While the byname should be put into the feminine form, the submitter is invoking the grandfather clause since her husband has the registered name Timothy der Kenntnisreich. Since the grandfather clause covers immediate family members, of which a wife is considered one, this name is registerable under our rules.

Note: the submitter is a Lady of the Rose and therefore entitled to use a wreath of roses.

This was pended from the October 1998 LoAR.

The armory was submitted under the name Proinnsias de Dragon Tigh-Osada.

Please advise the submitter that he does not need to use that many ermine spots.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the bendy sinister at a steeper angle.

Found on the LoI as Isabella MacLeod, the forms had Isabelle MacLeod, and we have changed it back to the submitter's original form.

The armory was submitted under the name Kassandra Eymann.

Submitted as Marcello li Dònnici, the accents in de Felice's Cognomi are there as pronunciation guides, and are not part of the spelling.

Submitted as Marie Lorraine de Monteclair, as we said in the original return of Lorraine de Monteclair

The LoI also quotes the submitter's question as to why her alternative name Marie Lorriane de Monteclair was not accepted. Please inform the submitter that no alternate names were mentioned on the LoI, so Laurel had no way of knowing that an alternate would be acceptable. Furthermore, Laurel does not deal with alternate names or devices; one and only one of each should be sent to Laurel at a time.

Submitted as Robert "The Raven" MacLeod, we do not register names that use nicknames in quotes. However, since Reaney and Wilson's A Dictionary of English Surnames, under Raven date Alice le Reven to 1327, we were able to remove the quotes and make the name registerable.

Please ask the submitter to draw the heads larger.

Submitted as Cartismandua Natione Veniconis, Veniconis is a third declension noun, so needs to be put into the correct genitive plural. We have done so.

Her former name Maolmhichil inghean uí Bhrolacháin, is hereby released.

His former name Landa Jökull Haraldsson, is hereby released.

The armory was submitted under the name Lisette de Lisle.

Lucrezia di Francesca. Badge. Azure, a dog passant, in canton a swallowtailed cross argent.

Margarethe Louise vom Schwarzwald. Name and device. Or, a hurst of three pine trees sable.

Nostas'ia Stepanova Kievskaia. Badge. (Fieldless) A salamander statant to sinister gules, enflamed Or.

Renata von Hentzau. Device. Azure, a fox courant reguardant argent, in chief three mullets Or.

Saint Georges, Canton of. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Alexanderes Way, Stronghold of. Name.

Submitted as Alexander's Road, The Stronghold of, Brown Mouse Herald had the following comments:

We have, therefore, changed the name to Alexanderes Way, removing the unnecessary The in front of Stronghold and making the possessive in a period fashion.

The byname, Gwynystlum means white bat. While there is no evidence of Welsh descriptive names using bats, enough other types of animals were used that this is no more than one weirdness.

Submitted as Ericus Astrologicus no documentation was presented for the form of the byname. Therefore we have changed it to the documented form found in both the OED, which dates it to 1440 and Lewis and Short's Latin Dictionary.

Found on the LoI as Nataliia Ivana zhena, it was submitted as Ivana zhena Nataliia and changed in kingdom because no documentation was presented for the submitted form. Escutcheon has provided documentation for the original form, so we have restored it.

This was pended on the October 1998 LoAR.

This was pended on the October 1998 LoAR.

The question was raised in commentary as to what the genitive form of Amargein is. In fact, the genitive form for Amargein is Amargein.

Submitted as Cana Mac An Aba the LoI provided no documentation for Mac an Aba, and none could be found. We have substituted the period form.

Submitted as Dúnghal ua Dhonnchadh, the byname needed to be put into the proper genitive form. We have done so.

Note: she has a letter of permission to conflict from Eustace FitzJames Bendy sinister embattled Or and gules.

This was pended from the July 1998 LoAR.

Note: the submitter has a letter of permission to conflict with Ruth of the Debatable Lands Vert, a vulture and a chief Or.

Please instruct the submitter to use larger lozenges.

Nice armory!

Questions were raised in commentary as to what was proper for a basket. Laurel, not knowing the answer herself, posed this question to a member of the order of the Laurel, whose laurel was given for several arts including basketmaking. We received the following response:

Based on this information, we are registering this as a wooden basket proper, since the proper for wood is brown.

