NOTE: You might consider Aelfrun, which was a given name in period.

NOTE: Good heraldry.

NOTE: The rabbit would be more medieval in a heraldic tincture.

NOTE: I am informed that "Star of David" is the more correct term, so we will use that (instead of Mogen David) from now on.

NOTE: A peregrine proper is slate grey, which has insufficient contrast against gules. Since the emblazon showed the falcon as a light yellow, I have changed it to Or, hooded sable. If you would rather have it argent, let me know.

NOTE: Gordon is his mundane given name.

NOTE: Argus was a unique non-human entity (a giant) and thus may not be used. I have therefore deleted Argus so that I can register the device. You might consider using Artos or Aretas.

NOTE: The particle ni aspirates the following consonant.

NOTE: Excellent heraldry! Micheál is an Irish variant, but the accent is required.

NOTE: An ankh is considered to be a type of cross and therefore allowable.

NOTE: This would be more medieval if the hearts were two and one.

NOTE: The device will have to be resubmitted on an LoI to be reconsidered. It was not registered because the name was rejected in December 1982.

NOTE: Draw the rayonny correctly.

NOTE: The old arms become a badge.

NOTE: Draw the trees bigger.

NOTE: The registration of name diminutives is discouraged. This would be much better as Valerian Everon of Ithaca, known to his friends as Val.

NOTE: It would be more medieval to use a European lynx. Better still would be to have all charges in heraldic tinctures.

NOTE: Repeating the surname is very odd, although not forbidden. This would be much better with only one surname.

NOTE: Registering a name for a two-year-old is not advisable. It's better to wait until the child is old enough to have an informed opinion on what she wants.

NOTE: Good heraldry.

NOTE: The tincture of the lozenges was left out of the original acceptance.

NOTE: The Norse one-legged serpent--tailed doglike beastie has been called a Jelling beast in the SCA. It is generally borne nowed in some sort of specified knot.

NOTE: Draw the chape further down the shield. This would be more medieval with identical charges in chief. Thor's hammers are normally borne with the haft up, which makes them look like sledgehammers inverted. This has the haft down and so is blazoned as a Thor's hammer inverted.

NOTE: Placing an Anglo-Saxon given name in the middle of an otherwise French name is poor practice, as it looks odd and is not proper period usage.

NOTE: Place names come after patronymics.

NOTE: Huset means privy, so I used the correct Norwegian form of Hus Gyldenhammer. In Swedish there is also Hushåll for household.

NOTE: Four names is excessive for medieval usage. This would be much better with fewer names.

NOTE: I have corrected the second name to the correct Norse usage.

NOTE: Using non-identical secondary charges like this is poor practice. This would be much more medieval with a saltire between four identical charges, or at least two pairs of identical charges.

NOTE: I have corrected the last word to the correct genitive form.

NOTE: If you really want the book to surmount the bend sinister, then draw the book bigger. It would be better still if the book were entirely on the bend sinister, as it does not show up well against the field.

NOTE: I have corrected the name.

NOTE: In Gaelic, the adjective always follows the noun.

NOTE: Draw the eagle bigger. I have passed the name as a hardship case exception, as it was submitted to Dragon in 1979.

NOTE: Draw the fess bigger.

NOTE: Excellent heraldry! Draw the anchors in a more medieval style. I have corrected the byname.

NOTE: Draw fewer and larger lozenges.

NOTE: Excellent heraldry!

NOTE: This is rather complex and would be better if simplified.

NOTE: This would be more medieval with only two mullets.

NOTE: Draw the mullets bigger and farther down.

NOTE: Good heraldry.

NOTE: After reading the infamous de Montfort history, you may want another surname.

NOTE: Good heraldry.

NOTE: Draw the charges bigger.

NOTE: Heather is her mundane given name.

NOTE: The wolf's teeth are German heraldic charges (see p. 62 of Fox-Davies' The Art of Heraldry).

NOTE: This badge is transferred from Carl of Ravenshore, who registered it under House Ravenshore.

NOTE: Annan is rather close to Annwn, the Welsh underworld. You might want to take a different place name.

NOTE: Good heraldry.

NOTE: Roses have five barbs. The use of three given names is excessive. It would be much better with fewer. The more normal spelling is Kintyre.

NOTE: Name change to Aleana Ceffyl-Seren denied. Ceffyl-Seren is not a valid Welsh surname. You cannot combine two nouns that way. Try using White Horse as a compound byname. That comes out as something like Gwyngorwydd or Gwynceffyl. (When the two words are separate, the adjective follows the noun, but when compounded, the adjective can come first.)

NOTE: Name returned. This conflicts with Owain ap Caradwc. You might ask his permission.

