AN TIR

Akornebir, Canton of. Branch name and device. Argent masoned sable, a squirrel sejant erect gules and on a chief embattled azure three acorns each within a laurel wreath Or.

Despite a borderline complexity count, this is a balanced design even with the unusual arrangement of charges on the chief.

Avery Westfall. Name and device. Argent, on a fess cotised embattled on the outer edges between three leopard's faces sable three crescents argent.

This is clear of the flag of Meridies, Argent, on a fess sable, a crown of three points between two mullets argent, with one CD for the removal of the cotises and a second for the removal of the leopard's faces as they are two different charge groups.

Finngall McKetterick. Alternate name Joseph Newby.

Fritz the Peasant. Name and device. Vert, a lozenge and in chief two annulets Or.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the lozenge somewhat thinner.

Galen M'Kenezie. Name and device. Paly bendy sable and Or, a griffin segreant contourny vert.

This is clear of Elspeth ferch Caradoc, Lozengy sable and argent, a griffin segreant to sinister vert, its wings and forelegs Or, with one CD for changes the color of half the field and one CD for the change of the color of the wings.

Griffin Ó Fáeláin. Name.

Helevisa de Horsmonden. Badge. (Fieldless) A fleur-de-lys per pale azure and gules.

Morwenna Ceinewydd. Name.

Submitted as Morwenna ferch y Pennaeth Ceinewydd, the name means "Morwenna daughter of the chieftain of Ceinewydd". This, unfortunately, violates Rfs VI.1: "Names containing titles, territorial claims, or allu sions to rank are considered presumptuous." We have therefore dropped the patronymic.

Nadezhda Toranova. Name and device. Sable, a cross moline argent, in canton a bezant.

Submitted as Nadezhdha Toranova, we have changed the spelling of the given name to match the submitted documentation.

Osanna von Signau. Name and device. Per bend sinister Or and checky azure and argent, a mastiff head and a mastiff head contourny erased gules.

Submitted as Osanna of Signau, she requested an authentic 15th century Swiss name. We have therefore changed the name to be uniformly German.

R{o,}gnvaldr bassi. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Submitted as Rognvaldr Bassi, we have changed the name to match the submitted documentation and Norse spelling practice.

Rúadhán Súilghlas. Name and device. Per bend sinister azure and vert, a bend sinister wavy argent between two flames Or.

The submitter has corrected the reasons stated for the previous return.

Volchko Kuznets Volkov. Name change from Wulff von Ravensway.

Submitted on the LoI as Volchoko Kuznets Volkov, we have corrected the typo on the LoI and changed the name back to the originally submitted form.

His former name is released.

ATENVELDT

Brenda MacGhie of Kintyre. Name and device. Per pall Or azure and purpure, a heart gules and two crossbows Or.

Brenda is her legal given name.

Charles the Bull. Badge. Sable, on a Celtic cross argent a thistle purpure.

Christoffel van Bovingne. Name and device. Per chevron Or and sable, a chevron and in chief two bulls rampant addorsed gules.

Submitted as Christoffel von Bovisse, the byname was originally submitted as Bovine. While the College was not able to find documentation for either of these bynames, there is a town of Bovingne in Belgium. As he wished to retain the sound of the name we have changed the name accordingly.

Constantina von Ravenna. Name and device. Per pale azure and Or, an escarbuncle between in bend sinister an increscent and a decrescent counterchanged.

While the byname would appear to mix German and Italian in a single name element, it turns out that Ravenna is also the German form of the name.

Dirk of Tir Ysgithr. Holding name and device. Gules, two bendlets wavy and in sinister chief a natural dolphin naiant em bowed argent.

Submitted under the name Dirk de Tovenaar

Erik the Relentless. Name and device. Purpure chapé ployé, a standing seraph argent.

Etain of Atenveldt. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Per fess azure and vert, on a plate a raspberry fess wise gules slipped vert.

Submitted under the name of Etain und Ruprecht von Tielwasser.

Garrand the Silent. Name and device. Per pale argent and Or, two wyverns erect respectant tails entwined the dexter gules and the sinister sable.

Submitted as Garran the Silent, the LoI argued that the byname MacGarran implies that there was a Garran to be Mac of. Unfortunately for the submitter, this appears not to be the case: Woulfe, in Irish Names and Surnames, suggests that the byname means either "son of Arachán" or "son of Farachán". However, Morlet, Les Noms de Personne sur le Territoire de L'Ancienne Gaule du VIe au XIIe Siècle vol. III, lists Garrandus; this is Latinised, and Garrand is a reasonable vernacular form. We have made this change.

Honor Catlin MacCurtain. Name change from holding name Honor of Sundragon.

