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The Clagett Coat of Arms

The Clagett Coat of Arms illustrated at the right was drawn by an heraldic artist from information officially recorded in ancient heraldic archives. Documentation for the Clagett Coat of Arms design can be found in Burke's General Armory.

Heraldic artists of old developed their own unique language to describe an individual Coat of Arms. In their language, the Clagett Arms (shield) is as follows:
"Erm on a fesse sa. three pheons"

which when translated is

"Ermine: on a black horizontal band, three gold arrowheads."

Above the shield and helmet is the Crest which is described as:

"An eagle's head erased erm. ducally crowned or, betw. two wings sa."

A translation of the Crest description is:

"An ermine eagle's head jagged, ducally crowned gold, between two black wings."