This was pended from July, 1999.

Submitted as Agripina Argyros, the byname must agree in gender with the given name. Her current name is released.

Submitted as Béatrix d’Angoulême, the submitter requested an authentic 15th century form. Such a form would have used neither accents nor circumflexes. Because the circumflex is used to indicate an old ‘s’ that is no longer pronounced, once we remove the circumflex we must add back in the ‘s’.

Please instruct the submitter to draw more and more even embattlements.

Her current name and device, Azure, a lion’s jambe fesswise erased and on a chief argent, two rapiers inverted in saltire gules, are released.

Submitted as Dvora Belosel’skaia, the submitter originally requested the registered form, which is equally acceptable.

His current name is released.

His current device, Counter-ermine, a griffin segreant gules, on a chief indented Or, three mullets sable, is released.

Nice name!

Nice name!

Her current name is retained as an alternate society name.

The badge does not conflict with Shire of Ravenshore, reblazoned elsewhere in this letter, Per fess argent and azure, a raven volant wings addorsed sable sustaining an escallop Or, or Urien Pen-an-vre, Per chevron argent and vert, in chief a chough volant proper bearing in its claws a nugget of tin ore proper. Ignoring for the moment whether there is a CD for type of bird, in both cases, the wings are addorsed. Furthermore, in the case of Ravenshore, the escallop is large enough to count as a co-primary. The badge is also clear of Miscel de Lyonesse, (Fieldless) A duck volant sable. There is a CD between a swallow and a duck

His current name is released.

Submitted under the name Johannes von Kreuzzung.

His current device, Purpure, a chevron embattled ermine between three Latin crosses bottony argent, is retained as a badge.

The submitter requested an authentic 12th century Irish Gaelic name. We were unable to change the name, however, because we lack any evidence for any form of Katerine being used in Ireland in the 12th century (the name was brought to Ireland by the Normans). If Katerine would like an authentic late period Gaelic form of her name, she could use Caitríona inghean Dhomhnaill.

Submitted under the name Cait inghean ui Flannagain.

Several commenters were concerned that putting a lion head on a merman blurred the distinction between a merman and a sea-lion. Changing the head, however, was a period technique of forming composite monsters. Therefore we feel that this monster is within the range of acceptable constructions, although it would be far better if it were in a standard posture for mermen.

Please inform the submitter that the name is highly unlikely; at the time the word timid was in use, descriptive bynames were not being created. See the cover letter for a more thorough discussion about late period words as bynames.

The submitter should be informed that mixing English and Gaelic spellings in a single name was extremely rare in period.

The submitter should be informed that mixing English and Gaelic spellings in a single name was vanishingly rare in period. The name would be considerably more authentic as a fully Gaelic Aodhán Ó Coileaín or fully English Aidan O’Culane.

This was pended from July, 1999.

Submitted as Eliza O Coileain, while mixed Gaelic/English spellings are allowed, we still require that the grammar of the Gaelic patronymic be correct. We have therefore substituted an appropriate Anglicized form of the byname.

The submitter should be informed that mixing English and Gaelic spellings in a single name was vanishingly rare in period. The name would be considerably more authentic as a fully Gaelic Muirgen inghean uí Chinnéide or fully English Morgan Kennedy.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the cross smaller; the arms of the cross should not encroach upon the embattlements.

Her current name is released.

Submitted as Volodymyr Mikhailovich Dolgoruki, the submission used two different transliterations from Cyrillic. We have thus converted it to a Ukranian form, which seems to be the form the submitter would prefer.

The submitter’s current device, Azure, on a fess between four mullets of four points, three and one, argent, two roses azure, barbed and seeded proper, all within a bordure embattled Or, is retained as a badge.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the engrailing more boldly.

Submitted as Ariana Irene De Caro, the capitalization was removed to match documented forms.

The submitter’s current name is retained as an alternate name.

Nice badge!

Submitted as Ceara ingen Conaill, lenition was always explictily written for voiceless letters. Therefore, we have corrected the patronymic.

