THE FOLLOWING SUBMISSIONS HAVE BEEN REGISTERED:

ANSTEORRA

Aelfric se Droflic. Name.

Aelred O'Donohue. Device. Per chevron vert and gules, in pale a triquetra and a celtic cross Or.

Aidan Aileran O'Comhraidhe. Name for House Silver Scythe.

Alana of Bonwicke. Name.

To quote Mistress Alisoun, "given the existence of the period Latinized form 'Alanus', this [Alana] is a reasonable feminine form." (LoAR April 1989)

Anne of Rosemont. Name.

Anne of Rosemont. Name and badge for House Rosemont. [Fieldless] On a mountain couped sable a garden rose slipped and leaved Or.

Annes Clotilde von Bamburg. Name. Name for House Starfire.

Ansteorra, Kingdom of. Title for Nautilus Pursuivant.

Arthur Blackmoon. Device. Sable, on a sinister hand Or a decrescent sable, a bordure Or.

Aubrey de Baudricourt. Name.

Barat Fitzwalter Reynolds. Name and device. Per pale sable and gules, three latin crosses clechy argent.

Several possible conflicts were cited by a number of commenters, noting primarily that clechy is a later term and that this would conflict with a number of "(Field), three crosses formy/paty argent. It was the consensus of the meeting that the combination of the pointed ends of the cross combined with the longer lower arm was sufficient for a CVD here.

Brenna Montgomery. Name.

Christoph von dem Schwarzwald. Name and device. Gules, in chief a cross formy Or and two gores argent.

Versus Bernawick, et al. (Papworth, p. 613), Gules, a cross patty Or, there is a CVD for moving the cross to chief and another for the addition of the gores.

Corinne Elizabeth O'Daugherty. Name and device. Sable, a rapier inverted between in chief two hummingbirds rising respectant, wings elevated and addorsed, all within a bordure engrailed argent.

Dafydd mac Canannán. Name and device. Purpure, a chevron throughout argent ermined purpure, in chief two wolf's heads erased respectant argent.

Dathi O'Cooney. Badge. [Fieldless] A shamrock vert surmounted by a coney salient argent.

Dennis Landhammer. Device. Or, a cardinal close to sinister gules within a bordure invected sable.

Diarmait ua Dhuinn. Name.

Eldred Bloodaxe. Device. Sable, a pall inverted erminois between three double-bitted axes Or.

Elfsea, Barony of. Badge. [Fieldless] A sword inverted argent surmounted by an escallop inverted azure.

Elfsea, Barony of. Badge. [Fieldless] A portcullis argent charged with an escallop inverted argent.

Emiliana Valeriana O'Comhraidhe. Name.

Eric Greyfox. Device. Per pale argent and vert, a chess rook and on a chief wavy two Maltese crosses counterchanged.

Garwen of Caerleon. Azure, a stag trippant argent and on a chief Or three roses azure.

Geoffrey Charles Bertrand Scrymger. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Geoffrey Fenton Hawks. Name.

Gregory Clayborne. Name.

Gwyneth Blackrose. Device. Argent, two garden rosebuds slipped and leaved in saltire between two flaunches sable each charged with a leaf argent.

Hossein Ali Qomi. Device. Gules, on a bezant a harp sable and in chief a scimitar fesswise blade to chief all within a bordure Or.

Isma'il ibn Ihsaan ibn Hassan. Name and device. Argent, two palm trees in saltire, a dexter tierce vert, in chief three crescents inverted counterchanged.

It was the consensus of the commenters that this was not so excessively unbalanced a design as to warrant return, but it does come close.

Jean Richard Malcolmson. Device. Per bend sinister purpure and vert three caltraps in bend sinister Or.

Jeffrey Gareth. Name and device. Sable, three rapiers in pall, hilts to center, between three lions rampant Or.

Kendrick de Kentwell. Name.

Kendrick Griffenfeld of House Gryphon's Lair. Name and device. Gules, chapé argent ermined gules, two gryphons statant respectant wings elevated and addorsed, tails conjoined in a Bowen knot crosswise argent.

The chapé portions of the field should be drawn somewhat larger than in the submitted emblazon.

Louise Elizabeth Mindenhale. Name and device. Argent, an escallop and a chief vert.

