AN TIR

Alanus of Bunghea. Device. Per chevron azure and Or, two leatherworker's knives blades to center Or and a flame gules.

Aodh Deoradhán. Name.

Submitted on the letter of intent as Aed Deoradháin, it was changed in kingdom from Aodh an Deoradhán. That form was not correct; we have changed the name to a correct form which is extremely close to what was originally submitted.

Arontius of Bikeleswade. Change of name from Irenaeus of Bikeleswade and device. Sable, a winged serpent embowed Or maintaining with its tail a quill pen bendwise sinister argent, on a base Or a winged cat sejant affronty sable.

His former name Irenaeus of Bikeleswade, is hereby released.

Branuenn Goch. Name.

Christophe de Lascaux. Name.

Ciaran Cluana Ferta. Badge. (Fieldless) A boot azure.

Cold Keep, Shire of. Device. Per chevron sable mulletty Or and azure, a tower argent and in base a laurel wreath Or.

Please instruct the group to draw the tower larger.

Cragmere, Shire of. Name and device. Argent, on a chevron gules three swans naiant argent, in base a laurel wreath sable.

Edmund Middleton of York. Name and device. Azure, a chevron between three estoiles Or.

My thanks to the college for deducing the correct blazon from the permission to conflict mentioned in the LoI. Note: he has a letter of permission to conflict with Eric of Bhakail (SCA) Azure, a chevron throughout between three mallets fesswise Or.

Esperanza Razzolini d'Asolo. Badge. (Fieldless) On a cross flory azure a cross flory between four fleurs­de­lys bases to center Or.

Gavin Flandre. Name and device. Gules, a griffin segreant checky argent and azure.

Nice armory! Note: he has a letter of permission to conflict with Morgan ap Siarl (SCA) Gules, a griffin segreant ermine maintaining in its dexter foreclaw a cross of four lozenges Or.

Gisla Rodumna. Name.

Kateryn Garnett. Name and device. Gules, two Catherine wheels in pale between flaunches argent each charged with a step­cut gemstone fesswise gules.

Please instruct the submitter on how to correctly draw flaunches.

Laurencia de Saint Germain. Device. Per pale purpure and argent, a horse's head couped and a harp reversed and on a chief an arrow all counterchanged.




ANSTEORRA

Abigail Grace Le Grey. Name and device. Per pale embattled sable and argent, a rapier and a needle counterchanged.

Please commend the submitter for her drawing of the needle, and ask her to draw the rapier larger.

Albrecht of Catsprey. Name.

The given names Albrict or Ailbricht would be closer to period usage.

Angus MacNokard. Name.

Arlie Markeson. Device. Paly of six Or and azure, a bend sinister counterchanged and a bordure gules.

Diego Miguel Munoz de Castilla. Device. Argent, on a bend sable three escallops palewise argent.

This was pending from the June 1997 Laurel meeting in order for the Ansteorra submissions herald to obtain written permission for this device to conflict with George of Berwick (SCA), Argent, on a bend sable, three double roses argent, barbed vert. We have received the written permission and the change to the type of tertiaries provide the required one CD.

Manfred Wolf. Name and device. Argent, a wolf's head sable between in saltire four roses gules, a bordure embattled sable.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the bordure thicker, and with fewer embattlements.

Muriel FitzLloyd. Name change from Muireall de Bretagne and device. Vert, two peacocks close pavonated to base addorsed reguardant tails crossed in saltire argent on a chief invected Or three elm leaves inverted vert.

Her former name Muireall de Bretagne is hereby released.

Sigen Fridreksdottir. Device. Per chevron sable and azure, a hedgehog Or between three Thor's hammers argent.

ATENVELDT

Adrian La Moyne. Name and device. Azure, on a bend vert fimbriated Or, between two increscents argent, a catamount passant Or.

Albrecht von Siebeneich. Name and device. Per pale sable and vert, an eagle displayed ermine, a point pointed ployé argent.

Submitted as Albrecht von Siebenecke, no documentation was presented for the byname, and none could be found for that spelling . We have changed it to an attested spelling.

Alexander Demetrius. Name and device. Per pale argent and gules, a jester's cap and in base a pair of dice counterchanged.

Alfric von Hallenburg. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Alyna Isabel de Clare. Name and device. Purpure, a sea­unicorn erect argent, and a chief engrailed ermine.

Andrew the Executioner. Name and device. Argent, a double­bladed axe sable, hafted proper, within an orle of gouttes azure, on a chief sable two open books argent.

Anne of Sweetheart Abbey. Name.

Antonio Tolumello da Sicilia. Name and device. Paly bendy argent and sable, a demi­greyhound passant azure.

Submitted on the LoI as Antonio Tulemello da Silicia, the locative was misspelt. We have corrected the spelling to the correct form, which is what was originally submitted. No documentation was presented, and none could be found for the spelling Tulemello. We have replaced it with the closest documentable form.

Arielle ní Sheanáin. Device. Argent, a bend counter­ermine between a domestic cat sejant guardant and a falcon close gules.

Balin Michael Guiscard. Name and device. Ermine, an escarbuncle gules a bordure embattled sable.

Bran of Silver Keep. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Per chevron azure and argent, two demiwolves rampant addorsed issuant from the line of division argent, and a dog statant reguardant sable.

The question was raised in commentary as to whether this violated our sword and dagger rule, which prohibits two (or more) form of the same charge in the same piece of armory. For instances a rose and a rose bud, two different varieties of fish, a mullet of seven points and a mullet of 8 points, etc. This happens when the two items are not a CD apart. We in fact give a CD between an animal and the same animal when it is a demi­animal. This change is a type change, not a posture change. Therefore, since there is a CD between the demi­wolves and the dog, while poor style, this does not violate our ban on having two different charges in the same submission which are less than a CD apart. The armory was submitted under the name Bran MacTrean­Mor.

Brenda Lynne of Clan Neil. Name change from Brenda Lynne and device. Gules, two chevronels between three thistles argent.

Submitted as Brenda Lynne of the Clan MacNeil, the form Clan Neil or MacNeil would have been used, not the two in combination. We have changed it to the closest Anglicized form. Her previous name Brenda Lynne is hereby released.

Brian Brock. Name.

Brian of Saint Michaels Mount. Name and device. Or, on a bend invected vert between six mullets sable, a sword argent.

Cassian Falkenar. Name.

Corinne of Grenvelt. Name and device. Vert, nine roundels arranged as a lozenge, on a chief Or, six roundels in fess gules.

Submitted as Corrine of Grenvelt, the LoI typoed the submitted name, which was Corinne. We have restored it to the submitted form.

Damon Hawke. Badge. (Fieldless) A triangle voided Or.

Daniel Stuart. Name and device. Per pale azure and argent, two wyverns erect addorsed, tails nowed in a Wake knot, counterchanged.

Danielle d'Avignon. Name.

Deborah Inis Glas. Name and device. Vert, a camelopard statant contourny Or spotted sable a bordure Or.

Submitted as Deborah Uaine Oileán, this name combines English and Gaelic orthography in the same name. Since the submitter wants to be Deborah of the Green Island, we have changed the Gaelic Uaine Oileán, to an Anglicized form which means of the Green island. Note: while the LoI stated that Deborah was the submitter's mundane given name, no proof was provided, and without such proof the mundane name allowance cannot be invoked.

Deirdre of Kerry. Name and device. Vert, a lion rampant Or, a bordure Or semy of shamrocks vert.

Submitted as Deirdre Ailesh of Ciarrage, this mixed English and Gaelic orthography in the same name. We have changed it to an acceptable form that was on the list of changes that the submitter preferred.

Duncan Arthur Ross the Black. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Ealasaid nan Oighean. Device. Argent, three bars gules between a gauntlet aversant fesswise reversed and a sinister gauntlet fesswise sable.

