AN TIR

Aodh Deoradhán. Device. Per bend sinister dovetailed sable and vert, a comet bendwise sinister and a trumpet bendwise sinister inverted Or.

Bjorn Ulfsson. Name and device. Sable mullety of seven points argent, a bordure Or.

Deorwine aet Earneleia. Device. Per chevron inverted azure and Or, a crested eagle displayed head affronty and three oak trees eradicated fructed counterchanged.

Please instruct the submitter in how to properly draw an eagle displayed.

Druim Doineann, Shire of. Name.

Fionnbharr Starfyr of the Isles. Badge for The Blue Band. (Fieldless) A harp argent.

Fire Mountain Keep, Shire of. Badge. Per chevron sable and gules, a bordure embattled argent masoned sable.

Ippolita Giachetta d'Alessandria. Name and device. Argent goutty des larmes, on a lozenge ployé throughout azure a swan rousant wings displayed argent.

Jacques Louis de Normandie. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Kateryn of Falconkeep. Badge. (Fieldless) A tower quarterly sable and argent.

Laurencia des Jardins. Device. Sable, on a pile inverted argent a foxglove purpure slipped and leaved vert.

Leif McBride. Badge. (Fieldless) A water bouget Or.

Oriana of Myrtlewood. Device. Argent, a rabbit rampant contourny sable a bordure purpure.

Rhonwen McBride. Device. Per chevron rayonny azure and argent, two estoiles of eight points Or and a tree eradicated proper.

Please instruct the submitter how to properly draw a rayonny line of division.

Siobhan Ruadh ni Mhathghamhna. Name.

Thomas Ward. Name and device. Azure, on a pall inverted argent between three compass stars Or three arrows points to center gules.

Windwyrm, Shire of. Badge. (Fieldless) A dragon's head affronty between in fess two dragon's heads addorsed all conjoined at the neck gules.

ANSTEORRA

Aldrydd Ffestiniog. Name and device. Per chevron argent and vert, two oak leaves and a war­hammer counterchanged.

Caron Caleb. Name.

Submitted as Caron ap Caleb, no documentation was presented and none could be found for Caleb as a period Welsh name. Therefore, we have deleted the ap.

Catot d'Ardennes. Name.

Catrin MacCracken. Name and device. Or, on a bend sable three mullets palewise Or, in chief an equal armed Celtic cross formy vert.

John de Irwyne. Device. Gules estencely, a doubly­arched bridge argent and a ford proper.

Katrine of Roscommon. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Rhagnell Annest of Gwent. Name.

Sibilla Fayrfex. Name and device. Per pale azure and gules, a dolphin haurient contourny Or.

Sören Thurlin. Device. Sable, a double­bitted axe between two boar­spear heads addorsed fesswise argent.

Walhstod the Unsteady. Name and device. Gules, a pale embowed counter­embowed sable fimbriated Or.

ATLANTIA

Adeliza of Bristol. Name and badge. Per pale argent and sable, a double headed wyvern displayed, a bordure rayonny counterchanged.

Akilah of Seareach. Name change from Akilah Jihan bint Zaid and device change. Vert, a seawolf Or, a bordure Or semy of pommes.

Her former name Akilah Jihan bint Zaid, and her former device Gules, three cats dormant guardant Or, each charged with a cross couped gules, a bordure Or semy of torteaux., are hereby released.

Alastar MacMathghamhna. Name.

Alison MacLeod. Name.

Alwyn Feather the Foolish. Name.

Áengus Ó Fearghail. Device. Argent, a saltire sable between four thistles proper, a chief embattled sable.

Aoife inghean Roibeárd ui Ruadháín. Name and device. Or, an equal­armed Celtic cross azure, a bordure azure semy of hawk lures Or.

Submitted as Aoife inghean Roibeárd ui Ruadhaín, the long­mark in Ruadháin was misplaced. We have corrected this problem.

Barbara Giomaria di Roberto. Device. Argent, a chevron inverted azure, in chief a brown hen rising, wings elevated and addorsed, proper.

Brendan the Shameless. Device. Or, on a chevron between three roundels azure two swords proper.

