England
Fiennes–Saye of Broughton — principal Saye and Sele quartered arms
- Family / house
- Fiennes; de Say; Saye and Sele; Fiennes of Broughton
- Family / cadet branch
- Broughton Castle and Saye and Sele baronial line
- Armiger / bearer
- Barons Saye and Sele of the Fiennes line
- Entity type
- family
- Social rank / class
- peer
- Heraldic authority
- English heraldic and peerage tradition
- Record basis
- recording
- Issued / first recorded
- fifteenth century
- Until / superseded
- seventeenth century
- Historical period
- late medieval to early modern England
- Blazon
- Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Azure, three lions rampant Or, for Fiennes; 2nd and 3rd, Quarterly Or and Gules, for Saye.
- Plain-English description
- The first and fourth quarters are the blue Fiennes shield with three gold lions; the second and third are divided into alternating gold and red squares for Saye.
- Tinctures
- Azure; Or; Gules
- Charges / ordinaries
- Three lions rampant
- Difference / variant
- A quartered Fiennes-Saye achievement associated with the Saye and Sele title. A 1637 description at Broughton records a shield quartering Fiennes, Saye, Wykeham and Fiennes in the family house.
- Source reference
- Wikimedia Commons armorial file
- Source
- Open source
Genealogical context
Documented depiction
Notes / sources
The Commons depiction is a modern reconstruction rather than a medieval original; it is useful as a design reference but should not replace documentary evidence for a particular armiger.