Eamon MacAindriu. Name and (see PENDS for device).

Submitted as Eamon MacAndrew, this name combined Gaelic and English orthography in the same name. We have changed it to an all Gaelic form. A possible conflict was called with the famous modern BBC journalist Eamon Andrews most noted for hosting the program "This is Your Life" for over 25 years. Laurel had never heard of him, which is not surprising since Laurel doesn't watch any TV. Trying not to let her cultural deficiencies blind her to a possible problem, Laurel looked in her standard sources for the closest American equivalents. Since neither of her biographical dictionaries, nor her Encyclopedia Britannica had Chet Huntley or David Brinkley listed, it was decided that he was not important enough to protect.

Edward Drakenfeld. Badge. Per pale gules and azure, in pale three mahi­mahi fish naiant to sinister Or.

Einarr atgørvima r. Name.

Elenora Lindsay. Name.

Elizabeth Anne DeRaet. Name and device. Per bend argent and purpure, a hummingbird rising vert and a honeysuckle blossom affronty argent.

Submitted as Elizabeth Anne DeRaet the Seamstress, the byname Seamstress was shown to be out­of­period on the 1/96 LoAR. We have dropped the questionable element instead of changing it, since the submitter included a list of preferred changes.

Elizabetta of Artemisia. Holding name and badge (see RETURNS for name and device). (Fieldless) Two falcons rising respectant conjoined at the talons Or.

The badge was submitted under the name Elizabetta Sforza.

Elspeth von Bremen. Name change from Elspeth Anne of Starwood and device change. Per chevron throughout vert and sable, a chevron throughout between two mullets and a fleam Or.

Her original name Elspeth Anne of Starwood, is hereby released. Her previous device, Per pale Or and vert, to trees eradicated, each charged with a mullet, within a bordure all counterchanged., is to be retained as a badge.

Erica Gealbogha. Name and device. Vert, a bow argent, strung Or.

Submitted as Erica Bogha­Geal, it had the construction of the byname reversed. We have corrected the problem.

Gerolt ap Edward. Name and device. Gules, two pallets Or, overall a spear and an oar in saltire argent.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the charges thicker and more overall.

Giles Librarius. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Gráinne Gelleo. Name.

Gregory of Bec. Name and device. Per bend sinister Or and azure, in pale three annulets counterchanged.

Gwenddwyn Hardd. Name and device. Argent, a griffin passant gules maintaining a sheaf of needles sable, on a chief gules three caravels argent.

Submitted as Gwenddwyn y Hardd, Welsh does not normally use an article with simple adjectival nicknames. We have deleted the inappropriate article.

Hester Katherine de Courtenay. Name.

Isolde de Lisieux. Device. Sable, a bend of chain argent, overall a camelopard statant to sinister Or.

Jaime the Scot of Clan Neil. Name and device. Per bend azure and argent, a unicorn rampant to sinister, a bordure engrailed counterchanged.

Submitted as Jaime the Scot of the Clan MacNeil, the form Clan Neil or MacNeil would have been used, not the two in combination. We have changed it to the closest Anglicized form. Jaime is the submitter's mundane name.

Jane Kynesman of Northamptonshire. Name.

Jason Thorne of Antioch. Name and device. Quarterly azure and sable, a cross couped between in bend sinister a mask of comedy and a mask of tragedy argent.

Jessica Marten. Name (see RETURNS for device).

The Rules for Submission state "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." (Rule II.3, Invented Names) Elizabethan English qualifies as a linguistic tradition compatible with the domain of the SCA. Shakespeare qualifies as a period author and the Merchant of Venice just fits into our time period (ignoring the "gray" period from 1601 to 1650). The character in the play is human. Jessica may be "modern" according to Withycombe, but it is an acceptable SCA given name according to our rules.

John Rodrick of Clan Neil. Name change from John Rodrick (see RETURNS for device).

Submitted as John Rodrick of the Clan MacNeil the form Clan Neil or MacNeil would have been used, not the two in combination. We have changed it to the closest Anglicized form. His previous name, John Rodrick is hereby released.

John of Flanders. Name and device. Sable, two arms couped counterembowed and interlaced proper.

Kara of Clan Neil. Name and device. Per pale purpure and azure, three unicorns couchant argent.

Submitted as Kara of Clan McNeil the form Clan Neil or MacNeil would have been used, not the two in combination. We have changed it to the closest Anglicized form. Please instruct her to draw the unicorns larger, and further down the shield.

Katerina Elizabeth de Clisson. Device. Vert, a fess checky sable and Or between a sun in splendor Or and a decrescent moon argent.

Kian hrafn af Dyrnesi. Badge. Azure, a lion rampant Or, tail nowed, dexter forearm armored argent, maintaining a seax proper a bordure embattled argent.

Knut Storm le Carter. Name and device. Sable, two lightning bolts throughout in saltire argent, in pale two towers Or.

Submitted as Knut Storm Kartr, Knut is found on p. 268 of Reaney and Wilson under Knott with the citation Radulfus filius Knut dated to 1203, which shows its use as a given name. Storm is found in Reaney and Wilson dated to 1206. Under Cart as shown on p. 85 of Reaney and Wilson is Robert le Carter dated to 1240. Given that Storm is an epithet and Cart is a metonym for a carter, we have combined the name into a valid Middle English form.

Kytte Anna atte Rose. Badge. Sable, on a lozenge gules fimbriated a three­pronged vajhra Or.

Laetitia of Blackthorn. Device. Sable, two scarpes gules, fimbriated Or.

Leonard Carage de Berry. Name and device. Azure chapé, three roses, one and two argent barbed vert.

Submitted as Leonard Cartage DeBerry no evidence was presented, and none could be found for Cartage as a period name. We have substituted the closest period form. We have changed the final surname into a true locative form.

Maria Sophia da Firenze. Name.

Please inform the submitter that Sofia would be the correct Italian form.

Marie of Clan Neil. Name (see PENDS for device).

Submitted as of Marie of the Clan MacNeil, the form Clan Neil or MacNeil would have been used, not the two in combination. We have changed it to the closest Anglicized form.

Mary Constance Macbain. Name.

Meg ny Devlin. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Submitted as Meig O Dobhailen, no evidence was presented, and none could be found for Meig as a period name. We have changed it to the closest period form, Meg, which is an English name. Therefore, we have Anglicized the surname.

Michal of Michelstadt. Name and device. Vert, two swans rousant respectant argent.

Miranda the Seamstress. Badge. (Fieldless) On a heart gules three needles in pile points conjoined argent.

Moire Ross of Haddirvyk. Name and device. Purpure, a Celtic cross and in base a cloud, on a chief argent three thistles proper.

Owain Norgard of Greenbriar. Device. Per chevron indented azure and Or, two harps addorsed Or and a dragon passant contourny vert maintaining in its dexter forepaw a sheaf of arrows inverted sable, an orle of bay leaves conjoined counterchanged.

Owen Blakshepe. Name change from Owen Blacksheep.

This change was registered by Laurel 5/97.

Peregrine Uriona de Navarre. Name.

Petronilla of Argyll. Device change. Purpure, three thistles in bend Or, a chief checky purpure and Or.

Her previous device, Purpure, three mullets in bend Or, a chief checky purpure and Or., is hereby released

Robert de Cynnabar. Device. Purpure, a bend ermine cotised argent between two fleurs­de­lys, on a bordure Or an orle sable.

Though this has a technical count of 9, the device is balanced enough to be registerable.

Rowena Caer Llyn. Device. Argent, a bend sinister wavy azure between a pine tree eradicated proper and a tower purpure.

Russell of Clan Neil. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Submitted as Russell of the Clan MacNeil the form Clan Neil or MacNeil would have been used, not the two in combination. We have changed it to the closest Anglicized form.

