THE FOLLOWING SUBMISSIONS ARE APPROVED:

KINGDOM OF AN TIR

Erlend MacLeod. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Genevieve de Montfort. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Geoffrey Fletcher. Name and device. Quarterly vert and azure, a mortar and pestle Or, on a chief indented argent five cloves proper.

Cloves "proper" are hereby defined as being dark brown (were they black, we could blazon them as "sable").

Meredith of the White Cliffs. Device. Sable, a tyger sejant to sinister Or, within an orle of mullets argent.

Vulcanfeldt, Shire of. Device. Per chevron gules and Or upon a sun a laurel wreath all counterchanged within a bordure embattled sable.

The charges here are on the very edge of unidentifiability because of the counterchanging. Only the clarity of the laurel wreath in this design kept it from going beyond the bounds.

Windy Vale, College of. Name (see RETURNS for device).

KINGDOM OF ANSTEORRA

Adrienne Diana Rainier. Device. Sable, a cat's face argent between four lozenges in cross ermine, all within an orle Or.

This item was pended from the February Laurel meeting.

There was some question as to whether this has already been registered to the Kingdom. In any case, it is now.

Ansteorra, Kingdom of. Title for Eclipse Herald.

Ansteorra, Kingdom of. Title for Rowel Pursuivant.

Ansteorra, Kingdom of. Title for Sabbia Nera Herald.

Ansteorra, Kingdom of. Title for Sable Crane Pursuivant.

Ansteorra, Kingdom of. Title for Sable Scroll Pursuivant.

Christopher Kirk. Holding name and device. Per bend sinister gules and sable, on a bend sinister argent, three hourglasses palewise sable, in dexter chief a qull pen and a rapier in saltire argent.

This was pended from the March Laurel meeting, at which time the submitted name, Christopher Kirk Dracovis, was returned.

This item was pended from the February Laurel meeting.

Adenwald the Hazardous. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Alastair Liam FitzAlan. Name and device. Azure, honeycombed argent, two halberds in saltire Or.

The halberds on the submission form were hafted Or, not sable as it appeared on the mini-emblazon.

As a number of commenters correctly guessed, and researched, the rainbow was "proper".

Arabella Brus. Name and device. Sable, between a chevronel and a chevronel inverted braced, a caltrop Or.

The relative sizes of the charges, not to mention the fact that chevrons and their diminutives are ordinaries, clearly made the chevronels the primaries, and thus this does not conflict with Selena of the Northern Woods, cited in the LoI.

Please do not use the term "ermines", as it becomes confusing. In this case (as with the badge of the Queen's Champion), the fur was actually erminois. (The SCA normally uses the term counter-ermine for the fur British heralds call ermines.)

As several commenters noted, irises come in a number of colors. This one is (and was researched by a number of commenters as being) purpure.

Doran Campbell. Pean, a boar's head couped close within a bordure argent.

Submitted as Dorran Campbell, the submitter's name was registered January 1989 with only one "r". The device still contains one allusion to Campbell armory (their boar's head crest), but used in this manner does not appear excessive.

Durand le Berger. Name.

Efenwealt Wystle. Name

Isenfir, Shire of. Change of device. Or, in pale a sword inverted sable and a mountain couped of three peaks gules, all within a laurel wreath sable.

Their previously registered device, Or, a sword inverted sable above a mountain of three peaks gules, the whole environed of a laurel wreath proper, is released.

James Robert McCabe. Name.

Jane of Bright Hills. Name and device. Or, a raven and on a chief embattled sable, two quill pens in saltire argent.

Katherine of Cyddlan Downs. Name.

Submitted as Katherine of Cyddlain Downs, this is the registered form of her home group.

Submitted as Ernst de Stille, we have modified the name, as the submitter's forms allowed, to the correct grammar of the form closest to what the submitter originally desired.

Ælfwine Wídfara. Name and device. Per bend sinister azure and argent, a compass star within a bordure counterchanged.

Ariel Stuart. Name.