Note: this was not a new name submission; his name was registered 1/96.

Brianna O Duinn. Device. Sable, a bird rising contourny argent, on a chief embattled argent three crescents gules.

Please instruct the submitter in how to properly draw an embattled chief.

Bryan of Sacred Stone. Name and device. Per chevron sable and gules, on a chevron argent a wolf's head cabossed between two crescents palewise gules.

Caer Mear, Barony of. Name correction from Caer Maer, Barony of.

The file for Caer Mear shows the Barony's name as both Caer Maer and Caer Mear. It is not clear which was the submitted form. The Barony believes that Caer Mear is what is registered to them, and since there is no way to know what was actually submitted, we are giving them the benefit of the doubt and correcting it to their desired form.

Christopher Hare. Device. Vert crusily Latin Or, a hare sejant erect playing a straight trumpet argent.

Cristopharus filius Philippi. Name.

Daemon Broussard. Name.

David ap Tristan. Name and device. Argent, a heart, on a chief azure an axe argent.

Erika ny Deadra. Name.

Erika is the submitter's mundane name and Deadra is the registered given name of her mother, and therefore grandfathered to her.

Gabriella di Lorenzo Fiorentini. Name change from Gabrielle Gasparella.

Galen of Elvegast. Device. Per saltire azure and Or a saltire counterchanged.

Note: the submission that appears under his name on the October 1996 LoAR was mistakenly listed under acceptances as well as returns. It was returned in October 1996.

Geneviève de Chartres. Name.

Gormlaith Una O'Doyle. Device. Gyronny argent and vert, a stag's head couped contourny azure.

Harald Brandarm Olafssen. Badge. (Fieldless) An arm palewise embowed, armored, and enflamed sustaining a sword inverted bendwise proper.

Isibéal nic Chionaodha. Name.

Submitted as Isibéal nic Cionaoda, the patronymic byname needed to be lenited. We have done so.

Judith of Massan. Name change from Judith de Massaham.

Her former name Judith de Massaham is hereby released.

Kari Kyst. Name.

Kenneth MacKnaughtane of Glenshira. Name.

Lachlan the Loveless. Name and device. Per bend sinister purpure and argent, two hearts counterchanged argent and sable.

Submitted as Lochlynn the Loveless, the given name was submitted as a possible Anglicization of Lochlainn. Unfortunately, it was not a possible form, and we have substituted the closest form as allowed by the submitter.

Luigi Santini da Sutera. Name.

Margherita la Tessitrice. Name and device. Argent semy of mascles azure, a boat shuttle bendwise sable threaded Or.

Muin maqq Mínaín. Name change from Domhnall de Lindsay and badge (see RETURNS for device). Argent, an acorn enflamed vert.

Muireann ní Riordáin. Device. Vert, three lilies, on a chief triangular argent a mullet sable.

Niall Dolphin. Name change from Niall Duncan MacFarlane.

His former name Niall Duncan MacFarlane, is hereby released.

Ostien Scotscalder. Name.

Submitted as Oistin Scotscalder, this name combines Gaelic and English orthography in the same name. Therefore, we have substituted the closest English form of the given name.

Reinhardt von Glückstadt. Name.

Robert of Sacred Stone. Badge. Per pale sable and Or, two lions combattant counterchanged.

Rosamund du Grasse. Name.

Rowen ferch Rhys. Name correction from Rowan ferch Rhys.

Shamus Stewart. Name and device. Per pale vert and argent, a chevron raguly on the upper edge between three towers counterchanged.

Stefan of Caer Mear. Name and device.

Azure, two stags combattant argent, a chief ermine.

Victoria of Alfriston. Name.

Vortigern Faber. Device. Gules, a hippogriff segreant Or between three decrescents argent.

CALONTIR

Alaric Graeme. Name and device. Per saltire gules and argent, a portcullis and in chief an arrowhead inverted Or.

Ana Braganza la Viajera. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Branwen ferch Rhael. Name and device. Argent, on a fess purpure between three dragons' heads erased azure, three cinquefoils argent.

Burhcwen Tedforda. Name and device. Gules, a garb Or and a ford proper.