Submitted as Honor Caitlin MacCurtain, this name was a resubmission. The earlier submission, Honor Caitlin nic Curtin, was returned for the two weirdnesses of using a double given name in an Irish name and mixing Gaelic and Anglicized spellings. Unfortunately, the submitter misread the return. Instead of dropping the Gaelic second given name, as suggested by Laurel, she changed the patronymic, which was already in an Anglicized form. We have changed the second given name to a Middle English form found in Withycombe's The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names.

Jonathan Crusadene Whitewolf the Younger. Name change from Jonathan the Younger.

Submitted as Johnathan Crusadene Whitewolfe the Younger, we have changed the spelling to match his fa ther's registered name.

His former name is released.

Mara Toole. Name and device. Purpure, on a pale between two harps argent two harps purpure.

Mikolaj de Bracy. Name and device. Argent semy-de-lys, a bend sinister gules.

Molon Munokhoi Tsagaan. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Rhys Ravenscroft. Name.

Sebastian Wolff. Device. Or, a saltire sable surmounted by two battleaxes addorsed gules, a bordure sable.

Shelley of Windale. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Azure, a scimitar fesswise argent between in pale two camels statant Or.

Submitted under the name Asmarani al-Aswan.

Tehmuginn Burgudjerekh. Device. Purpure, a heart and on a chief wavy argent three mullets inverted azure.

William of Ravenscroft. Device. Purpure semy of rivets Or, a goldsmith's framesaw bendwise argent, on a chief Or, three Bowen crosses sable.

The submitter provided documentation for this depiction of a saw.

Wulfstan Egweald. Badge (see RETURNS for household name). Per pale Or and sable, a tower between two fleurs-de-lys counterchanged.

CAID

Ædwin of Skye. Name and device. Per bend vert and argent, a Norse sun cross argent and an anchor sable.

Norse sun crosses are allowed, if not encouraged, because by their alternate blazon, a cross within and con joined to an annulet, they fit a pattern of combined charges that we have registered for many years, and are at most one step from period practice.

Alana Buchanan. Device. Vert, a horse passant contourny and on a chief urdy argent two roses purpure.

Alastar the Coursayre. Device. Sable, in pale a woman's head couped and in saltire two cannons mounted on ship's carriages and crossed at the barrels, a bordure argent.

Alastar the Coursayre. Badge. Sable, in saltire two cannons mounted on ship's carriages and crossed at the barrels argent.

Alpais Forst. Name and device. Quarterly azure and Or, two double-bitted axes Or.

Anabel de Marseille. Name.

Basil Longstaf. Name.

Submitted as Basil Longstaffe, he requested an authentic 13th-14th century English name. We have therefore changed the byname to a spelling dated to 1273 in Reaney and Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames.

Benedict Stonhewer of Askerigg. Name and device. Sable, a lion and on a chief argent two towers sable.

Bríg ingen mhic Raith. Device. Per pale azure and vert, a griffin segreant between three roses argent.

Caid, Kingdom of. Heraldic title Ambre Pursuivant.

Submitted as Ambres Pursuivant, Crescent indicated he would prefer Ambre. We have recently registered several other precious stones as heraldic titles, so we can change this one to the preferred form.

Caoilinn inghean Ghearóid. Name.

Caoilinn the Soother. Name.

Camilla of Addershold. Device. Per pale sable and purpure, a unicorn's head erased argent and on a chief embattled Or three roses gules barbed vert.

Cassandre Nicole Loustaunau. Badge. Argent, five reremice in annulo heads to center gules.

While oriental bats were registered once, in 1988, we have since become more restrictive on the use of East ern charges. However, because the charges are recognizable as bats, we are registering this badge without specifying the type of bat.

Catrin ferch Madog. Device. Lozengy vert and argent, three roses sable barbed and seeded Or within a bordure gules.

Ciana Masina della Luna. Device change. Azure, on a pale sable fimbriated and endorsed three crescents argent.

The device is clear of James of Wealdsmere, Azure, on a pale sable fimbriated three annulets conjoined ar gent. There is one CD for the addition of the endorses and a second for the substantial change of type of the tertiary charges.

Her former device, Azure, on a bend cotised argent three crescents palewise gules, in sinister chief a natural tiger rampant argent marked sable, is retained as a badge.

Der Finn ingen Fergail. Name.

Submitted as Der Finn ingen Fhergail, the name uses pre-12th century spellings. As lenition is not normally shown in early feminine bynames where the patronymic element begins in an F, we have removed it.

Donnchadh Kethe. Device. Argent, a sword gules between in chief two reremice displayed sable.

Draga von Falkenstein. Name.

Dun Or, Barony of. Badge (see RETURNS for order name). Azure, an antelope's head erased within a bordure embattled Or.

The badge is clear of Kerrinda of Kymry, Azure, a fawn's head erased, and a gyron issuing from the dexter side in chief Or. There is a CD for changing the gyron to a bordure. We give a CD between a deer and an antelope and the primary difference between these two charges is the head; therefore, there is a second CD for changing the type of the primary charge.