Ascelyn Fraser Sommerhawke. Device. Per pale argent and sable, two hawks striking respectant counterchanged, all within a bordure gules.

Bartholomew Gualtrudd O'Cullaighne. Name and badge for House O'Cullaighne. Argent, a trefoil gules within a bordure embattled sable.

Bianca Selina Orsini. Name.

Bryan Abela. Name and device. Vairy sable and argent, a Maltese cross within a bordure gules.

Name submitted as Bryant Abela. The "excrescent -t" appears to be post-period, and so has been dropped.

Casia Thessalonica apo Constantinopolios. Device. Purpure crusilly Latin argent, on a double-headed eagle Or a passion cross purpure.

Submitted as Casia Thessalonica apo Constantinopolis, the name was registered as Contantinopolios in February, 1990.

Cedrych Ladyman. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Davin Mac Alister of Drake's Height. Name only (see RETURNS for device). Gules, a crossbow between in base two bolts Or.

Dunstan of Lewisham. Device. Quarterly azure and argent, a dragon's head caboshed Or.

Eden Elisabeth McNab Sommerhawke. Device change. Per bend sinister argent and vert, a Celtic cross counterchanged and in chief a hawk migrant sable.

Eduard das Kind. Name and device. Argent, a pair of wooden stick hobby horses in saltire proper.

Submitted as Eduard des Kindes. Since the name as submitted meant "the child's Eduard", we have modified the name as the submittor's forms allowed to the proper form for "Eduard the child".

Please ask the submitter to draw the compass star larger.

Fia Naheed. Transfer of household name and new badge for Household of the Pilgrim and the Star. [Fieldless] On an escallop inverted argent a compass star azure.

Francesca Nicola Alessandra Cellini. Device. Or, a pile indented azure between two lionesses heads cabossed sable.

George Grey Knowles of the Hill. Name and device. Per chevron checky sable and argent, and azure, in base a sword inverted issuant from a mount argent.

Ghislane d'Auxerre. Name and device. Azure, two chevronels inverted argent and on a chief ermine a herald's staff proper, ribboned vert.

Iain Glic MacRobert. Azure, two falcons striking respectant within a bordure argent.

Joseph Stuart. Name.

Llewellyn Flinthaven. Device. Sable, issuant from a roundel argent charged with a cat's head couped gules, three lightning bolts in pall argent all within a bordure Or.

Leornung-hús. Branch designator.

This is an appropriate Anglo-Saxon alternate for "College".

Maria Isabel Elena Velásquéz de Barcelona. Name and device. Pean, a fan and on a chief Or two ravens rising to sinister, wings elevated and addorsed sable.

Maria Theresa Ipeñarrieta. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Marina Zanne. Name.

Merced Maggiesbane of Hove. Name and device. Per bend embattled gules and argent, in sinister chief a sun within a snake involved Or.

It was felt that Maggiesbane was marginal, but was only one "weirdness".

Morgan of Lorraine. Name and device. Vert, in pale a mullet of eight points Or and a sword proper, within a bordure dovetailed Or.

Rowan Michael Gwyar ap Llewelyn. Device. Or. a wolf rampant between two gussets sable each charged with a compass star Or.

Sibylla Greystone of Stotesbury. Device. Vert, in pale three stoats sejant guardant argent marked sable between two flaunches argent, each charged with a goblet sable.

Thomas Brownwell. Name.

Tunoc Breakshield. Name and device. Argent, a sword sable entwined by a pomegranate slipped gules and a chief sable.

Valdis Raginheid. Name and device. Per pale sable and argent two double-bitted axes in saltire fretted with a mascle counterchanged.

William Castellan. Name and device. Per bend azure and argent, in sinister chief three dolphins in pale, and in dexter base a fleur-de-lys, all counterchanged.

Yvon Bater of Darkwood. Device. Gules, a human skull affronty argent between two cobras, erect and respectant, tails crossed in base Or.
This was pended from the March Laurel meeting.

KINGDOM OF CALONTIR

Alan Smyith of Darkdale. Name.

