AN TIR

 

Æthelfrith Hluda. Device. Sable, three roundels argent.

Nice armory!

 

Aubrey Merle. Name.

 

Eoin Mac Cainnigh. Badge. (Fieldless) A stag’s head caboshed per pale azure and Or.

 

Fearghus Slànaighear. Name and device. Azure, three mazers argent.

Submitted as Fearghus an Slànaigher, use of the definite article is extremely rare in Gaelic names. Therefore, barring documentation of its use with Slànaigher we have dropped it. Additionally, the byname was misspelt, leaving out the final a. We have corrected this.

 

Maryn Grey. Household name for Whytwoode Hall.

 

Maryn Grey. Badge. (Fieldless) An apple tree argent within and conjoined to an annulet Or.

 

Nordholt, Canton of. Name.

 

 

ANSTEORRA

 

Aaron MacGregor. Name.

 

Abigail Pinel. Name.

 

Alarich Iarngard von Thorn. Name change from Alarich Iarngard Holzfäller.

His former name Alarich Iarngard Holzfäller is hereby released.

 

Alix von Ravensburg. Name.

 

Annabel Kincaid. Device. Per pale gules and purpure, a weaver's knot and a bordure argent.

 

Brita MacGregor. Name and device. Per bend argent and purpure, a dove close and a dove close contourny, a bordure embattled all counterchanged.

 

Cassandra de Laci. Device. Or, a catamount rampant sable and on a chief triangular gules a hawk's lure Or.

 

David Falvy Falconer. Device. Sable, an eagle displayed and on a chief Or three mullets of six greater and six lesser points sable.

 

Eleanor Taylor. Device. Checky vert and argent, a pink flamingo close proper.

 

Esther Anne Wright. Device. Per saltire Or and argent, four frogs, heads outward, azure.

 

Evandre of Middleham More. Name and device. Quarterly sable and gules, a horse rampant argent.

Nice armory!

 

Galen Saint Amand. Name and device. Per bend sable and gules, a crescent and a sword, a bordure Or.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the bordure larger.

Gilyan Alienora of Clonmacnoise. Name and device. Per bend purpure and vert, a bend dovetailed between a horseshoe and a wolf's pawprint Or.

 

John Luke Malleolus. Name and device. Per bend azure and argent, a bend between a chasing hammer and a cross of Cleves, all counterchanged.

 

Krag von Berghen. Name.

 

Magnus von Lübeck. Name and device. Argent, on a chevron gules three mortars and pestles Or, a chief gules.

 

Padric O Mullan. Name.

Note: Padric is the submitter's legal name.

 

Rosalia O Brogan. Device. Argent, two rose branches in saltire vert, each with a rose gules, and on a chief sable three butterflies Or.

 

Stefan de Bâle. Name.

Found on the LoI as Stefan de Basle, it was originally submitted as Stefan de Bâle, and changed in kingdom because they did not think the use of a circumflex was period.

However, according to Metron Aristron:

"The use of a line over a vowel to indicate the loss of a following consonant or consonants is fairly ancient, appearing regularly in period manuscripts in the vernacular as early as the eleventh century and much earlier in Latin sources. "

Therefore, we have returned it to the originally submitted form.

 

Stephen McLarty. Name (see RETURNS for device).

 

Thomas O Toole. Name.

 

Ysfael Bryndu. Name.

 

 

ATLANTIA

 

Anastasia da Firenze. Change of name from Arianwen ferch Maelgwn and device change. Or, on a bend azure between two seeblätter vert, an owl palewise affronty Or.

Her previous name Arianwen ferch Maelgwn is to be retained an alternate name. Her previous device Vert, a seeblatt argent, a chief argent fretty sable., is hereby released.

 

Anastasiia Volchkova Vladimirova vnuka. Name and device. Purpure, a hedgehog rampant Or sustaining a key argent.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the charges larger.

