Laurel January 2002 Letter of Pends and Discussion

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                 For the November 2001 meetings, printed 31 January 2001

[NOTE not in the original printed and mailed copy: this was printed
and mailed in February. It will therefore be considered with February
LoIs and will be ruled on at the June meeting, not the May meeting as
implied below.]

To all the College of Arms from Fran{c,}ois Laurel, Zenobia Wreath,
and Mari Pelican, health and good friendship.

This letter contains the issues raised in the November 2001 LoAR for
CoA discussion. The text in this letter is copied verbatim from that
LoAR; it is provided here for convenience.

As with a January LoI, original commentary must be in the College's
hands no later than March 31, 2002. Responses and rebuttals to
commentary must be in the College's hands no later than April 30,
2002.

1. The Lingua Anglica Allowance. Cover-letter issue from Pelican.

A submission this month generated some questions regarding the Lingua
Anglica allowance. Precedents that outlined the scope of the Lingua
Anglica allowance were included in the January 1993 Letter and in the
December 1995 LoAR (pp. 21-22 s.n. Ananda the Fiery). The specific
questions that need to be discussed at this time are:

* Should there be a weirdness for use of the Lingua Anglica allowance?

* Should Lingua Anglica elements be viewed as English name elements or
  elements of their native language/culture? For example, would
  William of Saxony be viewed as an all-English name or as a mix of
  English and German? Similarly, would Wilhelm of Saxony be viewed as
  a mix of German and English or as an all-German name?

* Should the Lingua Anglica allowance permit the mixing of name
  elements from languages/cultures that are not otherwise registerable
  in a name?  For example, barring evidence of significant contact in
  period, mixing Welsh and German in a name is not currently
  registerable. Would Rhys of Saxony be viewed as mixing Welsh and
  English? Or would it be viewed as mixing Welsh and German and
  therefore be unregisterable?

2. Konrad von Falkenberg. Device. Gules, a wolf's head erased argent
   and on a chief Or three fleurs-de-lys sable.

This was item number 24 in the Caid LoI of July 10, 2001.

The chief in the provided form is clearly Or, and it was blazoned in
the Letter of Intent as argent.

3. Chlothar Bructerus. Device. Per saltire sable and gules, a saltire
   gringol{e'} voided humetty Or and a bordure argent.

This was item number 7 in the Trimaris LoI of July 7, 2001.

The tincture of the saltire was omitted in the Letter of Intent.


Pray know that I remain

In service

Fran{c,}ois la Flamme

Laurel Principal King of Arms