Alana Defrene. Name and device. Per pale gules and argent, a pheon inverted and in chief two enfields combattant, all counterchanged.

Calam MacPherson of Stonehaven. Name.

Derek Logan. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Elizabeth Winter of White Forest. Change of name from Deirdre Llyn Stormdreamer (see RETURNS for badge).

Emma de Gael. Name.

Faolan MacThighearnain. Name and device. Ermine, a wolf couchant reguardant to sinister sable within a bordure dovetailed azure.

This form of the patronymic was found in Ulster Surnames by Robert Bell on page 112.

Garth Elander. Name and device. Azure, two lions combattant Or and on a chief triangular argent a cross botonny gules.

Geirr Bassi, p. 10, notes Garthr (with a thorn), which in common practice would drop the final "r", making Garth a reasonable form. This is a departure from previous rulings, based on new documentation.

Gerald Goodwine. Badge. Argent, five dogs, statant coward to sinister in annulo, legs to center, sable.

Gertrude von Holstein. Name and device. Argent, a cow rampant and on a chief enarched azure, two spears in saltire argent.

Helen Rose Winfield. Name.

Hugh of Horseham. Name and device. Argent, three horse's heads couped within a bordure embattled azure.

James Winter of White Forest. Name change from Niccolo Corvino.

Katharine Attryde. Device. Per bend Or and azure, a bend cotised counterchanged between a sword inverted sable and a rose argent, barbed and seeded proper.

Olivia Xiména de Cabezón. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Peregrine Frijonds. Name and device. Or, a falcon volant and on a chief embattled gules, two crescents argent.

Please have the submitter draw the crescents less "banana-like" and make the bird larger.

No one could document use of "la" with the locative, so we have dropped it, as the submitter's forms allowed.

Seth of Wyvern's Tooth. Name and device. Per bend sinister vert and argent, a wyvern passant to sinister counterchanged.

Steffen Albert Rheinbauer. Name (see RETURNS for device).

KINGDOM OF THE EAST

Aethelmearc, Principality of. Name for Order of the Cornelian.

We have modified the name of the order to the provably period spelling, as the submitters' form allowed.

Angelina d'Este. Device. Argent ermined, on a cross clechy gules four pierrot masks Or.

Argent, ermined gules, is a CVD from ermine, thus this is clear of Aldewinckell, Ermine, on a cross paty gules, a mullet Or. A cross clechy is a CVD from a cross flory, so this is clear from Owtred, Argent, on a cross flory gules, four mullets Or.

Aquel of Darkstead Wood. Transfer of badge to Carolingia, Barony of. Per fess engrailed enhanced azure and Or, at the honor point an egg counterchanged.

Carolingia, Barony of. Transfer of badge and designation for Carolingian Brewer's Build from Aquel of Darkstead Wood. Per fess engrailed enhanced azure and Or, at the honor point an egg counterchanged.

Carolingia, Barony of. Transfer of badge and designation for Carolingian Company of Bowmen from Marian of Edwinstowe. Azure, a pall wavy between three pairs of arrows inverted in saltire Or.

East, Kingdom of the. Badge and designation for Archers of the East. Argent, four arrows fretted points to chief within a bordure sable.

East, Kingdom of the. Badge and designation for Bowmen of the East. Gules, four arrows fretted points to chief within a bordure argent.

Garvey the Pict. Name and device. Ermine, in chief a crescent inverted gules surmounted by an arrow fracted chevronwise inverted sable.

Geoffrey Fletcher of the Silver Arrow. Name.

Gudrun of the Glen. Name and device. Vert, a bell argent and on a chief indented Or, two birds azure.

Guido Martini of Trinacria. Change of name from Guido of Trinacria; new device. Or, a gauntlet sable and on a chief wavy gules, a sea serpent ondoyant emergent from the line of division Or.

Haakon Tryggvason. Name.

Submitted as Haakon Trygvason. We have added the documented second "g", as the submitter's forms allowed, as dropping it does appear to change the pronunciation significantly.