Sanche O'Connor. Name and device. Per chevron vert and azure, in base a hummingbird rising, wings addorsed, argent.

Submitted as Sanchia O'Connor, this combined Spanish and Irish into one name. We have changed Sanchia to the closest English form.

Sebastiana Gerynot Fanelli. Name.

Please inform the submitter that Sebastiana is probably a female name. If he wishes an all Italian male form of his name, Sebastiano Guerinotto Fanelli would be the closest to the submitted form. If he resubmits in that form within a year of this LoAR we are willing to treat it as a free change.

Simon Aaron of Windermere. Name.

Submitted as Simon Aaron of Windamere, no documentation was provided, and none could be found for the submitted spelling of Windamere. We have substituted the closest attested form.

Sylvana Evelune de Aneslea. Name and device. Azure, a sword proper, winged argent enfiling an annulet Or, in chief two fleurs­de­lys argent.

Submitted as Sylvana Evangeline of Ansley Keep, no evidence was presented and none could be found for Evangeline as a period name. We have substituted the closest period form. There is no evidence for keep in period place­names; we have changed the place name to the closest period form.

Theresa of Clan Neil. Name and device. Per bend sinister argent and azure, a tree eradicated counterchanged.

Submitted as Theresa of the Clan MacNeil the form Clan Neil or MacNeil would have been used, not the two in combination. We have changed it to the closest Anglicized form.

Tiernagh O'Mally. Name (see PENDS for the device).

Submitted as Tierney O'Malley, the given name was derived from the surname Ó Tighearnaigh that is pronounced something like (O) Tierney, the final gh being nearly silent; the forename Tigernach (modern Tighearnach or Tiarnach) itself ends in the sound of the ch of loch. Period Anglicizations are generally fairly phonetic (when they don't simply substitute completely unrelated names). A reasonable late­period Anglicization would be Tiernach or Tiernagh. Woulfe has O Mallie and O Mally among his late 16th or early 17th c. Anglicizations of Ó Máille. We have registered this as Tiernagh O'Mally; the gh should elicit a pronunciation closer to the one she uses than the ch would.

Uggedei Minghan Nidun. Name (see RETURNS for badge).

The byname is Mongolian for Thousand Eyes, which is also the name of the submitter's Barony. Normally we do not register translations of SCA group names. However, the submitter has provided documentation that this follows period Mongolian practice; there was a Mongol chieftain in the court of Kubla Khan whose byname was Hundred Eyes. Since the byname follows documented Mongolian practice it is acceptable.

William Alexander MacAvoy. Name and device. Per chevron inverted gules and azure, a natural winged tiger segreant argent, striped sable.

Submitted as Uilliam Alexander MacAvoy, this name combined Gaelic and English orthography. We have made the name entirely English.

William MacAndro. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Submitted as Liam MhicAindru, our best evidence suggests that Liam, is a post­period diminutive. Since Liam cannot be registered, we have substituted William, per the submitter's wishes. That makes the name a mixture of Gaelic and English orthography, so we have Anglicized the byname.

William Wilde. Name and device. Sable semy­de­lys, an owl displayed head affronty argent.

Winifred Ashleigh of Northmount. Name.

ATLANTIA

Atlantia, Kingdom of. Badge for the Order of the Nonpareil. Argent, a manatee hauriant azure between three hearts gules.

Atlantia, Kingdom of. Designator for Royal Brewer.

This is to be associated with the badge Azure, on a pale between two mugs argent, a unicornate natural seahorse azure., and the designator Brewmeister is hereby released.

Ceara níc Fhionnghalaigh. Name.

Christoffer Hunte. Name.

Ellyn Grey. Name.

Gerdr Úlfsdóttir. Name and device. Sable, a turtle tergiant and on a chief argent three crescents gules.

Gwenhwyvar Ywein. Device. Azure, a lymphad and on a chief argent three loaves of brown bread proper.

Several issues were raised in this submission. Does bread come naturally in brown, does our policy on brown animals/objects proper would cover bread, and is brown bread a metal or a color.

The submitting herald has provided documentation that brown bread is period, although bread in period did come in other colors. He has also shown a long standing SCA pattern of registering brown objects proper that could be found as brown in the middle ages (and frequently to this day). These include: many different animals; objects made from leather including shoes, boots, saddles, and book bindings, objects made from wood including harps, oars, and wooden drakkar prows, assorted plants including trees, flowers with stems, and cloves, and a baked food item, a pretzel proper.

Finally, while it is true that brown bread can come out of the oven in a tincture ranging from a light "golden" brown to almost black, the brown used on the forms were a deep brown, and we have no reason to believe that this submitter would not continue to use a real brown for the bread.

Lorenzo il Confuso. Name.

Submitted on the LoI as Lorenzo Confuso, it was changed at kingdom from Lorenzo il Confuso. The submitter has provided evidence to show that his desired form is registerable, though we do not find it likely, so we have restored it his desired form.

Lucia Bellini. Name.

Quenthryth of Laure. Name and device. Quarterly sable and purpure, a bend wavy between two winged cats passant, wings elevated and addorsed, argent.

Stephan of Churchton. Name.

Stierbach, Shire of. Device change. Per fess embattled argent and gules, three bulls courant counterchanged, that in base within a laurel wreath argent.

Their former device, Per fess embattled argent and gules, three bulls statant counterchanged, that in base within a laurel wreath argent., is hereby released.

Thomas Merriman. Name.

Tir­y­Don, Barony of. Badge (see RETURNS for Order name.). (Fieldless) A phoenix sable rising from flames proper atop a tower argent.

DRACHENWALD

Isabella d'Hiver. Device. Azure, a unicorn's head couped argent collared gules.

This is clear of Verena Marre (SCA), Azure, a unicorn's head couped argent armed and crined Or between two bars wavy ermine., with one CD for the addition of the bars, and Saerlaith nic Uilliam O'Ceallaigh (SCA), Per bend paly argent and azure and azure, in dexter base a unicorn's head couped argent., with one CD for the change in the field. In both cases, the necessary second CD comes from the addition of the collar, which is treated effectively as a tertiary.

Several commenters questioned the policy of granting a CD for gorging when we are dealing with a submission that consists only of a gorged head. Therefore, I am calling for commentary on this issue; see the cover letter for details.

Kerttu Katariinantytär Roisko. Device. Or, a tricorporate ladybug gules, marked sable.

Laurel has changed the blazon from proper to gules, marked sable. She is not sure that she needs to; five years ago when one of Golden Dolphin's sons was five, he found a ladybug sable, marked gules, and called to his father, "Look daddy, look! A ladybug counterchanged!" If a five­year­old could know the default for a ladybug, it seems that most people would. However, in the interests of clarity we are changing the blazon.

While not good style, there are period exemplars of different tricorporate animals including a tricorporate fish; therefore, this is only one step from period practice.

Lindorm Eriksson. Permission to conflict with his device.

He has submitted a general permission to conflict, as follows:

I hereby permit everyone to use names, heraldic devices or anything else within or without the SCA in any way (including, but not limited to, registration with the College of Arms and/or Laurel Sovereign of Arms) no matter how similar (or identical) they may be to any name or device or anything else that I ever have used in any way (including, but not limited to, the name and heraldic device I currently have registered with the College of Arms and/or Laurel Sovereign of Arms). February 5, 1997

After much thought and reading of the commentary we are willing to give his arms an automatic CD against anything anyone wishes to register that conflicts with his arms Or, a wingless wyvern statant gules. Even with permission to conflict we do not allow to submissions to be heraldicly identical when they are owned by different people/groups. If he registers any other armory, and wants to give them similar permissions, such permissions will have to be sent out on a letter of intent and judged on a case­by­case basis. We are not willing to give a blanket permission to conflict with his name, since this could impact our record keeping.