Listed on the letter of intent as Gregory de Savel, the name was originally submitted as Gregory of Saville. This is also acceptable, and with a change of preposition, is a Norman form as the submitter requested. Thus we are changing the name to a version closer to the original name.

Charmant is dated to 1550 in Dauzat, DuBois, and Mitterand, Nouveau Dictionnaire Étymologique. The feminine Charmante therefore is acceptable as a descriptive byname.

Her original name is released.

Submitted as Sciath ingen Cuain, lenition was always explicitly written for voiceless letters. Therefore we have corrected the patronymic.

Her original name is released.

Nickolei is the submitter’s mundane last name.

Please inform submitter that the strings of the harp are incorrectly drawn (they should emerge from the soundboard).

The dated documentation for Baildrin only lists it in the genitive form; however, no one could determine the nominative form and it is possible that the name was a foreign borrowing and has the same nominative as genitive form. Therefore, we are giving the submitter the benefit of the doubt.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the embattlements on the bordure more prominently.

Submitted as Ghazelleh al-Badriyyah, valid transliterations of the name lack the double "l" and either have all "e"s or all "a"s. We have thus corrected the given name.

His current name is released.

Submitted as Natalya Berkutov Voronin, we feminized the surnames as required by Russian grammar rules.

This does not conflict with Freydis Thorunnsdatter, A falcon’s leg fesswise, embowed and couped a la quise, argent, maintaining an acorn proper.There is a CD for fieldlessness, and the bells are drawn substantially enough that they are worth a CD.

The client requested an authentic 13th century French name, but such a name would only have one given name. As the submitter did not allow major changes, we could not make the name authentic for her time.

This is not in conflict with Edward Montague, second Earl of Manchester. He only appears in a biographical dictionary (and then under his title), and currently we require an appearence in sources such as general encyclopedias before we consider them important enough to protect.

Deirdre is SCA compatible.

Submitted as Edric Mounteyne, the forms had Edric de Mounteyne. As either version is acceptable, we have restored the name to the submitter’s requested form.

This is pushing the limits of a complex charge counterchanged across a complex line of division.

His current arms, Argent, on a chevron purpure between three fox’s masks azure jessant-de-lys purpure, three suns in splendor argent, are released.

Submitted as Garath of Falcon’s Keep, no one was able to show that the switch from "e" to "a" was reasonable in this name, particularly as Gareth first appears in the 16th century.

Submitted as Gautrekr the Christian, the submitter wanted Gautrek if possible. It is possible, although not very authentic — by the time the form Gautrek was in use, being a Christian was common enough that the byname would be unlikely.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the dovetails deeper.

The order <patronymic> <given> is a period name order in Russian and is therefore registerable.

As we protect national flags, both current and past, this is a new flag for Afghanistan, but the original flag, Per fess vert and sable, a fess argent surmounted by an arch within a wreath environed of two scimitars crossed at the hilts tips in base gules is still protected as well.

As we protect national flags, both current and past, the original flag, Argent, a fess gules, is still protected.

Evidence shows that the flag for Venezuela we currently protect, Per fess Or and gules, on a fess azure an arch of seven mullets and in canton the state arms (An escutcheon per fess enarched, per pale gules and Or and azure, a garb Or, a sheaf of weapons proper surmounted by two banners in saltire per fess Or and gules, a fess azure, and a horse courant regardant contourny argent atop a base vert; the escutcheon ensigned with two cornucopias in saltire proper and environed of a wreath vert bound with a ribbon per fess Or and gules, a fess azure charged with the words 19 DE ABRIL 1810 INDEPENDENCIA REPUBLICA DE VENEZUELA FEDERACION 20 DE FEBRERO DE 1850 Or), is the current flag of Venezuela. The submitted form, however, is an older flag, and we protect both current and former flags.

Submitted as Æthelwulf Omund, there is no evidence that unmarked patronymics were used in Old English names. Furthermore, the submitter requested an authentic 9th century name. Our best guess at such a form is the one registered. The submitter should also be told that Omund appears to be a borrowing from Old Norse and is not natively Old English.