We have reblazoned the badge to better reflect the respective sizes of the two charges and to follow standard blazon practice of blazoning chief/dexter to base/sinister.

Kyrielle Chandoisel. Device. Per chevron throughout ployé engrailed Or and purpure, a dove volant argent bearing in its beak an olive branch proper and in chief two crescents purpure.

Submitted as "Purpure, chapé ployé invected ...", the chapé comes too far down the sides of the shield to truly be considered chapé (not to mention the fact that the chapé portions of the field should not be charged). It is visually "per chevron throughout", so we have reblazoned it thus.

Laurena Mouchot. Name.

Lorenzo Alhambra. Name and device. Vert, on a chevron between three flasks argent, two salamanders combattant vert enflamed gules.

Louise LaMotte. Name.

Marian of Edwinstowe. Transfer of badge and designation to Carolingia, Barony of. Azure, a pall wavy between three pairs of arrows inverted in saltire Or.

Marian O'Liam. Name.

Marion ferch Llewelyn. Name and device. Quarterly vert and argent, in bend sinister two horse's heads couped sable.

Marion of Preston. Name.

Morwen o'r Llyn. Device. Argent, a feather gules banded sable within a bordure vert.

Novia the Widow. Name change from Novia Morgana and device. Argent vêtu, a spider sable between in cross four hourglasses gules.

Submitted as Nova the Widow, we have modified the name as the submitter's forms allowed as the form Novia can be definitely documented as a name, while "nova" is a word both in English and in Latin.

Rohaise of Riversend. Name.

Svea the Shortsighted. Badge (see RETURNS for household name). Azure, a heron volant, wings addorsed, within a bordure argent.

Thomé de Laurent. Name and device. Argent, a spiral trumpet vert and a chief embattled sable.

Vs. MacTurk, Argent, a hunting horn vert stringed gules, cited in the LoI, there is a CVD for the type of horn; here, circular vs. crescent-shaped. That plus the chief make two CVDs.

Vladimir the Transparent. Name.

KINGDOM OF MERIDIES

Agnes of the Whispering Willows. Name.

Brian MacBrand. Device. Per chevron inverted sable and gules, a compass star gules, fimbriated, and a crescent inverted argent, within a bordure compony vert and argent.

Brian MacBrand. Badge. Sable, a bobcat rampant reguardant checky argent and gules, dependent from its hindpaw a crescent inverted argent, within a bordure compony argent and gules.

Brian MacBrand. Name for Dun Coille Dubh.

Submitted as Dun Coill Dubh, the adjective is not aspirated, so we have corrected the grammar.

Conal MacDale. Device. Per bend sinister wavy Or and counter-ermine, a bend sinister wavy counterchanged between a horse's head couped sable and a horse's head couped reversed Or.

Connla Yellowclaw. Name and device. Per pale gules and sable, a dance Or, in base three holly leaves conjoined in pall inverted argent.

Dagmar bint Omar. Device. Argent, a staff of Aesculapius between on two flauches azure, two hummingbirds rising respectant, wings elevated and addorsed, argent.

This was pended from the March Laurel meeting.

Geoffrey of Bradelei. Badge. [Fieldless] A cross formy within a stag's attires argent.

Kathryn of Lindsey. Name.

Kynan Rhys of Cardigan. Device. Or, a serpent, heads at either end, nowed and aspectant, gules between in chief on a pellet a mullet of four points throughout Or and in base three chevronels braced sable.

This was pended from the February Laurel meeting.

This item was pended from the February Laurel meeting.

Please ask the submitter to draw the fimbriation more boldly. It was little larger on the submission form than it was on the mini-emblazon in the LoI.

Tancred dello Falco. Name.

Wyrmgeist, Shire of. Device. Argent, on a pile engrailed sable, a dragon sejant erect Or, overall a laurel wreath counterchanged.

Please ask them to redraw the pile so that it does not issue from the corners of the chief.

Elfwyn de Barfleur. Device change. Argent, three dolphins haurient, conjoined in pall inverted, tails outwards, sable within a bordure azure, fretty argent.