 

Astrid Thorvardsdatter. Device. Per pale argent and azure, two wings conjoined in lure counterchanged.

Note: this was pended from the April LoAR.

 

Atlantia, Kingdom of. Badge for the Minister of the Lists. Per pale argent and azure, a table sable between three quill pens one and two bendwise sinister counterchanged.

Documentation has been provided to show that this is a period form of table.

 

Aurelia of Caer Mear. Name and device. Argent, on a chevron inverted azure a roundel between an increscent and a decrescent, all palewise, argent.

Questions were raised about the "phases of the moon" on the chevron and whether or not it is grounds for return. While not good style, it is, at worst, one weirdness, and is not in and of itself grounds for return.

 

Brigit Gilbertstoune. Device. Per saltire azure and argent, a cross patonce counterchanged.

 

Celia of Rosedale. Name and device. Azure, a harp Or, on a chief argent three crosses bottony gules.

 

Eadan ni Fhionn Leithe. Name and device. Sable, a harp argent, a bordure argent semy of shamrocks vert.

 

Ekaterina Vladimirovna. Alternate name and badge for Chagan Khulan. Or, on a hurt a horse's head couped argent.

 

Eleonora Salutati. Name (see RETURNS for device).

 

Isabeau Michaela Hawke. Household name for Company of Hawke's Hunters.

 

Isabel d'Avignon. Device. Azure, a sun Or, on a chief argent three decrescents azure.

 

Jadwiga Zajaczkowa. Device. Purpure, in pale a hare courant and an open book Or charged with a sprig of rosemary fesswise vert.

 

Margaret Cameron. Change of name from Morgaine de la Flamme.

Her former name Morgaine de la Flamme is hereby released.

 

Marion of Manchester. Name and device. Vairy sable and argent, on a bend vert, an eagle in chief Or.

 

Robert the Forgotten of Foxmoor. Change of name from Robert the Forgotten.

His former name Robert the Forgotten is hereby released.

 

Rodrigo Hernandez de Toledo. Household badge for Casa Hernandez. Quarterly azure and sable, a bordure argent.

 

 

CAID

 

Aoibheall an Sionnach. Name and device. Or, in fess a fox sejant regardant sable between two branches palewise proper leaved vert.

Note this is one of the few documented occasions where the Gaelic byname incorporates the definite article.

 

Cassandra of Warwick. Name and device. Or, a saltire purpure between four roses gules.

 

Charles O’ Malley. Name.

 

Chrétienne de Haverington. Name.

 

Conall MacSeaghain. Device. Or, a chair reversed, and a bordure embattled vert.

 

Ghislaine d'Auxerre. Badge. (Fieldless) A spur fesswise Or.

Her badge (Fieldless) A fox rampant contourny sable estencely and marked argent ravishing a goose argent. is hereby released.

 

Guinevere d'Avignon. Name.

 

James of Wintermist. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Argent, on a fess between two lightning bolts fesswise gules a compass star argent.

The armory was submitted under the name Acrisius Sospes.

 

Labhran mac Iain Ghlinne na Guineach. Name and device. Gyronny argent and sable, a dolphin haurient within an orle gules.

Submitted as Labhriumm Mac Iain Gleann na Guineach, based on evidence from Black's Surnames of Scotland, p. 534, the submitted given name is an out-of-period form backformed from the English and/or Latin form of Laurence. Black indicates very clearly that the Middle Gaelic form of the given name is Labhran. The place name means "Glen of the Gunn folk". Na Guineach is a feminine genitive with the usual feminine genitive article. However, Gleann is a nomina with locatives included in Calder (Gaelic Grammar, p141), it should be placed in the genitive (genitive of origin) and lenited: Ghlinne na Guineach. Thus the name as a whole should be Labhran mac Iain Ghlinne na Guineach.

 

 

DRACHENWALD

 

Aarnimetsä, Barony of. Household name for Korven kylä and badge. Per pale Or and sable, two ravens rising respectant wings elevated counterchanged.