Dun Or, Barony of. Order name L' Ordre du Serpente Vert and badge. Or, a serpent encircled vert, a bordure embattled azure.

Submitted as L' Ordure du Serpente Vert, we have corrected the spelling of the designator.

Eichling von Amrum. Augmentation. Argent, an oak sapling eradicated sable, on a chief azure a mullet argent, as an augmen tation, surmounting the trunk an inescutcheon azure charged with four crescents conjoined in saltire horns outward argent.

Elaine of Elswick. Change of device to badge. Per chevron per pale azure and purpure and plummety argent and sable, two stags springing respectant and in chief a crescent argent.

The submitter originally registered, in 1993, Per fess azure and purpure, on a fess flory counter-flory argent a lozenge vert as her device. In 1999 she requested a change of device to Per chevron per pale azure and purpure and plummety argent and sable, two stags springing respectant and in chief a crescent argent. Nei ther the forms nor the LoI indicated what she wanted done with her previous device. While normally this would mean that the old device would be released, both devices are listed as current devices in the ordinary. She now requests that her original device be reinstated as her primary device while her new device "should also remain under my name but should be in secondary position." As having two devices is not normally allowed, we are interpreting her request to mean that she wants her original device as her primary device and her new device marked as a badge. As both pieces of armory are currently protected, this is a simple admin istrative change.

Elisabeth Goodchilde. Name.

Faust le Fuzier. Name.

Fionnghuala inghean Néill. Name.

Grégoire d'Échauffour. Name and device. Per bend sinister argent and vert, a lion rampant guardant counterchanged.

Guinevere of Lyonesse. Name change from holding name Guinevere of Altavia.

This was an appeal of the March 2000 return. At that time Laurel gave the reason for the return as

Lyonesse exists only in legend and is thus not a place anyone would describe themselves as being from.

However, RfS II.3 states that "New name elements, whether invented by the submitter or borrowed from a literary source, may be used if they follow the rules for name formation from a linguistic tradition compatible with the domain of the Society and the name elements used." Examples given in the section include place names.

The submission cites Watson's History of the Celtic Place-Names of Scotland and Johnston's Place-Names of Scotland to show that Lyonesse is possibly a variant of Lothian. While this etymology is uncertain it does suffice to show that the name has been formed in a manner compatible with the relevant linguistic tradition.

Furthermore, the submission follows the guidelines for using literary names given by Jaelle of Armida, then Laurel, in the 28 February 1999 LoAR cover letter: first, the submitter used the Arthur mythos as a last resort; second, Lyonesse is a place inhabited by humans; third, the name is not allegorical; and fourth, it is not a mi nor name from a minor work.

Submitted on the LoI as Guenevere of Lyonesse, we have corrected the typo and changed the name back to the originally submitted form.

Irmele Schäfferin von Grünsberg. Name change from Amorwynne of Dalriada.

Submitted as Irmele von Grünsberg, the first byname had been dropped in Kingdom because she had re quested an authentic 15th century German name. While double bynames were not common in that area and time period they were used. We have therefore changed the name back to the originally submitted form.

Her former name is released.

Isabel de Triana. Device. Checky of nine panes vert and argent, four frogs vert.

Isidora Ell'eva. Name and device. Or, a swan rousant wings displayed sable and on a chief gules three suns Or.

This is clear of Frances Gorges, Or, a swan rousant sable, collared, on a chief gules, three roses argent, barbed and seeded proper. There is a CD for the multiple changes to the tertiary charges and a second for the position of the wings (addorsed for Frances, displayed for Isidora).

Jamie of Eilean Donan. Name.

Julianna Neuneker Hirsch von Schutzhundheim. Badge. (Fieldless) A furison inverted Or.

Kaspar MacPherson. Name and device. Or, a lion couchant sable within six thistles in annulo proper.

Katherine of Scarborough. Name.

Lasairíona inghean Chonchúir uí Ciaráin. Name and device. Purpure, on a chevron between three natural tiger's heads ca bossed argent marked sable three thistles proper.

Submitted as Lasairíona inghen Conchúir uí Ciaráin, we have changed the byname to the grammatically correct post-1200 form.

Louis Lewys. Name.

Lucretia da Napoli. Name.

Magy Gordon. Name.

Marcus le Strange. Name.

Marie Aoibeall. Name.

She is the daughter of Jana Aoibeall, whose name was registered in June 1986. The byname is thus accept able under the Grandfather Clause.

Maximilian Gartenheit of Heatherwyne. Name.

Submitted as Max Gartenheit of Heatherwyne, the given name was not documented to a date prior to the 17th century. We have therefore changed it to a spelling that Bahlow, Deutsches Namenlexikon, dates to 1459.