NOTE: Please document Falke. If it is intended to be a variation of Falcon, it does not appear to be a valid given name. It does not seem to be a valid variant of Fulk, either. The device seems acceptable.

NOTE: The device is not period style. Mullets couped were not, to my knowledge, used in period. Use a normal mullet or else a sun or roundel indented. This would be better balanced with three castles, one and two, or with the central charged moved to base.

NOTE: The badge conflicts with Maeve of Caernarvon: Argent, a sprig of holly, slipped, leaved, and fructed proper within a bordure gules. You might ask Maeve for permission.

NOTE: Heraldic titles may only be given to official positions in the College of Heralds that have specific duties and that require heraldic competence of pursuivant quality. You do not give heraldic titles to secretaries or clerical helpers. While Gustav may himself be heraldically competent, is the office itself going to forever require a full pursuivant to fill it? If so, I will accept the title. Otherwise, the position should just be called the Aten Secretary. My Lady has no title, but rather has the job description of Laurel Secretary. Heraldic titles should be used sparingly. (If Gustav is your deputy in charge of LoIs, then say so.)

NOTE: Neither given nor family name are listed in Japanese name books. The given name Shiromi does seem possible, but Nakaze is not a valid family name since "in the wind" is not the kind of natural allusion used in family names. Monshō says: "The Japanese place a high value on order, stability, harmony, and such qualities. When they take an item from nature for their name or a part of it, they usually take something solid, such as an island, field, mountain or river." Things like waves or winds or other unsettled, chaotic items were avoided. The mon seems acceptable, but is rather complex and the bats are difficult to distinguish. I suggest you make the bats argent with sable interior lines.

NOTE: King Robert II of Scotland was the son of Walter the Steward, who fought at Bannockburn. Thus your name conflicts exactly. The device seems acceptable.

NOTE: Manovitch is not a valid Russian ochestvo (patronymic), as Mano is not a Russian given name. Dimitri is Russian, and Dimitrios could be a Greek version, but then the patronymic would be a Greek one. The correct Russian spelling for Alexander is Aleksandr or Alexei. The device is not good style. The lynx should be fesswise to dexter. The demi-axe would be better as just an axe-head. The four barrels should be reduced to three and would be better in a heraldic tincture.

NOTE: The device is not period style. Charges should not issue from lines of fimbriation. If you separate the cup from the base, make the base all Or, and change the number of mullets to two or three in chief, then you will have a medieval-style device.

NOTE: The device is not period style. The main charge makes excessive use of proper and the sword and shield are not in standard position. The tressure wavy crested is thin-line heraldry, which we do not use. Wavy crested is out of period, having never been used in heraldry until it was proposed in the July 1950 issue of Coat of Arms. While it is true that wavy crested existed in period as a design motif, I feel that it is not desirable for use in the SCA because it is too similar to rayonny or engrailed. I therefore deny the request that wavy crested be used in the SCA. Any similar appeal for something like a new line of division should have supporting documentation sent to the rest of the College, with the submittor bearing the expense.

NOTE: Braian is not a valid variant of Brian. Ferret-Flattener is not period usage.The device is overly morbid and was offensive to many in the College. It is not period style. You could use Brian Ferretsbane, but this would not be an honorable name, as ferrets were highly prized.

NOTE: While it is true that there were lay members of the Templars, only the Knights of the Temple used the name of the Order as part of their own name. In addition, only the knights in the Order used the Maltese cross. The combination is thus a clear claim to being a Knight Templar. Try something like Christian Templeman, with no reference to the Order in your device. If you use a different surname, then you can have the Maltese cross. The semé of stags at gaze proper is overly complex and not period style. At least make them a heraldic tincture.

NOTE: The device is overly complex and has excessive use of proper. Seahorses are awfully complex charges to be placed on a chief. The use of the lantern and trident are not period style. Please simplify.

NOTE: Dorian is out of period as a given name, but is acceptable as a surname. Try adding a given name. The device seems acceptable.

NOTE: This conflicts with Zan Andreas of the Blue Cave: Azure, a lightning flash bendwise sinister Or between two snowflakes argent. (You might ask her for permission.)

NOTE: The device is very unbalanced. While you might see in period a single charge in sinister chief, you would not see three without something in dexter base to balance. The bend wavy azure has poor contrast against the vert field, producing the effect of a bend wavy voided.

NOTE: You cannot have an ordinary that goes to the edge of the field in a fieldless badge. If you want a pile wavy couped in chief, you can have it, but then the fimbriation would surround the pile completely (i.e., on top as well).

NOTE: Kragon is not a given name. (Whips and chains.?) An orle of chain is reserved to SCA knights.

NOTE: Grue is modern French slang for prostitute. The device is not period style, having four layers. Try putting the crane in canton and changing the bend to a fess. The crane would be better as all argent.

