Larpent Coat of Arms / Family Crest

(Baron de Hochepied, in the kingdom of Austria). A military shield erect per pale, divided perpendicularly into equal parts, on the dexter side on a field ar. a chev. acute angular erect gu., above which two crescents, and below one; on the sinister side on a field az. a right hand, the fingers and palm spread open, below two fetters with chains broken ppr. as a true and faithful memorial of Christian charity displayed by the liberation of many unhappy Christians lingering in Turkish servitude, and for services rendered in the negotiations which terminated in the peace of Carlowitz in Jan. 1699. Crest—Two military helmets eraticulatcd or, open, with royal diadems, the one with a crescent sa. the other with a right hand extended ppr. “Hochepied,” name given in falconry to the first bird that strikes the hawk in its flight. Motto—Optivo cognomine crescit.