Meadhbh Eileanach. Badge. (Fieldless) A dragonfly per pale argent and vert.

Miryam æt West Seaxe. Name.

Mons von Goarshausen. Device. Per pale gules and sable, three closed fetterlocks Or.

Nice armory! This is clear of Berengaria de Hainault, Azure, three stirrups Or, leathered argent. There is a CD for changing the field, and the leather straps in Berengaria's device are substantial enough to provide a second CD between the stirrups and fetterlocks.

Muirenn ingen Fedaigh. Name.

Submitted as Muirenn ingen Fhedaigh, lenition is not normally shown in early feminine bynames where the patronymic element begins in an F. We have therefore removed it.

Oswyn Goodryke. Name.

Phelan de Bruce. Name.

Richard Drakemoor. Name and device. Per chevron gules and sable, a dragon segreant Or between three swords argent.

Sabine de Caldrewode. Name.

Temair Fholtchaín. Name.

Ungust Filius Antonii. Name and device. Argent, two double-bitted axes in saltire sable surmounted by a brown bull's head cabossed proper.

The name was mistakenly listed in RETURNS in the June 2000 LoAR; it should have been registered at that time.

Valentina Teresina Martinis. Name.

Submitted as Valentina Teresina Piera Martinis, she indicated that if it was necessary to drop one of the given names she wished to drop Piera. It is necessary, and we have done so.

EAST

Aleksandr Ruslanovich Yevsha. Name change from Aleksandr Levsha and device. Per pale gules and argent, a sinister hand apaumy couped sable.

This is clear of Jürgen von den Grünhügeln, Per pale argent and vert, a sinister gauntlet sustaining an arrow bendwise sable fletched vert, and Thomas for the Interim, Vert, a gauntlet aversant sable sustaining a rose slipped proper and an artist's brush sable crossed in saltire all fimbriated Or, both reblazoned elsewhere in this letter. In each cases there is a CD for the changes to the field and another for removing the sustained charges.

His former name is released.

Aliena of the High Reaches. Reblazon of device. Azure, a compass star and a mountain of three peaks issuant from base ar gent.

Anders Botman. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Submitted as Anders Bootman, the documentation supported the spelling Botman. We have therefore changed the byname to that form.

Connor MacGlandris. Device. Argent, a chevron rompú azure between three dog paw prints sable.

Gabriel of Maccuswell. Name and badge. (Fieldless) A winged trumpet palewise Or.

Guillaume de Clarent. Device. Gyronny Or and sable, on a bend gules in chief a Maltese cross argent.

Líadan inghean Laoghaire. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Submitted as Líadan ní Laoghaire, we have changed the particle to a period Gaelic form with the desired meaning "daughter of".

Mitchell MacBain. Badge (see RETURNS for household name). Gules, a rooster rising contourny argent.

Mycghalh, Canton of. Branch name and device. Argent, a bee sable within a laurel wreath vert.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the laurel wreath with more curve to the arms of the wreath.

Rüdiger Lutz. Device. Per fess azure and Or, a scorpion tergiant counterchanged and in chief an axe Or.

Samme of the Towers. Name and device. Quarterly argent and azure, a cross clechy counterchanged.

Uther of Elgin. Name (see RETURNS for device).

MERIDIES

Gryffri de Newmarch. Household name Castle Newmarch.

Submitted on the LoI as House of the Castle Newmarch, the first phrase was added in Kingdom so that the name would have a designator. However, Castle is a valid household designator as well, so we have changed the name back to the originally submitted form.

Hanna bint Abdullah. Name change from Yvonne des Saints Maries de la Mer.

Her former name is released.

Marie Gautrot. Name and device. Quarterly sable and argent, a fleur-de-lys between four crosses flory fitchy counterchanged.

Murchad inn digri. Name.

Submitted as Murchadh inn digri, the name combined Irish and Norse elements. While this is registerable it is a weirdness; to prevent a second weirdness we have changed the given name to a temporally compatible form.

The name would be much better entirely in Norse as Mýrkjartan inn digri or entirely in Gaelic as Murchadh na Garbh.

MIDDLE

Aelfhaelen Dracasið. Reblazon of device. Per chevron ployé azure and argent, two chalices argent issuing wildflowers Or and a chalice issuing wildflowers azure.

Angelique Michiele du Hérisson. Name (see PENDS for device).

Submitted on the LoI as Angelique Michiele d'Herisson, the accent was dropped in Kingdom. While accents were not used consistently in period French, they were used on occasion, for instance in Louis Meigret's Le tretté de la grammere françoe, published in 1550. We have therefore added the accent back. We have also changed the preposition to the grammatically correct form.

Bathory Anastasia. Device. Per fess wavy sable and barry wavy Or and sable, in chief a decrescent Or.