To make everyone aware of this permission, information about this blanket CD will be placed in the armorial and ordinary by Morselus. Additionally, we are instructing anyone who consults with a client who is interested in submitting something that is one CD away from Lindorm, and is aware of this permission, to let the client know, in case they don't want to register something that is one CD away from an already registered item.

Malcolm Rorie Rowntree. Device. Argent, a pentaskelion of peacock feathers proper within a bordure wavy purpure.

Martin Andreas of Windsor. Device. Azure, a mandrake argent between three goblets Or.

EAST

Agravaine Rhiwallon. Device. Per bend sinister azure and sable, a wolf rampant argent maintaining between his paws a sun argent eclipsed sable, in chief three lozenges argent.

Ailith of Shrewsbury. Device. Or, on a pile inverted throughout between two fleurs­de­lys gules, a rose Or barbed vert.

Aislinn Chas. Name.

Submitted as Aislinn Cas, we have added the necessary lenition.

Alaric von Königsburg. Badge (see RETURNS for household name). Purpure, a Maltese Latin cross Or surmounted by a lion's head erased argent.

Andreas Kalisiensis. Name.

Submitted as Andreas of Kalisz, the submitter has agreed to an entirely Polish form.

Avram ben Yakov ha­Yansuf of Stonemarche. Change of name from David ha­Yansuf ben Nathan and change of device. Argent, an owl's head cabossed azure.

His former name David ha­Yansuf ben Nathan, and his former device Argent, an owl's head caboshed between three mullets of six points azure., are hereby released.

Balaan Espie. Device (see RETURNS for name change). Sable crusily fitchy Or, a serpent glissant palewise argent and a chief embattled Or.

The armory was submitted under the name Orlando Sforza.

Beornwulf the Belligerent. Device. Sable, a beorc rune within a serpent involved head to base argent.

Blackstone Mountain, Barony of. Badge (see RETURNS order name). (Fieldless) A rose proper atop an anvil sable.

Blackstone Mountain, Barony of. Badge for the Order of the Sable Bear. (Fieldless) A bear rampant contourny sable.

Bridget McPhie. Device. Vert, a natural seahorse erect and on a chief wavy Or, three escallops purpure.

Brión mag Fhloinn. Household name for Clann Damháin Dhuibh and badge. Argent, a stag rampant sable.

Submitted as Clann Damháin Dubh, the household name needed to have the modifying adjective agree and the appropriate lenition for an adjective after a genitive masculine noun.

Edward Glass. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Emmanuelle de Chenonceaux. Name and device. Ermine, a lizard tergiant azure.

Submitted as Emmanuele de Chenonceaux, the submitter stated that she desired a historically authentic name for 1400­1500 in the Loire valley. The common way to feminize the name by that period would be with a doubled ll, so we have done so.

Fabrisse ter Brugghe. Name and device. Purpure, a spiderweb and a chief argent.

Fiona Arthur. Device. Per fess wavy azure and barry wavy argent and azure, in chief two doves volant respectant argent.

Henri of Carolingia. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for device). Sable, on a bend sinister between a lion's head cabossed and a wolf's head cabossed argent three hands azure.

The armory was submitted under the name Henri de León.

Jehanne de Wodeford. Name.

Submitted as Jehanne de Woodford, no documentation was provided, and none could be found, for combining the spelling Woodford with de. We have changed the name to the closest documentable form.

Karl of the East. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for device). Azure, on a cross formy throughout Or in chief an eagle displayed sable, overall two boar­spears in saltire argent.

The armory was submitted under the name Karl der Jäger.

Kate of An Dubhaigeainn. Name.

Katherine O'Mally. Name and device. Vert, in pale three candles fesswise argent enflamed at both ends Or.

Submitted as Katherine O'Malley, no documentation was presented, and none could be found, to show that the spelling of the byname was a period spelling. We have substituted the closest period form.

Kiera Loch Beldragon. Name and device. Gules, a griffin segreant maintaining a harp Or, a chief urdy erminois.

Submitted as Kiera Loch Bel Dracon, the name combined Gaelic and English orthography in the same name. We have Anglicized the place­name.

Leandra de León. Name and device. Per pale azure and argent, two fleurs­de­lys counterchanged.

Nice armory!

Màiri inghean mhic an Toisich. Name and device. Vert, on a roundel between five trillium flowers argent a wyvern volant contourny sable.

Since the wyvern is a winged monster with two legs, there is no reason why it cannot be blazoned volant.

Marared Llangarron. Name and device. Per bend sable and argent, a crane volant wings addorsed counterchanged.

Margarita Kofinopoia. Name and device. Azure mullety argent, a bend sinister wavy Or between two increscents argent.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the mullets larger.

Martin Lewis. Device. Per pale azure and gules, an eagle displayed and in chief two cat's eyes Or, irised sable.

Moira Hawthorn. Device. Per bend sinister purpure and vert ermined argent, a bend sinister ermine and in dexter chief a cat's pawprint argent.

Nathan Hawke. Name.

Pawl Lludd. Name and device. Sable, a cobra erect affronty argent within a bordure argent semy of roses sable.

Publius Cornelius Nauta. Name and device. Or, a pale sable between a hurt and a torteau.

Sabine Berard. Name and device. Per bend sinister azure and argent, a dragon segreant counterchanged maintaining in its sinister claw a bezant.

Sigismund von Alsenz. Name.

Stevyn le Reven. Name and device. Per bend argent and gules, two mullets of eight points counterchanged sable and argent.

Susan of Foxmeadow. Name (see RETURNS for device).

While registerable, the best version of the name that doesn't involve changing the forename or reducing meadow (in some form) to mead (in some form) is Susan of Foxmedwe; the elements, the spellings, and the form of the name are all compatible with a 13th c. date. Stretching a point for the forename, Susan of Foxmedowe would certainly be registerable. Meadow seems to appear in the 16th c., by which time the prepositional locative construction seems quite out of place. In late­period it would be Susan Foxmeadow.

Tatjana vom Hülst. Device. Argent, a bear rampant guardant azure wearing a jester's cap Or belled, all within an orle of hawk's bells azure.

Theoderick Orbus. Change of device. Or, in pale a lion statant contourny gules and a rose azure all within an orle of thistles proper.

His former device, Or, in pale a lion statant to sinister gules and a thistle slipped and leaved proper within an orle of roses azure., is hereby released.

Ulf Thoreson. Name.

Submitted as Ulf Thorsen, no documentation was provided, not could anyone provide any, for the name Thor being used in Scandinavia in period for human beings. We have therefore, changed it to a similar, documentable Anglo­Scandinavian form.

Ulrich of Acre. Name.

Vika Grigina z Prahy. Name.

Submitted as Vika Griga z Prahe, a woman would not have borne a masculine diminutive as an asyndetic (unmarked) patronymic. Therefore we have changed it to a feminine patronymic constructed in a standard way from Griga. The proper form of the locative should be z Prahy.

William Atwode. Change of name from Guiliem Wodehouse (see RETURNS for device change).

His previous name Guiliem Wodehouse is hereby released.

Wulfstan the Wise. Name.

While Wulfstan the Wise is registerable, Wulfstan is a classic OE spelling that would go fine with a classic OE byname: Wulfstan se Wisa. It's unusual to find that spelling much after the 11th c.; there are a few examples, but Wlston, Wlstan, and Wlfstan would all go better with the Wise.

LOCHAC

Jock Mactavish. Name and device. Sable, an eagle stooping and on a chief invected argent a lightning bolt fesswise sable.

Raven Whitelock. Device. Per chevron argent and Or ermined gules, in chief two roses gules slipped vert.

Sigmund Spelmann. Name.

Sybille la Chatte. Name.

Timotheos Vlastaris. Name and device. Azure fretty and crusilly clechy Or.

