THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN REGISTERED:

ÆTHELMEARC

Angellino the bookmaker. Name.

This name combines Italian and English, which is a step from period practice.

Avelina filia Isoldae. Name.

Biorn Vestarsson. Name and device. Vert, two axes in saltire and a chief embattled Or.

Submitted as Biorn Vestarson, the appropriate Old Norse patronymic byname formed from Vestarr is Vestarsson. We have made this correction.

This name combines Swedish and Old Norse, which is a step from period practice.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the axes as solid items, not as disjoint items. The line where the axes cross should also be a single thin line, not a thick line that looks like disjoining.

Edmund Griffith. Name.

Nice name!

Esa Baird. Device change. Azure crusilly, three owls Or.

Her previous device, Gules, on a pale Or between two gillyflowers argent three owl's heads couped affronty gules, is released.

AN TIR

Criostal Sealgaire. Device. Per bend sinister sable and argent, a hunting horn and a drawn bow bendwise sinister with arrow nocked counterchanged.

Derian le Breton. Badge. (Fieldless) Four ermine spots conjoined in saltire sable.

Leiðólfr Kvígsson. Household name House of Deepwater Keep.

Mevanou verch Reys Yriskynit. Name and device. Per pale azure and argent, a sun eclipsed counterchanged and on a chief sable three gouttes argent.

Submitted as Myfanwy verch Rhys ar Ysginydd, the submitter requested authenticity for 13th C Welsh. Myfanwy, Rhys, and Ysginydd were all documented as standard modern forms; Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn, "A Simple Guide to Constructing 13th Century Welsh Names", gives the following 13th C spellings: Reys, Reis, Res, Mevanou, Skynith, Skinnith, and Skinith. The May 2009 LoAR notes:

Harpy comments that:

Although the initial vowel of the byname is most commonly dropped in Anglo-Latin documents [1], an older spelling of the full version can be seen in the citation of "Mad' ap Yriskynit" (i.e., Mad[og] ap yr Iskynit) from the 1320 Extent of Aberffraw (Seebohm, appendix Af).

[1] Medieval Welsh doesn't allow the initial consonant clusters "sg-", "st-" , "sb-" etc. and added an epenthetic vowel before the cluster, either in the evolution from a previous stage of the language (that allowed them) or when borrowing words beginning in these clusters from other languages.

[Tangwystl Ysginydd, LoAR 05/2009, Middle-R]

This shows that the definite article yr was used with the descriptive byname in the early 14th C; we have no reason to think it wasn't also used in the 13th C. We have changed the name to Mevanou verch Reys Yriskynit to meet her request for authenticity.

Precedent, set in the return of the device of Eirik Hrafnsson in November 1991, says "...we have not registered a sun eclipsed of the field since 1985, and it is questionable whether we want to start again now." Since that time, we have occasionally registered such eclipsing despite the existence of this precedent.

Last month, we registered a single-tinctured eclipsing that matched the field, explicitly overturning the November 1991 precedent only in that case. The November 1991 precedent is hereby entirely overturned. We rule that if the eclipsing is blazonable and not omni-tinctured, it is registerable, though we will not use the post-period term of the field to refer to it in our blazon.

However, we also rule that eclipsing with a multi-tinctured roundel is a step from period practice.

Mevanou verch Reys Yriskynit. Badge. Per pale azure and argent a sun eclipsed counterchanged.

As ruled above, exlipsing a sun with a multi-tinctured roundel is a step from period pratice.

Seraphina Raleigh. Device. Per fess azure and vert, a tree blasted and eradicated Or, a bordure Or semy of lozenges sable.

Siobhan a Burc. Device. Per bend gules and Or, a calligrapher's knife and a brazier counterchanged.

The knife in the submitted emblazon is the calligrapher's knife from the Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry. There is enough variation in period depictions of knives used by calligraphers and heraldic art is stylized enough that retaining this version as our heraldically defined calligrapher's knife is reasonable.

Torsten von Hessen. Name and device. Purpure, two brocks combatant and on a chief triangular argent a cross potent sable.

This name combines Norwegian and German, which is a step from period practice. The submitter requested authenticity for 13th C German, but did not allow major changes. We have not found any forms of Torsten in German contexts; barring such examples, this name is not authentic.