This item was pended from the February Laurel meeting.

This item was pended from the February Laurel meeting.

Anastasia Nikolaievna Raskol'nikova. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Anton the Fair. Release of badge. Gyronny Or and vert, four pommes.

Aylwin Greymane. Name.

Branwen ferch Emrys. Name and device. Per chevron sable and vert, a raven rising wings elevated and addorsed, in chief two compass stars argent.

Vs. Duncan MacThearlaich, cited in the LoI, in this case the raven is clearly the primary charge, being the largest charge on the emblazon and in the center of the shield. As such we may apply rule X.1, Addition of Primary Charge.

Ceolgar of Amberglen. Name and device. Per fess wavy argent and azure, a drakkar sailing to sinister and four arrows fretted, counterchanged.

Christopher of Gwynedd. Name and device. Counter-ermine, three lightning bolts palewise in fess Or, overall a stag courant argent.

Da'ud ibn Ali. Name and device. Per pale sable and azure, a horse rampant and a mount argent.

Deidre Hawksworth. Device. Purpure, a natural tiger dormant argent, marked sable, a chief triangular argent goutty purpure.

Submitted as Diedre Hawsworth, the name was registered in this form in February, 1990.

[An irreverent comment from the meeting: Considering his name, the submitter should be told that a sword should be on this device.]

Edmund the Lame. Device. Sable, an armored leg palewise embowed and on a chief argent, a maltese cross between a decrescent and an increscent gules.

The chief is poor style, and borders on "slot machine heraldry". Only the fact that the two outside charges are crescent variants keeps it from going beyond the pale of the permissible.

Gyrth Greycloak. Name and device. Per saltire gules and sable, a sword proper between two ram's heads couped respectant argent, horned Or.

Iricus le Ferur. Device. Sable, on a bend sinister between two crescents argent, two towers palewise sable.

Jacinta van Schoonhoven. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

James of Nottingham. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Janeta of Lindisfarne. Name.

Juliana of Tregony. Name and device. Azure, on a bend sinister between two cats sejant to sinister argent, three annulets azure.

Llewellyn Judde of the Marches. Name and device. Sable, on a fess between four roses argent, three and one, barbed vert, seeded gules, a brock statant to sinister sable.

Maura de Coursy. Badge. [Fieldless] A domino mask ermine.

Monique de la Maison Rouge. Name and device. Quarterly argent and gules, four towers counterchanged.

Peter Mihailopoulos. Name.

Rainald FitzRenyard. Name and device. Sable, a bend sinister between two rapiers inverted Or, a bordure argent.

Raulyn Fynch. Change of name from Roderic Fynch.

Robert von Einsiedeln. Name and device. Vert, three demi-yales conjoined in pall argent, spotted gules.

Roderick Mactavish. Change of name from Phelan of Glamorgan.

Runwynn of Amberglen. Name.

Tegwen Llyn y Fan Fawr. Name.

Ulfgar the Unspeakable. Name.

William Roving Eye. Name.

Wolfgang Rotkopf. Name and device. Or, an abacus sable, a chief rayonny gules.
THE FOLLOWING SUBMISSIONS ARE RETURNED:

KINGDOM OF AN TIR

Erlend MacLeod. Device. Gules, five eagles' heads erased in saltire Or.

Conflict with Rion, Gules, three griffins' heads erased Or. There is only one CVD for number of charges. This is clear from Fenton, cited by several commenters, Vert, six falcons' heads erased Or, with one CVD for the field tincture and another for the arrangement of the charges (in saltire vs. three, two and one).

Checky of two colors has not been permissible for quite some time.

Conflict with William Blakeney, Baron Blakeney, the British commander who unsuccessfully defended Minorca against the French in 1756.

Conflict with Cassandra de la Mistral, Azure, a Boreas (wind) affronty argent. There is only one CVD for the addition of the wreath.

Ansteorra, Kingdom of. Title for Argent Lion Pursuivant.