A question was raised as to whether official SCA branches could register households which would be used as a designator for a subgroup of the branch. This has been done before, for the Borough of Felding (Barony of Carolingia) and the Household of Elmeston (Barony of Dragonship Haven.) The Administrative Handbook clearly states that Society branches may register household names and armory.

 

Kaarnemaa, Canton of. Name.

 

 

LOCHAC

 

Foxwood, Canton of. Name change from Armandie, Canton of.

 

 

MERIDIES

 

Gleann Abhann, Principality of. Name and device. Per pale gules and sable, a ram rampant within a laurel wreath, in chief a coronet argent.

 

Gleann Abhann, Principality of. Acceptance of transfer of badge from Jane Falada of Englewood for consort's device. Per pale gules and sable, a ram rampant within a wreath of roses in chief a coronet argent.

 

Gleann Abhann, Principality of. Acceptance of transfer of badge from Godfrey of Huntington. (Fieldless) A ram clymant argent.

 

Gleann Abhann, Principality of. Acceptance of transfer of Order name from Meridies, Kingdom of. Order of the Combattant Rams.

 

Gleann Abhann, Principality of. Acceptance of transfer of Order name from Meridies, Kingdom of. Order of the Diamond.

 

Gleann Abhann, Principality of. Acceptance of transfer of Order name from Meridies, Kingdom of. Order of the Garnet Chalice.

 

Gleann Abhann, Principality of. Acceptance of transfer of Order name from Meridies, Kingdom of. Order of the Lamb.

 

Gleann Abhann, Principality of. Acceptance of transfer of Order name from Meridies, Kingdom of. Order of the Onyx Chalice.

 

Gleann Abhann, Principality of. Acceptance of transfer of Order name from Meridies, Kingdom of. Order of the Rams Heart.

 

Gleann Abhann, Principality of. Acceptance of transfer of Order name from Meridies, Kingdom of. Order of the Silver Ram.

 

Godfrey of Huntington. Transfer of Badge to Gleann Abhann, Principality of. (Fieldless) A ram clymant argent.

 

Jane Falada of Englewood. Transfer of Badge to Gleann Abhann, Principality of. Per pale gules and sable, a ram rampant within a wreath of roses, in chief a coronet embattled argent.

 

Meridies, Kingdom of. Release of Herald's title. Gleann Abhann Pursuivant.

 

Meridies, Kingdom of. Transfer of Order name to Gleann Abhann, Principality of. Order of the Combattant Rams.

 

Meridies, Kingdom of. Transfer of Order name to Gleann Abhann, Principality of. Order of the Diamond.

 

Meridies, Kingdom of. Transfer of Order name to Gleann Abhann, Principality of. Order of the Garnet Chalice.

 

Meridies, Kingdom of. Transfer of Order name to Gleann Abhann, Principality of. Order of the Lamb.

 

Meridies, Kingdom of. Transfer of Order name to Gleann Abhann, Principality of. Order of the Onyx Chalice.

 

Meridies, Kingdom of. Transfer of Order name to Gleann Abhann, Principality of. Order of the Rams Heart.

 

Meridies, Kingdom of. Transfer of Order name to Gleann Abhann, Principality of. Order of the Silver Ram.

 

 

MIDDLE

 

Alwen the Weaver. Name.

 

Æsa Ingvarsdóttir. Name change from Genevieve Okeburne de la Mere.

Her former name Genevieve Okeburne de la Mere is hereby released.

 

Cecilia Warvic de Stradforde. Badge. Purpure, a sinister arm fesswise embowed reversed argent sustaining a jester’s bauble Or, faced of skull argent, capped per pale ermine and Or.

 

Fionnbharr Seabhac. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Found on the LoI as Fionbharr an Seabhac, the given name was typoed on LOI; the proper spelling of the given name has two n's. We have corrected this. Additionally we have removed the article an in the byname, as it is rarely used in Gaelic.

