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September 20, 1998
Unto the members of the College of Arms does Mistress Jaelle of Armida, Laurel Queen of Arms, send heartfelt Greetings!
Herein are corrections to assorted Letter of Acceptances and Returns and to the Armorial.
April, 1997
Calontir
Aston Tor, Canton of. Device. Per chevron enhanced Or and vert, a flame within a laurel wreath Or.
The LoAR used a capital "L" in laurel wreath.
May, 1997
Drachenwald
Nordmark, Principality of. Badge for Gyllene bandets orden
The LoAR used a capital "B" in bandets and "O" in order.
June, 1997
Caid
Damian von Baden. Badge for Company of Saint Oswald. -
The household name failed to spell out Saint.
July 1997
Atenveldt
Tadhg Garrick de Hardwyk. Name.
This submission was accidentally left out the LoAR, it should have been returned for the following reasons:
The first is that Tadhg is indeed an Irish name in a characteristically Irish spelling; as such it is incompatible with the rest of this name. He needs to come up with an Irish byname, or an English replacement for Tadhg. The usual English form seems to have been Thad(d)eus, presumably on the basis of the vague resemblance between the two names. For instance, Woulfe s.n. Tadhg gives Thaddaeus as a Latinization. Better yet, in Volume III of the Index to Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, covering the years 1581-1595, we find mention of one Thadeus Mac Cartye, of the city of Westminster. There's no way to be sure from the available information, but this looks very much like an Englished Tadhg Mac Cárthaig.
The other is that the surname Garrick is apparently not period. According to Reaney & Wilson, Garrick is generally of Huguenot origin, the first of that name having fled to England in 1685. Moreover, the original French name is somewhat different: the head of the family was the Sieur de la Garrigue, and the English branch takes its name from the estate.
Uggedei Mighan Nidun.
The LoAR misspelt the middle name.
August, 1997
Atlantia
Peter Shove. Name and device. Or, a popinjay rising contourny wings displayed within an orle vert.
The LoAR misspelt contourny.
Saint Johns Marsh, College of. Name and device. Or, a portcullis sable enflamed gules, on a chief sable, three laurel wreaths Or.
The LoAR misspelt enflamed.
Lochac
Francesca Lucia Sammicheli. Name and device. Purpure, a Bowen cross within a tressure Or.
The LoAR had "an" instead of "a" tressure.
West
Kenrick Robilard. Name.
The LoI misspelt the given name Kendrick and the LoAR accidentally used the misspelling
Tristan Falstaff.
The LoAR misspelt the name of the crosses; they are crosses bottony.
September 1997
An Tir
Morgaine Essex. Device. Gules, two needles inverted in saltire argent threaded and on a chief Or a domestic cat couchant sable.
The LoAR omitted position of the needles.
Ansteorra
Jennifer of Middleford.
The LoAR misspelt decrescent.
February 1998.
Middle
SkallaGormr Berserkr. Name and device.
The LoAR failed to note what was registered. It was the name and the device.
May 1998
An Tir
Magnus Draca. Name.
The LoI misspelt the byname.
Caid
Magnus le Dragonier. Device change. Per fess purpure and Or, a cross counterchanged.
The LoAR omitted the fact that this was a device change, and his former device Or, on a pale azure a unicorn's head erased to sinister Or, armed and crined argent. is to be released.
Viviana le Pryce. Device. Argent, a peacock pavonated to base proper a bordure purpure semy-de-lys Or.
The LoAR misspelt pavonated.
William James. Device change. Argent, a stag's head couped affronty between in fess two thistles proper.
The LoAR omitted the fact that this was a device change, and that his previous device Per bend gules and sable, a hand mirror argent. is to be retained as a badge.
June 1998
Lochac
Sibán nic Ghiolla Phádraig. Name.
The LoAR misspelt the given name as Sibón.
Armorial
Fredrick of Woodlyn. Device. Argent, a heart gules debruised of an olive branch bendwise sinister proper.
The blazon omitted the posture of the branch.
Helena Gabrielle the Fortunate. Device. Per chevron argent and azure, in chief a natural rainbow proper clouded of two roses azure and in base a rose Or.
The position of the rainbow had been omitted.
Karl von Elfstein der Schmuckmacher. Device change.
When this was registered in 12/96 the LoAR failed to note that his former device Per pall inverted arrondy vert, Or, and argent, a bordure engrailed purpure., was now a badge.
Kevin of Thornbury. Device. Per pale vert and azure, a dragon passant contourny Or.
Kevin is listed in the armorial as having two devices, one of which being Per pale vert and azure, a dragon passant contourny Or. That is not his device, but rather Or, on a chevron gules between three crosses crosslet fitchy azure, three mullets argent, is his device. The one with the dragon was a submission for an entirely different person, whose submission was returned for conflict.
Roger fitzRolf Le Normand. Device. Quarterly gules and checky sable and argent, a bear's head erased Or.
This was accidentally left off the May 1997 Atenveldt acceptances.
Valeran do Pico. Device. Quarterly embattled gules and Or, in the first quarter a cross formy Or charged with a cross pointed gules, and in the fourth quarter a mountain couped with four peaks Or.
The fact that the mountain was couped was omitted from the blazon.