Submitted as Three Walls, Canton of, examples of medieval English place names with numbers in them include: Sevenoaks "seven oaks" (Ekwall's English Place Names, pg. 413) Sevenac (or -acher) 1200, Sevenak 1218, Seuenok 1230; Fourstones " four stones" (Ekwall 185) Fourstanys 1236, Fourstanes 1256; Sixhills "six clearings or glades" (Ekwall 463) Sixla c1115, Sixlei 1196, Sixele 1212; Ninebanks "nine banks or hills" (Ekwall 342) Ninebenkes 1228, Nine bankes 1296. English place-names using wall include: Bestwall "(the place) east of the wall" (Ekwall 40) Beastewelle 1086, Byestewalle juxta Warham 1310 and Thirlwall "perforated wall" (Ekwall 466) Thurlewall 1256. All of the examples of English place-names with numbers in them occur as single words, except for one doubtful one. Therefore, we have combined the elements into one name.

Submitted as Hrudrolf Gullskeggr, no documentation was presented for the spelling of the given name, and none could be found. We have changed it to an Anglicized form found in Geirr Bassi Haroldsson's The Old Norse Name, which is close to what was submitted. Note: the armory follows a period motif, which is found in Siedmacher's Wappenbuch.

This was returned last month for unidentifiability of the tine. However, this form of the tine is grandfathered to the kingdom, so we are registering this.

Submitted as Scola Metallorum, the group wanted to use Scola as an alternative for College. We are unwilling to declare Scola the equivalent of College and thereby reserve its use to official SCA groups, especially in light of the fact that there is already a Latin equivalent, Collegium. Please inform the group that the form Collegium Metallorum would also be acceptable.

Submitted as Sorcha Ó hAoilleacháin, this combined a feminine given name with a masculine byname. We have feminized the byname.

This conflicts with Odo Fitzhugh Vert, two chevronels sable fimbriated argent. There is a CD for the field, but nothing for the fimbriation of the chevronels. Their move to base is dictated by the tinctures of the field, and precedent grants no CD for change in position on the field when that change is "forced" by the tinctures involved. "There is a CD for the field. Wyndhame’s wreath could not be in the center of the shield, so by the standing interpretation of RfS X.4.g. Arrangement Changes the move of the wreath is forced and not eligible for a second CD." (Jaelle of Armida, LoAR May 1997, p. 9) Here, neither of the chevrons could be entirely on or immediately adjoining to the red portion of the field, so the move to base is forced.

This is being returned for lack of documentation. While the LoI provided documentation for the use of gate in place names, no documentation was provided for Orion outside of the statement that the group used to have this name registered to them, it was released many years ago, and they want to use the name again. However, once an item is released, to be registered it must be registerable under the current rules. Barring documentation for Orion, this must be returned.

This is being returned for two reasons. First for lack of documentation for the form of the name. According to the LoI, the word émail:

However, Blue Mantle does not come from heraldic regalia, but rather from the blue cloak of the Order of the Garter; the office was reputedly created by Henry V to serve the Order. As for Black Rod, it is not a herald's title at all; the full title is Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod and his office is essentially that of doorkeeper to the chapter of the Order of the Garter (and since about 1520 to the House of Lords as well).

Even if émail was an appropriate term for a heraldic title, this would be returned for obtrusive modernity. Everyone who commented on this title from outside of An Tir found it obtrusively modern. Everyone thought of e-mail when reading or hearing the title.

This is being returned for incorrect construction, since it combines the male name Eirika with the feminine byname Ragnarsdóttir. Eirika is found in Lind's Norsk-Islandska Dopnamn, but it is there as a variant spelling of Eirik, and not as a feminine name. No documentation could be found in any source for Eirika as a feminine name prior to the 19th century.

While it is true that Old Norse sometimes forms female names from male names by adding an a, Eirik is not in the class of names for which this happens.

This conflicts with Conrad Breakring of Ascalon Argent, an annulet fracted on the dexter side sable., with one CD for the difference in the fields.

This conflicts with Maighread Maire Draigdaimhalachd Per saltire azure and vert, a dragonfly tergiant displayed argent orbed Or. There is one CD for the change of field. Tegan’s dragonfly is forced to chief, as an argent charge cannot be on a half-argent field such as vair; therefore there is nothing for position.

The name is being returned for incorrect construction. While the LoI says: "Daibhidh MacRaibert: this is the form that was suggested by Laurel in the return of the original name submission, David de Robertson", this is incorrect. The form suggested in the LoI was Daibhidh MacRaibeirt. Since no documentation was presented for the variant form, and the submitter would not take any changes, this must be returned.