Thanks to Lady Ensign for her assistance in documenting Louise in period.

[Irreverent question from the Laurel meeting: "Is this what 'an angel erased' would look like?"]

The name was submitted as Maleah Farasha Raushana bint Abdullah. Although some evidence was submitted that Maleah may be a modern Arabic name, its existence as a word in Hebrew prevents its being considered a made-up name, and no other evidence was presented that it is either a period Arabic name or that it follows the rules for constructing names in Arabic. As a consequence, we have dropped the unregisterable part of the name and retained the submitter's already registered given in accordance with her desires.

Michael Throgmorton. Name.

Osbern Aelfric of Elphinstone. Name.

Peregrine of the Crescent Hawks. Badge. [Fieldless] A hawk rising to sinister gules grasping in its talons a bugle-horn stringed Or.

Ragnar Larsson of the Ice Dragon Isles. Name and device. Sable, three snowflakes argent and a ford proper.

Sabrina Bonmaison. Name.

Sela von Kleist. Device. Azure, a unicorn rampant to sinister and a gore argent.

Sergii Boyanovich Samopalov. Name.

Sextilus the Humble. Name.

Siegfried von Lübeck. Name.

Sindra Gunhild Sigmundsdottir. Device. Vert, a hippopotamus rampant between in chief two roses argent, on a chief Or a stick shuttle sable.

Suzanna the Herbalist. Device. Per pale sable and argent, three annulets conjoined one and two and a chief wavy all counterchanged.

Please have the submitter draw the chief about twice as wide, and have the annulets actually touching. [We did like one proposed blazon of "snugglant".]

Thomas of Ravenglass. Name.

Thora the Wanderer. Name.

Thorbjorn Olofson of Elfsea. Name.

Thorgrim Bjornsson. Name.

Thorland O'Shea. Device. Per pale sable and gules a tau cross within an orle argent.

Torre de los Brazos. Device. Azure, on a tower between in fess two swords Or, a laurel wreath vert, all within a bordure Or.

Valencia Carlota Maria de Granada. Name change from Carlota Maria de Grenada.

Enough evidence was presented of a pattern of t/c switch in Latin that Valencia appears to be a very reasonable form of Valentia (the latter being noted in Morlet (Vol. II, p. 115).

Wulf Fairhair. Device. Gules, two wolves' head cabossed in bend within a bordure argent.

Please have him draw the bordure a lot wider.

Marta Marina. Reblazon of device. Vert, on a bend sinister between two pairs of stick shuttles crossed in saltire argent, two dolphins urinant azure.

When registered in Feburary, 1984, the secondaries were blazoned as "weavers' sleas", which term has since appeared to be incorrect, weavers' sleas being a much more squared off charge. In the interests of accuracy and consistency (see the device of Sindra Gunhild Sigmundsdottir, registered above), we are reblazoning the secondaries on Marta's device.

Alaric Domhnullach. Name.

Atlantia, Kingdom of. Badge for Guild of Archers. [Fieldless] A bow drawn and armed with an arrow argent, flighted azure, within an annulet argent.

Harold Brandarm Olafssen. Name.

Submitted as Harold Olafssen called Brandarm. We do not normally register names with phrases in them like "called X". In this case, we have modified the name as the submitter's forms allowed to register the epithet Brandarm to him, placing it in the center so that it is Harold and not his father Olaf who is called Brandarm.

Versus Halloway, Gules, two swords in saltire argent, there is a CVD for the addition of the secondaries and another for the arrangement of the swords (in pile vs. in saltire).

John le Burguillun. Name and device. Ermine, three chevronels wavy vert.

Keilyn FitzWarin. Name change from Keilyn Elwyn Fartraveller.

Lochmere, Barony of. Name for the Order of the Crab Claw (see RETURNS for badge).

Luned of Snowdon. Change of holding name from Luned of Kappelenburg.

The name was submitted on the LoI as Luned of Snowden, but the forms had this form.

Marcus Bruce de Maccusweil. Name and device. Azure, a saltire voided argent, overall an annulet Or.

Meghan MacLachlan. Name and badge for House Tenebrae. [Fieldless] A saltire parted and fretted erased argent.

Máire Moirreach. Name.

Submitted as Mhairi Moirreach, we have changed the given from the genitive form, inappropriate here, as the submitter's forms allowed.

