Postby nobilityhouse » Mon Apr 29, 2013 3:38 pm
Out of a ducal coronet a Saracen's head, bearded, wreathed around the temples with a cap fretty, turned up ermine, tasselled Or. The capped head appears to be for DARRELL of Calehill. Sometimes the cap is long and sometimes it appears short, as here. A better picture is on the sussexfamilies.com website. I agree the double headed eagle crest probably came before the Saracen's head crest. There are too many of those (eagle heads) to narrow it down. Kind regards