Conflict with Lyon King of Arms. Per V.1 and V.2, addition of an adjective is insufficient.

Conflict with the Order of Athena, registered to the Barony of the Angels.

Currently registered to the West Kingdom.

Conflict with the Blue Iris Pursuivant and aural conflict with the Ibis Herald (to the extent that one commenter even wrote Ibis for this submission).

Conflict with the Comet Pursuivant. Per V.1 and V.2, addition of an adjective is insufficient.

Conflict with the Falcon Herald. Per V.1 and V.2, addition of an adjective is insufficient.

Conflict with the Scottish Order of the Thistle. Per V.1 and V.2, addition of an adjective is insufficient.

Adenwald the Hazardous. device. Per chevron azure and plumetty azure and argent, a hawk displayed, wings inverted, Or.

Multiple conflicts, including: De Limesay, Gules, an eagle displayed Or; Bartram, Azure, an eagle displayed Or; Duchy of Westphalia, Azure, an eagle displayed crowned Or; Palatinate of Saxony, Azure, an eagle displayed (sometimes crowned) Or; and Gilbert of the Glens, Azure, an eagle displayed grasping a sun in both claws Or. In each case there is only one CVD, for the field.

Had the submitter allowed minor changes to grammar, we could have registered this as Alesia de Trenwyth. As it is it must be returned because the French "de" is not contracted this way before a consonant. Trenwyth seems to be an acceptable variant of Trenewyth, based on several similar variant spellings, including Trenewth and Trenwith.

Conflict with Urho Waltterinen, Sable, on a pall inverted argent a chevron rompu sable. There is one CVD for the addition of the secondaries, but we could not in good faith grant another for the difference between a pall inverted "charged with a chevron rompu" and a pall inverted "charged with a pall inverted".

Since the crescent is fairly clearly the primary here, this conflicts with Densel, Sable, a crescent enclosing an eight-pointed estoile argent. Were the dragon considered the primary, this would conflict with Alexander Greylorn, Sable, a dragon segreant, incensed of icy breath, and a chief rayonny argent.

Conflict with Nelson, Per chevron argent and sable, three fleurs-de-lys counterchanged. There is a CVD for the addition of the bordure, but nothing (at this point in time) for changing type of one of the three primaries.

Please do not use the term "ermines", as it is confusing. In this case (as with the submission of Bebinn of Bury St. Edmonds) the fur was actually erminois. (The SCA normally uses the term counter-ermine for the fur British heralds call ermines.) From a study of the way the ermine spots were drawn, it appears that the emblazon was submitted upside down on both the LoI and the submission forms. This is being returned because it is a fieldless badge having disconnected charges of two tincture classes, color and metal. This has not been allowed for some time (this precedent was, in fact, written into the old rules as AR13b). Additionally, it is very busy for a badge, with seven charges of three types and four tinctures.

Per V.4, the name does not conflict with the College of Saint David. However, the name still has the problem of mixing two languages into a single phrase, and their documentation does not really support the combination here. Were the name involved here of Gaelic origin, then their arguments might be stronger; however, David is a borrowed name, which appeared in different forms in the two languages used in the name submitted. That "David" would have been preserved in a form such as this is not supported by the evidence. The device conflicts with a badge for the Kingdom of Caid, Argent, on a pale azure a crescent argent. The roundel needs to be drawn with fewer, and much bolder, "indents".

This technically conflicts with the Mercian Training Brigade, Azure, an imperial eagle displayed within an orle all Or (Military Ordinary #290), with only one CVD for type of primary. Vs. Patruska Vozon d'Angoumois, Azure, a stag lodged to sinister within a tressure Or, Laurel is inclined to allow a CVD for type of primary and another for orientation (palewise vs. fesswise), making them clear.

Conflict with Pelton, Argent, three mullets sable, with one CVD for the addition of the secondaries. Were the gores considered the primary charges (which they really cannot here), this would conflict with with Geoffrey Thomas, Argent, two gussets gules, with a CVD for the addition of the mullets.

