This does not conflict with Efron le Fey, (Fieldless) An acorn pierced by an arrow fesswise reversed sable. The arrow is substantial enough to count as a co-primary.

Submitted as Brandric Slayrock, no documentation was provided for the spelling of the byname. We have therefore changed it to a spelling documented in commentary.

Please instruct the submitter to draw a more standard rayonny line.

Submitted under the name Corvinus filius Nennii.

The original blazon called the birds ravens, but they lack the solid tail and hairy feathers of a heraldic raven.

Submitted under the name Tárlach MacLave.

The documentation for Shéamuis (or the nominative form Séamus) was not adequately summarised in the LoI. However, the members of the College provided sufficient independent confirmation for us to be able to register the name.

Submitted as Morwenna of La{n^}sallos, no documentation was provided for spelling the byname with an {n^}. We have therefore changed it to a plain n.

Submitted as Nigel of Southwoods, no documentation was provided for the plural in the locative. We have therefore changed it to the documented form.

The documentation was not adequately summarized in the LoI, and we would have had to return this as per the May LoAR cover letter. Fortunately, Pillar provided enough documentation in her commentary that we can register this.

The device is clear of Lebanon, Gules, on a fess argent a cedar proper. There is a CD for the cotising and for the change in type and color of the tertiary charge.

Submitted as Emry Lioncourt, the only documentation for the given name was from the Info Base of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. However, as noted before, the goals of the LDS are such that their data cannot be considered reliable for the purposes of documenting spelling variants. We have therefore changed the given name to a form dated to 1269 in Reaney and Wilson's A Dictionary of English Surnames.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the lion's ears further up on the head.

The documentation was not adequately summarised in the LoI. However, the members of the College provided sufficient independent confirmation for us to be able to register the name.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the annulets thicker.

His former name is released.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the unicorn so that the tail is fully visible.

His former name is released.

Submitted as Siobán Ó Fidhne, the name had a feminine given name and a masculine form of the patronymic. We have changed the name to be entirely feminine.

Nice badge!

This motif is grandfathered to the submitter; it is the primary charge in his device.

The issue was raised on commentary that this name conflicts with that of Gruffudd ap Rhys (c. 1081—1136), Prince of South Wales. However, the Prince does not have his own entry in the standard encyclopaedias we checked.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the wheat stalks larger.

Please instruct the submitter to draw fewer and larger rayons.

Submitted as Gunnv{o,}r Vikarsdottir, we have added an accent to the byname to conform to period spelling practices.

Submitted as Muirgheal nic Sitheach, the byname mixed Gaelic and Anglicized spellings. We would therefore have changed the anglicized nic to either inghean mhic or inghean uí. However, the submitter was under the impression that the byname means "daughter of Sitheach". This impression is mistaken: nic and the underlying Gaelic forms mean "descendant of", not "daughter of". We have changed the particle to match the intended meaning, and lenited the patronymic to make it grammatically correct.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the leaves of the thistle in proper heraldic style.

Submitted as Beartlai mac Mathghamhain, the documentation provided for the given name was not adequate. We have therefore changed the name to a more likely form found in Ó Corráin and Maguire's Irish Names. Likewise, we have changed the byname to a form given in MacLysaght's The Surnames of Ireland.

Submitted as Eduard Gostomski, no documentation was provided for the spelling of the given name. We have therefore changed it to a known documented spelling.

Please instruct the submitter to draw a wider bordure.

This is clear of Marie of Erin, Purpure, a mink rampant argent, orbed gules, armed Or. There is a CD for fieldlessness, and another for the difference between a wolverine and a mink.

This is clear of Kenneth MacCintsacairt, Sable, issuant from an open tankard argent, a dexter arm embowed reversed proper, grasping a sword fesswise argent. There is a CD for changing the orientation of the tankard and another for removing the significant arm and sword in Kenneth's device.

The badge was submitted under the name Lachlan McBean of Kinchyle.

Her former device, Vert, a seawolf Or, a bordure Or semy of pommes, is retained as a badge.

Submmitted as Catriona inghean Giric, we have changed the patronymic to the genitive form and lenited it.

Nice armory!

We would have registered the addition of the crown, though it placement must be considered a "weirdness," had the already-registered augmentation not been present. Thus, as the augmentation itself is not a "weirdness," we must register it with the augmentation as well. His former device, Per saltire Or and azure, a hurst of oak trees proper, as an augmentation on a canton sable, a decrescent argent, a base indented of three points argent, is released.