Phaedrig of Ardoch. Name.

Philippe Gaspard de Charbonneau. Name.

Rachel de Johnstone. Name.

Reyna Syeira Blackstorm. Name and device. Purpure, in dexter chief a six spoked wheel argent, a gore sinister Or, goutty de sang.

Reyna Syeira Blackstorm. Badge. [Fieldless] A six-spoked wheel gules, enflamed on the outer edge Or, charged with mullet of eight points argent.

[Irreverent comment from the Laurel meeting: "Hot wheels?"]

Seamus O'Day. Device. Vert, a bend sinister argent, overall a lion's head couped contourny within a bordure invected Or.

Seamus O'Day. Badge. Vert, a lion's head couped contourny within a bordure invected Or.

Tyger's Keep, Canton of. Release of name.

CAID

Ælgifu Sweynsdottir. Name.

Alienor Mighelles. Name and device. Argent, a dagger fesswise reversed purpure within an annulet of acorns, tips to center, proper.

[Irreverent comment from the Laurel meeting: "It's about 9:15, or quarter past acorn." It seemed funnier at the time. Maybe you had to be there.]

Alistar Sean Lamont. Name and device. Sable, a celtic cross Or between four lions rampant argent.

Allesaundra de Crosthwaite. Name and device. Azure, a crossbow and on a chief Or three pheons azure.

Ariel of Bard's Keep. Name.

Brian O Seachnasaigh. Name and badge for House of the Golden Talon. [Fieldless] A compass star azure charged with a griffin segreant reguardant Or maintaining a wavy-bladed sword fesswise proper.

Brianna Je Nell Aislynn of Blue Shadows. Name change from Brianna Aislynn of Blue Shadows.

It was the consensus of the commenters that while the addition of Je Nell was somewhat intrusive, it was not sufficiently so to cause return of the name.

Consideration of this appeal caused us no little heartburn, particularly since the submitter is a member (the most vocal member) of the Rules Review Committee, whose job is to look at commentary and make proposals for changes to the rules as particular problem areas are noted. X.4.j is one of those areas. (No doubt the Rules Review Committee is discussing possible changes even now?) In this case (and in that of Éibhleann O'Ceileachair below), the overwhelming support for the appeal by the commenters convinced Laurel that the wording of Rule X.4.j, "Generally such changes must affect the whole group of charges to be considered visually significant...", gives us some leeway here. In certain particularly simple cases, changes to type or number plus change of tincture of one-half of tertiary(ies) will be sufficient difference for a CVD.

Cathryn of the Dark Glen. Name and device. Gules, a chalice between flaunches argent, each flaunch charged with a sprig proper.

Ciaran MacDarragh. Name and device. Vert, on a fess between two wolves statant Or a wolf statant to sinister sable.

Craig of the Glyn. Name and badge for Wythfed Ffordd House. Gyronny gules and Or, a compass star sable.

Craig of the Glyn. Badge. [Fieldless] A pellet invected charged with a cross moline voided Or.

The tertiary as blazoned in the LoI as "a cross resarcelly", which term is not very well defined in the standard heraldic texts, so we have modified the blazon to the closest acceptable form.

Douglass Petryewood. Name and device. Gyronny azure and Or, a saltire raguly counterchanged.

Elizabeth Oakewood. Name and device. Vert, a dance and on a chief argent three oak leaves vert.

Fionnabhair Kyriath Inghean Uí Néill. Name change from Mór Bean Chiarraí Ingen Ui Neill and badge. [Fieldless] A stinging nettle eradicated argent within an annulet of rope Or.

Frederic Asquith Feare. Name.

Irina Ivanovna Izumrudova. Name.

Submitted as Irina Ivánóvna Izumrúdova, the accent marks in Unbegaun are simply a guide to pronunciation, and not a part of the written name, so we have removed them.

Justina Marie of Burgundy. Name.

Submitted as Justina Marie de Burgundy, the French form (which would use "de") would be "de Bourgogne". We have corrected the grammar to the proper form closest to the submitted form.

Karolyi Attila Laszlo. Name.

Kurt von Arriksleva. Name.

Louisa LochSkye. Name change from Louisa MacLachlan.