Two issues were raised with this submission. First, whether in period fretty was combined with semy. Papworth, pg. 886 has a 1620 grant to Perbo of Vert semy­de­lis and fretty or and a chief ermine. On p.97 of the Oxford Guide to Heraldry there is an illustration of a 1508 grant to Sir Hugh Vaughn which uses as supporters griffins which are fretty and semy of roundels, and there is a roundel in every lozenge' formed by the fretty. And in Foster's Dictionary of Heraldry under The Heraldic Atchievement [sic] of Francis Richard Grenville, 5th Earl of Warwick and Brooke", there is a quartering of fretty with fleurs­de­lys in every lozenge'.

The second issue involved the placement of the crosses on the field, since there was not one placed in every "lozenge" formed by the fretty. While placing them that way would be preferable, if there was no fretty on the field we would blazon the crosses as semy, so we see no reason not to do so in this instance.

MERIDIES

Khurrem of Manisa. Name and device. Or vetu ployé vert ermined Or, a cat sejant to sinister vert.

Sigmund of Meridies. Holding name and device. Azure, a bend embattled counter­embattled Or between a double­headed eagle displayed and a cross formy argent.

Submitted under the name Sigmund von Welf, the name was returned on the 6/97 LoAR.

MIDDLE

Annabella MacClure. Device. Purpure, a viol between in chief a thistle bendwise and a thistle bendwise sinister Or.

Though the LoI left out the tinctures of the charges, Shield/Escutcheon was able to give the College the correct information for Rouge Scarpe, and enough commenters were able to check this for conflict that we did not have to pend this submission.

Clare Agatha MacLeod. Name and device. Or, three dolphins haurient gules, a bordure nebuly sable.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the dolphins larger.

Conall Fael. Name.

Submitted on the LoI as Conall Fáelán, it had been changed at kingdom from Conall Fael to the form the submitter requested. To the best of our knowledge, Irish does not use unmarked patronyms or given names as bynames, changing the ordinary noun Fáel to the given name Fáelán makes the name less plausible, not more. However, there are a couple of examples of fáel as a personal byname, e.g., in the genitive in mac Laignich Failad (i.e, son of Laignech Fáel), so we are restoring the originally submitted form.

Elaine de Beauchamp. Name.

Rhodri ap Rhydderch. Name and device. Sable, a boar's head erased on a chief argent three escallops gules.

Sian verch Gruffydd. Name and device. Or, on a bend sable between two griffins passant vert, three escallops palewise Or.

Submitted on the LoI as Sian ferch Gruffydd, it had been changed at kingdom from Sian verch Gruffydd. Since verch is a well­documented period form, we are restoring the name to the originally submitted form.

Talonval, Shire of. Name and device. Per chevron inverted Or and vert, an eagle's leg erased sable and a laurel wreath argent.

Submitted on the letter of intent as Talanvale, Shire of, it was originally submitted as Talonvale, Shire of, and changed in kingdom. There is a Continental Germanic (CG) prototheme Dal­, Tal­ that occurs in a handful of dithematic names; these would be expected to have the pet form Dal(l)o, Tal(l)o, and sure enough, Morlet (I:64b) cites Tallo 741. Morlet (III:280a) shows that this name gave rise to several French place­names; Dallon (Dalon 1153) and Dallonville (Dalumpvilla 1358) are two of them. Ibid. (III:336a) shows the combination of a similar CG pet form, Gribo, with Latin ­vallis `valley': modern Griboval, recorded as Grebonivallum 1072 and Grebonval 1518. The extra internal n in these place­names shows that the personal name was used in the oblique case, respectively Tallon and Gribon. (In this context the oblique case functions like a possessive: `Tallo's villa', `Gribo's valley'. Clearly Tallonval would be a justifiable analogue of Gribonval, and the 1153 spelling Dalon offers some support for Talonval as a medieval form of a French place­name. Since they allow minor changes and since Talonval is closer to what they originally submitted, we have changed it to the justifiable period form.

Thorbjorn Osiss Brandsson Badge. Per pale sable and argent, a rose and a wolf's head caboshed a chief embattled, all counterchanged.

White Waters, Shire of. Badge. Azure semy of arrows Or, a chief wavy argent.

White Waters, Shire of. Badge. Azure, a mullet of four points Or, a chief wavy argent.

OUTLANDS

Outlands, Kingdom of the. Order name for the Order of the Iron Hart of the Outlands (see RETURNS for the badge).

Outlands, Kingdom of the. Order name for Order of the Stag of the Outlands (see RETURNS for badge).

THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN RETURNED FOR FURTHER WORK:

AN TIR

None!

ANSTEORRA

Euphemia Acropolites. Device. Per bend sinister vert and sable, an owl maintaining a branch Or.

This conflicts with Lorraine von Eulennest (SCA), Per saltire vert and purpure, a great horned owl affronty Or., with one CD for the change to the field.

ATENVELDT

Alfric von Hallenburg. Device. Per bend sinister vairy gules and Or and sable, an antelope rampant argent.

This is in conflict with Athena Catarina of Windcrest (SCA) Azure, an antelope rampant argent., with only one CD for changes to the field.

Angelica Loreé of Seaforth. Name and device. Per bend sinister azure and sable, a stag's head cabossed Or and a unicorn's couchant reguardant contourny argent, armed and collared Or.

The name is being returned for two reasons. First, no evidence was presented, and none could be found for the use of Angelica as a personal name in period. While the name does appear in Withycombe, Withycombe says that Angelica has been occasionally used in England, France and Germany since the 18th century. That is not evidence that is was used prior to 1600. Loreé again was not documented, although the name Lore is documentable. The form Lore Angelica of Seaforth, which uses Angelica as a Latin epithet, should be registerable, however we felt that was too big of a change to make. The armory is being returned for a redraw. The unicorn as draw is unidentifiable from even a short distance. If the unicorn was not reguardant it would be easier to identify.

Armando de la Rama de Mil Ojos. Change of holding name from Armando of One Thousand Eyes.

In 10/95 his submission of Armando de la Rama Caida was returned by the then Laurel, who said "Most of those who commented on the byname, which means `of the fallen branch', found it implausible, and in fact it departs from available models of period Spanish bynames in both form and meaning. . . ." This submission of Armando de la Rama de Mil Ojos, does nothing to correct the problems of the 10/95 return, and in fact introduces another problem, since it translates the name of his group into Spanish. Names of registered extant SCA groups are only automatically registerable in the language in which they are actually registered.

Bran MacTrean­Mor. Name.

The form of the byname is documented only from the genealogy of Finn MacCumaill who is generally accepted now to be an aspect of the Celtic God Vindos. Therefore, it is a unique name, and not usable in the SCA. The armory was registered under the holding name Bran of Silver Keep.

Bran MacTrean­Mor. Badge. Lozengy vert and argent, on a sun Or a wolf's head cabossed sable.

This conflicts with Kourost Bernard of the East Woods (SCA), Sable, a sun eclipsed Or., Stefan of Seawood (SCA), Azure, upon a sun Or, an eagle displayed sable., Aodhan Ite an Fhithich (SCA), Plummety sable and argent, on a sun of eight rays Or, a feather bendwise sinister sable., Gillian Elphinstone (SCA), (Fieldless) On a sun Or, a shamrock sable., and Seth the Seeker (SCA), Gules, on a compass star throughout Or a unicorn's head couped at the shoulders sable armed and crined gules., with one CD in each case for change to the field.

Connor Michael Maoll Donas. Name.