The submitter is a Baron of the Court.

Her former device, Purpure, on a pale rayonny Or between two comets argent a sword sable, is released.

Her former device, Purpure goutty, on a cross argent a garden rose purpure, slipped and leaved vert, is released.

Submitted as Lína Gaussdottir, we have added an accent to the patronymic to conform to period spelling practice.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the base of the chevron wider and the plate slightly smaller.

While the mini-emblazon drew the mullets as the prohibited pentacles, the large emblazon showed them as solid mullets.

Her old name is released.

Submitted as Raghnailt ingen Duilleán, we have changed the byname to conform to 13th century spelling practice.

This is a particularly nice example of Iberian armory.

The badge is clear of Aethelnoth of Alebridge, Quarterly sable and argent, four horses rampant reguardant counterchanged. In Aethelnoth's device, the horses in bend are argent and those in bend sinister are sable. In Wolfram's badge, the tincture of the horses is reversed. Therefore there is one CD for changes to the field and one CD for changing the tincture of all the primary charges.

Please instruct that submitter to draw the division between the cross and the annulet.

Submitted as Flannait Sibéal Ni hIighnigh, we have no evidence that double given names were used in Gaelic names in period. We have therefore dropped the second given name, as well as changed the post-period ní to a period patronymic construct.

This was pended from the July 2000 LoAR both because the tincture of the grapes was misblazoned and to see if the depiction of the grapes was acceptable. Pennon, however, sent a timely corrected emblazon to the College and to Laurel and the new depiction of grapes is definitely acceptable.

Submitted as Bebhinn ingen Dhuibh, the name had late forms for the given and byname but an early form for the particle. We have changed the name to be temporally compatible.

Her former name is released.

As with checky, we will register a chief countercompony that shares a tincture with the field.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the head of the leopard lower to more clearly indicate that it is dormant.

While there is a lot of counterchanging because of the chevron and tertiary on the per pale field, the counterchanging is not excessive. Previous devices returned for excessive counterchanging all had fields divided into four or more parts. Also, using only simple geometric charges reduces the excessiveness of the counterchanging.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the chevron lower down on the field.

The documentation was not adequately summarised in the LoI. However, the members of the College provided sufficient independent confirmation for us to be able to register the name.

His former name is released.

Originally blazoned as three bendlets enhanced, the blazon above more closely describes the emblazon.

According to http://www.un.int/slovenia/insignia.html,

The coat of arms with three golden six-pointed stars belonged to the noble house of Celje, which hailed from Žovnek and was first mentioned in the medieval annals around 1130. In the succeeding centuries, it went on to create an influential realm, establishing control over most of the Slovenian territories by 1436. At that time, the family's court in the city of Celje was the focal point of humanist thought and renaissance on Slovenian soil. The assassination of the last male descendant of the Celje dynasty in 1456 brought to an end the period of native rule in the Slovenian lands. From then on and until the 20th century, Slovenians were ruled from abroad by foreigners, most notably by the Habsburgs.

While evidence was not presented that Holland was an independent nation, they did hold semi-independent status for a while and the arms of Holland were otherwise deemed familiar and important enough to protect. In addition, these arms are already protected as Hapsburg, Or, a lion rampant gules crowned Or.

The documentation was not adequately summarized in the LoI. Since the College did not provide documentation either, this will have to be returned as per the May LoAR cover letter. Even after seeing the documentation submitted instead of just the summary on the LoI, it is unclear whether Corvinus is in fact a given name.

His device is registered under the holding name Daniel of the Debatable Lands.

This submission was withdrawn.

Conflict with Alberad von Westerwanna, cited in the letter of intent, Argent, a dragon statant purpure breathing flames proper, in dexter chief a cauldron purpure. There is a CD for changing a cauldron to an orle, but the orle's position on the field is forced, so there is not a second CD for changing the position of the secondary charge.

Conflict with Robert of Hazeltine, Sable, a compass star and on a chief rayonny Or, a sword sable. While the LoI stated that she has permission to conflict, documentation of this permission was not sent to Laurel.

The given name appears to be a post-period form. Also, The documentation for the given name was not adequately summarised in the LoI, and the College did not provide documentation.

His device has been registered under the holding name Marc MacLave.

Conflict with Graffico de Drell, Vert, entwined about a chalice Or, a serpent head to sinister sable. The serpent is not significant, therefore there is only one CD for the addition of the secondary charges. We would also like to see evidence of lemons or other fruit depicted this way in period heraldry.