 

Garreth Emeric. Name (see RETURNS for device).

 

Gwen Pengam. Name.

 

Marie l’Englois. Name.

 

Norborough, Marche of. Name.

 

Patraic Ó Dochartaigh. Device. Quarterly vert and argent, a dog salient counterchanged.

 

Sigrid de la Mare. Name.

Found on the LoI as Sigerith de la Mare, it was originally submitted as Sigrid De la Mare, and changed in kingdom. Documentation has been presented for Sigrid as a likely form since Von Feilitzen's The Pre-Conquest Names of Domesday Book, p. 364, shows the forms Sigreda, Segrid and Segrida.

 

Thalia Baroncelli. Name.

Note: documentation was presented for the use of Thalia by humans in our period.

 

Valentine Christian Warner. Badge. Purpure, a skull argent wearing a fool’s cap per pale ermine and Or.

 

 

OUTLANDS

 

Adeleva de Isla Tortuga Name and device. Argent, a bend sable between two turtles vert.

Submitted as Adeleva de Casa Tortuga, no documentation was presented and none could be found for that form, therefore we have changed it to a documented place.

 

Adriana O'Connor of Castlereagh. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Submitted as Adriana O’Connor of Castlereigh, the place name is actually Castlereagh in English from the Irish Caisleán Riabhach meaning "grey castle" (Room, Dictionary of Irish Place Names, p. 35 and O’Connell, The Meaning of Irish Place Names, p. 22). We have made the appropriate change.

 

Asta Olafsdottir. Name.

 

Bjorn inn gauzki. Name.

 

Catrina Gunn. Name.

Submitted as Catriona Gunn, this mixes Gaelic and English orthography which is against our rules. We have changed the Gaelic Catriona to the English Catrina.

 

Christiana Ann Steen. Device. Quarterly azure and ermine, a tyger rampant regardant, a bordure raguly Or.

Emma of Essex. Badge. (Fieldless) An open pair of scissors inverted azure

 

Gerald of Coventry. Name and device. Gules, on a bend invected Or, three brown ferrets statant fesswise proper.

 

Gwenhevare of Coventry. Name and device. Argent, two gores and in chief a rose sable.

 

Karl Braden von Sobernheim. Name.

 

Kay Landers. Name and device. Or, on a fleur-de-lys vert, a sword proper.

 

Madigan of Kandahar. Device. Argent semy of roses gules, a brown hare rampant proper.

 

Marcello Antonio Cattarossi da San Marco. Name and device. Vert, on a fess between two lyres argent, a lion of Saint Mark passant guardant gules.

Submitted as Marcello Antonio Cattarossi di San Marco, the correct form for the locative is da, not di. We have made the appropriate change.

 

Nikodemus of Axemoor. Device. Or, two rapiers inverted in saltire sable surmounted by a lozenge purpure, on a chief vert three fleurs-de-lys Or.

 

Paul Jameson of Sutton. Name.

 

Robert of Deerbourne. Name (see RETURNS for device).

 

Wolfgang Eckhart. Device. Per bend sinister argent and azure, a dragon contourny and a unicorn rampant counterchanged.

 

SOCIETY FOR CREATIVE ANACHRONISM

 

Aran of Old, Earl of. Argent, a lymphad sable.

Important non-SCA arms.

 

Lorne of Old, the Lord of. Or, a lymphad sable.

Important non-SCA arms.

 

WEST

 

Ilijana Krakowska. Name and device. Per pale argent and gules, two cats sejant addorsed counterchanged.

 

Mary Elizabeth Fairweather of Priors Hardwick. Name change from Elizabeth Fairweather of Priors Hardwick.

Her former name Elizabeth Fairweather of Priors Hardwick, is hereby released.

 

Micah Rose. Name and device. Argent, a Celtic cross purpure a bordure embattled sable.