The submitter included permission to conflict with the badge of Christopher Edward Hawkins, Sable, a de crescent Or, and the badge for the Canton of Hawkwood, Per chevron azure and argent, in chief a decrescent Or.

Danr Bjornsson. Badge. (Fieldless) An arrow inverted argent winged Or.

Isabel Ulfsdottir. Badge. (Fieldless) On an ivy leaf vert a wolf's paw print argent.

This is clear of Stevyn of Beinn nam faoghla, On a blackthorn leaf vert an increscent argent, and Eleri of Nefyn, On an oak leaf vert a hand argent. In each case there is a CD for fieldlessness and the shape of the leaves is significantly different enough for there to be a second CD.

John Paul Devereaux. Device. Gyronny of six azure and Or, a bordure counterchanged.

This is clear of Ottar Hrafnsson, Gyronny arrondy Or and azure. There is a CD for the addition of the bor dure, and by precedent (Ottar Hrafnsson, May 1998 LoAR, p. 12) there is one CD between gyronny and gyronny arrondy.

Jürgen von den Grünhügeln. Reblazon of device. Per pale argent and vert, a sinister gauntlet sustaining an arrow bendwise sable fletched vert.

Madoc of Windhaven. Name.

Ulrich Richker. Name.

Submitted as Ulrich Rickers, he requested an authentic 14th century German name. We have therefore changed the byname to a form dated to 1348 in Brechenmacher's Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Familiennamen.

Wolfram van Coudenhove. Name and device. Or, a chevron gules, overall a stag at gaze proper.

TRIMARIS

Alson Muir. Name and device. Argent semy of quill pens sable, a coney couchant reguardant purpure.

Brian Sinnach. Name and device. Sable, a dagger and on a chief argent three foxes passant gules.

Submitted as Brian an tSionnagh, he requested an authentic 12th century Irish name. We have therefore changed the byname to match the desired time period.

Christophe of Grey. Name and device. Per fess barry azure and argent and azure, in base three triquetras Or.

Daniel Fitzgerald. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Submitted as Daniel Fitzgerald called Bytor, no documentation was submitted for the second byname. Since the College did not provide such documentation either, we have dropped the element.

Eleanor of Grey. Name and device. Or, on a lozenge sable a Latin cross bottony Or, on a chief sable three lozenges Or.

Fiona ingen Donnchada. Name change from Fiona Nidonochowe and device. Vert, on a pile engrailed Or a rose slipped and leaved proper.

Submitted as Fiona Ni Donnchadha, we have changed the byname to match period Gaelic spelling practice.

Her former name is released.

Madallaine Isabeau de Cat. Badge. (Fieldless) On a spider web sable within and conjoined to an annulet a lion's head jessant- de-lys argent.

Nuala inghean Sheamuis. Device. Azure, an owl and in chief three roundels, a bordure argent.

Rannald Mcintyre. Name.

Submitted as Raghnall Mcintyre, he requested an authentic Irish/Scots name. We have therefore changed the given name to a period Scots form.

WEST

Amy of the Wilde. Name and device. Per bend Or and purpure, two lozenges counterchanged.

Anne Brynley. Name and device. Azure, a centaur passant guardant maintaining in each hand an annulet Or, a chief indented argent.

Arthur of Hightower. Name.

Caelainn inghean Fhaolain. Name and device. Argent, a wolf sejant ululant vert.

Submitted as Caelainn ingen Fhaolan, we have changed the byname to a proper genitive form. We have also changed the particle to match the time period of the patronymic.

The device is clear of Orlando Cavalcanti, Argent, in dexter chief a cross throughout gules, in sinister base a greyhound sejant reguardant, dexter forepaw raised vert. An examination of the emblazon shows that the cross is the primary charge; therefore, they are clear by X.1, Addition of Primary Charge.

Catterina da Calabria. Name.

Christopher of the Mists. Name.

Éibhear mac Cuilinn. Name and device. Argent, a bull's head caboshed, a chief raguly gules.

Submitted as Eber Mac Cuilinn, he requested an authentic 14th century Irish name. We have therefore changed the name to a post-1200 spelling.

Eliška z Jihlavy. Name and device. Argent, an ivy vine palewise between flaunches vert.

Submitted as Eliška z Jihlava, we have changed the byname to the genitive case.

Felicia Margerye Amondesham. Name and device. Purpure, a bend between two hands argent.

Joorkin Volz. Device. Azure, a labyrinth argent.

The depiction used in these arms is found in the arms of Bois-dofin de Lavel, Archbishop of Embrun, from an early seventeenth century book entitled Devises Héroïques et Embleàmes by Claude Paradin. As the early seventeenth century is within our "grey area" this is sufficient evidence to register the charge in a similarly simple design.

Juan Mateo de la Vega. Name.