We do not blazon tails in this position (curled loosely underneath). If she redraws the device so that the tails are coward, then we can include the tail position in the blazon.

By Laurel precedent (see the November 1994 LoAR, Cyril Bowman, pg. 12), the cubit arm/bow combination is disallowed by rule RfS VII.7.a "Identification Requirement" as it not sufficiently distinguishable from a cross bow. It is thus also in conflict with Triaria de la Rivière, Gules, a crossbow between four thistles in cross argent, with only a CD for the addition of secondary charges.

No documentation was submitted for the order name, and the College did not provide any documentation either.

No documentation was submitted for the order name, and the College did not provide any documentation either.

No documentation was submitted for the order name, and the College did not provide any documentation either.

No documentation was submitted for the order name, and the College did not provide any documentation either.

No documentation was submitted for the order name, and the College did not provide any documentation either.

No forms were sent to Laurel.

No forms were sent to Laurel. In addition, according to the Letter of Intent, this was submitted as a device for the alternate name Martin Fitzhug. Please inform the submitter that she may only have one device; if she wishes to submit arms for her alternate person it must be submitted as a badge and on a badge form.

This conflicts with Thomas Attwood (1783—1856), an English economist and leader in the electoral reform movement. Since he has his own entry in the on-line Encyclopaedia Britannica he is important enough to protect.

Conflict with Margarete Rau, registered November 2000, Per saltire purpure and vert, a swan rousant contourny wings displayed argent. There is only a single CD for the position of the wings (displayed vs. addorsed).

The petition did not include a description or picture of the proposed arms. In addition, we are concerned about the identifiability of the sword, as it is almost completely covered by the dragon.

While technically clear, this is in visual conflict with Hrolfr Lombungr, Argent, a pair of batwings conjoined sable, in chief a goutte de sang. While the goutte is a primary charge in the current device and a secondary charge in the conflict, the visual similarity is overwhelming.

No evidence has been presented, nor was any found, that ordinaries can be winged. We could not reblazon this as a vol with a pale overall, as the wings clearly originate at the edge of the pale.

There are several conflicts, including Anna Tuomaantytär von Urwald, Sable, a mullet and a base wavy argent, and the badge for Jayme O'Darcy of Glen Laurie, Sable, on a mullet throughout argent a cat's paw print sable, within a bordure argent. Against Anna, there is a CD for changing the base to a bordure, but nothing for the difference between a mullet of six points and a mullet of five points. Against Jayme, there is a CD for removing the tertiary charge, but again no difference between a mullet of five points to a mullet of six points nor between a mullet and a mullet throughout.

The wolf's paw prints are so small as to be unrecognizable. Therefore, we are returning this for a redraw.

Kinchyle appears to be the clan seat of the MacBean, so the two names cannot be combined in this manner. As he does not allow us to drop elements of the name we have to return it. Also, the documentation for the name was not adequately summarised on the LoI, and we would have returned it for that reason as well.

His badge has been registered under the holding name Lachlan McBean.

While the reasons for the previous return have been dealt with, this submission creates a new one. No evidence has been presented for the coloration of the staff. Treatments of the field were not necessarily used as treatments for charges, and therefore are not sufficient documentation to register this treatment of the staff.

While we allow wolves and foxes to be ululant, the head posture is an SCA invention. It is possible that had the head posture been introduced today we would not allow it. Allowing ululant wolves is a step beyond period practice; allowing anything but canines to use the position is two steps beyond period practice and therefore grounds for return.

By RfS XI.3, Marshalling, fields divided quarterly can only be displayed in a limited number of forms without creating the appearance of marshalling. This does not qualify, because there is more than one type of charge on the field in addition to the cross. As crosses were used in period as overall charges on marshalled coats of arms, adding it does not remove the appearance of marshalling.

This is in aural conflict with Derdriu ingen Mhurchadha, registered in May 2000.

The lily flowers are unidentifiable when used at the ends of the knots; they could be easily misidentified as tassels which were used at the ends of knots. Therefore the badge is in conflict with Lacy (important real-world badge), A Lacy knot, with only a single CD for fieldlessness.

As drawn, the rose is barely overall. This kind of overall charge has been disallowed for some time. If drawn with a standard entwined rose, it is in conflict with Barbara Fitzhugh de Brandhard, Azure, a sword inverted proper entwined widdershins of a poppy proper. Traditionally, entwined charges are treated like maintained charges unless both charges have equal visual weight. Therefore there is not a CD for the change to the flower.

