fessely

Middle English

Adverb

fessely

1. per fess
   • 1486, Boke of Seynt Albans (Book of Saint Albans):

     and so the iiij. quadrat Royall is to bere a beest Raunpande: bebaly. lentally. and fessely.

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Further reading

• Hugh Clark, Thomas Wormull (1829) An Introduction to Heraldry, page 143: “FESSELY, an ancient term for party per fess.”
• Charles Norton Elvin (2009 06) A Dictionary of Heraldry, Genealogical Publishing Com, →ISBN, page 60: “Divides the field horizontally through the middle; it was anciently called Fessely. Observe that Per-Fesse is quite sufficient in blazon.”