Rule VIII.3 notes that "voiding and fimbriation may only be used with simple geometric charges...." The roundel engrailed is too complex a charge to fimbriate this way.

Conflict with Taylor, Argent, on a pale sable, three lions argent, and with Sable, Argent, on a pale between two anchors sable three estoiles of the field. There is a CVD for the secondaries (addition against Taylor and type against Sable), but the change of type only of the tertiaries is insufficient for the second necessary CVD.

Conflict with Barony of the Bridge, Barry wavy azure and Or, a doric column argent. There is a CVD for fieldlessness, but the vine was visually no more significant than many "held" charges.

Cedrych Ladyman. Device. Gyronny argent and azure, a mullet within a bordure sable.

Conflict with Ansteorra, Or, a mullet of five greater and five lesser points within a bordure sable, as cited in the LoI. There is one CVD for the change to the field. The removal of the lesser points of the mullet, particularly given the fact of near unidentifiability of the mullet on the azure portions of the gyronny field, are not worth the necessary second CVD.

Conflict with Baliste, Gules, a crossbow Or. There is one CVD, for the addition of the secondaries.

Well, Wyndholme (English, not Norse as stated in the LoI) is fine. It seems unclear from the commentary whether the Gaesatae were a specific class of Celtic nobility or a specific tribe (noted primarily for the use of the spear and going naked into battle). Either way, it is not appropriate for registration. The badge conflicts with Chellery, Argent, a whirlpool gules, and with Carlotta Belfiore de Firenze, Argent, a gurges gules, overall a triskelion arrondi sable. Versus Chellery, there is only one CVD for the addition of the spear; versus Carlotta there is only one CVD for changing the type of overall charge.

The submitter wishes to add Candace to her currently registered name, Margarette van Zanten. Unfortunately, no one could document Candace as other than a name which became a title for Ethiopian queens. We need evidence that it was used as a name in period by others before it can be registered.

This is in conflict with Carvalho, Azure, a mullet of eight points Or within [and conjoined at the saltirewise points to] a lunel argent, as cited in Crescent's letter of response.

Conflict with the Ermine Street Guard, an English Roman legion recreation group. There is one CVD for the addition of the bordure. See RfS I.3 and I.3.a for the applicable principles.

KINGDOM OF CALONTIR

Caitrin ni Ruaidhri. Badge. Vert, on a flame argent, a thistle purpure.

Conflict with Michael Bjornson, Vert, a viking longship sable upon flames of fire argent. There is only one CVD, for changing the type and tincture of the charge on the flames.

The tincture of the bend sinister was left off the LoI. (The "bend sinister" on the emblazon form was also closer to a "ribband sinister". Please have the submitter draw it much wider when he resubmits.) Because on the forms it was quite clearly argent, there is a conflict with Dail y Eiliwriad o Cwm Cwymp Dwr, Vert, a scarpe argent between an oak leaf and a castle of three stepped towers Or. There is only one CVD for changing the type of secondaries.

Conflict with Rolf the Relentless, Pean, a compass star fitchy of eight Or. There is only one CVD, for the addition of the lion.

There are a number of conflicts: Ireland, Azure, a harp Or; David, Azure, a harp Or; SCA Ministry of the Arts, Purpure, an Irish harp Or; Meridies Companionate of Bards, Vair, a harp Or; and Lanschaden and Steinach, Sable, a harp Or. Since the SCA considers chapé to be a field division, there is only one CVD in each case for the change to the field.

Conflict with the Order of Arachne's Web, Sable, a spiderweb argent. There is only one CVD for the addition of the charges on the web.

Conflict with Vane/Fane, Azure, three dexter gauntlets Or. There is only one CVD for the addition of the chain.

The laurel wreath was virtually unidentifiable at any distance against the field (see RfS VIII.3 for the applicable principle). If the submitters would consider making the wreath gules, this problem would be greatly mitigated.

East, Kingdom of the. Badge and designation for Master Bowmen of the East. Or, four arrows fretted points to chief sable within a bordure gules.