Katla in mikla. Name and device. Per fess gules and azure, three bees and a cup Or.

Submitted on the LoI as Katla in Mikla, we have corrected the typo in the capitalisation of the byname.

Mairghread Sgoilear. Device change. Azure, a griffin sejant wings elevated and addorsed, in chief an open book argent.

Her former device, Azure, a falcon rising wings addorsed and inverted and on a chief argent three roses az ure, is released.

Margrethe Astrid Ravn. Device change. Argent, in pale three bird's heads erased sable, two flaunches azure semy of pearls argent.

The blazon semy of pearls is grandfathered to her. Her former device, Azure, semy of pearls, a white margue rite slipped and leaved, all proper, is released.

Mór Dhána. Name change from Sapphira of Silverthorne.

The documentation for the byname consisted of a S. Gabriel letter which cited dictionaries to show the word dána "bold, brave, intrepid; determined; shameless, barefaced; naughty [as a child]". The letter stated further that the name was in use in period, but did not, as far as we can see, cite supporting evidence for this. Since these meanings would appear to follow known patterns of descriptive bynames we are willing to give the submitter the benefit of the doubt.

Her former name is released.

Muriel NicCord. Name (see PENDS for device).

Petra the Blythe. Name.

Petra is her legal given name.

Randal James of Lewis. Name and device. Per bend sable and vert, a mullet and a wolf's head erased contourny argent.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the mullet larger.

Robert of Greyvale. Name and device. Argent, a lion dormant sable within an orle of compass stars azure.

The byname is registerable under the Grandfather Clause, having been already registered to his brother and sister.

Thomas for the Interim. Reblazon of device. Vert, a gauntlet aversant sable sustaining a rose slipped proper and an artist's brush sable crossed in saltire all fimbriated Or.

THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN RETURNED FOR FURTHER WORK

AN TIR

Murchad Dal Cais. Name.

The Dal Cais appears to have been an alliance of clans. No evidence was provided, nor was any found by the College, that the name was used as a byname. Barring evidence that it was, the name must be returned.

R{o,}gnvaldr bassi. Device. Per saltire gules and Or, a fer-a-loup inverted counterchanged, within the handle a roundel sable.

The device has multiple weirdnesses. The sable roundel placed within the hole of the fer-a-loup is difficult to blazon. In addition, the effect of the counterchanging requires the specific position of the fer-a-loup on the field. In any resubmission, please instruct the submitter to draw the handle and the blade more clearly con nected instead of barely touching.

Rycharde de Northewode. Badge. (Fieldless) A boar statant sable crined gules.

Conflict with Thomas of Ravenhill, registered January 2001, Per bend lozengy vert and argent and Or, a boar passant sable. There is not a CD for changing tincture of the ridge of fur along the top of the boar, so there is only a single CD for fieldlessness.

ATENVELDT

Asmarani al-Aswani. Name.

The only documentation for the given name was the assertion of a native Arabic speaker that it was a name. However, in most cases a native speaker does not know very much about period naming practice. This, there fore, is not sufficient documentation — it would be similar to accepting the word of the submitter as docu mentation for an English name. Since the College could not find documentation for the name we have to re turn it.

Her device has been registered under the holding name Shelley of Windale.

Dirk de Tovenaar. Name.

The byname means "Wizard" and thus violates RfS VI.2: "Names containing elements that allude to powers that the submitter does not possess are considered presumptuous". Barring evidence that he is a wizard, or that this byname was used by normal humans in period, we have to return this.

His device has been registered under the holding name Dirk of Tir Ysgithr

Etain und Ruprecht von Tielwasser. Name.

This name has several problems. First, it mixes German and Gaelic elements. Second, the submitter provided no evidence that und, which is the normal German word for "and", was used in a patronymic construction. The College was not able to find such evidence either. Finally, as Metron Ariston put it,

As far as Tielwasser is concerned under Tilbeck, Bahlow (Deutschlands geographische Namenwelt, pp. 482 - 483) shows the river T(h)iele, but I have been unable to find a clear pattern for the use of wasser as the second element in this formation. Most of those in Bahlow use something like beck or bach. If she used a similar-sounding German feminine name like Adine, I could buy into something like Adine Ruprecht von Tiele.

Her device has been registered under the holding name Etain of Atenveldt.

Franziska Geredrudis Kesselheim. Device. Gules, a pall inverted Or between two unicorns combattant argent and a natural tiger couchant argent marked sable.

The name was returned in February 2000, in part because we received no name forms. Without the name forms it is not possible to know if the submitter will allow the formation of a holding name. Therefore we must return the device as well.

Molon Munokhoi Tsagan. Device. Gules, on a bezant four roundels two and two gules.