There are several problems with this name. The first is the fact that the Gaelic­speaking cultures do not seem to have used double given names. Another is the mixture of Gaelic and non­Gaelic orthographic systems: Connor is an English form of Conchobhar, and Ó Corráin & Maguire give the Irish borrowing of Michael as Míchél (early) and Mícheál (late), while the byname is clearly intended to be Gaelic. A less obvious problem is that the byname is improperly constructed. We have not seen any evidence that would lead us to think that a construction such as Mac Donas or Maoll Donas would have been used as a byname in period. The Maoll X names are confined to use with given names (presumably of saints) or words for other positive religious figures (e.g., God). And while there is a subset of given names formed from Mac+<abstract concept> the construction of these is not well enough understood to project hypothetical additions. While the form Connor Michael, is registerable, it is too far from what was submitted to register it without the submitter's approval.

Corwin de Harfleur. Badge. Azure, five annulets interlaced in saltire argent.

This conflicts with Bowen (important non­SCA badge) (Tinctureless) a Bowen knot., with one CD for the change to the field.

Derek Drake Brennan. Name and device. Sable, a chevron Or surmounted by a lion rampant argent, in chief two flames Or, each charged with a hand gules.

This name does not follows models: he needs to lose a surname. As an English surname Brennan is from Brenhand `burn hand', probably in reference to a judicial punishment. Bardsley s.n. Brennan gives an incorrect etymology, but he has Brennand 1379; We are willing to believe that by 1600 this could have lost its final ­d. The forename is a 15th c. borrowing from the Low Countries; the available period forms have i or y in the second syllable, e.g., Deryk. Deryk Drake would be excellent, and Deryk Brennan would certainly be registerable. But there seems to be no way to accommodate all three elements in a single period name. We felt that dropping that decision as to which element to drop should be made by the submitter, and not Laurel. The armory suffers from two problems. The flames charged with a red hand falls afoul of our ban on a hand of glory. Furthermore, while blazoned as sable, the field is not black, but pencil gray, which has been grounds for return in the past. Please make sure that any resubmission fixes that problem.

Duncan Arthur Ross the Black. Device. Or, on a pile sable a claymore inverted Or.

This conflicts with Roger von Allenstein (SCA), Gules, on a pile sable fimbriated argent the sword of Damocles pendant Or., with one CD for the color of the field, but nothing for the fimbriation, and nothing for type between two swords.

Eleanora Jane of Canterbury. Device. Per chevron purpure and Or, estoiles in demi­orle Or and a unicorn rampant contourny sable.

This is being returned for non­period style. There is no period arrangement of charges in demi­orle.

Elizabetta Sforza. Name and device. Azure, a bend sinister between a cross patonce and a falcon rising Or.

The surname Sforza is one of those names such as Hohenstaufen which are so closely associated with a single sovereign royal family as to be presumptuous in their use. Indeed, in times past it was one of those that were used as an exemplar for that category of restricted names. (The name of the dynasty was derived from the nickname of its founder and in period was associated closely with the immediate family of the sovereign Dukes of Milan.) The use of the Sforza surname is tantamount to a claim to being from the immediate family of the sovereign Dukes of Milan and is not allowed under RFS VI.1. The device conflicts with Blair Dubois, (SCA) Azure, a bend sinister between a cat sejant guardant and a dove close Or., with only one CD for changes of type of the secondaries. The badge was registered under the holding name Elizabetta of Artemisia

Giles Librarius. Device. Per bend sinister azure and vert, a quill pen bendwise sinister argent and a chess bishop Or.

This is being returned for using a non­period chess bishop. The Aurum Pursuivant of Caid, who can be reached c/o The Crescent Principal Herald: Eirikr Mjoksiglandi Sigurdson (Mark Wroth); 1915 Danube Way, Upland, CA, has found several period forms, contact her for further details.

Grimulf Thyrmodh. Household name for Brotherhood of the Black Unicorn.

The name the Household of the Black Unicorn would be registerable based on period inn signs such as Blue Boar, Gray Horse, White Bull, White Hart, White Horse, etc. However, no documentation was presented, and none could be found for knightly order, guild companies, or period confraternities that followed this model. Since the submitter would take no changes, this name had to be returned.

Grimulf Thyrmodh. Device. Per chevron argent and sable, a wolf salient and in base a lightning bolt palewise counterchanged.

This is once again being returned for a redraw. This was returned 7/96 for a redraw because the line of division made the submission somewhere between per chevron and a point pointed. Please instruct the submitter on how to properly draw a per chevron field. While blazoned on the LoI as courant, the wolf is closer to salient and has been reblazoned as such. If the submitter truly wants a courant wolf, it will have to be redrawn in a standard courant form. We want to remind everyone that Fox­Davies was a Victorian author, and a lot of his heraldic work does not reflect medieval practice.

Jessica Marten. Name (see RETURNS for device). Per pale argent and sable, a reremouse displayed gules.

This conflicts with Rinaldo of Blackhaven (SCA), Gyronny azure and argent, a bat displayed maintaining a fasces gules, wearing a barrel helm sable., with one CD for the change to the field.

John Rodrick of Clan Neil. Device. Gules, two chevronels between two Celtic crosses and a lion passant argent.

This conflicts with Brenda Lynne of Clan Neil (SCA), Gules, two chevronels between three thistles argent., whose arms were registered earlier in this letter. While we assume that they are related based on their SCA name and mundane names and addresses, we need a written permission to conflict. Please also let them know that if they are a married couple this heraldry doesn't display the relationship they probably have in mind.

LarsEllen Laurearsi MacAvoy. Name and device. Pily bendy sable and argent, a pair of scissors gules.

The given name, with the capital "E" in the middle of the word and the mixture of elements make this name unacceptable, even under the mundane name allowance bringing this up to the "Moon Unit" range. No period documentation was provided for Laurearsi; with the closest documentable form being Laureata which means literally "one who has been laureled" and is a claim to membership in the Order of the Laurel. The armory is being returned for a redraw; the scissors do not match the ones in the PicDic, nor do they match any period scissors that Laurel is aware of. Since there is no documentation that these are period, the armory must be returned for a redraw or documentation of this form.

Meg ny Devlin. Device. Argent, a seeblatt vert, a chief double­arched azure.

This conflicts with the arms of Salina zü der Bach (registered 2/97), Argent, a seeblatt vert within a bordure potenty azure., with one CD for changing the bordure to a chief.

Morwenna atte Fenix. Name.

This is being returned for lack of paperwork.


Russell of Clan Neil. Device. Gules, a dragon segreant, a chief rayonny argent.

This conflicts with Alexander Graylorn (SCA), Sable, a dragon segreant incensed of icy breath and a chief rayonny argent., with one CD for change to the field. This also needs to be redraw. The rayonny is far to deep.

Sabrina Morna. Badge. Or, a wingless wyvern statant, tail ending in a cinquefoil purpure, charged upon the tail with a cinquefoil Or.

This is being returned for a redraw. It is not a wingless wyvern; it is not clear what it is. The best guess was a dinosaur which is not a registerable charge in the SCA. While the submitter did provide documentation for monsters such as this in period illuminated manuscripts, called drolleries, the Rules VII.7.b say: Reconstruction Requirement ­ Elements must be reconstructible in a recognizable form from a competent blazon.

Any element used in Society armory must be describable in standard heraldic terms so that a competent heraldic artist can reproduce the armory solely from the blazon. Elements that cannot be described in such a way that the depiction of the armory will remain consistent may not be used, even if they are identifiable design motifs that were used before 1600. For example, the Tree of Life occurs as a decorative element in period and is readily identifiable as such, but it may not be used in armory since it cannot be defined in a manner that guarantees its consistent depiction.

The monster, as drawn, is not reconstructible from the blazon.

Sean Donald. Name and device. Azure, a bear statant guardant argent, antlered Or.

