Heriot or Heriots may refer to: Old English for "war-gear", see Anglo-Saxon weaponry Heriot, the English term used for the tenurial relief in feudal Europe, in French known as le droit du meilleur catel Heriot, Scottish Borders, a town in the Scottish Borders Heriot, New Zealand, a township in the South Island of New Zealand George Heriot (1563–1624), a Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist George Heriot (artist) (1759 – 22 July 1839), a Scottish-Canadian artist George Heriot's School, a school he founded in Edinburgh Heriot's Rugby Club, originally for former pupils of the school Heriot-Watt University, also named for George Heriot Heryot, an unidentified poet attested in William Dunbar's Lament for the Makaris See also Herriot Herriott