This was listed as a badge for the Defender of Darkwater, which was returned as an order name.

Submitted as Korjin Tatar, the forms and the documentation gave the given name as Khorijin. We have, therefore, returned the name to the submitted form.

Submitted as Leanńan Mac Aleer, the accent falls on the ‘a’ not the ‘n’.

The submitter should be informed that mixing English and Gaelic spellings in a single name was extremely rare in period. The name would be considerably more authentic as a fully Gaelic Leannán mac Giolla Uidhir or fully English Lennan Mac Aleer.

Please inform the submitter that the crosses on the lower limbs should be either palewise or rotated so that the long arm of the cross follows the arm of the pall.

Reaney and Wilson, Dictionary of English Surnames lists examples of de la/del North<object>; for example, they list a William de la Northalle in 1280 and a Henry del Northeclif in 1307. Therefore we will allow the article in the name. The byname, however, would be considerably more authentic as de Northwode.

Conflict with the registered name Catairiona ní Fhlannagáin. By rule V.1.a.i (Difference of given names), "Irrespective of differences in sound and appearance, a given name is not significantly different from any of its diminutives when they are used as given names." Furthermore, no documentation was given, nor was any found, showing that Cait is a period diminutive.

This has a complexity count of nine. "While it is true that armory exceeding this ‘rule of thumb’ has been registered on rare occasions, these exceptions have only been made for particularly elegant proposals" (Da’ud ibn Auda, January 1994 LoAR, p. 16). "Particularly elegant" generally means that otherwise it is typical of a style of complex period armory, such as Tudor armory. With the use of dissimilar secondary charges and a bend sinister, this is not "particularly elegant".

The sable swallow is unidentifiable on the vair field.

The hammer and the axe were completely brown. An axe does not have a proper coloring, and a hammer proper is sable hafted of brown wood. In neither case are the heads brown.

No evidence was given, nor was any found, to show that Kreuzzung ("crossing") could have be used in period as part of a German byname. The submitter may want the consider the related bynames in dem Vurte ("at the ford"), dated to 1272 in Bahlow, Diction of German names, s.n. Förther, or zu Cruce "at (the) cross", dated to 1297 in Brechenmacher, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der Deutschen Familiennamen.

His armory was registered under the name Johannes of Artemisia.

Conflict with numerous armory of the form <field>, an eagle displayed sable, including Germany, Or, an eagle displayed sable, and Andrei de Sevastopol (registered 1973), Gyronny argent and gules, a double-headed eagle displayed sable. Even though ravens and eagles were different birds in period, only eagles were ever displayed. Therefore there is not a CD for type.

Conflict with the badge for Ygraine of Kellswood, (Fieldless) A garb argent. There is only one CD for fieldlessness.

There has been only one registration of a gendy flower, and that was in 1979. Therefore, before I am willing to register the charge again, I need proof that either it is a reasonable heraldic charge or that Gethyn can register it under the grandfather clause, i.e, that Gethyn is a close relative of Alma Tea av Telemark.

This has a complexity count of eight, which is just at the limit. However, combined with the highly unusual arrangement of both primary and secondary charges and the poor contrast of half of the moon, the armory as a whole must be returned for non period style.

No documentation was given to show that Open Hearth was a reasonable inn or sign name. Sign names of the form <adjective> <noun> tend to have adjectives that can be easily displayed on a sign. "Open" is not such an adjective when applied to hearths.

The flames are poorly tinctured; flames proper should have alternating tongues of Or and gules. The flames here are Or fimbriated gules, which has long been grounds for return. Also, the only registered instance of a fireplace was from 1986, therefore we would prefer proof that this form of fireplace was known in period.

The submitter withdrew the name.

No documentation was provided that Ukrainian sun crosses were used as anything except an artistic motif in period. There are many artistic motifs that were never used in heraldry, even in areas that used heraldry. Therefore, being an artistic motif is insufficient. As there is not period Ukranian heraldry it may be difficult to show that the sun crosses were use in heraldry; however, it may be sufficient to show examples of a sun cross used as a form of iconic identification similar to armory.