Caillin Ó hIcidhe. Name.

Cian mac Con Roí. Name.

Submitted as Cian mac Cú Roí, the patronymic needed to be put into the genitive. We have done so.

Daniel Martel. Name and device. Per chevron throughout gules and argent, two ermine spots argent and a two headed eagle sable.

Duncan Mac Cracken. Device. Or, a bend sinister azure between three fish haurient reversed per pale vert and gules and a brown bear rampant proper.

Eiríkr Thórisson. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Submitted as Eiríke Thórisson, the given name was misspelled on the LoI. We have corrected this.

Elena Novgoradskaya. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Submitted as Elena Novgoradskya, the byname was misspelled on the LoI. We have corrected this.

Eloine ni Mhaoileoin. Name and device. Per pale purpure and argent, two unicorns combattant reguardant a bordure goutty counterchanged.

Note: Eloine is her legal name.

Gudrun of Three Rivers. Name and device. Argent, in pale two thistles proper and in fess two Celtic crosses purpure.

Katherine O'Halloran. Name.

Naitan de Yerdeburc. Device. Per chevron gules and Or, two spoons and a cooking pot counterchanged.

Muirgheal of Cashel. Name and device. Argent, a triple­towered castle on a chief vert three escallops argent.

While this combines Gaelic and English in the same name, since Cashel is a place name, this is registerable under the lingua Anglica allowance, as was in done in the January 1996 registration of Catriona of Downpatrick.

Nataliya Ananovna Petrova. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Olga Belobashnina Cherepanova. Name and device. Per bend sable and Or, a griffin segreant counterchanged.

Nice armory!

Shamus Mac Ewen. Name.

Tova Thorfinnsdottir. Device. Per saltire vert and gules, a horse courant contourny reguardant on a bordure Or four crosses couped gules.

William of Stafford. Name.

DRACHENWALD

Ian Glenagarey. Name.

Petrus Curonus. Device. Per saltire Or and gules.

Robert de Foix. Name and device. Or, a lion rampant gules a bordure gules semy­de­lis Or.

Two Seas, Shire of the. Name.

LOCHAC

Aoibheall inghean Dhaghain. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Juan el Blanco. Name and device. Per chevron vert and gules, a dolphin haurient argent.

Nicholas Bawcock of Petersfield. Device. Per chevron throughout azure and Or, a cock azure in chief two fleeces Or.

MERIDIES

A'isha al­Madinawayyia. Name and device. Or, on a bend between two wingless wyverns passant gules, three decrescents Or.

Submitted as A'isha al­Madinawwayyia, an extra "w" was accidentally put in the byname on the LoI. We have corrected this.

Brian de Lacy. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Argent, on a double­headed eagle displayed quarterly gules and sable a trefoil argent a bordure quarterly sable and gules.

The armory was submitted under the name Richard de Lacy.

Eoin the Modest. Name (see RETURNS for device).

While this combines both English and Gaelic in the same name, it is permissible under the lingua Anglica allowance. In the January 1995 acceptance of Grainne the Wanderer, Laurel (Da'ud ibn Auda) said "Since we treat the Wanderer as if it were an attested period English byname, this name is registerable by virtue of the lingua Anglica allowance."

Kara Temur. Name.

Meridies, Kingdom of. Badge for Order of the Argent Lily. (Fieldless) A lily blossom argent.

Meridies, Kingdom of. Name for Order of the Combattant Rams.

Meridies, Kingdom of. Name for Order of the Diamond.

Meridies, Kingdom of. Name for Order of the Garnet Chalice.

Meridies, Kingdom of. Name for Order of the Lamb.

Meridies, Kingdom of. Change of badge for Order of the Meridian Cross. (Fieldless) A cross moline gyronny argent and sable.

The previous badge for this order (Fieldless) A cross moline quarterly argent and sable., is hereby released.

Meridies, Kingdom of. Name for Order of the Rams Heart.

Meridies, Kingdom of. Name for Order of the Silver Ram.

Siobhan nic Eoin. Device. Counter­ermine, on a fess vert fimbriated and cotised two martlets volant respectant Or.

