House of Hautbrise

• Shield shapeHeaterThe usual knightly shield of the 13th and 14th centuries. The shape shows period and fashion, not a symbol.
• ColourSableConstancy and prudence; in some tables, mourning.
• ColourArgentPeace and sincerity: the silver of purity.
• DivisionPalyUpright stripes: many columns, a strength made of many.
• ChargeFleur-de-lis · OrA lily: purity and the Virgin, and the royal sign of France.

These meanings are a later tradition. Medieval heralds mostly chose a charge for how it looked, or as a pun on the family's name.

The number of figures, where they stand and which way they face are choices of design, with no fixed meaning.