The large emblazon had colored the dolphin so that one of the fins and most of the face were argent. As a result the dolphin has insufficient contrast with the argent roundel. In addition, please instruct the submitter to draw the head of the dolphin in a more heraldic manner.

Conflict with the badge for Ulric Grimmheld, reblazoned elsewhere in this letter, Sable, a dragon segreant guardant maintaining a sledge-hammer Or. Because a seadragon is almost identical in shape to a wyvern, which is an artistic variant of a dragon, there is not a CD between a dragon and a seadragon, and an examination of Ulric's device showed that the hammer was maintained. Thus there is only a single CD for adding the annulets.

The device was withdrawn at the request of the submitter.

The primary charge was not identifiable as a lizard. The neck of the creature was too long, and the hind legs of the creature are significantly larger than the forelegs. Both of these details were enough to question if the charge was actually a dinosaur, a creature unknown to period Europeans.

As drawn the overall charge is unidentifiable. This combination of the guardant head and the badly drawn ears makes the type of head difficult to recognize, while placing the wings on the low contrast bend sinister further blurs the identifiability.

Conflict with the badge for Arinbjorn Rúnólfsson Rafnssonar, A wolf's head cabossed per pale sable and argent enflamed gules. An examination of the emblazon shows that the enflaming of Arinbjorn's head is not worth a CD. Therefore, there is only one CD for adding the field.

Conflict with Rivika Vladimirovna Rivkina, Per pall sable, vert, and Or.There is a CD for changing the line of division from per pall to per pall inverted, but nothing for changing the tincture of one third of the field.

Armory using a charge within a belt strap is restricted as such motifs were used as a standard form of badge display in Scottish armory. There is a precedent going back some eight years banning the use of the 'Badge within a strap' since this is a standard form of display for Scottish badges: the chief uses the plain badge and the clansmen use the badge within a strap. Therefore, we have on several occasions returned or pended submissions to allow them to be considered without the strap. In this case, dropping the strap would not be adequate to resolve this problem since conflicts then arise. (January 1990 LoAR, p. 20)

This was ruled not important enough to protect in June, 1995 with the following comments: Though the city itself is important in later period, and its arms relate to the legend of how the city received its name, the arms do not otherwise appear to be of sufficient importance for us to protect them. No additional evidence was presented to lead us to change that decision.

No evidence was given that the Margraviate of Antwerp was an independent entity, nor that it is otherwise important enough or familiar enough to protect. See the Cover Letter for more details.

No evidence was given that the Counts of Artois was an independent entity, nor that it is otherwise important enough or familiar enough to protect. See the Cover Letter for more details.

No evidence was given that the Barons/Barony of Friesland was an independent entity, nor that it is otherwise important enough or familiar enough to protect. See the Cover Letter for more details.

No evidence was given that the Dukes/Duchy of Gelderland was an independent entity, nor that it is otherwise important enough or familiar enough to protect. See the Cover Letter for more details.

Furthermore, no evidence was presented that the roll of arms known as Gelre was named for the Dukes of Gelderland rather than just for the title of the herald who produced the roll.

No evidence was given that the Barons/Barony of Groeningen was an independent entity, nor that it is otherwise important enough or familiar enough to protect. See the Cover Letter for more details.

No evidence was given indicating that the arms are important. It was describes as being a sizeable region and that the ruling archbishop was sometimes considered as important as a prince, but we do not automatically protect princes' arms nor the arms of areas based on their size as opposed to the importance of the area and arms historically.

No evidence was given that the Dukes/Duchy of Limburg was an independent entity, nor that it is otherwise important enough or familiar enough to protect. See the Cover Letter for more details.

No evidence was given that the Barons/Barony of Mechelen was an independent entity, nor that it is otherwise important enough or familiar enough to protect. See the Cover Letter for more details.

No evidence was given that the Counts/County of Namur was an independent entity, nor that it is otherwise important enough or familiar enough to protect. See the Cover Letter for more details.

No evidence was given that the Barons/Barony of Overijssel was an independent entity, nor that it is otherwise important enough or familiar enough to protect. See the Cover Letter for more details.

No evidence was given that the Utrect was an independent entity, nor that it is otherwise important enough or familiar enough to protect. See the Cover Letter for more details.

No evidence was given that the Counts/County of Zeeland was an independent entity, nor that it is otherwise important enough or familiar enough to protect. See the Cover Letter for more details.

No evidence was given that the Counts/County of Zutphen was an independent entity, nor that it is otherwise important enough or familiar enough to protect. See the Cover Letter for more details.