Having fimbriation and cotising in the same tinctures is a definite weirdness, but since that is the only weirdness in the design, it is registerable.

Thomas Escomb. Name and device. Gules, a comet palewise and a mountain issuant from base argent.

MIDDLE

Anders Schwarzdorn. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Antolin el Tunanté de Treburgos. Name and device. Per bend azure and sable, an increscent moon argent and a Wake knot bendwise throughout Or.

Aronne Seuvan. Name.

Brendan the Red. Name.

Caitlin O'Hart. Device. Gules, on a bend sinister between two hearts argent, a lute proper.

Clarissa Wykeham. Device change. Or, on a chevron azure between three hearts gules, two swords conjoined at their points Or.

Her former device Or, on a chevron azure between three hearts gules, two swords conjoined at their points argent, a bordure embattled gules., is hereby retained as a badge.

Donovan the Red of Affane. Name and device. Sable, on a bezant, a wolf's head couped gules, on a bordure argent, six gouttes sable.

Edmund of Hertford. Badge. Lozengy sable and argent, a lion's head purpure jessant-de-lys Or.

Finnseach de Lochiell. Device. Per bend sinister sable and vert, in bend two phoenixes argent.

Gareth of Gartloch. Name and device. Per saltire vert and argent, two holly leaves vert and in chief a crescent Or.

Gianetta Andreini da Vicenza. Name and device. Per fess gules and azure fretty, in chief in fess three popinjays Or.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the line of division a bit lower as to avoid the appearance of an azure chief on a gules field.

Gwendolen Buckelay. Name.

Heloise d'Anjou. Name.

Hildegarde Seidensticker. Name and device. Azure, a bear rampant, on a chief Or a martlet between two trefoils sable.

Hroþgar þe Smið. Name and device. Argent, a triskelion gules between three mullets sable.

Submitted as Hrothgar the Smith, the submitter requested that the name be changed to the appropriate Anglo­Saxon form, so we have done so. Our thanks to Hund for providing the appropriate form.

Ione Linch. Device. Purpure, two threaded needles in saltire threaded with the same thread argent, a bordure argent semy of shamrocks vert.

Isabel Moundoghter. Badge. (Fieldless) A clew of yarn pendant from a hank of cotton fesswise argent.

Good documentation!

Jesse ap Cedivor. Name and device. Vert, a seawolf erect, on a chief Or three paw prints gules.

Submitted on the LoI as Jesse ap Kedivor, it was originally submitted as Jesse ap Cedivor, and was changed in kingdom. While the spelling Cedivor is not likely, it is at least theoretically possible, so we have restored the submitter's preferred form.

Juliane Hebert. Name.

Kevin Ambrozijski. Device. Gules, on a pale argent three bats reremice, a bordure argent.

Konrad Mailander. Badge. (Fieldless) A brown bear's head cabossed proper jessant of a sword inverted gules.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the bear's head larger.

Mark Common. Name.

Submitted as Mark the Common, the earliest cited use of common in a name is William Common, 1642. Since that is in our grey period, we are dropping the from the name in order for it to match the exemplar.

Meave de Clare. Name.

Micheline du Follete. Device. Per fess Or and vert, in pale a lion dormant and another dormant to sinister counterchanged.

Mór Dúin Ruaid. Name and device. Per pale azure and argent a Lacy knot, on a chief three triskeles all counterchanged.

Ottar Finnson. Badge. Argent, eight rapiers sable points to center sable, points surmounted by a hurt.

Raoul de Boer of Border Downs. Name.

Reinmar the Alchemist. Device. Sable, a sun Or between twelve keys in annulo wards outward argent.

Rutger van Groningen. Name and device. Gyronny of six sable and argent, three oak leaves in pall inverted vert fructed Or.

Sofron Havrylovych Trakhtemyrivs'kyj. Name.

Tormod the Red. Name.

TRIMARIS

Briana O Malley. Name.

Brighid ní Chaillín of the Moors. Device. Quarterly purpure and gules, a bordure embattled argent.

Elizabeth Blackrose. Name.