Tristram le fiz Owein. Device. Per bend sinister argent and azure, three mullets one and two azure.

There was some call in commentary to return this for violating our ban on constellations. The ban is not on any arrangement of stars. The ban is on stars arranged in such a way that they are only blazonable by using the name of a constellation, such as "Ursa Major". Stars arranged in recognizable, blazonable heraldic arrangements do not violate this ban.

ANSTEORRA

Alisone McCay. Device. Azure, three natural dolphins naiant in annulo argent within an orle of plates.

This is clear of the device of Isibel sverðaspillir, Azure, three natural dolphins naiant in annulo one and two, a chief wavy argent. Commenters asked that the change of number be considered a forced change, ineligible for a CD. We note that the only section of the Rules for Submissions which says "provided that change is not caused by other changes to the design" is section X.4.g, Arrangement Changes. There is, therefore, a CD for the change of type of secondary charges, from chief to plate, and another for the change of number of secondary charges, from one to a semy of charges.

Amadeo Estevão. Name and device. Barry sable and argent, a heart and a base gules.

Submitted as Amadeo Estêvão, the documentation for the byname spelled it Estevão, and no justification for the addition of the circumflex accent was provided, either on the LoI or in commentary. We have dropped the accent to match the documentation.

This name combines Italian and Portuguese, which is a step from period practice. If the submitter is interested in a wholly Italian name, we recommend Amadeo di Stefano; the given name Stefano is found 331 times in Juliana de Luna, "Names in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado". (We haven't found any pre-1600 Portuguese form of Amadeo, so we cannot recommend a wholly Portuguese form of the name).

Daniello de Verde. Badge. (Fieldless) Two spears in saltire Or, overall a spider azure.

Darius of the Bells. Blanket permission to conflict with badge. (Fieldless) A mullet of four points within and conjoined to an annulet Or.

Permission to conflict is granted for any armory that is not identical to his badge. We remind heralds that a blazonable difference is required for other fieldless badges.

Fionnbharr le Nedlere. Name and device. Gules, a spool of thread Or and overall a needle argent.

Submitted as Fionnabhair le Nedler', precedent has ruled that the given name Fionnabhair is not registerable:

No documentation was provided, and none could be found, that the feminine given name Fionnabhair was used outside of legend. Lacking evidence that it was used by humans in period, it is not registerable. [Fionnabhair inghean Thighearnaigh, 06/2003 LoAR, R-Caid]

No evidence was provided that would allow us to overturn this precedent, so the name remains unregisterable.

Elmet provided documentation for a similar sounding masculine name:

Annals of the Four Masters (http://www.ucc.ie/celt/online/G100005C/text010.html) M1265.5 Tadg Mag Fionnbharr do marbhadh do Concobhar Mag Ragnaill & do mac Domhnaill Uí Fearghail.

Annals of the Four Masters (http://www.ucc.ie/celt/online/G100005D.html) M1415.1 Emann Mag Findbairr prióir Insi Móire Locha Gamhna do ég an 27. April.

Annals of the Four Masters (http://www.ucc.ie/celt/online/G100005C/text016.html) M1328.27 Amhlaoibh Mag Findbairr do marbhadh la Cathal Ua Ruairc.

Ó Corráin & Maguire, Irish Names, s.n. Finnbarr also note that there are eight saints with this name.

The byname le Nedler' is a scribal abbreviation for le Nedlere. We do not register such scribal abbreviations (though the submitter is welcome to use it). We have changed the name to Fionnbharr le Nedlere in order to register it. This name combines Gaelic and English, which is a step from period practice.

François Griffon. Name and device. Per bend argent and ermine, a bend and in chief a griffin contourny sable.

Listed on the LoI as François Grifon, the name was originally submitted as François Griffon and changed in kingdom because no documentation for the double ff spelling of the byname could be found. Brunissende notes that "The google book Chronique métrique de godefroy de Paris suivie de la taille de Paris, en 1313, http://books.google.com/books?id=QtUTAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22jehan+griffon%22&lr=lang_fr&num=20&as_brr=4&source=gb
s_navlinks_s has p 144 a Jehan Griffon." On the basis of this example, we have restored the name to the originally submitted form.