Submitted as Louisa LochSkye of LochSkye, such a form (X of X, or X of that Ilk) is a claim not only to chieftainship of a clan but implies overlordship of a territory, and rank and title. Such a claim is improper in the SCA.

Magnus Maxwell. Name.

Marcus the Forester. Name and device. Vert, a pale argent semy of oak leaves vert between a unicorn and a wyvern combattant argent.

Please have the submitter draw the "hemi-demi-semi pallet" much wider.

Maureen Scoláire biert Grá. Name and device. Per bend sinister vert and argent, two open books counterchanged.

Nicolo della Scala. Name change from Maldred ap Morien.

Njall Olaf Hagarson. Name and device. Per pale gules and Or, a pheon counterchanged.

Regarding the matronymic, sufficient examples were presented by various commenters to show a "pattern of use" of forming patronymics and matronymics in Scandinavian and English languages from Biblical names that we feel we have to allow this. (Mind you, we do not like helping to perpetuate a misconception that "Hagar" is a Norse name simply because of the popularity of a certain comic strip which prominently features a "Viking" named Hagar.)

Otto the Confused. Name.

Peter of Dun Calma. Badge. [Fieldless] A natural leopard's face between in fess two swords inverted Or.

Randwulf de la Terre d'Été. Name change from Randwulf Gernon.

Submitted as Randwulf de Terre d'Été, the general consensus of those with a knowledge of French was that the placename needed the article, which we have added as the forms allowed.

Thomas Brownwell. Device. Or, a fountain and a chief rayonny gules.

Versus Nicorlynn of Caer Wydyr (SCA), Or, seated on a fountain, a mermaid in her vanity azure, comb and mirror argent, there is a CVD for the addition of the chief and another for removal of the very large mermaid, who is actually a little larger than the fountain on which she sits. (In Nicorlynn's device the mermaid is a little larger than the fountain [which, contrary to Lord Dragon's belief, is an heraldic fountain].)

Victor George Richard. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

CALONTIR

Aleksandr Yaroslavovich Vyetcikov. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

The name was given on the LoI as Aleksandr Yaroslavich Vyetcikov, but the forms had the correct form of the patronymic. While the surname might be more accurately transliterated as Vyitchikov, the submitted transliteration is not unreasonable.

Leonardo il Calamaro. Device. Per fess sable, estoily argent, and vert, in chief a sun in splendor Or and in base three bezants.

Marie Chantal Delaire. Name and device. Azure, a pall inverted within a bordure engrailed argent.

Meriel of Tay. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Olaf Skytja. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Renate Hildegerter. Device. Checky gules and Or, a lily argent within a bordure wavy azure.

EAST

Anson Gleowyn. Name and device. Gyronny azure and argent, a bordure semy of roundels counterchanged.

Barbara Viggiani Milanese. Device. Azure, six mice couchant in annulo and a bordure argent.

Bertrik van Triecht. Name.

Blitzenholm, Shire of. Name.

Brid nic Sharlais. Badge. Azure, four deer's hoofprints in cross, heels to center, argent.

Cahan Kyle. Name for Clan Kyle.

Catherine du Fay. Device. Vert, on a wheel argent a winged cat sejant affronty wings displayed Or.

Catrin o'r Rhyd Fôr. Device. Azure, two dolphins naiant in pale argent and a ford proper.

Celyn ap Llewelyn. Device. Argent, a sea stag gules tailed and on a chief indented vert, a sheaf of arrows inverted argent between two fleurs-de-lys Or.

This is on the borderline for complexity. It would be ever so much better if the arrows were another fleur-de-lis (of the same tincture as the others).

Elizabeth Curwen. Name.

Erik the Tall. Name.

Geoffrey Chamberlain. Name and device. Azure, a satyr dancing and playing a trumpet and on a sinister tierce argent two crescents azure.

[Irreverent comment from the meeting: "... a satyr in its party ..."?]

Jacob Robert Innes. Name and device. Sable, a griffin segreant and on a chief embattled Or three wolf's heads cabossed sable.

Jakob Stiufsun. Name.

Karl Rasmussen of Tvede. Badge. A frog gules.

Lothair von Drachenstein. Name and device. Vert, a dragon passant coward and on a chief embattled Or three Latin crosses fleury sable.

Madelyn Catherwood. Name and device. Gules, a trillium blossom and a chief invected argent.