Elizabeth de Whitney. Device. Argent, a lion rampant sable and on a chief indented vert a fret Or.

Elizabeth de Whitney Household name and badge for House de Whitney. (Fieldless) On a strawberry proper, a fleur­de­lis Or.

Kathleen MacDeargan. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Marged Bronwen Montague. Name.

Odo Fitzhugh. Name and device. Vert, two chevronels sable fimbriated argent.

Saraid of Donegal. Name and device. Argent semy of Celtic crosses sable, a unicorn's head erased gules.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the crosses larger.

Seamus Mac Murchada. Name and device. Argent, on a bend sinister azure between five broadarrows, three and two, inverted sable three acorns palewise Or.

Submitted as Seamus MacMurrough, this mixes Gaelic and English orthographies. We have made the patronymic Gaelic.

Victoire de Whitney. Device. Argent, a lion rampant sable and on a chief indented vert three fleurs­de­lis Or.

She has a written letter of permission to conflict from Elizabeth de Whitney.

Wilhelm von Meissen gennant Frawenlop. Name.

Note there is a 14th century citation in Brechnemacher's Etmologisches Wörterbuch der Deutschen Familiennamen in exactly this form except for the given name.

WEST

Aidan MacDonald. Device. Gules, on a chevron between three wolf's heads couped Or, three cinquefoils sable.

Andreas maqqas Feragusu. Name and device. Per pale sable and argent, two spiked maces and a tree blasted counterchanged.

Bjorn Jorsalfar of Bearhaven. Name change from Bjorn Lundgren of Bearhaven.

His former name Bjorn Lundgren of Bearhaven, is hereby released.

Daniel of Aquitaine. Name and device. Per pale purpure and sable, in pale a catamount passant and a cross fleury argent.

Iain Gearr­Sheallach O Maoilbhreanainn. Name change from Ian Gearr­sheallach.

His former name, Ian Gearr­sheallach, is hereby released.

Ibert Nothstein. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Irene die Elsässerin. Name and device. Per pale gules and azure, three wolf's teeth issuant from dexter and as many from sinister and in base a bell Or.

Katharine de Benyngton. Name.

Melangell ferch Rhys ap Owain. Badge. (Fieldless) A cat's pawprint vert.

Sofonisba Alberti. Name.

THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN RETURNED FOR FURTHER WORK:

AN TIR

Jacques Louis de Normandie. Device. Per saltire sable and azure, a Latin cross formy argent.

This conflicts with Seth Williamson of Exeter (SCA) Lozengy purpure and Or, a cross formy fitchy argent., with the only CD coming from the change to the field and nothing for the difference between a cross and a cross fitchy.

ANSTEORRA

Katrine of Roscommon. Device. Vert, three cats sejant and on a point pointed argent, an open scroll vert.

This is being returned for a redraw. As drawn, this blurs the line between a point pointed and a per chevron division, being clearly neither one nor the other.

Wolfker der Jäger. Device. Per bend barry sable and Or and checky sable and Or, on a bend Or fimbriated three fleurs­de­lys palewise gules.

This is being returned for breaking the rule of tincture, by having a metal on a metal. The gules fimbriation lies entirely on sable on the checky side, and on an equally divided sable and Or field on the other, making the field the fimbriation lies on primarily sable. Additionally, the combination of two different complex fields is not only inadvisable, but without documentation for it being done in period, it will be considered a weirdness.

ATLANTIA

Muin maqq Mínaín. Device. Vert, on a plate a brazier enflamed vert, a bordure rayonny Or.

This is being returned for a redraw. The bordure was not drawn as a proper rayonny. Additionally, the flames need to be redrawn. They would be a great deal more identifiable if they were jagged on all sides except the bottom.

CALONTIR

Ana Braganza la Viajera. Device. Azure, a selander argent and on a point pointed ermine in cross four lotus blossoms in profile purpure.

This is being returned for two reasons. First, for documentation on the type of ship no documentation was provided to show that this was a period ship. Second, this drawing was returned November 1996 for a redraw. There were several reasons for the redraw given in the letter of return, including the depiction of the point pointed. The point pointed has not yet redrawn correctly as required in the 11/96 return.