This name combines English and Gaelic orthography in the same name, and therefore needs to be changed. However, the submitter does not allow changes, so it must be returned. When making resubmitting please inform the submitter that this conflicts with Sean MacDonald since the Britannica shows two John MacDonalds as worthy of their own articles; a Sir John Alexander MacDonald who was first premier of the Dominion of Canada, and a John Sandfield MacDonald who was a Canadian statesman. Given the period pronunciation of Sean we would hesitate to call Shane MacDonald and John MacDonald audibly clear. Since creating a holding name would be a change, we must obey the submitter's wishes as refrain from doing so, which means that the armory must be returned as well. Since there is no way to register this armory, we are explicitly not ruling on the issue as to whether or not adding the antlers to the bear adds the necessary CD to clear conflict.

Trey Chiché. Name and device. Argent, a cup­hilted rapier gules surmounted by a skunk statant sable, marked argent.

This name is being returned for several reasons. First, Trey is not the submitter's legal name, but what he uses, something very different. The rules, under part II.4 state: Legal Names ­ Elements of the submitter's legal name may be used as the corresponding part of a Society name, if such elements are not excessively obtrusive and do not violate other sections of these rules.

This allows individuals to register elements of their legal name that cannot be documented from period sources. The allowance is only made for the actual legal name, not any variants. Someone whose legal given name is Ruby may register Ruby as a Society given name, but not Rubie, Rubyat, or Rube. Corresponding elements are defined by their type, not solely their position in the name. This means a person with the legal name Andrew Jackson could use Jackson as a surname in his Society name in any position where a surname is appropriate, such as Raymond Jackson Turner or Raymond Jackson of London, not just as his last name element.

Furthermore, even if Trey were registerable, combined with Chiché, it becomes a obtrusively modern, and therefore not registerable. While we did not find any obvious problems with the armory, without an acceptable name to register the device to, we cannot register the armory. Since all the paperwork was clear on the fact that Trey was his use name, not legal name, we could not use Trey to form a holding name. There was no clear evidence to what his legal name is, so we are forced to return the armory as well. Additionally, the skunk while blazoned as sable, was actually grey. Please ensure when this is resubmitted that a real sable is used.

Twin Moons, Barony of. Order name l'Ordre du Coeur d'Or.

This conflicts with the College of Cour d'Or.

Uggedei Mighan Nidun. Badge. (Fieldless) An oriental phoenix rising, wings displayed and tail pavonated, maintaining in its talons a sprig of basil, gules.

This badge had several problems. While blazoned as an oriental phoenix, it is quite similar to a Russian Firebird, and we would have no problem with reblazoning it as one. However, the bird was not in any blazonable position. Please advise the submitter when resubmitting to be avoid conflicting with John Milton (important non­SCA arms) Argent a double­headed eagle displayed gules., and Brandenberg, Argent, an eagle displayed gules, crowned Or.

Ulric de Dalyhel. Device. Or, a lion rampant sable, a bordure lozengy Or and sable.

This conflicts with Flanders (important non­SCA) Or, a lion rampant sable., Buchanan of that Ilk (important non­SCA) Or, a lion rampant sable., and the badge of Thorin Njalsson (SCA) Or, a lion rampant guardant sable, maintaining a claymore proper. Also, the submitter's previous submission of a gules lion on an Or field was returned for conflict. Please advice him that on an Or field an azure lion is also unavailable: Percy, Earl of Northumberland, Or, a lion rampant azure is also protected. On an argent field sable, gules, and purpure are taken. Note: there may be other combinations that are protected; these are just the most obvious.

Viviana Eucheria l'Indòmabile. Device. Argent, a butterfly sable.

This conflicts with Constance von Messer (SCA), Argent, a butterfly azure marked proper., and with Lessa of the Wierde Beasties, Argent, a monarch butterfly (monarchus monarchus) displayed proper., with one CD in each case for the color of the butterfly.

William MacAndro. Device. Azure, a claymore inverted, on a chief argent four decrescents vert.

This conflicts with Patrick Cei MacBrian (SCA), Azure, a sword palewise inverted, and on a chief enarched argent, three trefoils slipped azure., with one CD for the change to the tertiaries and nothing for the enarching which was considered an artistic variant in period.

William the Bashful. Device. Gules, three piles inverted conjoined in point Or, in chief a cloud argent.

This is being returned for non­period style. To quote from Baldwin of Erebor as Laurel:

"A medieval pile is approximately one­third the width of the chief, and is always throughout ­­ it resembles a tapered pale more than anything else. ... A pile inverted does the same thing from the bottom up." [Baldwin of Erebor, Cover Letter, 10 October 1984, p. 2] "A pile should extend most if not all the way to the base; properly drawn, there would not be enough room for a charge ... to fit between the pile and the base." [Baldwin of Erebor, LoAR 16 December 1984, p. 18]

The piles here fall afoul of this long­standing precedent.

ATLANTIA

Angharad Melys. Device. Per bend azure and vert, on a bend argent an acorn per bend vert and azure.

This conflicts with Jenovefa z Jablonne v Podjestedi (SCA) Per bend azure and vert, on a bend argent three apples palewise gules., with one CD for changes to the tertiaries.

Lorraine Bach. Name.

This is being returned for lack of a given name. During our period, Lorrain is locative, meaning `of or from Lorraine', and not a given name.

Tir­y­Don, Barony of. Order name for Order of the Sea Phoenix.

The order name is being returned for non­period style. While the LoI is correct that some period order names followed the patter of Order of the [mythical object], a sea­phoenix is not a mythical object or beast, and the combination is too unlikely to be registerable.

DRACHENWALD

None!

EAST

Alaric von Königsburg. Household name for Brotherhood of the Lions of the Cross.

No documentation was provided, and no­one could come up with any, for period confraternities, guilds or knightly orders with names of this styles. Barring such evidence, we are forced to return this name.

Blackstone Mountain, Barony of. Order name for Order of the Anvil and the Rose.

The name is being returned for conflict with the Order of the Rose (SCA peerage order). RfS VI.4 Other Presumptuous Names states:

Some names not otherwise forbidden by these rules are nevertheless too evocative of widely known and revered protected items to be registered.

Such items include the peerage orders of the Society and such well­known items outside the Society as the Order of the Garter. The House of the Rose and Laurel does not conflict with the Order of the Rose or the Order of the Laurel, but it is too evocative of both to be registered. Similarly, the Award of the Blue Garter is too evocative of the Order of the Garter, whose badge is a blue garter.

The rules specifically say the Order of the Rose and the Laurel is too evocative of both names to be registered.

Edward Glass. Device. Or, a robin displayed proper perched atop eyeglasses sable lensed argent, a bordure azure.

This is being returned for a redraw. While blazoned as displayed, from the head position it is clear that it is not displayed, and no one could come up with an appropriate blazon. Furthermore, the armory had a complexity count of nine which is greater than our rule of thumb.

El he bint Mazdak. Change from holding name of Norma of Settmour Swamp.

This name combines an undated given name (which means Goddess, and is quite likely only modern) , the Arabic patronymic particle, and a pre­Islamic Persian name for the byname (which itself may be a unique name). Any one of these problems is conceivably grounds for return; the combination certainly is.

Henri de León. Name

This conflicts with Henry the Lion, leader of the Guelphs in the time of Frederick Barbarossa who spent time in exile in England during the reign of Henry II of England and married Henry's daughter Matilda. Old French used lion and leon almost equally for "lion" (see the exemplars for the various lion listings in Brault's Early Blazon). Henry is definitely important enough to protect as he played a leading part in imperial politics and appears in most of our standard historical reference materials. The period French/Norman form of the name would be Henri le Leon which differs from the submitted form by only one letter in a secondary grammatical element. The armory was registered under the holding name Henri of Carolingia.

Henry of Longhouse. Badge. (Fieldless) A hardy sable.