NOTE: The device is overly complex. There are 14 charges. Delete the 9 fleurs-de-lys Or else make the field semé-de-lys.

NOTE: Please document Kahira. Is Rahim a given name or just the word meaning mercy? -

NOTE: The name conflicts with the Barony of Starkhafn (Caid). This is not period style. There are five different kinds of charges. Please simplify.

NOTE: The name violates period Welsh name usage by using two given names. Try Tanarian ferch Owain ap Bran. Bren- is a royal prefix and should not be used to coin names. The device is overly complex and thus not period style. The blazon in the LoI did not agree with the emblazon and left the commentors confused. Please simplify and resubmit with a correct blazon.

NOTE: The badge looks a lot like a flame proper, which conflicts with William of Sark: Sable, a flame proper.

NOTE: Warrick is a surname. It is not a period given name. The device would be more medieval with either two swallows or two towers. The use of non-identical charges is not period style.

NOTE: You cannot use most monsters proper, as they did not exist and thus they do not have proper tinctures. It would be more medieval to use heraldic tinctures for all of the charges.

NOTE: The device conflicts with Donal MacRuiseart MacDonal: Or, on a saltire gules four anchors Or and with Belhouse: Or, a saltire gules (Papworth, p. 1059). The winged lion argent on an Or field is metal on metal. When charges are overall or surmount other charges, the rule of tincture applies between the charge and the field.

NOTE: The device is not period style, as that sort of tricky geometric construction doesn’t seem to have been done. It’s not  possible to specify the critical size of the lozenge.

NOTE: The device conflicts with Swineford: Paly of six argent and sable, a chief azure (Papworth, p. 559). The device is color on color. Paly must be of an even number. As it stands, the device has four pallets argent on a sable field, and thus the chief azure is color on color. The device is unbalanced. Please add another increscent on the chief. The increscent should not be tilted.

NOTE: Please document Koželuh. "Czechoslovakian" is not a language. Is it Czech or Slovak? Photocopy the appropriate dictionary page. The odd mullet is not heraldic. Draw a normal mullet. A bend per bend is very unusual, although not forbidden.

NOTE: The name conflicts with Nikolaus von Sachsen. The device is four layers, not period style, and conflicts with Anne of the Golden Mantle: Vert, on a plate a swan naiant couped at the fessline sable.

NOTE: The device is color on color. Try a chevron counter-ermine. (Changing to Paly argent and vert, a chevron sable would conflict with many mundane arms.)

NOTE: The device conflicts with Julie of the Black-water: Per fess rayonny argent and sable, in chief a heart gules.

NOTE: The name is impossible. You have a Russian given name, a Norse patronymic, and the statement that you are an American Indian. That's a contradiction. The device conflicts with Kaffar Muiriath: Sable, in chief a catamount argent and in base a demi-sun Or.

NOTE: This is too complex for a badge. Badges should not be complex emblems that look like arms. Badges should be very simple, ideally just one charge or a group of conjoined charges. At least delete the plates.

NOTE: Mentor was a unique person in history. He was a wise old friend of Odysseus. When Telemachus was searching for his father, the goddess Athene went with him in the guise of Mentor as counselor and guide. From this comes the word mentor, meaning counselor. Mentor of Bedlam looks like a title meaning Counselor of Bedlam, the famous insane asylum. Please add a given name. Mentor is acceptable as an epithet. The device would be better with the otters in a heraldic tincture. (The Canadian river otter is Lutra canadensis. Enhydra lutris is the sea otter.)

NOTE: Rhea is a divine or unique name, not allowable for SCA names. Rhea was the wife of Chronos and mother of Zeus. Its modern use as a given name seems to be out of period. The device seems acceptable.

NOTE: This conflicts with Croad: Sable, on a chevron between three quatrefoils argent as many ogresses (Papworth, p. 515). Cotisses are a minor point. The difference between a quatrefoil and a five-petaled star jasmine blossom is very small.

NOTE: It is against our rules to have an ordinary wreathed of two colors (particularly azure and vert).

NOTE: Device appeal denied. The device is still not period style, which would have a horse's head couped sable on a complete sun or compass star. Having a head emerge from the field this way wasn't done. To modern eyes it looks like a black-and-white rendition of the Horsehead Nebula, with three nearby stars.

NOTE: Name unaccept-able. Tara is a place name. It is not a period given name. Dwenwyn is a fine period given name. The device conflicts with Dorthea Eulenfreund: Per pale vert and argent, a fess counterchanged and in chief a barn own displayed proper.

NOTE: Document this unusual name. The badge conflicts with Gilsa: Vert, three bars wavy argent (Rietstaap).

 NOTE: Compline Herald and Baywolf Pursuivant withdrawn.

NOTE: The device is too complex and entirely too evocative of quartered arms.