Melisande of Saint Albans. Name.

Morgann ap Ffrancwr Morgannwg. Device. Vert, three fleurs-de-lys and on a chief Or, a dragon passant gules.

Oskar of the Wood. Name and device. Gules, a stag springing and in sinister chief a decrescent Or within a bordure ermine.

Peregrine de Caerleon. Name and device. Vairy-en-point Or and azure, two cockatrices combattant gules.

Polderslot, Shire of. Badge. Per bend sinister azure & vert, on a bend sinister embattled counter-embattled Or three towers palewise vert.

Prudence the Curious. Device. Vert, an egg argent and a chief embattled Or.

Rhiannon Blodwen merch Gruffydd. Name.

Rowena of Swanwic. Device. Argent, a chevron cotised azure between two crosses formy and a stag springing gules.

Seosamh Tadhg an Crúca O'Maille. Name and device. Argent, two shepherd's crooks in saltire sable and overall a boar passant azure.

Shamus O'Carolan. Device. Counter-ermine, on a bend Or three pheons sable and a bordure Or.

Silkisif of Svanhill. Name and device. Per saltire azure and pean, in pale a wolf's head erased and a crescent Or.

Sorcha Chathasach. Name.

Submitted as Sorcha Cathasaigh, we have modified the byname as the forms allowed to the correct nominative form.

Thora of the Hills. Name.

Torvald Thorodsson. Name and device. Vert, a pile inverted per pale argent and sable and overall two spears in saltire Or.

William FitzGerald. Change of name from William Widefarer (see RETURNS for device change).

MERIDIES

Aurora la Callada. Name.

Submitted as Aurora LaCallada, we have modified the byname as the forms allowed to correct the grammar.

Eadric de Charbonet. Device. Argent, on a pale bretessed sable between two hurts in bend sinister, a goblet, broken on the dexter side, Or.

Glynn Rhe, Shire of. Device. Argent, a swan displayed sable within a laurel wreath, in chief a feather fesswise vert, all within a bordure wavy azure.

Please inform the submitters that the bordure should be wider.

Please inform the submitter that the bordure should be a lot wider.

Margaret Volpe. Name.

Raphael de Mont Saint Michel. Name and device. Lozengy gules and argent, an eagle displayed facing sinister within a bordure embattled sable.

Submitted as Raphael de Saint Michel, the submitter later indicated (through Pennon) that he desired to be of Mont Saint Michel. It is Laurel's belief that the presence or absence of hyphens in the name is not, considering most period (and even much post-period) orthography, a real issue.

Sol Haven, Canton of. Name and device. Gules, a sun within a laurel wreath and on a chief rayonny Or, a triple-towered castle sable.

WEST

Agnesca del Manto. Name.

Alisaundre de Kilmaron. Device. Ermine, on a bend sinister purpure, two thistles palewise Or.

Alrikr af Stjarnaheimi. Name and device. Per chevron throughout azure and argent, two compass stars and a pithon embowed counterchanged.

The name was submitted as Alrikr af Stjarnaheim, but the locative should take the dative in this case.

Bartram Sinclair. Name and device. Per pale sable and argent, a chevron inverted between a rose and two ravens close addorsed counterchanged.

Bran McNish. Name.

Brianna MacDhùghaill. Name and device. Quarterly purpure and ermine, in bend two towers argent.

David Waxthorn. Device. Argent, a turkeycock statant and on a chief azure, two quill pens crossed in saltire Or.

Éibhleann O'Ceileachair. Name and device. Azure, a demi-sun issuant from base Or, on a chief argent three shamrocks vert.

Versus the arms of the Barony of Aneala, cited in the LoI, many of the same issues apply here as with the device change of Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme, registered above. Here again, we are interpreting X.4.j in such a way as to allow changes to less than the entire group of tertiaries to count towards a CVD in simple cases.

Grania McNish of Eagle's Eyre. Name.

Hilarie the Puppeteer. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Ingibjorg Ambadóttir. Name and device. Purpure, on a bend Or a brown domestic cat courant proper, and in sinister chief a mullet Or.

Joe of Westermark. Holding name and device. Vert, a praying mantis rampant to sinister argent.

The name was submitted as Joe Westermark.

Martin the Juggler. Name and device. Argent, a torch bendwise sinister sable, enflamed proper, grasped by a hand bendwise sinister sable.

Meadhbh O'Labhraidh the Malevolent. Name.

Patrice of the Misty Fjords. Name.

Peredur ap Tristan. Name change from Peredur Medrus ap Tristan.

Poliarchopolis, Shire of. Device. Argent, on a pale gules a griffin segreant argent, overall a laurel wreath counterchanged.

Rainuld Knutson. Device. Per chevron sable and vert, three pine trees couped argent.

Randal of Camusfeàrna. Name and device. Azure, a bar gemel engrailed argent between two otters statant Or.

Rivenoak, Shire of. Device change. Quarterly Or and argent, a calygreyhound rampant to sinister between three laurel wreaths sable.

Their current device, Gyronny argent and sable, an acorn inverted within a laurel wreath sable, is released.

Rose Greythorne. Name.

Sibán Brighid O'Duigan. Name and device. Per chevron invected argent and vert, two thistles proper and a fox passant regardant argent.

The precedent made in the August LoAR Cover Letter defining the bottommost of three charges, two and one, as one-half the group clears this from several conflict calls.

Slaine MacKeelta. Name.

Solus Mor, Shire of. Name change from Shire of Suderland.

Suzannah van Houten. Device. Per chevron sable and gules, two popinjays close respectant and a roundel Or.

Sybella Tobyn. Name and device. Argent, a dolphin haurient sable, on a chief azure three crescents argent.

Targan de Montfort of Crystal Caverns. Device. Per fess Or and purpure, in chief two pairs of arrows in saltire sable and in base eight lozenges in annulo, points to center, Or.

Tasha of Falcons Claw. Name.

Uilleam Catach O'Maoilbhreanainn. Device. Azure, ermined, a fox courant and on a chief indented argent, three celtic crosses azure.

Vannessa of Armorica. Name.

William Dumart-en-Ponthieu. Device. Argent, seme of roses proper, on a bend sinister gules a rapier proper.

William Patrick the Mariner. Name.

THE FOLLOWING SUBMISSIONS HAVE BEEN RETURNED:

ANSTEORRA

Ansteorra, Kingdom of. Badge for Award of the Sable Falcons. [Fieldless] A falcon sable jessed sable and Or maintaining a mullet of five greater and five lesser points sable.

Conflict with Meryck (Papworth), Per fess azure and purpure, in chief a hawk holding a fleur-de-lys sable; with Ernton (Papworth, p. 297), Argent, an eagle close sable; with Corbett (Papworth, p. 295), Argent, a raven sable; and with De Weert (Woodward, p. 262), Argent, a falcon sable hooded, lined and membered Or. In each case there is only one CVD, for fieldlessness.

Withdrawn at the request of Star. The submitter's name was registered (from a Meridien letter of intent) in May 1989 as Antonio Embriaco del Lupo.

This was returned before in part because the orle of flowers was too similar to the restricted wreath of roses. This issue has not been addressed in the resubmission, and so this must be returned once again for this reason. It was suggested that if the submitter would clearly separate the individual flowers in orle, that this would probably remove the problem.

Conflict with Wingfield (Fairbairn's Crests, p. 511), A hawk's lure argent. There is one CVD, for fielded vs. fieldless, but nothing can be granted against a fieldless badge (which is what we have treated crests as) for position on the field.

Conflict with Wingates (Papworth, p. 1033), Sable, a portcullis argent. There is a CVD for fieldlessness, but the spear here is much more akin to a maintained charge than a true tertiary, and so does not contribute to the necessary second CVD.

Conflict with Theodric Pendar of Faulconwood (SCA), Sable, upon a saltire cotised Or two seaxes in saltire sable. There is a CVD for changing the type of secondaries (cotises to masks), but not another for the change to type only of the tertiaries. Additionally, there was some question regarding the identifiability of the masks in profile this way. This alone would probably not have been quite enough for return, but it should be mentioned to the submitter that masks in the normal (affronty) position would be better.

The evidence indicates that Merle was a surname and epithet in period, not a given name.

