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Coat of Arms of the Duke Family
of Otterton & Poer Hayes

(co. Devon, Cosenton and Maidstone, co. Kent; and Richmond, co. Surrey, England.)

 

 

ARMS:..Per fesse Argent (silver) and Azure (blue), three chaplets counterchanged.

CREST:..A demi Griffon Or (gold), holding a chaplet Azure (blue).

A chaplet is a garland or wreath; a head band of leaves
 borne in coats of arms  in token of great military prowess.
 The chaplet made its first appearance  in the roll of Edward II.

Illustration from: Association of Amateur Heralds

 

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