Sources:
Berry, W. 1828. Encyclopaedia Heraldica Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry, Volume 2.
Burke, Sir Bernard, C.B., LL.D. Ulster King of Arms. 1884. The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearing from the Earliest to the Present Time. London: Harrison and Sons, printers in ordinary to her Majesty. St. Martin´s Lane, Charing Cross.
Some of the early Parrott families (or at least some of their members) were armigerous-- that is, they were entitled to bear arms. Note the rule 'one man, one coat'-- no two people were allowed to have the same coat of arms. A complete coat of arms (full achievement) has several parts to it, and was specific to one individual. Examples can be found here. The arms (the part consisting of the central shield) could be specific to a family, with marks of distinction for different branches of the family.
Burke lists 5 different arms for different Perrot individuals. The best known of these is the arms for the Perrots from Pembrokeshire, described as:
Gules three pears or on a chief argent a demi-lion rampant issuant sable armed and langued gules" -- that is, 3 golden pears on a red background, below a silver (white) area with the top half of a black lion standing on his hind legs, and showing a red tongue.
Others were as follows:
For Ralph Perrott of Bedford: Quarterly, per fess, indented or and azure. That is, divided into fourths in gold and blue, with a saw-toothed edge separating the upper and lower halves.
This particular arms appears to be the original design for the family, before it was eventually supplanted by the 3 pears design.
Finally, or other Perrotts listed by Berry, 1828:
Ermine on a bend cotised gules three escallops or; That is a white background, with a red band diagonally from upper left to lower right, with parallel red stripes on either side of it, and 3 golden scallops on the band.
Azure a bend lozengy (another fusily), betw. six martlets; That is, a blue background with a band, diagonal from upper left to lower right with a checker-board pattern, separating 3 birds on either side.
Argent five mullets pierced in cross sable; That is, a silver (white) background with 5 black, 5-pointed stars with a hole in the middle, in a cross configuration.
Finally, the following is from http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~heraldry/heraldry_p.html.
Perrot de Traonevez of Brittany, one of the French Perrots had arms as well, as per the image on the right:
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