The armory is being returned for a redraw. The dolphins are not in annulo, but with one naiant and one inverted. We do not allow inverted animate charges in SCA heraldry except when in recognized orientation, such as in annulo.

This is being returned for violating RfS XI.3.a. (appearance of marshalling) which states:

It has been held previously that a counterchanged bordure is not such a "charge overall".

This conflicts with Selene Colfox Per fess rayonny sable and Or in pale three bezants one and two and a fox statant guardant to sinister sable marked argent. There is one CD for the field. Since only 1/4 of the charge group has changed (granted, in type, tincture and posture, but still only 1/4 of the charge group), no other CD can be obtained.

This is being returned for lack of documentation for Eymann. The LoI said

Brechenmacher's Etmologisches Wörterbuch der Deutschen Familiennamen shows Aierman dated 1360 and Eygermenger dated 1357, meaning egg man and egg seller respectively. However, neither form is documentation for Eymann. Barring documentation that this form was used prior to 1600, it must be returned.

The armory was registered under the holding name Kassandra of Loch Salann.

This is being returned because no miniature emblazon was included on the LoI.

This is being returned for lack of documentation. No documentation was provided and none could be found for period order names in the form of <animal name> <implement>.

While the LoI did list a number of alternatives, only one item at a time may be submitted; Laurel does not deal with alternatives.

According to the LoI, the name glosses to mean Francis of Dragon Inn, and the meaning of the name was the most important part. The name suffers from several problems. I quote Harpy's commentary:

The armory was registered under the holding name Agnes of One Thousand Eyes.

This is being returned because no miniature emblazon was included on the LoI. Even if the miniature had been included this would have to have been returned. You cannot have an item jessant-de-lys if it doesn't have a mouth. If the submission is considered to be (Fieldless) A fleur-de-lys argent overall a rose sable,, it breaks our rules on fieldless style.

This is being returned for breaking our style rules by having the same charge as both a primary and a secondary charge.

This conflicts with the tinctureless mon of the Emperor of Japan (Tinctureless) A chrysanthemum. There is one CD for tinctureless, but that is the only difference.

According to the submitter, the unusual mullet is found on the arms of Cachia, though she gives no documentation for this, nor for that having been used in period. According to al-Jamal "Looking at the arms of Cachia in An Illustrated Collection of Coats of Arms of Maltese Families by Charles A. Gauci, p. 34, the "comets" on this submission are not the comets on those arms. The charges there consist of a mullet of six points, with a "ray" issuing from behind the quite clearly drawn and visible bottommost point of each of the mullets."

We currently give a CD between a mullet and an estoile. This blurs the line between the two of them. Barring documentation that a charge as submitted was used in period, this must be returned.

This is being returned for a redraw. As drawn it is not in any recognizable heraldic position. A normal foot has the sole horizontal; the overall angle of this one is closer to bendwise, but the angle of the toes and ankle is entirely wrong for that posture. This falls afoul of RfS VII.7.b. (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...."

Withdrawn by the submissions herald.

This is being returned for lack of documentation for Lisette as a given name in period. The only documentation we could find for its use is as a surname. All SCA given names must be documentable as having been used as a given name by a human being in our period.

The armory was registered under the holding name Elizabeth de Lisle.

This is being returned for lack of petition for the device. The enclosed petition only showed support for a name, and not for a device.

This is being returned for breaking our style rules. The posture of the bird must be drawn very carefully (and very nearly unblazonably: it appears to be close contourné bendwise, mostly) to avoid the problem of contrast against the field. As the rules clearly state, "Armorial designs requiring such careful placement or specific charge sizes to ‘work’ or to avoid contrast problems have been returned in the past as not being period style."

Since a heart is a standard shape for heraldic display, for purposes of conflict this is considered to be (Fieldless) Per fess embattled azure and argent., and so conflicts with Grey Gargoyles, College of the Per fess embattled azure and argent, masoned azure., with one CD for changing the tincture of half the field.

This conflicts with the Shire of Stierbach Gules, a bull's head cabossed within a bordure embattled argent. There is a CD for the removal of the complex line from the bordure, but nothing between an ox’s head and a bull’s head.

This is being returned for a redraw. As drawn the flames are gules, fimbriated Or, which is disallowed. We suggest making the flames entirely Or.