Anastasia Ivanova. Name.

This conflicts with Anastasia Ivanova, registered 7/88.

Eiríkr Thórisson. Device. Paly azure and argent, a double bitted ax bendwise Or.

This conflicts with Thomas of the Brass Axe (SCA) Purpure, an axe bendwise Or., with the only CD for the difference in the fields.

Elena Novgoradskaya. Device. Per bend sinister wavy Or and gules, a closed book fesswise and mullet of eight points counterchanged.

This is being returned for a redraw. The line of division is not a proper per bend wavy, but closer to per bend with one wave. Additionally the book needs to be redrawn. As it is depicted, it is in trian aspect.

Nataliya Ananovna Petrova. Device. Per pale indented argent and sable, two cats sejant respectant a bordure counterchanged.

This is being returned for a redraw. The per pale indented is not proper indentations, but closer to per pale pinking shears. There need to be far fewer indentations which are far bolder.

Roise ni Rhuaudhri. Name.

The patronymic was put into the genitive incorrectly. The proper form would be ni Ruaidhri. Since the submitter will not accept changes we have no choice but to return the submission.

DRACHENWALD

Dubhghall mac Éibhearáird. Badge. (Fieldless) A cock close argent armed and langued sable maintaining a key Or.

This conflicts with Brian of Boisfort (SCA) Azure chapé invected or, a rooster argent., with one CD for the field, and nothing for the maintained key. For a charge to be considered a sustained charge, and therefore count for difference, it must be of comparable size to the beast holding it.

LOCHAC

Ailig a'mire. Name and device. Per chevron sable and Or, a lymphad, oars in action, sail furled, sable, a beacon atop the mast enflamed and pennons gules.

The name has several problems. No documentation was provided, and none could be found for Ailig as a period given name, although it is used today to translate Alex. Period forms of Alexander include Alusdar and Alastar. As for the byname, it does not mean flirt and in fact is not personal word at all, but is an abstract word. Depending on the context, it can mean "sport", "sporting", "levity", "fury", "rage", frenzy", etc. The proper form of the adjective, which would not suffer lenition, the name would then be Mear. If the noun form is used, the article would not be used, so it would become Mire. However, we feel that this is to great a change to make without consulting with the submitter and we are returning this.

The device conflicts with Otto the Confused Per fess wavy argent and barry wavy azure and argent, a galleon proper sails set sable., with one CD for change to the field.

Aoibheall inghean Dhaghain. Device. Vert, a dragon rampant within a bordure embattled Or.

This conflicts with Tristan of Longford, Azure scaly argent, a dragon segreant a bordure embattled Or., with only one CD for the field.

Constanzia Maria Morales Enzina d'Zamora. Name and device. Gules, a cross clechy and on a chief argent three crescents sable.

Arana de Love, pg. 160, under Constancia, lists Constanza as the daughter of Alfonzo VIII of Castile. While we have not seen the spelling variation Constanzia, but the pronunciation is about the same as the documented Constancia, and Talan's index to Melcón lists both Garzia/Garcia and Sancio/Sanzio/ Sanxo, so we are willing to give the submitter the benefit of the doubt.

Morales seems to be a place name; the Catalogo lists it both as a surname and as a place name (a Simon Perez was a native of Morales). The surname usually includes de (i.e., Catalina de Morales, #606) but sometimes is written without it (i.e., Beatriz Morales, #4298). Talan's index only lists Enzina as a given name; I could not find the name in either Melcón or the Catalogo (although the latter does list Encinas as a place name).

The Catalogo lists Zamora as a place name. The use of d' is incorrect; the form would be de Zamora.

The primary problem with the name is the form: <given name> <given name> <locative> <given name> <locative>. A quick survey of the first 4000 names (A­C) in the sixth volume of the Catalogo (dating around 1580), shows of those names, 5 had possibly four elements, and none had five. Of those five names, two (María Alvarez de Sotomayor de Quiroga and Pedro Gonzalez de Baeza de los Hermanos) are probably actually of the form <given name> <patronymic> <compound locative>. One other (Diego de Peralta Cabeza de Vaca) is probably of the form <given name> <locative> <compound locative> as Cabeza de Vaca is independently listed as a place name (in volume IV). The other two use the modern y formation: Diego García de Montalvo y Colindra and Miguel Jeronimo de Mendoza y Arquillada.