While there are many things that will fit in the hardy hole of an anvil, and thus might be called "hardies", not one of them would have a stake shaped like this. This shape of stake, due to the concave outline, would not hold the upper surface of the hardy stable. This appears to be a simple square anvil together with the stake needed to fix it firmly in a stump. The submitter has shown that it is a period artifact, but has failed to give us any indication that such artifact was called a hardy or that this is its "standard or typical form". Without documentation to prove, at the very least, that the submitted shape was known as a hardy in period, we are forced to return this submission.

Karl der Jäger. Name.

This conflicts with the already registered Karl Jager. The armory was registered under the holding name Karl of the East.

Orlando Sforza. Name change from Balaan Espie.

The surname Sforza is one of those names such as Hohenstaufen which are so closely associated with a single sovereign royal family as to be presumptuous in their use. Indeed, in times past it was one of those that were used as an exemplar for that category of restricted names. (The name of the dynasty was derived from the nickname of its founder and in period was associated closely with the immediate family of the sovereign Dukes of Milan.) The use of the Sforza surname is tantamount to a claim to being from the immediate family of the sovereign Dukes of Milan and is not be allowed under RFS VI.1. The armory was registered under the name Balaan Espie.

Susan of Foxmeadow. Device. Argent, a fox's mask proper, on a chief triangular azure three daisies Or seeded sable.

This is being returned for a redraw, as the chief is far too deep, going almost to fess line.

William Atwode. Change of device. Gules, a demi­griffin erased reguardant Or.

This is being returned for a redraw. While blazoned on the LoI as a demi­griffin, it was not identifiable as a demi­griffin, but looked more like a eagle in a non­blazonable position.

LOCHAC

Tomas de Valle de Bravo. Device. Per saltire vert and argent, a gurges counterchanged a bordure Or.

This is being returned for excessive counterchanging and unidentifiability. The counterchanging removes the identifiability (such as it is in the first place) of the gurges. Furthermore this submission runs afoul of RfS VIII.4.d, Modern Style, since it resembles an op­art designs. Please instruct the submitter when resubmitting to draw any future bordures wider.

MERIDIES

Johanna von Welf. Name.

This is being returned for violating RfS VI.1 ­ Presumptuous Names. Welf is the Middle High German form of the name more familiar to English­speakers as Guelph. This is, as noted in the OED and many historical sources, the name associated with the princely family who were the primary opponents of the Hohenstaufens for control of the Holy Roman Empire and the ancestors of inter alia the current British royal family. Therefore this name violates RFS VI.1 on presumptuous names just as much as Hohenstaufen which is specifically mentioned as an exemplar in the current edition of the RFS. The use of Welf as a surname is presumptuous with any name.

Kriegen von Welf. Name.

This is being returned for two reasons. First, for violating RfS VI.1 ­ Presumptuous Names. Welf is the Middle High German form of the name more familiar to English­speakers as Guelph. This is, as noted in the OED and many historical sources, the name associated with the princely family who were the primary opponents of the Hohenstaufens for control of the Holy Roman Empire and the ancestors of inter alia the current British royal family. Therefore this name violates RFS VI.1 on presumptuous names just as much as Hohenstaufen which is specifically mentioned as an exemplar in the current edition of the RFS. The use of Welf as a surname is presumptuous with any name. Secondly, the name Kriegen is a byname not a given name. The citation of Krieg from Socin is of a byname, not a given name (Henricus dictus Krieg ... 1290), as are all the other spelling variants of the name listed there. The Bahlow listings for Krage and Kreher are for surnames. The Bahlow examples of Krischan and Krispien are Latin­origin names and not relevant to potential modifications to German roots. Kriegen is the German verb meaning "to fight, make war". There are a number of period bynames derived from this root that he could use ­­ Brechenmacher notes the headings Krieg, Krieger, Kriegelein, Kriegler, Kriegmann, Kriegsheim(er), Kriegsmann. But it isn't a given name and we could find no documentable German given name similar to it.

MIDDLE

Bubba Godgodsson. Name.

This is being returned for an incorrect construction. Godgodsson simply isn't an Anglo­Saxon patronymic. The OE patronymic from Godgod would be Godgodes sunu. A very late Old English form would be Godgodes sune or Godgodes sone. Rarely the elements are run together: Tengvik (156) has Algar Godingessone 1066. Indeed, on the same page there is Algar Godebrannesson 1066, which could justify Godgodesson (though the form is quite uncharacteristic and clearly verges on Middle English). Also we have some doubts as to whether a name Godgod actually existed. Reduplication of this sort is almost unheard of in Germanic naming, and it seems likelier that this is simply a scribal error, an instance of dittography, as when one inadvertently writes `on the the table'. However, since the submitted form is not registerable, and the submitter would not allow any changes, we are forced to return the name.

Cecil the Silent. Device. Sable semy of swords inverted, a quill pen bendwise argent.

This is being returned for a redraw. As drawn we could not tell if the charges were swords, daggers, crosses or a counter­ermine field. While Laurel cannot commit to registration, it is likely that if this were redrawn with 8 to 10 swords, which were significantly bigger then this would be registerable.

OUTLANDS

Outlands, Kingdom of the. Order name for the Order of the Desert Flower of the Outlands and badge. (Fieldless) Two stags combatant sable sustaining between them a Mamluk rosette gules.

The name is being returned for non­period style. While the LoI claimed that the order name follows the period example of the Order of the Golden Fleece, it does not. The mundane order name is a straightforward Classical allusion; the present submission, even without the locative, is not. Another problem is that the OED has no example of this kind of attributive use of desert earlier than 1750. Without evidence for the period use of desert as a modifier meaning `found in or associated with the desert' the name must be returned.

The armory is being returned for violating our rules on fieldless style. Fieldless badges must have the elements conjoined; this badge, as drawn does not fulfill that requirement. Even if it had fulfilled that requirement, it would have had to be returned for administrative reasons, since only one colored copy of the emblazon was sent, not two.

After the November 1997 Laurel meeting, we will no longer register Mamluk rosettes. They are an artistic motif which is not all that common even in period Mamluk art, never mind Mamluk heraldry.

Outlands, Kingdom of the. Badge for the Order of the Iron Hart of the Outlands. (fieldless) Two stags combatant sable sustaining between them a double­headed axe Or.

This is being returned for violating our rules on fieldless style. Fieldless badges must have the elements conjoined; this badge, as drawn does not fulfill that requirement. Even if it had fulfilled that requirement, it would have had to be returned for administrative reasons, since only one colored copy of the emblazon was sent, not two.

Outlands, Kingdom of the. Badge for the Order of the Stag of the Outlands. (fieldless) Two stags combatant sable sustaining between them a column argent.

This is being returned for violating our rules on fieldless style. Fieldless badges must have the elements conjoined; this badge, as drawn does not fulfill that requirement. Even if it had fulfilled that requirement, it would have had to be returned for administrative reasons, since only one colored copy of the emblazon was sent, not two.

The following items are pended until the November 1997 meeting for additional research:

ATENVELDT

Eamon MacAindriu. Device. Argent, a grenade sable, enflamed proper, a canton vert.

This was blazoned on the LoI with a sable field.

Marie of Clan Neil. Device. Purpure, a chevron between two roses and a harp argent.

This was blazoned on the LoI with purpure charges on a purpure field.

Phoinix of Pucklechurch. Device. Per bend gules and sable, a phoenix rising from flames and a praying mantis statant Or.

Submitted on the LoI as Per bend gules and sable, a phoenix rising from flames gules and a praying mantis statant Or., which made the phoenix gules on gules.

Note: from Laurel, since the name was returned on the 5/97 LoAR, if the device is registered, it will be under the holding name Harold of Pucklechurch.

Tiernagh O'Mally. Device. Ermine, a trefoil between flaunches, purpure charged with a decrescent and an increscent, within the horns of each a mullet argent.

This was blazoned on the LoI with argent charges on the ermine field.