This is being returned for violating RfS VII.3 Armorial Indentifability, by having the gryphon overlie the indented line of division, when both halves of the field are of the same tincture class.

This is being returned for unidentifability. The argent rose overlapping the argent saltire makes the saltire unidentifiable. Making either the rose or the saltire Or would take care of this problem.

This conflicts with the Barony of Citadel of the Southern Pass Azure, a double bitted axe argent between two piles inverted Or., with one difference for the addition of the piles. Geoffrey of Clan Fergus Azure, an axe, head to sinister argent and a gore sinister Or. We give no difference between double and single-bitted axes, so there is only one CD for the gore. This also conflicts with Timmeke Haakonson of Nordheim Per fess gules and sable, a double-bitted axe argent., with one CD for the field.

This conflicts with Wendryn Townsend Azure, a sun in glory Or., and Paul of Sunriver Azure, a compass star Or. There is one CD for the field, but the move of the sun to chief is forced by the field and there is no additional difference for it. In addition it conflicts with a badge of the Kingdom of Ansteorra (Tinctureless) A mullet of five greater and lesser points distilling gouttes. There is one CD for tincturelessness, and nothing for a move to chief vs. a fieldless badge (where position on the field is meaningless.)

Please advise the submitter when he resubmits that a per chevron inverted field should not come from the corners of the shield, and that dovetailing need to be deeper.

This is being returned for a redraw. As drawn the charges in chief are not recognizably cinquefoils or any other charge. They need to be either redrawn, or documentation for use of charges that look like that in period heraldry must be provided.

This conflicts with Marta as-tu Mika-Misliwy Per chevron vert and Or, in base a satyr dancing and piping proper. There is one CD for fieldlessness but nothing for location in a fieldless badge. There is nothing for the posture of the satyr and there is none for the maintained objects.

No paperwork was received for this submission.

Since the unaugmented device was returned, we must return the augmented version as well. Note that this does not match the submitter’s current device.

This is being returned for conflict and a redraw. This conflicts with Montvale, Shire of, (Fieldless) A stag springing Or charged with an ermine spot sable. There is one difference for fieldlessness, but nothing for change of type only; the cross of lightning bolts is considered one charge.

Even if there had not been a conflict, this would have been returned for a redraw. The stag is not salient, but forcené, a position that we do not allow in SCA heraldry, and the cross of lightning bolts is not truly a cross, but somewhere between a cross and a saltire.

This conflicts with Wilhelm von Schlussel (for Unserheim) Azure, a key fesswise a decrescent and an increscent, one and two argent. There is one CD for the field, but not one for changing one of three charges in a non-standard arrangement.

This conflicts with Khaalid al-Jaraad, Lozengy erminois and pean, a Bengal tiger’s head cabossed gules., as cited in the LoI. RfS X.IV.e states A charge not used in period armory will be considered different in type if its shape in normal depiction is significantly different. This means a lion would not be clearly different from a puma." The shape of a tiger is as much like a lion as the shape of a puma, hence (if the Bengal tiger isn't used in period heraldry) no difference is given.

This is being returned for violating our rules on tincture. The dagger is over half gules, making it color on color.

This is being returned for lack of mini-emblazon on the LoI, and no paperwork for the armory.

This is being returned for lack of documentation for the byname Deri. No documentation was provided and none could be found for it being used in period.

This conflicts with Cecilia Warvic de Stradforde, Purpure, a dexter arm fesswise embowed reversed argent sustaining a jester’s bauble Or, skull argent, capped per pale ermine and Or. There is one CD for the removal of the jester's bauble, but nothing for the maintained bag.

This conflicts with The Lady of the Lake, whose given name in much Arthuriana is Viviane.

This is being returned for lack of documentation for the Order name. Watch and Ward is a conceptual term, denoting a particular type of feudal service. It cannot be considered in any way as a synonym for a sentinel. Naming patterns for medieval orders used physical objects, not abstractions.

This conflicts with Pascal Foljambe Azure, a leg couped Or. We grant no difference between a leg and a boot, so there is no countable difference. It also conflicts with Eveline of Shoreham, as cited in the LoI, Azure, a slipper bendwise sinister Or., with one CD for orientation.

The tinctures of the fleurs-de-lys were unclear in the original blazon.

The phoenix was blazoned as proper on the LoI.

The tinctures of the sexfoil and chief were omitted from the LoI.

The LoI had the argent mullets as vert.

The LoI had the brushes as azure.

The LoI had the brushes as azure.