Daventry RDC

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DAVENTRY (Rural District Council)

Incorporated into: 1974 Daventry

Official blazon

Arms : Vert, on a pale Or . another gules charged with a Roman sword erect proper, hilt and pommel gold, the blade enfiled with a mural crown also gold; on a chief argent three pellets, the centre one charged with a fetterlock of the second, the others with a rose also argent, barbed and seeded proper.
Crest: On a wreath of the colours, A buck's head argent, attired and gorged with a ducal coronet Or, pendent therefrom a torteau charged with an escarbuncle gold.
Motto: Power in trust.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on June 20, 1955.

The green field represents the largely rural nature of the district. The Roman sword and mural crown refer to Bannaventa, a Romano-British fortified town, which was situated on the Roman road of Watling Street, which today is the A5 trunk road. The white roses and fetterlock are derived from those on the Northamptonshire CC arms.

The white buck's head with gold antlers appears to come from the crest of the Knightley family of Fawsley Hall, who developed sheep farming. The gold escarbuncle on red is from the arms of the Thornton family of Brockhall and Newnham, who had estates in the area. Since the Civil War, five members of the family have held the position of High Sheriff of Northamptonshire.