The device is in technical violation of XI.4, Arms of Pretense, "Armory that uses charges which themselves are charged in such a way as to appear to be arms of pretense is considered presumptuous. Period and modern heraldic practice asserts a claim to land or property by surmounting an individual's usual armory with a dis play of armory associated with that claim. Such arms of pretense are most commonly placed on an inescut cheon or lozenge, but may also appear on other geometric charges such as roundels, cartouches, etc. For this reason, such charges may not be charged in such a way as to suggest independent arms. Such charges may not contain an ordinary that terminates at the edge, or more than one charge." As the device contains a roun del charged with more than one charge, it must be returned.

Wulfstan Egweald. Household name House Darkspire.

No documentation was provided that either this name or similar constructions were used in period; the Col lege was not able to provide such documentation either. Also, the issue was raised whether the name sounds like something from a role-playing game to such an extent that it should be considered obtrusively modern.

CAID

Abigail Chandler of Caithness. Name.

The documentation was not adequately summarized on the LoI: it is not sufficient to say that a name element is found in a book; we need to know what is said. While the College provided independent evidence for some elements they did not do so for the locative. We therefore have to return this as per the May LoAR cover letter.

Adelicia of Caithness. Name.

The documentation was not adequately summarized on the LoI: it is not sufficient to say that a name element is found on a book, we need to know what is said. As the College did not provide independent evidence, we have to return this as per the May LoAR cover letter.

Basil von Köln. Badge. (Fieldless) A cross clechy sable, the crossbar draped of a cloth argent.

No evidence was given, nor could the College provide any, that draping a cloth over a cross was a motif found in period heraldry. Furthermore, the particular form of draping obscures enough of the cross that it is equivalent to the type of overall charges that have been disallowed for many years (see the cover letter for the November 1992 LoAR, pg. 3). Any future submission should document the particular depiction to period, preferably in heraldry. Moreover, it should limit the amount of overlap so that both charges are clearly iden tifiable.

Dun Or Barony of. Order name The Order of the Gilded Antelope.

No documentation was submitted for the construction of this order name — it is not sufficient to show that the individual words were used in period, one must demonstrate that the overall name is formed in a period manner as well. As the College did not provide such evidence either we have to return this.

Ginevra da Cunha. Device. Per chevron throughout azure and argent, two chalices and a ship counterchanged.

Conflict with Laurenz aus Waldum, Per chevron azure and argent, two chalices argent and a cluster of grapes, slipped and leaved, proper. The precedent that allows changes to the bottommost of three charges arranged two and one explicitly limits the amount of difference to one CD; therefore there is only a single CD for multiple changes to the bottom third of the device. The device is also in conflict with Aelfhaelen Dracasið, reblazoned elsewhere in the LoAR, Per chevron ployé azure and argent, two chalices argent issu ing wildflowers Or and a chalice issuing wildflowers azure. Neither the wildflowers nor the use of ployé are significant enough to generate difference, leaving only one CD for the changes to the bottom of three charges.

Taliesin de Morlet. Badge. Azure, a sun within an orle argent.

Conflict with Aliena of the High Reaches, reblazoned elsewhere in this letter, Azure, a compass star and a mountain of three peaks issuant from base argent. There is not a CD between a compass star and a sun, and there is not a CD for position on the field when one of the charges is an orle; therefore, there is only a single CD for changing the mountain to an orle. The device is clear of the badge of Isaac de Hugo, Azure, an estoile of eight rays within an annulet and a bordure all argent. Even though an orle looks like an annulet on a round field, they are nonetheless separate charges: if this were drawn on the standard shield shape the differ ence would be given automatically and it is unfair to penalize the drawing when it is forced to be circular by administrative requirements.

Tiarnan O'Shea. Name change from Tighearnán Ó Séaghdha.

This name was submitted under "Laurel's policy of no-fee changes to registered forms when significant changes were made to register the name". Unfortunately for the submitter, such a policy does not exist; we wonder why the Kingdom thinks otherwise. As no payment was received we have to return this.

We also find the case for the spelling Tiarnan unconvincing — even the documentation attached to the sub mission supports Tiernan rather than the submitted spelling.

EAST

Anders Botman. Device. Vert, an owl displayed wings inverted argent.

By current precedent, there is not a CD between an owl displayed and an eagle displayed. Therefore, this device has multiple conflicts, including Poland (important real-world arms), Gules, an eagle displayed argent crowned Or, and the badge for the Shire of Adlersruhe, Vert, an eagle displayed, wings inverted and a base argent. Against Poland, there is not a CD for the removal of the crown; therefore, there is only a single CD for the change of the field. Against Aldersruhe, there is only a single CD for removing the base.

This is clear of Sebastian Alexander Stormmane, Sable, an owl displayed argent holding on its breast a rose gules. As depicted, the rose is effectively a tertiary charge, so there is a CD for the change to the field plus a second for removing the tertiary charge.