The letter of intent justified gamesmen as a "modernized singular form" of gememen. While we do accept modern English forms of bynames through the lingua anglica rule, the documentation given lists the modern form as game-man. As the submitter allowed no changes, we must return the name.

No documentation was provided for Blóð-Úlfr as a given name; the previous Laurel return mentioned that it was possibly a valid byname but not a given name.

No evidence was presented that fang meant "tooth" in period. Barring conflict, the Order of the Serpents Tooth would be acceptable.

The identifying portions of the cross lie primarily on the gules piles making the type of cross unidentifiable.

The documentation provided is not adequate to demonstrate that the name Eilidh was used in period. The documentation only listed Eilidh as a modern name and did not address its historical use.

Mons is Danish; therefore it cannot be combined with the English -wife. Furthermore, there does not seem to be a way in Danish to indicate that Flora is Mons’s wife, therefore we could not correct the byname. Lastly, the documentation for Flora is borderline; it would be better to use Floria, dated to the 13th century England, or Flore, dated to Renaissance France.

The thistle is not a standard heraldic thistle. Furthermore, the chamfron is a sufficiently difficult charge to identify that charging it makes it unidentifiable.

A caucasian mermaid cannot be placed on an argent field, as human (caucasian) flesh proper was somtimes depicted as argent in period sources. In addition, we do not register overly enhanced ordinaries, barring evidence of their use in period, as they are inherantly unbalanced.

This fieldless badge appears to be a supporter maintaining a flag with arms on it. As we do not register supporters, we cannot register this. Moreover, we could not register Argent, a cross gules to the submitter because he does not have the right to display the Cross of Saint George as his own armory.

We do not register rampant humanoids. Additionally, the satyr was drawn with the torso affronty and the legs to dexter, which is an unblazonable and three dimensional posture.

Conflict with the Order of the Sable Thistle (Kingdom of Ansteorra), A blue thistle sable, slipped and leaved Or. Ansteorra’s thistle is mostly Or, so there is no CD for the different color of the flowers.

Conflict with John Peregrine of Restormel, Azure, on a bend sable fimbriated three mullets bendwise sinister Or. There is one CD for the change of the color of the field, but, as suns and mullets are not substantially differer, there is nothing for changing the type only of the tertiaries. The submitter should also be informed that charges on a bend were invariably oriented along the bend, not palewise.

The lion obscures the low contrast line of division to the point where identifiability is significantly reduced. Such cases have been the cause for return for some time.

This is returned for several reasons. First, the rayons on the bordure are too small and too numerous. Second, the fleam is poorly drawn, and with the inversion it is not recognizable as a fleam. Finally, the combination of the fleam inverted and the roundel creates the appearance of a single charge — a question mark — instead of two separate charges.

This conflicts with John of Gaunt, father of Henry IV of England, listed in theEncyclopædia Britannica Online. There is little difference in the sound of the two names.

The bendlets are not bendlets embattled counter-embattled, nor could anyone come up with a blazon for them. In the words of Clarion herald:

The device uses three different charges in the same group of secondary charges and therefore violates RfS VIII.1.a, Armorial Simplicity.

No evidence was given to show that of the Isle of Wight, as opposed to of Wight was a reasonable form of the locative. The locative itself is dated to 1332 in Reaney and Wilson, Dictionary of English Names in the form de Wight. As the submitter allowed minor but not major changes, we cannot correct the locative. Furthermore, as of the LoAR cover letter of August, 1995, we do not accept the spelling Gwendolyn, although we do accept Gwendolen.

The device uses three different charges in the same group of secondary charges and therefore violates RfS VIII.1.a, Armorial Simplicity.

As far as we know, a pawprint with three evenly spaced toes is not found in nature. Barring documtation for this form of pawprint, we must return it.

The chief descends below the per fess line. This is far too low for a chief triangular, but still far to high for a pile, even without the vol beneath it.

The original submission was returned for redrawing, as it blurred the distinction between rousant and displayed. The posture of the swans in the current submission is identical to the previous submission, except that it is less clearly drawn, and therefore the device must be returned again for redrawing.