As for the name, if she wants a late period name, Constanza María Morales y de Zamora probably is the closest form to her name that matches documented forms. For a late period name we would not expect to see the variants Maria and Constanzia. For an earlier period name, the best would probably be either Constanz(i)a de Morales or Constanz(i)a de Zamora.

However since she will not take any changes, we are forced to return the name. Since she will not accept a holding name, we are forced to return the device as well.

Llewelyn de Granville of Gwent (Known as Cadno). Name.

We have never seen any period records that use known as X, much less Welsh ones. The personal nickname belongs in its normal position right after the given name. The two locatives are a serious anomaly. Locatives are pretty rare in Welsh names in the first place and we have yet to find a single example of a double locative. All in all we feel the changes necessary for this name are greater than we feel comfortable doing, so we are returning this for further work.

MERIDIES

Eoin the Modest. Device. Azure, a sealion dormant Or.

This conflicts with Barony of Allyshia, Azure, a sea­lion erect to sinister Or., with only one CD for change to position of the sealion, since the change in orientation is subsumed by the change in position.

Meridies, Kingdom of. Order name for Companionate of the Pilgrims of Compostela.

This is being returned for non-period style. Taking this at face value, "Companionate" is the designator and "Pilgrims of Compostela" is the substantive portion of the name. This pattern follows no know period exemplars. If we regard both "Companionate" and "Pilgrims" to be designators then there is the problem of using two designators (a possibility which the RfS don't seem to take into account, and which at the least requires some justification). This would also raise a possible concern about conflict with the famous Spanish pilgrimage site. We are unwilling to register this name because of these issues.

The source of the difficulty the kingdom is having with this name, and its predecessor submission, is that it is attempting to register some form of the famous period pilgrimage site as a kingdom order. Even should they succeed in circumventing the conflict and style pitfalls inherent in this attempt, such a registration would violate the spirit of the SCA's approach to recreation in the Current Middle Ages. The SCA creates its own places, persons, and orders rather than reenacting those from period. It would also be inappropriate for any party, even a kingdom, to appropriate such an important period phenomenon as the shrine of Santiago de Compostella for its own exclusive use. We encourage the kingdom to consider any further resubmissions more in keeping with the traditions of the SCA.

Meridies, Kingdom of. Name for Order of the Ebon Chalice.

"The word ebon does not appear to be used in any save a most literal sense (relating to ebony) until the very last of the 16th Century." (Da'ud ibn Auda, LoAR May 1992, p. 21). Therefore we must return this name.

Meridies, Kingdom of. Name for Order of the Rams Treasure.

This is being returned for non period style. No exemplars were provided, and none could be produced for an order name of this style.

Meridies, Kingdom of. Name for Order of the Silver Fleece.

The name is clear of the Order of the Golden Fleece, under RfS V.2.b.ii, since Golden is significantly different from Silver, and vice versa. However, under RfS VI.4.,

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.

While the Silver Fleece and the Golden Fleece are not in conflict, we believe it is too evocative of the Golden Fleece to be registered, especially since the Golden Fleece was the premier Order of Chivalry from its founding to at least 1918, and is still a recognized order of Chivalry with two branches, the Spanish branch over which His Catholic Majesty Juan Carlos presides, and the Austrian branch, of which His Imperial Highness Archduke Otto von Hapsburg is titular head.

Richard de Lacy. Name.

This conflicts with Richard deLacy, registered 10/91. The armory was registered under the holding name Brian de Lacy.

MIDDLE

Anders Schwarzdorn. Device. Argent goutty de larmes, a wolf's tooth issuant from chief sable, a chief vert.

This is being returned for a redraw. The wolf's tooth needs to be a lot bigger - at least twice as big.

Azure Mere, Shire of. Name and device. Argent, a hippocampus within a laurel wreath sable, a chief invected purpure.

