Perrott Armorial Bearings

Last update = 25 October 2005

Source: Burke, Sir Bernard, C.B., LL.D. Ulster King of Arms. 1884. The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearing from the Earliest to the Present Time. London: Harrison and Sons, printers in ordinary to her Majesty. St.Martin’s Lane, Charing Cross. Some of the early Parrott families (or at least some of their members) were armigerous-- that is, they were entitled to bear arms. Note the rule 'one man, one coat'-- no two people were allowed to have the same coat of arms. A complete coat of arms (full achievement) has several parts to it, and was specific to one individual. The arms (the part consisting of the central shield) could be specific to a family, with marks of distinction for different branches of the family. Burke lists 5 different arms for different Perrot individuals. The best known of these is the arms for the Perrots from Pembrokeshire, described as: Gules three pears or on a chief argent a demi-lion rampant issuant sable armed and langued gules" -- that is, 3 golden pears on a red background, below a silver (white) area with the top half of a black lion standing on his hind legs, and showing a red tongue. Others were as follows: For Ralph Perrott of Bedford: Quarterly, per fess, indented or and azure. That is, divided into fourths in gold and blue, with a saw-toothed edge separating the upper and lower halves. Finally, or other unnamed Perrotts: Ermine on a bend cotised gules three escallops or; That is a white background, with a red band diagonally from upper left to lower right, with parallel red stripes on either side of it, and 3 golden scallops on the band. Azure a bend lozengy (another fusily), betw. six martlets; That is, a blue background with a band, diagonal from upper left to lower right with a checker-board pattern, separating 3 birds on either side. Argent five mullets pierced in cross sable; That is, a silver (white) background with 5 black, 5-pointed stars with a hole in the middle, in a cross configuration. Finally, the following is from http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~heraldry/heraldry_p.html. Perrot de Traonevez of Brittany, one of the French Perrots had arms as well, as per the image on the right: