LoAR

of the College of Arms
of the
Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc.

September 1996



THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN REGISTERED:

AN TIR Ambergard, Shire of. Device. Argent, a brazier sable enflamed proper within a laurel wreath on a chief indented gules three garbs Or.

Atli Hvíúfr. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Bitter End, Shire of. Badge. Sable, a mullet of eight points elongated to chief and to base and sustained by a sinister hand apaumy grasping the base point Or.

Cullen Kerr. Name.

Dragon's Laire, Barony of. Badge. Per pale gules and sable, a lance throughout argent between two horse's heads couped respectant Or.

Eleanor del Yete. Name.

Gentle Dirk. Device. Per bend sinister Or and gules, a dagger inverted sable transfixing an open book argent.

Gillian of Trynsaren. Name.

Hlutwig Ster. Name and device. Ermine, a pall dovetailed sable overall a bull-headed dragon passant contourny gules.
Submitted as Hlutwig Stehr, we have changed the surname to a more probable form.

James Mandeville of Banbury. Name.

Muirgheal níSheanachán. Name.
Submitted as Muirgheal nic Sheanachán, we have changed the nic to ní which is the more likely form.

Shane McNeil de la Forest. Name (see RETURNS for device). Submitted as Shane McNeil de la Forˆt, based on research supplied by Fause Losenge we have eliminated the out of period circumflex, and corrected the spelling.

Sheila Eileen Natalia MacDougal of Perth. Household name for Household of the Golden Palm.
A possible conflict was called with the Award of the Golden Palm, the top award at the Cannes film festival. Laurel, who rarely goes to the movies, and does not watch TV, was only vaguely aware of the Cannes film festival. We consulted with a number of heralds and non-heralds, all of whom were up-to-date on films, and understood the significant of the Cannes film festival. None of these could name the award, so we have determined that it was not important enough to protect.

ATENVELDT

Albert Faulke of Sandford. Device. Per bend sinister azure and counter-ermine, a bend sinister argent.

Aldric of Galway. Device. Azure, a pall inverted embattled counter-embattled Or between three natural dolphins naiant in annulo argent.

Anthony Iron Skull. Device. Erminois, two ravens close respectant a bordure dovetailed sable.

Artemisia, Principality of. Change of device. Sable, on a pile between two griffins combattant, each maintaining an arrow Or, an ancient crown within a laurel wreath sable.
Their previously device Sable, on a pile between two griffins combattant, each maintaining an arrow Or, a laurel wreath sable., is hereby released.

Bruce MacQuhirrie. Name and device. Per bend sinister sable and gules, a winged dolphin naiant argent.
Bruce is the submitter's mundane given name.

Caesaria Almy. Badge. Per pale potenty argent and vert, a branch and a tower counterchanged.

Diana Lee Ambree. Device. Argent, a sword inverted sable between four roses two and two azure.

Floyd Anthony Thomas Smith. Name and device. Per fess azure and vert, a crane rising wings displayed within a bordure invected argent.

Grifin Trewern. Name.
Submitted as Grifin Trewren we have changed to surname to a documentably period form.

Gwendolyn MacAuslane of Loch Lomond. Device. Quarterly vert and azure, in bend two pine trees couped argent.

Inigena Rudraige Airenn. Name.
This decision took a lot of soul searching on the part of Laurel. It was obvious from the dates on the paperwork that the submitter had submitted this more than two years ago, after consulting with Harpy. Furthermore, the submitter took one of the forms that Harpy suggested.
Now, two years later, after the paperwork was held up in kingdom, the college has learned more, and the form submitted is probably not acceptable. However, since the hold up of the submission was not the fault of the submitter, we are registering this as a hardship case. However, if the submitter would be willing to change it to the more likely form Ingen Rudraige Airenn, there would be no charge at the Laurel level for the change.

Jonathan Thorne. Household name and badge for Maison du Cheval d'Argent. Gules ermined argent, a single-headed chess knight contourney within a mascle argent.

Jügen von Löenburg. Device. Quarterly Or and gules, on a bend sable between two lions rampant three fleurs-de-lis palewise Or, a bordure ermine.

Lynnette Huntingdon. Device. Gules, two swans statant respectant argent, on a chief triangular Or a fleur-de-lis gules, a bordure ermine.
This was registered to the submitter 5/96.

Patricia Whale. Name.

Petronilla of Argyll. Name and device. Purpure, three mullets in bend Or, a chief checky Purpure and Or.

Raffaelle de Mallorca. Device. Gyronny purpure and argent, on a lozenge Or, a compass star gyronny argent and purpure.

Raffaelle de Mallorca. Badge. Argent, a compass star gyronny Or and purpure a bordure gyronny purpure and Or.

Seamus an Lann. Name.

Ulric de Dalyhel. Name (see RETURNS for device).

ATLANTIA

Augustus der Ruhige Bä. Name and device. Or, a chevron azure, in dexter chief a cross formy, a bordure sable, and for difference a label couped azure.
The question was raised in commentary as to why the submitter wished to register this, his father's arms with a label, since his father has also filed an heraldic will. This is because the submitter wishes to have registered arms in order to be able to receive a scroll, should he be awarded arms. It has been Laurel policy since the time of Wilhelm von Schussel that scrolls that convey arms at either award, grant or patent level, be only given to people who have registered names and devices. Note: this does not preclude someone without a registered name or device from receiving an award, just from receiving an official scroll. Promissory notes are not considered scrolls.

Baldric of Falkonmore. Name and device. Vert, two frogs sejant respectant argent.
Submitted as Baldric of Falcon Moor, we have changed the surname to a more likely form.

Eibhlí ní Raghailligh. Name.

Giovanni Rocco. Name and device. Azure, three bendlets Or and in sinister chief a tower argent.

Hannah Cameron. Device. Argent, a fox rampant gules maintaining a torch proper and on a chief vert three garbs Or.

Isabeau Michaela Hawke. Badge. (Fieldless) A hawk's lure sable.

Lucrezia di Francesca. Name and device. Argent, a hound statant and on a chief azure three crosses swallowtail Or.

Marinus, Barony of. Household name for Company of Artificers of Marinus and badge. Per pale vert and azure, a pair of calipers argent.
Submitted as Company of Artificers, we have with the consent of the submissions herald, added the phrase "of Marinus" to make it less generic.

Owain ap Rhys. Device. Azure, on a fess between three Celtic crosses Or, a castle azure.

CAID

Bronwen of Glamorgan. Name and device. Or, a cross formy sable an estoile of four points Or, in base an ermine spot gules.
Note: the name Bronwen has been ruled to be SCA compatible.

Caid, Kingdom of. Badge for the Award of the Crossed Swords of Caid. Per fess argent and azure, two swords in saltire counterchanged.

Caitlí níDhuibheasa UíDhubhuidhir. Name. This name should more properly be in the form Caitlí inghean Dhuibheasa níDhubhuidhir.
However, except for the given name this is the form that was suggested in the LoAR in 2/96. Since the submitter resubmitted in a timely fashion, using the form mentioned in the LoAR, except for changing the given name slightly, we feel that we are bound to register it. If however, the submitter would be willing to take the form of Caitlí inghean Dhuibheasa níDhubhuidhir, and resubmits it within the year, we would take it and waive all fees at the Laurel level, since the submitter resubmitted in good faith.

Cristina of Carreg Wen. Device. Argent ermined azure, and on a chief embattled azure an arrow reversed Or.
A possible conflict was called with Melisande de Westemere (SCA), Argent , ermined and on a chief urdy azure three crosses clechy Or. We are reaffirming the precedent established by Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme, in the LoAR of 7/92, "Urdy (or champaine) is a period line of division, meant to represent a line of palisades (and thus deriving from the same source as the line on the crown palisado). After some thought, we decided we had to grant a CD between it and embattled." Note: this overturns a ruling by Da'ud ibn Auda on the 9/95 LoAR, in the return of a device submitted by Irina Francesca degli Schiavoni where he said that `it was felt that urdy is not a CD from embattled'.

Erich von Drachenholz. Name
Submitted as Erich von Drachenholt, we have changed the name to a more likely form.

Francine de Ruen. Name (see RETURNS for device).
Submitted as Francine de Rouen, we have restored the name to the originally submitted form, based on documentation provided by Fause Lozenge.

Galen the Clumsy. Name and device. Argent semy of daggers inverted sable, a natural panther rampant, a sinister tierce azure.

Henri Saint Jean le Blanc. Name.
Submitted as Henri St. Jean le Blanc, we have spelled out the word Saint. We are hereby calling on the college for opinions as to whether we should overturn our policy on scribal abbreviations and allow the form St. to be used. See the cover letter for more details.

Ildhafn, Shire of. Device. Per pale azure and argent, chapéployé two lymphads and a laurel wreath counterchanged.
Please show the group how to draw a better chapé ployé

James Andrew MacAllister. Badge. (Fieldless) On a cross-crosslet fitchy argent a compass star azure.

Jeffery de Bruin. Name.
Submitted as Jeffery Bruin, we have restored it to the form the submitter requested, based on documentation provided by members of the College of Arms.
John Norris of Dreiburgen. Change of holding name John of Dreiburgen to a new holding name.
On his May 1996 LoI Crescent pointed out that the name John of Dreiburgen was already registered to someone else in July 1998 when Laurel declined to register the name John Sterling. Therefore, we have changed the second John of Dreburgen to John Norris of Dreiburgen - we have added the submitter's mundane last name to his holding name. Thanks to Crescent for spotting this problem.

Kristofer Olafsson. Name and device. Argent, a stag's head affronty erased proper and a chief embattled azure.
Marcel Longueville. Device correction. Argent, a tyger rampant contourney purpure between flaunches azure.
This is a correction from the 1/96 registration which left out the purpure.

Rafael Gavilan Ramirez de la Fuente. Name.

Seamus Ruadh mac Maitiu. Name.
Submitted as Seamus Rudah mac Maitiu, we have corrected the spelling of "Rudah".

Seanach &0acute hAodha. Name and device. Or, a crescent and on a chief triangular sable a massacre Or.

Stephen de Huyn. Badge. [Fieldless] A cross of Santiago argent.

Tabitha Leah of Samarra. Change of holding name from Cinde of Wintermist.
Submitted as Tabitha Leah meen Samarra, we have changed the Hebrew word "meen" to of, since Samarra is not a Hebrew word.

Yllaria of Wildewode. Name and device. Sable, on a fess dovetailed argent a wolf's head gules

DRACHENWALD

Alain de La Rochelle. Device. Azure, on a bend between a sword argent and a Latin cross Or a hound rampant sable.

Alessandra Giovanna Visconti. Name and device. Vert, a ship in full sail reversed between three roses Or.
In the cover letter of 4/94, discussing the registration of the name Marchesi and Visconti, Da'ud as Laurel said:
While both surnames Marchesi and Visconti are derived, in a more or less roundabout fashion, from the Italian equivalents of Marquess and Viscount, they were also clearly documented as surnames used by non-nobles. As a consequence, the applicable part of RfS VI.1. would be "Names documented to have been used in period may be used, even if they were derived from titles, provided there is no suggestion of territorial claim or explicit assertion of rank. For example, `Regina the Laundress' is acceptable but `Regina of Germany' is not." In the cases here, both names have been documented to have been used in period, and neither is used in such a way as to suggest either a territorial claim or an assertion of rank. That being so, both names have been registered.
Since the submitted name does not suggest a territorial claim, nor is it an explicit assertion of rank, it is acceptable for SCA usage.

Baggeholm, Shire of. Name and device. Per pale sable and Or, a stag beetle counterchanged and in sinister chief a laurel wreath vert.

Chlotichilda Beorhtesdohtor Wulfing. Name and device. Gules, a snake erect between in chief two Maltese crosses and on a chief argent a halberd bendwise gules.

Drachenwald, Kingdom of. Heraldic title for Koira Herald.

Drachenwald, Kingdom of. Heraldic title for Susi Herald.

Drachenwald, Kingdom of. Heraldic title for Troischesnes Pursuivant.
Submitted as Trois Chenes Pursuivant we have put it into the correct form.
Eugenius Magnus ap Llwyd. Device change. Gyronny wavy purpure and argent.
His previous device Gyronny purpure and argent, a Bouchier knot throughout gules is to be retained as a badge.

Frithiof Sigvardsson Skäge. Device. Gyronny argent and vert, an orle sable.
Gotvik, Shire of. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Hedvig Kettuin. Name and device. Vert, a horse's head couped argent charged on the neck with a shamrock purpure.

Helmut zu Jüich. Badge. Quarterly gules and Or, a lion rampant contourny within a bordure sable.

Hugh Montagud. Name and device. Per bend bendy azure and Or and azure, in base a cross crosslet argent.

Martin Andreas of Windsor. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Morgan Mc Innes. Name and device. Quarterly sable and purpure, an unicorn's head couped argent, horned and crined and between in bend sinister two unicorn's horns bendwise Or.

Nicholas der Katzenjäer. Name and device. Per pale Or and purpure, two cats sejant respectant counterchanged.

Olav Henriksson. Name.
Submitted as Olov Henriksson, we have changed the given name to a documented form.
Padraig Gliadrach &0acute Ceallaigh. Device change. Vert, a griffin segreant Or maintaining a trefoil argent and on a chief Or three hearts sable.
His previous device Lozengy Or and vert, a griffin segreant maintaining a trefoil within a bordure sable., is hereby released.

Roterde, Kanton. Name and device. Gules, on a tankard Or, banded and foaming argent, a laurel wreath sable, and a chief per fess embattled azure and argent.

Valter Henriksson Jäf. Name change from Valter Henriksson Djerve.

Wolfhardt von Achterturm. Name.

Wolfsau, Kanton. Name.

Wolfsberg, Kanton. Name.
This is indeed an audial conflict with Wolfsburg. However, since neither Wolfsburg, nor Wolfsberg appears in the Encyclopedia Britannica, this is being registered.

EAST

Æhelwulf Stealcere. Device. Gules, a theow rampant and on a chief embattled argent four Latin crosses pomelly crosses azure.

Angelique Aubuchon. Name and device. Per bend sinister gules and argent, two hearts counterchanged, a chief argent.

Bonifatius Eburhard. Name and device. Per saltire sable and vert, a sea-goat erect and a bull rampant contourny argent.
Submitted as Bonifatius Eburhard der Menschenfresser, we dropped the last element, which means cannibal in modern German. Since no evidence was shown that der Meschenfresser was a period usage, we have dropped it in order to register the name. We have some doubts about cannibal as a byname, but since the element was dropped for other reasons, we did not address that issue.

Catherine Hawkesworth. Name.

Donnchadh MacAonghais. Device. Per pale argent and sable, a dolphin haurient between three mullets of six points counterchanged.

Dyan of Caledonia. Device. Azure, a dragon rampant contourny, in chief three lozenges argent.

Edmund Fitz Thomas. Name.

Georg Eisenfaust. Name.

Gillian Llywelyn. Name.

Ian Campbell of Saint Swithin's Bog. Holding name and device (See RETURNS for the name). Gyronny Or and sable, a wyvern erect contourny gules, a chief ermine.
Submitted as Ian Campbell of Glenlyon.

Karana Yabokchi. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Raú de Paz. Name and device. Azure bezanty, a bordure compony argent and gules.

Raven Jäe vom Schwarzwald. Name.

Sabina Portinari. Device. Argent, on a pale gules between four roses proper, a sword argent.

Umberto Ricci. Name.

William FitzGeorge of Gloucester. Name and device. Azure, a pall argent, overall a delf Or.

MERIDIES

Alys Lavender of Blackwood. Device. Azure, three Latin crosses, one and two, on a point pointed argent, a heart gules.

Cairbre mac Símaigh. Name Change from Cairbre mac Shimidh of Glen Shiel.

Enda of Inderwick. Name and Device. Per bend sinister Or and vert, a sword inverted vert hilted sable, and a closed scroll bendwise sinister argent.
The earliest form of Inderwick found on p. 376 of Black under Innerwick is Robert Inderwick or Innerwick dated 1652 and James Inderwick dated 1656. We note that there are no citation of this placename in Black, Reaney and Wilson or Johnston between the late 13th century and the mid-17th century so it is not clear when the intrusive -d- first occurred. In the absence of clear evidence that the intrusive -d- is an out of period occurrence, we gave the submitter the benefit of the doubt.

Enda of Inderwick. Badge. [Fieldless] On a mullet of 4 greater and 8 lesser points Or, an axe and a spear in saltire vert.
Please instruct the submitter to draw the axe larger.

Gillian Starke of Aberdeen. Device. Vert, a sea-unicorn erect, on a point pointed ploye argent, a gillyflower azure.

Johannes de Seleone. Name.

MIDDLE

Adelinde Petronelle David. Name and device. Purpure, three estoiles in fess between two lions passant guardant contourny Or.
Submitted as Adelinde Petronelle fils de David, we have dropped the problematic element which the submitter permits.

Alan Jarnhauss inn Harlangi. Alternate persona name of Miguel Villalobos.

Alexander de Seton of Altavia. Name and device. Argent semy of hearts gules, a seahorse maintaining a Lochaber axe azure.

Alesandre la Jardinièe. Device. Argent, on a bend vert between two turtles purpure, a turtle palewise argent.

Amaranth Wolfsbane. Name and device. Gules, on a chevron between two Latin crosses bottony and a demi-sun issuant from base Or, a chevron sable.
Please instruct the submitter to draw the bottony on the crosses more boldly.

Anna Mailander. Badge. Sable, a feather fracted in chevron, argent.
Anne of the Midlands. Name change from Tatiana Keenan.
Her previously registered name is hereby released.

Artemisia of Nicaea. Name.

Aurea Ripae, Shire of. Name and device. Gules, a bend sinister wavy azure, fimbriated, between two laurel wreaths Or.

Balder Baldersbane. Name and device. Or, a portcullis between in fess a battleaxe reversed and another sable, a base engrailed gules.

Beowulf Gordon. Name.

Calum MacDhaibhidh. Device. Azure, a mermaid proper, crined and tailed bearing a pair of scales, and in chief two mullets of four points Or.

Conal ÓhAirt. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Cornelius the Sage. Device. Per pale Or and vert, a winged stag rampant and a bordure counterchanged.
Please instruct the submitter to draw the bordure wider.

Damon Kirby. Name and device. Argent vetu gules, four lozenges in cross gules.
Submitted as Damon Kirby, it was changed at kingdom to Damian Kirby. Based on CoA research we have restored the given name to the form the submitter desired.

Edana O'Donnelly. Name and device. Or, a Donnelly knot sable.
While we have registered the charge here and in the submission from the West, effectively with the February 1997 Laurel meeting, Donnelly knots will no longer acceptable for registration in SCA heraldry.

Edmund of Hertford. Device change. Lozengy sable and argent, a lion rampant guardant purpure maintaining a cross bottony, within an orle of chain Or.
His previous device Lozengy sable and argent, a male griffin segreant guardant purpure, armed and beaked, maintaining in both forefeet a cross bottony Or., is hereby released

Edolina del Fylde. Device. Per chevron inverted vert and Or, three oak leaves conjoined in pall, fructed Or, and three decrescents vert.

Edolina del Fylde. Badge. Or, on a bend vert three acorns palewise Or.

Egon von dem Schwarzwald. Device. Lozengy vert and argent, two chess rooks in pale sable.

Hathewisse atte Mere. Device. Argent ermined vert, on a chief vert three crosses formy argent.

Hathewisse atte Mere. Badge. (Fieldless) On a cross formy vert an ermine spot argent.

Henry of Bedrule. Device. Per bend sinister argent and gules, a hemlock tree and an owl contourny, counterchanged.

Ingrid Elizabeth de Marksberry. Name and device. Or, a slip of elderberry, flowered and fructed proper, and on a chief vert a ladle reversed Or.

James McCarren. Name.

Jervisa Wainwright. Device. Purpure chape nebuly argent, a four- headed hydra rampant argent.

John O Gara. Household name for Clan Gara (see RETURNS for badge).

Konrad Mailander. Badge. Per fess sable and argent, two feathers fracted in chevron, counterchanged.

Kytte Wynpeny. Name and device. Argent, a chevron purpure between three roundels vert.

Maureen the Fewterer. Name. Melisande de Canonwald. Name and device. Azure, a chevron inverted between two hunting horns reversed and a lion dormant Or.

Rhys Morwaywffon. Device change. Argent, a sea-stag and a bordure engrailed azure.
Please instruct the submitter to draw the bordure larger.

Robert of Griffinholme. Device. Argent, a bear dormant guardant vert within a bordure engrailed sable.

Romula Rethe of the Cleftlands. Badge. Quarterly argent and sable, two feathers fracted in chevron argent.

Tuge Ghunan. Name and device. Quarterly Or and purpure, in bend a Bengal tiger rampant contourny and another rampant, vert.
Unfortunately, we do not have much information available on Mongol names. Since both of the elements of the name come from Mistress Marta's article on Mongolian names, we are giving it the benefit of the doubt.
The rules on marshalling state RfS XI.3.b. "Charged sections must all contain charges of the same type to avoid the appearance of being different from each other. " While the tigers are in different positions, they are both the same charge. Therefore, this is not marshalled armory.
Turlough Strongbow MacCormac. Name and device. Per chevron Or and azure, two dragons rampant gules and a falcon striking Or.

William Taylor the Pure. Name (see RETURNS for device).

OUTLANDS

Andre de Foucault. Device. Sable, a compass star elongated to base quarterly argent and Or supported by two lions queue forchy combatant, that to dexter argent and that to sinister Or.

Catelin O'Kelley. Name and device. Per bend sinister vert and sable, a bend sinister Or between two dexter hands apaumy argent.
Submitted as Kaitlin O'Kelley, we have changed the first name to a documented form.

Collette Ewartburgh. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Costanza de Navarre. Name and device. Azure, in pale a crescent and a mullet within a bordure argent.
Please instruct the submitter to draw the bordure larger.

Edmund of Rhuddlan. Name.

Gerard Casteleyn. Device. Per pale gules and argent, a castle within a bordure embattled all counterchanged.

Grellá Óonchobhair. Device. Ermine, a dragon segreant between four hands erased apaumy vert.

Isabeau Noellet d'Avignon. Name (see RETURNS for device).

James Forester. Name and device. Argent maily sable, in pale a label dovetailed gules and a pine tree vert.

Kathryn Brian Chevreuil. Name and device. Per pale purpure and argent ermined purpure, two swans rousant respectant counter- changed.
Kathryn is the submitter's mundane name. Katerine or Kateryn would be better forms.

Marcus Silverthorne. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Maura Ballard. Device. Purpure, two scarpes between two iris blossoms Or

Meadhbh Daingen int Sléhe. Name.
Submitted as Meadhbh na Daingen int Sléhei, we have put it into the proper form.

Rhys Afalwin. Badge. [Fieldless] A cider press sable.
This form of the cider press was registered to the submitter on his device, registered 4/90.

Ximena Alhaja de Lorca. Name and device. Purpure two mermaids respectant, each playing a pipe argent and in base a lyre Or.

WEST

Alaric of Bangor. Name.

Aneala, Barony of. Badge. [Fieldless] A demi-sun inverted argent.

Avelina de Athia. Name and device. Purpure, a three-armed candlestick Or, with candles argent flammant proper and a chief paly argent and sable.

Bruinneach nic Thighearnain. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Catairiona nI Fhlannagán. Name change from CaitrIona nI Fhlannagán.
The submitter has provided documentation of this spelling Catairiona. The spelling does not use a fada, though other words in the same document do.

Christall Moore. Name and device. Gules, a dragon segreant contourney Or and another segreant, maintaining between them a sword inverted argent.

Claire Marie Alderton. Name and device. Or, a Donnelly knot Gules, on a chief Vert three quills Or.
While we have registered this Donnelly knot, and one for a submitter in the Middle, effective with the February 1997 Laurel meeting, Donnelly knots will no longer be acceptable for registration.

Crystal of the Westermark. Name and device. Argent, a winged frog sejant, wings elevated and addorsed purpure.

Elizabeth of Malta. Name and device. Gules, a joscelyn wreathed sable and argent belled Or, on a chief Or three Maltese crosses sable.
The problem of presumptuousness was raised, since Queen Elizabeth II of England was Queen of Malta until 1964. It was the opinion of most, though not all, of the members of the College, who commented on this issue, that the name was not presumptuous.

Ian of Ettrick. Name.

Nerissa de Saye. Name.

Sagar de Montdragon. Name.

Stevyn of Leicester. Name and device. Quarterly sable and azure, in bend sinister two single-headed chess knights contourny Argent.

Tegen Meanbh. Device change. Per fess wavy sable and gules papellony argent, in chief three increscents argent.
Her current device Per bend sable and gules, a flame argent voided gules and an increscent argent., is hereby released.

Tristan of Longford. Device. Azure scaly argent, a dragon segreant a bordure embattled Or.

THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN RETURNED FOR FURTHER WORK:

AN TIR

Atli Hvíúfr. Device. Gules, a tricorporate wolf argent.
This is being returned for conflict against Roger FitzLyon (SCA) Tierced in point azure, vert and sable, a tricorporate lion argent. After comparing the two emblazons, we came to the reluctant decision that we could not grant a CD between the two monsters, since Atli's was drawn so lionlike. If he resubmitted with a more wolf like wolf, we would consider granting a CD.

David of Moffat. Device change. Vert, a cross crosslet argent quarter pierced gules and on a chief engrailed argent three hunting horns vert stringed gules.
This is being returned because of Protected Items I of the Administrative Handbook. This states "no item will be registered to a submitter if it is identical to an item used by the submitter legally or in common use outside the Society." What the submitter has submitted is virtually identical to his mundane arms.
This was returned by Master Da'ud as Laurel on the July 1995 LoAR for being heraldicly identical to the submitter's mundane arms. Since the submitter has provided no documentation that there is a heraldic difference between what he has registered to him with the Lyon King of Arms and this submission, Laurel has no choice but to return this.
We advise the submitter to wait until the new handbook is approved and issued before resubmitting or appealing this decision.

Dragon's Laire, Barony of. Household name for Corps Elite du Cheval.
This is being returned for incorrect construction. Commentary was mixed on what would be the correct form, though it appears that the form Corps d'éite de Cavalerie would be correct. We felt that this was too big a change to make without the submitter's permission, so we have returned the name.

Genevièe sens solatz. Device. Or, a heart fracted gules and a bordure embattled sable.
This is being returned for a redraw. While we see no need to ban hearts fracted, we do feel that the fracting should be done in a standard heraldic manner.

Richard Sparhawke. Device. Per chevron Or and azure, a hawk displayed counterchanged.
This is being returned for several reasons. First, if you take the blazon as it stands, while the field is divided per chevron, as drawn the hawk is primarily Or, with only half of the wings being azure. This is not enough for a tincture CD, thereby putting it in conflict with a number of protected devices of the form (field) a displayed Or , including: Aethelhelm Hafoc (SCA), Bendy sinister wavy sable and argent, a hawk displayed, belled Or, jessed vert.; David Evan McKuenn (SCA) Per fess rayonny sable and gules, an eagle displayed Or breathing flames proper.; Napoleon I (Important mundane armory) Azure, an eagle displayed contourny grasping in both claws a thunderbolt Or.; and several others. In each case there is 1 CD for the field, but that is all.
Additionally, this could easily be blazoned as Or, a pile inverted azure, overall a hawk displayed counterchanged., and in fact was the blazon originally on the submissions forms. We don't allow counterchanging of animate objects over ordinaries.
The submitter should be careful when resubmitting to make it clearly per chevron to avoid this problem i.e. the eagle should clearly be half Or and half azure.

Shane McNeil de la Forest. Device. Azure, a man's head cabossed crined and bearded of leaves within an orle Or.
This is being returned for non-reproducability. If the submitter had drawn what was blazoned we would consider registering it. However, the blazon does not adequately describe the emblazon. While the head could be described as bearded of leaves, we could come up with no heraldic way to describe the hair - crined of leaves does not describe it.

ATENVELDT

Johann von Salzbrunnen am der Weg. Name.
This is being returned for incorrect construction. First, am is a contraction of an dem and therefore already contains the definite article. The second definite article, der, is superfluous. (It also has the wrong form. After the preposition the noun, which is masculine, is in the dative case; the masculine dative singular form of the definite article is dem, not der.) Johann von Salzbrunnen am Weg would make him from a place named Salzbrunnen am Weg `saline spring by the road'. The LoI indicates, however, that he actually intended the byname to be topographical rather than toponymic. If he really wants to be `John at the saline spring by the road', he should correct the byname to zum Salzbrunnen am Weg.

Madelina of Mountain Pass. Name.
This name is being returned for non period style. Mountain Pass is both modern in style and widlly improbably. OE geat `gate' was used in the sense of `pass'; it can appear as yat(e) in ME. Madelina in the Yat would be quite good.

Owen Blakshepe. Name change from Owen Blacksheep.
While Laurel would have dearly loved to register this name change, no forms were included, so Laurel was unable to do so.

Ulric de Dalyhel. Device. Or, a lion rampant gules within a bordure lozengy sable and Or.
This is being returned for conflict with Hapsburg (important mundane arms) Or, a lion rampant gules crowned azure. As no difference is given for the crown there is only one CD for the addition of the bordure.

ATLANTIA

Adina von der Heide. Device change. Per bend azure and paly bendy purpure and argent, in sinister chief a salamander Or enflamed proper.
This is being returned for conflict with Ardis Bluemantle (SCA) (Fieldless) A lizard tergiant Or. There is one CD for the difference in fields. Since Ardis' badge is fieldless there is nothing for position. Therefore, the only possible difference could come from the flames. The submitter has drawn the salamander properly with small goutes of flame coming off it. Unfortunately, of the eight goutes of flame, five were solid gules, and three were solid Or. Therefore, if the goutes are significant enough to count for difference, this would have to be returned for breaking tincture. If the submitter resubmits with argent flames, we would consider granting a difference.

Conall Ruáh mag Fhionnain. Device. Argent, a snake erect contourny gules and in dexter chief a martlet sable.
This is being returned for conflict against Robert de la Tor-Fraisse (SCA) Argent, a sea-serpent haurient reguardant gules. There is one CD for the addition of the martlet.

CAID

Arthur of Anchoridge
We could come up with no sound justification for this form. With the meaning "the cell or retreat of an anchorite", the forms Arthur atte ancre huse, or the like. The OE ancorsetl "hermitage" could possible result in Ankersettle. And, a modern Anchorhouse from the earlier Ankerhouse would also be reasonable. Furthermore, since there exists the river Ander, and an early Anker hrycg could certainly have become a late-period Ankeridge.

Francine de Ruen. Device. Argent, on a fess between four ermine spots sable, three and one, a lion passant guardant brandishing a sword argent.
After much thought we have decided that this is in conflict with the arms of Randall of Hightower (SCA), Ermine, on a fess gules a lion passant guardant Or. There is one CD for the difference in tincture between the two fesses. The second CD must come from the difference in field. Technically, there are two CD's between ermine and argent charged with four ermine spots. However, ermine can be drawn with only a few spots. Furthermore, if the spots were drawn large and in the form three, two and one, and a fess was put over the field, you could get a drawing that looked like this. In fact, Randall's device only has six ermine spots on it.

DRACHENWALD

Dargon Aarwald. Name.
This is being returned because Dargon can only be documented as a surname in period.

Eckhardt zu Westfilde. Badge. Per fess gules and argent, an eagle facing to sinister argent and a compass star azure, and a chief embattled argent.
This is being returned for a redraw. The chief is too small and resembles a very thin label.

Gotvik, Shire of. Device. Azure, a dolphin urinant and in canton a laurel wreath argent.
This is being returned for conflict with the badge of the Order of the Dolphin of Caid, Azure, a dolphin embowed uriant to sinister argent. The only difference between urinant and urinant to sinister is the head position, which we do not count for difference. Thus there is only one CD, for addition of the Laurel wreath.

Maire ingen I Cathasaigh. Device. Purpure, a pale ermine, overall a antelope rampant within a bordure potenty Or.
This is being returned for a redraw. The bordure is way too small.

Martin Andreas of Windsor. Device. Azure, a mandrake argent between three goblets Or.
This is being returned for a redraw. The mandrake is halfway drawn halfway between the heraldic plant and the natural plant.

Roterde, Kanton. Badge. (Fieldless) On a tankard Or, banded and foaming argent, a laurel wreath sable.
This is being returned because of the use of the Laurel wreath on the tankard. Only official group arms may use a laurel wreath. When resubmitting, if they wish to use a tankard, they should be aware of: Daniel de Tankard (1/74) Gules, a tankard of beer Or headed argent; Peter Mihailopoulos (5/91) [Fieldless] On a tankard reversed Or a Stafford knot inverted sable; and William of Woodland (10/81) Vert, on a tankard Or a cross crosslet fitchy vert.

EAST

Colin Tyndall de ffrayser Device. Gules, a phoenix within a double tressure Or.
This is being returned for a redraw. The tressure is far too thin, too thin for an instruction to the submitter to redraw the tressure. A possible conflict was called with Bogdan Borodets (SCA), Gules, a Russian firebird displayed Or, crested and its six tail-feathers each charged with a heart, all azure. Since this was returned for a redraw, that issue was not addressed.

Deirdre de la Fleur. Badge. (Fieldless) A gillyflower quarterly gules and azure.
This is being returned for conflict against the Emperor of Japan (Important mundane armory), Dark, a sixteen-petalled chrysanthemum light. After comparing the picture submitted and the picture in Laurel's books on Japanese mon, we felt that we could not grant a difference.

Dulcia Sabine. Name and device. Per bend azure and argent, a bear sejant erect and a bow and arrow in saltire counterchanged.
This is being returned for slot machine. It uses three different charges in one charge group.

Ian Campbell of Glenlyon. Name.
Glenlyon is one of the seats of the Campbells. Current precedent states: "The Society considers the use of a clan name (Guinne, Gunn) with the seat of the clan (Kilernan) to be presumptuous; the only examples we've found of such usage are by clan chiefs and their immediate families." (Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme, LoAR January 1993, p. 24) Therefore, this name is presumptuous. We have registered this name under the holding name Ian Campbell of Saint Swithin's Bog.

Jacqueline Aurielle de Limousin. Name.
No documentation for the name Aurielle could be found; only the forms Aureille, a southern variant of oreille "ear", or Aurelle, a place-name. The latter will sound more like Aurielle. As for Limousin, the idiomatic expression in modern French is le Limousin, so the byname should be du Limousin "of the Limousin." Since the submitter would not allow changes, we are forced to return the name.

Karana Yabokchi. Device. Azure, a hummingbird rising argent.
This is being returned for conflict with Francesca of Bright Angel (SCA), Azure, a dove displayed head elevated argent. There is one CD for position, but nothing for type.

Kiara O Slevin of the White Hands. Name and device. Vert, a natural dolphin haurient embowed, a chief wavy argent.
The name is being returned for incorrect construction. The byname is completely out of place: you would not find a late-period Englishing of an Irish name combined with a bad translation of a medieval French literary epithet?! The French versions of the romance precede the English ones, and The Arthurian Encyclopedia, s.n. Isolde of the White Hands, seems to indicate that the name is a translation of Iseut (or Yseut) aux Blanches Mains, a French form consonant with such attested period examples as Aales aux Grosses treices 1292 Alice with the large braids (Lebel, 68). When such bynames were actually still in use, the natural English translation would have been withe Whithand (Wytehand, etc., or possibly in the plural, with handes, hands, honden, etc.). Before long the preposition and article would have fallen by the wayside, as in the extant examples noted in the LoI. At no time would of the White Hands have been even a modern spelling of a plausible ME version of the French byname. The submitter forbade dropping any elements in order to register the name, so we are forced to return this.
The device is being returned for conflict with Lassarina Kieren (SCA), Vert, a dolphin haurient and in chief a mullet of eight points argent. Based on Master Bruce's research, which indicated that the amount of embowing appeared to be an artistic variant in period, we are granting no difference between a haurient and haruient embowed.

Tyrack of Trinlyr. Name and device. Per fess sable and vert, a winged elephant affronty with wings displayed argent.
The name is being returned for incorrect construction. Most names constructed from ill-attested "themes" given by Searle don't work. The evidence for Tir- is especially unimpressive: five instances of Tirweald (if he hasn t normalized the actual citation), two of them moneyers and therefore quite likely to be foreign, and one of Tirwulf. However, there is some evidence that there were a few rare OE names with this prototheme: Selté shows ME descendants of both of the names noted by Searle (e.g., Christina Terrewald 1283, Ric. Tirewald 1283; Hugo f. Tirolf 1153-68). Searle doesn t list -ac as a deuterotheme; rather, he lists it as a spelling variant of -heah, to which the reader is referred. This is a genuine OE deuterotheme, but Searle gives no cross-references to names containing it; fortunately, Selté (II:192) lists æfheah and Wulfheah. In his article on the latter he cites inter alia Wulfac de Felterton 1209; for the former he has only Rogerus Alfey 1327, to which Feilitzen adds Alfac and Elfac (among many others). From this we may conjecture an OE Tirheah, which might have appeared in ME as Tirac. Furthermore, four of Selté s five citations for ME reflexes of Tirweald have e instead of i in the first syllable, indicating that the original long i had been first shortened and then lowered to e before the liquid r. Thus, the evidence actually supports Terac a bit better than it does Tirac in the first place. We would be quite willing to register Tirac as a hypothetical early ME reflex of a hypothetical OE Tirheah; We'd prefer not to stretch all the way to Tyrac, and the final k is out of the question.
Reaney & Wilson note a few ME topographical bynames like Hiller "dweller on a hill", Denner "dweller in the valley" (from OE dene "valley"), Fielder (Geoffrey le Felder 1327), etc. S.n. Trendall they cite Ernald Trendel 1177, the byname being OE trendel, used of "woods, wells, hills, earthworks, etc. of circular shape". Smith glosses the OE word "a circle, a ring" and notes that it also occurs as trindel and tryndel. It's a bit hypothetical, but on this evidence we'd be willing to allow the possibility that someone living near a trendel in the 12th c. might have been called tryndeler. Tirac Tryndeler is pretty hypothetical from start to finish, but we would consider registereing it.
The armory is being returned for a redraw. As drawn it is difficult to figure out what the submitted charge is.

MERIDIES

Stephen Wolfe. Badge. [Fieldless] A wolf's head erased within and conjoined to an annulet argent.
This is being returned for a redraw. The ears, nose and part of the neck of this head overlap the annulet and the head is barely overall. The parts of the head should not overlap the annulet.

MIDDLE

Conal óhAirt. Device. Gyronny arrondi of six argent and gules, in dexter chief a hart sable.
This is being returned for a redraw. As Master Bruce as Laurel said in his 3/93 cover letter "Parker, p.301, states that gyronny of six should be symmetric around the horizontal axis, not the vertical axis; and this is borne out by such period examples as I've been able to uncover. "

Deirdre Mac Morcat. Name.
This is being returned for incorrect construction. It s not clear that there was a personal name that was a diminutive of catt "cat", and if there was, it wasn't constructed by adding an adjective meaning "little"; rather, it was formed by adding a standard diminutive suffix. The underlying Irish, in modern spelling, would be Deirdre inghean Chait Mh&0acute;ir Deirdre daughter of Big Catt . At an earlier date more compatible with the only available instance of Catt this would have been Derdriu ingen Chait M&0acuteir.

Duncan Nobeard. Name.
This is being returned for non period style. The submitted documentation does not support the form No-X where X is a physical attribute, and no commenter could provide any.

Genevieve Chastisse de Vaucresson. Device. Vair en pointe, on a bend between two garden lilies Or a peacock close proper.
This is being returned for a redraw. The flower is not recognizably any known type of period flower.

John O Gara. Household badge. Argent, on a pile inverted throughout vert between two trees proper, a sword and a boar s head erased close argent.
This could also be blazoned as "Per chevron throughout argent and vert, in chief two trees proper and in base in pale a sword and a boar's head argent." Blazoned that way, it would be slot machine. The badge also has the problem that the boar's head is somewhere between couped and erased. When the submitter resubmits, please instruct him to draw as clearly one or the other.

Klaus Hartel von Ulm. Device. Pily bendy sinister gules and argent, in sinister chief a mullet of eight points argent.
This is being returned for conflict against the badge of the Chronicler of the Kingdom of Ansteorra: (Tinctureless) A mullet of five greater and five lesser points distilling gouttes. There is a CD for fieldlessness/tinctureless, but nothing for the difference between two mullets of eight points or more, nothing for the gouttes, and nothing for position or tincture against a fieldless/tinctureless badge.

Melchor Stoneteeth. Device. Argent masoned sable, goutty de sang, a bull rampant guardant sable and on a chief embattled azure a sword reversed argent.
This is being returned for a redraw. On the full size emblazon, the horns of the bull overlap the chief. Additionally, we have some doubts about the combination of the gouttes and the masoning.

Romula Rethe of the Cleftlands. Badge. (Fieldless) A sword sable surmounted by a feather fesswise, fracted in chevron, argent.
This submission depends on careful drawing as to not violate our rules on fieldless style. An average heraldic artist would not be able to reproduce this picture in a way that would not violate our rules.

Rosalyn MacGregor. Device. Argent, a rose purpure slipped and leaved vert, a bordure engrailed purpure.
This is being returned for conflict with the badge of Alyanora of Vinca (SCA 2/75), Argent, a periwinkle (Vince minor) proper. There is only one CD for the addition of a bordure, but nothing to for the addition of the slipped and leaving. The tincture of the periwinkle in Alyanora's badge is somewhere between blue in purple, and therefore both azure and purpure flowers could potentially conflict with it.

William Taylor the Pure. Device. Per pale purpure and vert, a bear s leg issuant from base, maintaining a clay pot, Or.
This is being returned for unidentifiability. The clay pot, since it is of the same tincture of the bear's paw, makes the entire charge look like some sort of strange tower from a distance. If the pot was a different tincture from the bear's leg, we would consider registering it.

OUTLANDS

Caerthe, Barony of. Badge. Per bend Or and vert, an aspen leaf and a goblet counterchanged.
This is being returned for lack of form.

Collette Ewartburgh. Device. Or, three estoiles, two and one, azure and a lamb statant sable, between flaunches indented vert.
This is being returned for a redraw. The indented flaunches need to have the indents drawn larger and with fewer of them. When drawing complex lines of division, the "bumpity" parts should be drawn big and bold.

Isabeau Noellet d'Avignon. Device. Argent, a wyvern rampant vert and a chief fleury-counter fleury purpure.
This is being returned for conflict with Minimoto Akataro (SCA) Argent, a dragon rampant vert holding in the dexter forepaw a latin cross trefly Or. And with the device of Erik of Flamewood (SCA) Argent, a wyvern erect vert maintaining an oak leaf and a fireball gules. In each case there is only one CD, for addition of the chief.

Marcus Silverthorne. Device. Sable, in pale a scythe reversed argent and a fret throughout Or.
This is being returned for conflict with Leila of the Meadows, Sable, a bowen knot crosswise fretted with a bendlet and a scarpe Or., with one CD for the addition of the scythe. Additionally, the placement of the fret raised a number of doubts among the commenters

WEST

Bruinneach nic Thighearnain. Device. Per bend sinister gules and sable, a Latin cross flory argent.
This is being returned for conflict against the badge of Stephen de Huyn [Fieldless] A cross of Santiago argent., registered on this letter. There is one CD for change in field, but nothing for the difference between a cross of Santiago and a Latin cross flory.
Since both submissions were from the same month, we followed the strictures from the Board which meant that we had to determine the membership status of the two submitters, since if one was a member and one was not, the member would get priority. As it turned out, both submitters were current members of the SCA. Therefore, the date of the letter of intent became the determining factor. Since the Caid letter was dated before the Western letter, Stephen's submission was registered and Bruinneach's was returned.

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