 

 

THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN RETURNED FOR FURTHER WORK:

 

AN TIR

 

Fearghus Slànaighear. Badge. (Fieldless) A mazer argent.

This conflicts with Kathleen Erin-go-burne-the-Bragh (Vert, a chalice argent containing flames Or). as cited on the LoI. There is certainly one CD for fieldlessness, but the flames are not large enough to be count for difference.

 

 

ANSTEORRA

 

Cathlin Sommerfield. Badge. (Fieldless) A pomegranate sable slipped, leaved, and seeded Or.

As drawn this conflicts with Allaine de Beamont of Glastonbury (Fieldless) A pomegranate slipped and leaved Or., since in Cathlin's depiction of the pomegranate, the slipping and leaving is so significant, it is more than one half Or, so there is no difference for tincture.

 

Mercedes de Cerdaña. Name.

Unfortunately, no documentation has been presented, and none could be found to show Mercedes as a period given name. The best that was found was María de las Mercedes, from 1690. This is well past our grey area, and does not even document Mercedes as a stand alone name. Barring documentation that Mercedes was used as a given name in period, this must be returned.

 

Reginleif Ragnarsdottir. Device. Or chapé gules, a bird displayed azure.

While blazoned on the LoI as a raven, it is really a generic bird. It has none of the identifying marks that would distinguish it as a raven., A generic bird is not significantly different from any other type of bird. Therefore this conflicts with Michael von Rosenau Argent, an owl displayed azure maintaining a rose fesswise gules, slipped., and Sheila Eileen Natalia MacDougal of Perth Ermine, a dove displayed azure grasping a vine vert, flowered purpure and leaved vert., as cited on the LoI. There is one CD in each case for the field, but nothing for the difference in type of bird, and nothing for the maintained charge.

 

Rosalie Automne. Device. Vert, two oak sprigs in chevron and on a base argent a rose azure.

This is being returned for a redraw. The oak sprigs are not in chevron or in any blazonable position.

 

Stephen McLarty. Device. Gules, a hammer inverted and on a chief Or three anvils sable.

This conflicts with Gunnar the Smith Sable, a Thor’s hammer and on a chief Or three anvils sable. Since a Thor’s hammer is inverted by default, the only CD is for the field.

 

 

ATLANTIA

 

Eleonora Salutati. Device. Per pale azure and argent, two peacocks close respectant, tails to base, counterchanged maintaining between them a bezant.

This conflicts with Mathilde Meyer Per pale azure and argent, two geese respectant enraged counterchanged., and Ceri of Carmarthen Per pale azure and argent, two martlets respectant counterchanged. In each case there is a CD between the birds but not complete difference of charge, and nothing for the addition of the maintained bezant.

 

Kyneburh Boithuile. Badge. (Fieldless) A dog courant argent charged on the shoulder with a quatrefoil azure.

This is being returned for a redraw. As drawn the dogs legs are halfway between courant and statant, blurring the line between them. Since we give a CD between the two positions, it must be clearly one or the other.

 

Morgana MacKay. Name.

According to the LoI Morgana is SCA compatible. That is not the case. Barring documentation that Morgana was used by a human as a given name prior to the year 1600, this name must be returned.

 

 

CAID

 

Acrisius Sospes. Name.

This is being returned for several reasons. First, for lack of documentation. While the LoI cited documentation, it did not include any, and the sources were not from the list of sources for which Laurel does not require photocopies.

Second, even if documentation had been provided, it is not clear that Acrisius is an acceptable name for use in the Society. While it is found in Greek and Roman mythology, it appears to be the name of a mythological king, and not a real person. Barring documentation that it was used by a real person, it must be returned.

Finally, while the LoI glossed Sospes as meaning lucky, the primary use of the adjective, according to Lewis and Short's Latin Dictionary, is savior, in the religious sense of the word, and therefore not appropriate for SCA usage.