We cannot, in good conscience, register a title reserved by Corpora to peers to any non-peerage group, no matter in what form they propose to use it. It may be that there are guilds which use some form of "guildmaster", "master armorer", etc. These ranks are not registered, nor can they be, unless and until the Board of Directors changes the titles of rank of the peerages. The badge conflicts with a badge of the West Kingdom, Or, four arrows fretted sable, barbed gules. This conflict was known when the LoI was sent to the College, and was included "on spec", in the hopes that a letter of permission could be obtained before the Laurel meeting. This is poor procedure, and should not be done. Obtain the letter of permission first.

We cannot, in good conscience, register a title reserved by Corpora to peers to any non-peerage group, no matter in what form they propose to use it. It may be that there are guilds which use some form of "guildmaster", "master armorer", etc. These ranks are not registered, nor can they be, unless and until the Board of Directors changes the titles of rank of the peerages. The badge conflicts with a badge of the West Kingdom, Or, four arrows fretted sable, barbed gules. This conflict was known when the LoI was sent to the College, and was included "on spec", in the hopes that a letter of permission could be obtained before the Laurel meeting. This is poor procedure, and should not be done. Obtain the letter of permission first.

The name conflicts with March of the Marshes per RfS V.1 and V.2. Addition of an adjective is insufficient.

Christopher Morgan MacCathalain. Device. Per chevron argent and Or, both ermined azure, on a chevron gules, three enfields passant Or.

The charges on the chevron were quite clearly enfields, not talbots as stated in the letter of intent. Unfortunately, the device conflicts with Sigurd of Encboergaard, Lozengy argent and sable, on a chevron gules three caltraps Or, and with Robert de Bolton, Argent, on a chevron gules three lions passant guardant Or (Foster, p. 26). In each case there is one CVD for the field, but nothing for changing only the type of tertiary charges. Conflict also with Fiona Clare O Doinn, Counter-ermine, on a chevron gules a poppy argent between two others Or. There is a CVD for the field, but nothing for changing the type and 1/3 tincture of the tertiaries. (Lord Silver Trumpet also gives a long list of other Papworth conflicts which we will not cite here: they are all based on [Field], on a chevron gules three [charges] Or.)

This was not a new submission, as stated on the letter of intent, but was returned in the LoAR of 28 November 1987, noting that wita was a member of the Witanagemot, the Anglo-Saxon ruling council, and that wita also means "white", so that the name conflicts with the Arthurian Guinevere the White. None of the issues in that return have been addressed, and so it must be returned again for the same reasons.

Conflict with Clench, Gules, six annulets conjoined in pairs Or, two and one. There is a CVD for the field, but nothing for changing the type of 1/3 of the primaries. Unlike the case of Branwen ferch Emrys, West Kingdom, above, the butterfly here is clearly in base, and its visual weight is no stronger than that of the annulets. That being the case, it cannot be considered the primary charge, but only one of a single group of primaries.

While the submitter's additional documentation was very interesting, he has not addressed the issues stated for the last return, viz., that the average person would believe the name to mean "Saul, king of Israel". Nor has he given any evidence for the extra "wa" in the patronymic. (Even the expert quoted by the submitter in the appeal uses the more common "Yisrael".)

Anastasia Nikolaievna Raskol'nikova. Device. Or, semy of increscents gules, a sun sable.

Conflict with Firstman of the Lakes (Fabulous Heraldry #874), Or, a sun sable. There is one CVD, for the addition of the semy.

Conflict with the Princes of Lippe (Woodward p. 324), Argent, a rose gules, barbed and seeded proper, and with Rosenberg (Woodward), Argent, a rose gules, seeded Or. The visual resemblance was striking.

Conflict with Hudleston, Gules, fretty and a bordure Or. Evidence has been presented that "a fret" and "fretty" were considered interchangeable in period, so no difference can be granted between them (as with a chevron and a chevron throughout). Visual conflict with Stephen Trahearn, Gyronny sable and gules, a fret couped within a bordure Or.

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