Caitlin Davies. Badge. (Fieldless) A cross patonce gules.

Conflict with the Order of Santiago (import non-SCA badge), A cross of Santiago gules. A cross patonce and a cross of Santiago are both considered artistic variants of a cross flory; therefore, there is no CD for a cross patonce versus a cross of Santiago.

Líadan inghean uí Laoghaire. Device. Per pale azure and gules, a mascle knot Or.

Mascle knots have been disallowed since 1996: "The mascle knot is an SCA invention, with only two regis trations, and is unattested anywhere else. As such, it is not sufficiently well-known or defined (outside of the Pictorial Dictionary) to retain as a registrable charge, nor does there appear to be sufficient interest to con tinue to register it in the future." (Da'ud ibn Auda, LoAR March 1996 p. 12)

Mitchell MacBain. Household name La Grande Compagnie des Coqs Blancs.

No evidence was provided that "Grand Company of the White Cocks" follows any known pattern of period names in French. As the College could not find such evidence either we have to return this.

Uther of Elgin. Device. Azure, on a chief triangular Or a thistle proper.

This is returned for redrawing. The device does not show a chief triangular, the charge extends far too far down the shield; a chief triangular should not extend beyond the fess line and ideally should extend only a third of the way down the shield. This is not a pile, as the charge issues from the corners (and should extend nearly to the base of the shield). This is not chaussé, as it does not extend to the bottom of the shield. Lastly, this is not per chevron inverted, as it does not extend from the sides of the shield. By longstanding precedent, such lines must fit into one of the above four documented categories. If redrawn as chaussé or per chevron inverted, it will conflict with the badge for Scotland, A thistle proper, with only a single CD for adding the field. If redrawn as a pile, it will conflict with Jaromir Mikhailovich, Azure, on a pile Or in chief a sun gules, with only a single CD for the changes to the tertiary charges.

MERIDIES

Irina Francesca degli Schiavoni. Badge. (Fieldless) A pomegranate gules seeded Or.

Conflict with Granada, Argent, a pomegranate seeded gules slipped vert, with only a single CD for fieldless ness.

The badge is clear of the badge for Gorandookht Mamigonian, On a pomegranate gules a natural seahorse Or, with one CD for fieldlessness, and a second for the addition of the tertiary. A comparison of the embla zons indicates that there was not enough visual similarity to override the technical difference.

MIDDLE

None!

TRIMARIS

Ceenguled filia Dunguall. Name.

Unfortunately, the documentation for Dunguall was not summarized on the LoI: it is not sufficient to tell that the submitter has provided a copy of an article and a letter; we need to know what these documents say. As the College was unable to provide independent documentation we have to return the name as per the May 2000 LoAR cover letter.

Daniel Fitzgerald. Device. Vert, a chevron between three lozenges argent.

Conflict with Caitlyn Emrys, Vert, a chevron between three peacocks pavonated to base argent, and Harrys Rob of Wamphray, Vert, a chevron between three winged spurs argent. In each case there is only a single CD for changing the type of the secondary charges.

Susan van Ham Langille. Device. Per bend enarched argent and purpure, in sinister chief a heart fracted in base distilling three gouttes gules.

The heart is not fracted in any standard heraldic fashion. Fracting of a charge like a heart should split the heart into two pieces. The device is clear of Julie of the Blackwater, Per fess rayonny argent and sable, in chief a heart gules. There is a CD for the field, and, as neither heart's position on the field is forced, there is a second CD for position.

Storm, Shire of the. Device. Per fess sable and vert, a lymphad within a laurel wreath, a bordure Or.

No petition was included with this submission.

WEST

Alail Horsefriend. Device change. Vert, a horse rampant contourny argent crined Or.

Conflict with Mary Felix the Fool, Vert, two zebras combattant argent, striped sable. By precedent "there is...nothing for the stripes on the zebra. (Elsbeth Anne Roth, LoAR March 2000, p 12), so there is only a sin gle CD for number of primary charges.

THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN PENDED UNTIL THE AUGUST 2001 LAUREL MEETING

CAID

Christiaen de Groote. Device. Or, on an eagle within a bordure embattled sable a cross formy fitchy Or.

In the January LoAR, we pended On a double headed eagle sable two furisons palewise flat to center Or to determine whether we should protect the Holy Roman Empire, normally Or, a double-headed eagle dis played sable, in forms that include the eagle being charged. As this device would conflict with versions of the Holy Roman Empire that included charged eagles, we must pend this item as well.

MIDDLE

Angelique Michiele du Hérisson. Device. Per saltire purpure and Or all semy-de-lys counterchanged, a hedgehog statant proper.

The original blazon reversed the tinctures of the field.

WEST

Muriel NicCord. Device. Azure, an owl, on a chief embattled argent three increscents azure.

The increscents were originally blazoned as argent.