The armory was registered under the holding name James of Wintermist.

 

Isabetta Issoncourt. Name.

While the LoI asserted that Isabetta is a plausible construction from Elisabetta, nothing was provided to show why that was a plausible construction, and no one in the College was able to provide the necessary information. Barring a pattern of such usage, or actual documentation for that form, the name must be returned.

 

LOCHAC

 

None!

 

 

MERIDIES

 

None!

 

MIDDLE

 

Bodvarr skipasmidr. Badge. (Fieldless) A drakkar, sails furled sable.

This conflicts with Aran of Old, Earl of Argent, a lymphad sable and Lorne of Old, the Lord of Or, a lymphad sable. In both cases the only difference is the automatic CD for fieldlessness.

Note: this was pended on the April 1998 LoAR

 

David de Brailes. Name.

This is returned for lack of paperwork.

 

Fionnbharr Seabhac. Device. Argent, a falcon stooping and on a chief vert a rapier reversed proper.

This is returned for lack of paperwork.

 

Garreth Emeric. Device. Argent, two chevronels and two chevronels inverted interlaced sable, flaunches counterchanged.

This is being returned because of the charges surmounting the flaunches. We have not allowed charges to surmount flaunches for the past sixteen years.

 

Meadhbh ni Bhriain. Badge. Purpure, a dexter arm embowed fesswise reversed maintaining a bag erminois.

This is being returned for lack of paperwork. However, even if the paperwork had been sent, this conflicts with Cecilia Warvic de Stradforde badge Purpure, a sinister arm fesswise embowed reversed argent sustaining a jester’s bauble Or, faced of skull argent, capped per pale ermine and Or., registered on this letter. There is one CD for the addition of the jester's bauble.

 

Ramshaven, Barony of. Order name for The Order of the Favor of Ramshaven.

This violates RfS 2.b.ii Names of Orders and Awards.

Names of orders and awards must follow the patterns of the names of period orders and awards. These are often the names of saints; others are similar to sign names (see RfS III.2.a.iii). Some examples are: the Order of Saint Michael, the Order of Saint Maurice and Saint Lazarus, the Brethren of the Sword, the Order of the Garter, La Toison d'Or (the Order of the Golden Fleece), the Order of the Golden Rose, the Order of the Star, the Order of the Swan, La Orden de la Jara (the Knights of the Tankard), the Order of Lilies.

Barring documentation that The Order of the Favor of Ramshaven follows such a pattern, it must be returned.

 

 

OUTLANDS

 

Adriana O'Connor of Castlereagh. Device. Argent, on a bend gules between a harp vert and a rose slipped and leaved bendwise proper, a lightning bolt argent.

This conflicts with Ceridwen of Esterfen "Argent, on a bend gules a cat sejant affronty palewise argent. There is a CD for adding the secondaries, but Adriana's device is not a simple case, since she has two dissimilar secondaries so there is nothing for changing the type only of the tertiary.

 

Anne Aliz de Bâle. Badge. (fieldless) On a cinquefoil conjoined between the petals to five demi fleurs-de-lys vert, five fleurs-de-lys in annulo Or.

This is being returned for unidentifability and non period style. The cinquefoil is not identifiable as one. The outline is confounded by the fleurs-de-lys issuing in the interstices of the foil, and this visual confusion is compounded by placing a fleur-de-lys on each petal. While this is a lovely piece of art, it is not period style.

 

Eadan Munro. Name.

This is being returned for mixing English and Gaelic in the same name which is against our rules. Since changes were disallowed the name must be returned.

 

 

 

 

Robert of Deerbourne. Device. Or, a bend wavy azure, overall a brown stag lodged proper.

This is being returned for unidentifiablity. The most significant part of the stag is his head and antlers, which are virtually all on the bend. If redrawn with either the stag contourny, or with a bend sinister instead of a bend, this would be taken care.

 

 

WEST

 

None!