Conflict with Castle (Papworth, p. 364), Argent, a tower triple-towered sable and with Edinburgh (Papworth, p. 364), Argent, on a rock proper a castle tripe-towered and embattled sable, masoned of the first and topped with three vanes gules, windows and portcullis shut of the last. Against Castle there is one CVD for adding the tierce, but given evidence that no difference was granted in period between towers and castles and the very strong visual resemblance of this bridge to a castle, no additional CVD could be granted. Versus Edinburgh, there is one CVD for changing the rock in base to a tierce, but again, no difference between a castle and this bridge.

No additional evidence was given to demonstrate that Vanessa either was a period name or that it should be considered SCA-compatible. Regarding the proposed change of the holding name, even while knowing the submitter's desires and the reasons therefore, Laurel had to agree with Trefoil that changing an existing holding name at the request of the submitter sets a bad precedent, and it is believed would be tantamount to a name change, which would require the submitter to pay for her next name (re)submission. In the interests of fairness to all submitters, the holding name (Valerie of Elfsea) remains unchanged.

Anton Tremayne. Badge. Checky argent and sable, a cross botonny gules.

Conflict with Brereghly (Papworth, p. 604), Argent, a cross botonny gules, and with Gullat (Papworth, p. 614), Or, a cross botonny gules. In each case there is only one CVD for the change to the field.

The name of the household does not seem to be properly formed, and no supporting documentation was included. The proper form would appear to be House Diabhal Gorm or House Diabhol Gorm. The badge conflicts with Delatowre (Papworth, p. 364), Azure, a tower argent, with only one CVD for the addition of the secondary feathers.

Conflict with Raven (Papworth, p. 295), Or, a raven rising proper, and Ravenshore (SCA), Per fess argent and azure, a raven rising, wings addorsed, sable maintaining and escallop Or. In each case there is one CVD for the changes to the field. The field treatment here is a part of the field and not considered the addition of a group of secondaries to the field, which would clear these conflicts.

Conflict with Dymock, Papworth, p. 1102), Argent, a sword in pale gules. There is one CVD for the addition of the crab claws. We were not entirely certain, but believe that blazoning the crab claws as a pair would reproduce the emblazon.

Technical conflict with Frytha MacPhee (SCA), Sable, a bat-winged wolf sejant guardant and a base enarched indented argent. There is clearly a CVD for the change in type of primary, but the presence of the base prevents X2 from applying. The gout is really too small to use for difference. This may clear under Laurel's proposal for modifying X2 (see Cover Letter). If this is resubmitted, please make sure that she draws the base with about 1/3 as many indents which are 2-3 times as large.

Conflict with Burghepe (Papworth, p. 372), Argent, a chevron azure. There is one CVD, for the addition of the secondaries. Versus Thomas of the Pines (Argent,m a chevron azure between three pine trees sable) and Eadmund of Pendlesweald (Argent, a chevron azure between three oak trees eradicated sable, fructed argent), there are two CVDs; one for changing the type of secondaries and another for changing the tincture of one-half (as defined, see the Cover Letter with the LoAR for August 1990) of the secondaries.

Conflict with Mrs. Patrick Campbell, well-known actress and friend of George Bernard Shaw. The addition of the title "Mrs." is not sufficient to clear in this case.

Alisander du Mont Saint Michel. Change of device. Sable, a unicorn within a bordure embattled argent.

Conflict with von Nussdorf (Rietstap, vol. 2, p. 331), De sable a une licorne rampante d'argent accornée d'or (Sable, a unicorn rampant argent, armed Or). There is only one CVD for the addition of the bordure.

Conflict with Reynolds (Papworth, p. 566), Or, on a chief vert three lions rampant of the first and with Crompton (Papworth, p. 587), Or, on a chief vert three pheons of the first, as cited in the LoI. The bimount, as a peripheral charge, is not a "primary charge" as defined in the Glossary of Terms, and thus X.1 and X.2 cannot be invoked.

The Latin term eques (plural equites) is the equivalent of "knight", a restricted title in the SCA.

Visual conflict with the Tudor rose, A double rose argent and gules. While there is just enough technical difference, with one CVD for fieldlessness and another for changing half the tincture of the combined charge, the overwhelming visual similarity to this very famous badge is just too much.

Conflict with Owen of Caermarthen (SCA), Per chevron vert and sable, three dragons segreant Or. There is only one CVD for the field.