The wolf appears to be neither on nor atop the mount; a blazon which more accurately reproduces the emblazon is Argent, a mount vert, overall a wolf statant gules. However, we do not register charges that overlap peripheral ordinaries.

In November, 1994, Laurel registered a device containing multiple conjoined knots, but indicated that was borderline:

While the knots are not quite conjoined in this armory, one must look closed to tell, even with the large emblazon. Furthermore, there are more than twice as many knots as in the borderline case. Lastly, the saltire has been pushed upwards to underlie the center of the elongated Celtic cross, which is not period style either. Altogether this must be returned.

Conflict with Sir Charles Roberts Canadian nationalist writer and naturalist, who has his own listing in the Britannica Online.

The device conflicts with flag of England, Argent, a cross gules. We cannot give a difference for the rays because at least half of them have low contrast with the field and because they are drawn relatively small.

Conflict with Kelwin Ratslayer, Azure, a pall inverted argent between two panthers rampant addorsed Or, marked sable, and a rat couchant argent. There is only a single CD for changing the type of the secondary charges

There is no evidence, and none could be found, that tribal names, such as Ker, were used in Hungarian names.

There is no evidence that bevilling was used with a per pale line of division.

Conflict with Kathleen Erin-go-burne-the-Bragh, Vert, a chalice argent containing flames Or. There is one CD for fieldlessness, but the flames are not large enough to count for difference.

The device uses three different charges in the same group of primary charges and therefore violates RfS VIII.1.a, Armorial Simplicity.

This uses trian aspect; the line of mane shows that the neck is twisted. Please also advise the submitter that the mane should not obscure the couping of the horse’s neck.

Conflicts with Reynald il Bianco, Per chevron inverted sable and gules, overall a winged serpent erect displayed argent with a CD for the change of field. The pithon on Reynald’s device has bird wings, but as both types of wings are used in period this is not worth a difference. It also conflicts with Artus Falconieri, Quarterly pean and purpure, a wyvern displayed argent; in period a heraldic pithon was a variant of a wyvern. It is clear of Tyra Stewart of Moray, reblazoned elsewhere in the letter, Azure, a pithon erect wings addorsed gorged of a collar trailing three links argent; an examination of the blazon showed that the wings in Tyra’s device were addorsed, not displayed.

Aruba is not a sovereign nation so its flag is not automatically important enough to protect, and no evidence was given to indicate why it should otherwise be protected.

Bermuda is not a sovereign nation so its flag is not automatically important enough to protect, and no evidence was given to indicate why it should otherwise be protected.

Hong Kong is not a sovereign nation so its flag is not automatically important enough to protect, while some evidence was given to show that it is more important than the other submissions, the evidence was insufficient to show that its flag is important enough to protect.

Netherlands Antilles is not a sovereign nation so its flag is not automatically important enough to protect, and no evidence was given to indicate why it should otherwise be protected.

Puerto Rico is not a sovereign nation so its flag is not automatically important enough to protect, and no evidence was given to indicate why it should otherwise be protected.

This is a clear violation RfS XI3.b, Marshalling; the arms appear to be a quartering of Or, a fret vert and Vert, a mullet of nine points Or.

This name has no designator, such as Order or Award. It needs a designator to be registerable, under RfS III.2.b. Note that it is appropriate to name someone the Defender of Darkwater without registering the name; it is a reasonable generic description similar to Champion.

The embattlements on the large form are even smaller than as drawn on the mini-emblazon, thus making the line of division unidentifiable. Furthermore, please inform that submitter that harp strings should be angled to attach to the soundbox instead of straight up and down.

The device was blazoned with a per pall inverted gules, vert, and azure field.

The emblazon on the letter of intent was inverted.

This is in conflict with Earl of Carrick, Argent, a chevron gules. In the September, 1999 LoAR, we raised the question whether the arms of the Earl of Carrick are important enough to protect. As this will be decided in January, 2000, Rosamund’s device is pended until then.