Party

Party

Party, (fr. parti): signifies that the field is divided, the name of some ordinary being added to shew in what direction; the term, however, may be applied also to ordinaries and to charges of all kinds, and even to crests and supporters. Many heralds say per bend, &c., considering the word party to be unnecessary. The term part per pale is perhaps the most used, and very frequently the charge superimposed is party also, the tinctures being counterchanged. But besides these party per fesse, per chevron, and per saltire are infrequent. Party per pile is somewhat rare, while instead of party per cross the term quarterly(q.v.) is nearly always used. But the party may be considerably varied, as the per pale, fesse, bend, &c., may be subjected to the same variations as the ordinary itself, i.e. it may be per bend indented, per fesse nebuly, &c. Again there may be a combination, such as party per pale and per chevron. In the Earl of PEMBROKE'S arms, in the second roll, the term en lung, i.q. en long=palewise. Cf. arms of GERNON under Paly. See also under Lincoln.

Le Conte MARESCHALL, party d'or et de vert, ung lion rampant goules--Roll, temp. HEN. III.

Le Conte de PENNBROK, Party d'or e de vert, a un lion rampant, party de or e de goules en lung--Another roll, temp. HEN. III.

Herbert le FITZ MAHEWE, party d'azur et de goulz, ove trois leonseux rampants d'or--Ibid.

Le Conte de LEISTER ... Et le Banner party endentee d'argent et de goules--Ibid.

Sire Richard de AUNTESHEYE, parti de or et de argent, e oundee de goules--Roll, temp. ED. II.

Monsire Richard PLACE, port parte d'or et de gules, une lyon passant d'argent--Roll, temp. ED. III.

Party per bend, or and vert--HAWLEY.

[Party] per bend sinister ermine and ermines, a lion rampant or--Matthias MAWSON, Bp. of Llandaff, 1740; of Ely, 1754-70. [Also in several other Welsh coats of arms].

Party per fesse or and gules, in chief a demi-rose gules with two eagle's heads issuing therefrom sable, and from each side an eagle's wing of the last, in base a demi-sun or--KNIGHT, Bp. of Bath and Wells, 1541-47.

Party per chevron, sable and argent--ASTON, co. Lancashire. [An example of the colour being uppermost and the metal below, contrary to the usual practice.]

Party per saltire, ermine and gules--RESTWOLD, Bucks.

Party per pale nebuly azure and or, six martletts counterchanged; a crescent for difference--FLEETWOOD, Bp. of S.Asaph, 1708; afterwards of Ely, 1714-23.

Per bend sinister, embattled argent and gules--BYLES.

Per bend indented, gules and or--FERNE, co. Stafford.

Per fesse wavy argent and barry wavy of four azure and or--BARLE.

Per fesse dancetty argent and sable, each point terminating in a fleur de lis--WOODMERTON.

Party per pale and per chevron, counterchanged or and azure--Henry de BRAUNDESTON, Bp. of Salisbury, 1287-88.

The French heralds employ special terms for some of the varieties of their partitions, (fr. partitions). Parti also signifies party per pale; coupé signifies party per fesse; tranché signifies party per bend; and taillé signifies party per bend sinister; while the two together produce party per saltire. They also employ a term tiercé, which signifies the division of the field either per fesse or per pale into three parts. This division does not seem generally to be used in English arms, though sometimes in rare cases three coats are marshalled, one above the other. Also something at first sight like "parti et tiercé en fasce" occurs in the arms of CHRISTOPHERSON, which, however, is differently blazoned.

Argent, a lion rampant gules langued azure--ARMENIA, impaling JERUSALEM and azure, three bars argent, over all a lion rampant gules azure; all tierced.--Harl. MS. 6829, fol. 46.

Quarterly, first and fourth azure a cross bottonnée gules second and third gules, three suns in splendour or--CYPRUS; On a chief party per pale gules and azure three cinquefoils counterchanged--John CHRISTOPHERSON, Bp. of Chichester, 1537-58.

Coupé de sable et d'or--HOUTTEVILLE, Normandie.

Parti, au 1 d'argent coupé sur sinople; au 2 de gueules--FERRUS, Dauphiné.

Tranché d'or et de sable, diapré de l'un en l'autre--ALLAMANON, Provence.

Tranché taillé d'argent et d'azur--BLANC, Dauphiné.

Tiercé en fasce; au 1 d'or au lion leopardé de gueules; au 2 de sinople; au 3 d'hermine plein--Le ROY DE BARDE, Picardie.

Tiercé en pal; au 1 d'hermine; au 2 de gueules à une étoile à dix rais d'argent; au 3 de contre-hermine--LE GOUX, Bourgogne.