This was an appeal of a November 1996 return for non­period construction. Places were named from common, everyday words which azure was not. The appeal stated:

The elements of the name are documented from the (complete) OED which cites a reference to 'aserre' in 1450 and 'mere' to 1573 or 'meere' to 1450. We add to this the town of Azerlay cited in 1277 in Ekwall's CODEP (20). However, Ekwall notes the first element may be the OScand personal name Atzer or Azer. Vlad also notes the entry describing the final element under the OE 'leah' as a very common place name element, corresponding to OHG 'loh' "grove". Ergo, this derivation would not preserve the meaning: "Azer's Grove" instead of "Blue Grove". Further, from Ekwall's entry for OE mere: "'lake, mere' is a common place name element OE mere is found in several names of lakes, as BUTTER-, GRAS-, WINDERMERE, but many original names of lakes were transferred to places on the lake. [The second element] -mere has been replaced rarely by -mire, as in ELDMIRE, REDMIRE. This last example specifically supports Laurel's recommendation of Blamere. Finally, one might potentially interpret Azure Mere as a plausable scribal error for Azer Mere. The documented placename of Azerlay combines this OScand element with a similar OE element ("Azer's Wood" vs. "Azer's Lake"), which leaves the construction at least of Azermere perfectly reasonable to us. The extension, by errors in scribal transcription, to Azure Mere or Azuremere also seems reasonable.

Unfortunately, even the most extreme interpretation that a late-period intellectual might reanalyze Azerlay as Azure Leah does not mean that azure would be available in the pool of place name elements. As a counter-example, the significant number of northern place names that reinterpret eggles (church) as eagles does not suggest that "eagles" became available to generate new place names. Regarding the second argument, unless you have evidence of Azerlay appearing in a spelling variant closely resembling Azurelay, it is unconvincing to argue that a hypothetical Azermere -- however plausible -- can justify Azuremere. Therefore, barring evidence that azure was used in English place names, we are forced to return this submission. Since we do not form holding names for groups, we must return the armory as well.

Dragons Crossing, College of. Name and device. Or, a dragon rampant within a laurel wreath sable.

No evidence was presented in the LoI for the word dragon being used in English place name, and no one could find any evidence. Barring such evidence, we must return the name. Since we do not form holding names for groups, the armory must be returned as well.

Eric Edwardson. Device. Purpure, two unicorns combattant, a bordure Or.

This is being returned for a redraw and a recolor. The beasts need to be drawn more recognizably as unicorns, with lion's tails and equine hooves. Furthermore they need to be colored a true heraldic Or, and not orange.

Guenhwyvar MacEwen. Device. Azure, issuant from a trimount couped vert a demi ferret, in chief two mullets argent.

This was submitted based on an 11/93 Laurel precedent permitting vert trimounts on azure fields. However, a trimount couped is sufficiently different from a regular trimount that it is not automatically included under that precedent. Furthermore, this submission contains a demi­animal issuant from the mount, which is relatively infrequent, bringing this submission even farther from the allowed format. Barring evidence of this motive being used throughout Europe, we must return this submission.

Lyn O'Clery. Name.

No evidence was presented for Lyn being a period name and no one could present any. Possible forms she might consider which are close to Lyn are Linet and Linota which are 13th century English and Lina, late 12th century English.

TRIMARIS

Kathleen MacDeargan. Device. Per fess embattled azure and sable masoned argent, a domestic cat sejant affronté argent.

This is being returned for having an overlying charge across a low contrast field with a complex line of division. Additionally, the cat in the picture is overly naturalistic looking since it is a scanned photo of a cat, and not a drawing. When resubmitting, please draw a heraldic cat.

WEST

Ibert Nothstein. Device. Argent, on a sun sable a mullet of eight points Or, on a chief azure two arrows inverted in saltire Or.

This is being returned for violating our "sword and dagger" rule, by having two charges, the sun and the mullet of eight points, with which we give no heraldic difference in the same design.

Irene die Elsässerin. Badge. (Fieldless) A churchbell Or.

This conflicts with the badge registered to An Tir for The Crier (Fieldless) A handbell Or., with the only CD for fieldlessness.

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