Conflict with Robin the Ruthless in Battel (SCA), Gules, a scorpion tergiant, maintaining in each pincer a heart, and in base within the curve of its tail another heart, all Or. There is a CVD for the orientation of the scorpion, but the hearts in Robin's device are so small that they amount to small hearts which cannot count enough for a CVD. (The visual effect of the heart within the curve of the tail is nearly identical to being a maintained charge.)

Aleksandr Yaroslavovich Vyetcikov. Device. Sable, a pall of chain Or between three bezants.

Technical conflict with Laidlaw (Papworth, p. 464), Sable, a chevron Or between three bezants. Because of the secondaries, we are currently unable to apply X.2 to the primary. If there are no serious objections to the revised wording of X.2 as proposed in the attached cover letter, please have the submitter resubmit this when that wording goes into effect.

Conflict with Snokishull (Papworth, p. 909), Argent, a buck's head cabossed sable, tips of all attires Or. There is a CVD for adding the bordure, but the differences between a buck's skull and a buck's head cabossed are nearly non-existent.

Conflict with Maelen of Catcott (SCA), Purpure, on a lozenge argent a forget-me-not blossom proper. There is a CVD for the field, but the differences to type and partial tincture of the flowers is too small to carry this clear.

Conflict with Edmund Schaffer Baumgardner (Fabulous Heraldry, #781), Sable, an arrow head inverted Or. There is only one CVD, for the addition of the semy. An additional problem is one pointed out by Mistress Alisoun in a return of a device using a major charge with a semy of the same charge: "Such a differentiation is not period style: the size of strewn charges could vary widely in a period emblazon as necessary to suit the design." Some commenters pointed out cases of "... crusilly ... a cross", but even here there is generally a significant change in the type of cross between the semy and the primary. The fact that he uses a different tincture here for the primary versus the semy helps a little, but it is not enough.

Conflict with Atlantia's badge for their Brewmeister, Azure, on a pale between two mugs argent, a unicornate natural seahorse azure, and with Klement St. Christoph, Azure, a pale argent, in fess three trefoils counterchanged.

Thea von Bayern. Device. Sable, an edelweiss argent seeded within an orle Or.

Conflict with Hanford (Papworth, p. 695), Sable, an eight pointed estoile argent. The visual resemblance between an edelweiss flower and an estoile is overwhelming.

Conflict with Hanford (Papworth, p. 695), Sable, an eight pointed estoile argent. The visual resemblance between an edelweiss flower and an estoile is overwhelming.

Most of the commenters, and Laurel, have no serious problem applying the provisions of X.2 to very different types of crosses. Indeed, applying this standard, we can see this submission clear of Lanfranc (Fabulous Heraldry, #382), Per saltire azure and gules, a cross croslet Or. However, we believe that the standards to be applied in X.2 are somewhat stronger than those applied to obtain a CVD between charges. As a consequence, we cannot in good conscience call this clear of Prewes (Papworth, p. 617), Per saltire azure and gules, a cross potent Or (we see one CVD for the change to type of cross) or Calontir (SCA), Purpure, a cross of Calatrava Or (with one CVD for the change to the field, but less than a CVD for the change to the type of cross).

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Aelfwynn de Montfort of Tweoneam. Device. Quarterly argent and azure, four cinquefoils counterchanged.

Conflict with Blood (Papworth, p. 867), Quarterly argent and azure, four quatrefoils counterchanged. There is not really any visual difference between quatrefoils and cinquefoils.

There really is no "proper" for a jester's bauble (or motley), and we could not come up with a blazon which would reproduce with any consistency the emblazon.

No evidence has been presented that Joe is not a period diminutive of Joseph, and its extensive use post-period and there is certainly a common pattern of English diminutives formed this way; hence it should be as registerable as any other English diminutive (e.g., Will). On the other hand, the formation of the entire name brought modern connotations of "Joe Cool" to nearly every commenter. As a consequence, we felt that given this overwhelming reaction, that we had to return this for obtrusive modernity.

ANSTEORRA

Arnolda Kolfinna O'Comhriadhe of Inis Celtra. Device. Argent, on a pale endorsed between two oak slips fructed azure an eagle's head turned to sinister erased argent.

The tincture of the eagle's head was accidentally omitted from the blazon on the LoI. This is pended until the December Laurel meeting so that it can be adequately checked for possible conflict.

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