nobles, clerics, and knights.

010r Death of King Harald of England Azure, a wolf rampant Or.	010r William of Normandy crowned King of England Gules, three leopards passant Or.	013v Death of King William I of England Gules, three leopards passant Or.	013v William Rufus crowned King of England Gules, three leopards passant Or.	036r Henry I crowned King of England Gules, three leopards passant Or.
037r Death of King Godfrey de Bouillon of Jerusalem Argent, a cross Or.	037t Baldwin crowned King of Jerusalem Or, a cross argent.	040v Death of King Philip I of France Azure semy de lys Or.	042v Two knights Templar on horseback Argent, a chief sable.	045r Death of King Philip I of France Azure semy de lys Or.
046r Death of King Henry I of England Gules, three leopards passant Or.	046r Stephen crowned King of England Gules, three leopards passant Or.	049r Death of King Fulk of Jerusalem Or, a cross argent	053r Death of King Stephen of England Gules, three leopards passant Or.	053r Henry II crowned King of England Gules, three leopards passant Or.
069v Death of King Louis VII of France Azure semy de lys Or.	069v Philip II crowned King of France Azure semy de lys Or.	070v Death of Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England Gules, three leopards passant Or.	070v Death of King Henry II of England Gules, three leopards passant Or.	077r Richard I crowned King of England Gules, three leopards passant Or.
084r Otto IV crowned King of Germany Gules, three leopards passant; impaled with Or, an eagle sable.	085v Death of King Richard I of England Gules, three leopards passant Or.	085v John crowned King of England Gules, three leopards passant Or.	086v Otto IV crowned Holy Roman Emperor Gules, three leopards passant; impaled with Or, an eagle sable.	097r Death of Geoffrey De Mandeville Quarterly gules and Or.
098v Death of Eustace de Vescy Gules, a cross fleury argent.	099v Death of King John of England Gules, three leopards passant Or.	100r Henry III crowned King of England Gules, three leopards passant Or.	104v Death of William Marshal, earl of Pembroke Per pale Or and vert, a lion gules.	106r Deaths of Saer de Quincy, his son Robert, and Henry de Bohun Gules, seven mascles three, three, and one Or; and Azure, a bend sable fimbriated argent between six lions Or.
106v Death of William d'Aubigny, earl of Arundel Gules, a lion double queued Or.	107v Death of King Philip II of France Azure semy de lys Or.	109v Richard, earl of Cornwall, brother of Henry III Argent, a lion rampant gules crowned Or within a bordure sable bezanty.	110r Death of Earl Hugo Bigod of East Anglia Or, a cross gules.	111r Death of Count William de Longespée of Salisbury Azure, six lions Or.
112r Death of King Philip II of France Azure semy de lys Or.	112r Louis IX crowned King of France Azure semy de lys Or.	112v Death of Count William de Mandeville of Essex Quarterly Or and gules.	116r William de Brause Per pale indented gules and azure.	116v King Henry III of England Gules, three leopards passant Or.
117r Death of Earl William Marshal of Pembroke Per pale Or and vert, a lion gules.	119v Death of Earl Ralph de Blandeville of Chester Azure, three garbs Or.	122r Death of Richard Marescall Per pale Or and vert, a lion double queued gules.	122v Gilbert Marshal Per pale Or and vert, a lion gules.	125r William d'Aubigny Or, two chevronelles and a bordure gules.
125v Death of John of Brienne, King of Jerusalem Or, a cross argent; and Azure, a fish haurient Or.	129v Death of William of Savoy, Bishop-elect of Valance-sur-Rhône Gules, three pallets argent and on a chief sable a leopard passant Or.	129v Deaths of Henry of Trubleville and Ralph de Thony Gules, on a chief sable a demi-lion issuant from the bottom of the chief Or; and Argent, a maunche gules.	130v Death of Earl John de Lacy of Lincoln Quarterly Or and gules, a bend sable and a label argent.	130v Death of Dareines Gules, in chevron inverted two shawms Or.
130v Deaths of John de Barres, Henry II count de Bar, and the banners of the Hospitallers and Templars Gules, a cross moline Or; and Azure, two barbels haurient addorsed Or; Gules, a cross argent; and Argent, a chief sable.	132r Death of Count Gilbert Marshal of Herford Per pale Or and vert, a lion gules.	133r Death of Stephan de Segrave Gules, three garbs Or.	133v Death of William Marisco Or, a lion sable; and Gules, a lion argent.	134v Death of Earl Thomas of Warwick Checky azyre and Or, a bend ermine.
134v Death of Henry, King of the Romans Or, an eagle sable; impaled with Gules, a cross moline argent.	134v Death of Richard de Burgh Lozengy vair and gules.	135v Death of Earl Hugh d'Aubigny of Arundel Gules, a lion Or.	135v Death of Earl Hubert de Burgh of Kent Lozengy vair and gules.	138r Death of Count Baldwin of Devon Or, a lion double queued azure.
138r Death of Herbert Fitz-Matthew Per pale gules and azure, three lions Or.	138v Count Richard of Clare Or, three chevronelles gules.	139r Death of Count Raimund of Provence Paly Or and gules.	139r Deaths of William and Gilbert Marshal Per pale murray and vert, a lion double queued argent.	141r Fulk de Chateauneuf Per fess vair and gules.
141r Henry Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia and King of Germany Gyronny of six Or and azure, seven torteaux two, three, and two; and Azure, an eagle Or.	141v William of Holland elected King of Germany Or, a lion gules; and Azure, on a chief gules a demi-lion issuant from the bottom of the chief Or..	142r William de Valence, brother of Henry III Barry azure and argent, a label gules.	145v Enso, son of Frederic II Per pale vert and Or, a double-headed eagle sable.	146v Death of Count Hugh Brun of Marches Argent, six bars azure.
146v Death of Roger Balliol Gules, an orle argent	146v Death of King Alexander of Scotland Or, a lion crowned and a tressure gules.	146b Death of Peter Genuere Sable, a lion argent; and Argent, a lion sable.	146v Azure, a lion gules; impaled with Or, a cross moline sable.	148v Castellan of Ghent Per fess ermine and sable.
148v William, Castellan of Saint-Omer Azure, a fess Or.	148v Count of Boulogne Gules, a lion argent.	148v Count Robert of Artois and Raul de Coucy, identified as Enguerrand Azure semy de lys Or; and Barry argent and vairy argent and gules.	148v Count William de Longespée Azure, six lions Or.	143r Death of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor Or, a double-headed eagle sable.
150r France and England Azure semy de lys Or; and Gules, three leopards passant Or.	150r King of Castille Gules, a castle argent.	150r King of Jerusalem Or crucilly sable, a cross argent.	150r King of Norway Gules, three hulks with a dragon-head at either end Or and in chief a cross formy argent.	158v Death of William de Vesci Gules, a cross fourchy argent.
159r Death of Count William of Ferrara Vairy Or and gules.	162r Death of Henry, son of Frederick II, and nephew of the King of England Gules, three leopards passant Or; impaled with Or, an eagle sable.	164v Conrad, son of Emperor Frederick II Or, a double-headed eagle sable and in chief a torteau.	165r Manfred, son of Emperor Frederick II Or, a double-headed eagle sable and overall a fess argent.	165v Death of Walter de Cantelupe Gules, three fleurs-de-lys Or.
170v Death of Hernaldus de Bosco Argent, two bars and a canton gules.	174r Death of Baron Warin de Munchensi Or, three escutcheons vair.	182v Death of King William of Holland Or, a lion double queued gules.	217v Death of Thomas of Savoy, Count of Flanders Azure, a lion Or.