Precedent says:

It was the consensus of the College that a divided field in which the two parts are tinctures that share the same background is allowable if there is an ordinary to aid in the separation of the two parts, though the practice is not documented. [Thorgrimr inn kyrri, 02/2001, A-Atlantia]

Therefore, this device is registerable.

Because the practice has not been documented, the use of a divided field in which the two parts are tinctures that share the same background, separated by an ordinary, is a step from period practice.

Magnus Gunnarsson. Name.

Oliver Wytyngton. Name change from Alric Wytyngton.

His previous name, Alric Wytyngton, is released.

William Malcolm Ross. Name.

The question was raised whether this name was presumptuous of the registered name Malcolm Ross, with the submitted name appearing to be a claim to be the son of Malcolm. However, the name William Malcolm Ross could only be interpreted as "William, the son of Malcolm Ross" if there is evidence that unmarked patronymic bynames using both the father's given name and byname were used in either Scots or English. No such evidence was provided either on the LoI or by the College. Lacking such evidence, this name cannot be interpreted as indicating that William is the son of Malcolm Ross, and so can be registered without presumption.

ARTEMISIA

Alexander de Ormiskirke. Name and device. Argent, a horse rampant within a bordure dovetailed vert.

The documentation for the name was not adequately summarized on the LoI; an Academy of Saint Gabriel Report number was noted, but no information was provided concerning what the report said about the elements. Had the commenters not supplied the missing information, we would have been forced to pend or return this name.

Darius Coligny. Device change. Or, on a flame gules an increscent Or, a bordure sable.

His previous device, Plumetty sable and argent, an increscent Or, is retained as a badge.

Elizabeth Hams. Name.

Edelweiss notes the baptism of Elizabeth, daughter of William Hams, in Kent, 1598. Thus we can give this submission a very resounding "nice name!".

Friedrich vom Harz. Name.

Listed on the LoI as Friedrich con den Harz Bergen, a timely correction was issued changing the name to Friedrich von den Harz Bergen.

The byname von den Harz Bergen was intended to mean 'of the Harz mountains'. However, no documentation was provided, and none could be found by the commenters, for German bynames based on mountain ranges. Lacking such evidence, they are not registerable. Siren notes that:

The names <Andreas vom Harz> and <Andres vom Hartz> are dated to 1598 and 1604 respectively, according to Die familiennamen Quedlinburgs und der umgegend by Selmar Kleemann (p. 191, http://books.google.com/books?id=imgSAAAAYAAJ).

Since the submitter allows all changes, we have changed the name to Friedrich vom_Harz_ in order to register it.

Gryphon's Lair, Barony of. Order name Order of the Flame of Pharos (see RETURNS for other actions).

The addition of the reference to the real-world place name Pharos clears this order of conflict with Barony of the Flame, Flame Pursuivant, and Order of the Flames of Starkhafn (the latter two registered to the Barony of Starkhafn).

Isabelot Joaliere. Name.

Kano Hiroyoshi. Name and device. Sable, a roundel within a mullet of eight points voided and interlaced argent.

Markus Ruger. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Merglin Fuchsyn. Device. Per pale azure and bendy argent and gules, a fox sejant Or.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the fox larger, to better fill the available space.

Ruaidrí Campbell. Device. Per saltire gules and azure, a lion's head cabossed within an orle Or.

Ruaidrí Campbell. Badge (see RETURNS for household name). (Fieldless) A quadricorporate fox Or.

Commenters asked if the use of a quadricorporate creature is a step from period practice. It is not. A quadricorporate lion appears on the seal of Sicilie de Heworthia, in the 13th century. It is referenced in The Heraldic Imagination by Rodney Dennys.

Shauna of Carrick Point. Heraldic will.

Sheela de Presle. Name.

Sheela was documented on the LoI from Ó Corráin & Maguire, Irish Names, as a modern anglicization of the Gaelic name Síle. Modern anglicized forms found in Ó Corráin & Maguire are generally not registerable; however, in this case, the commenters provided evidence to show that Sheela is consistent with period anglicizations of Síle. Rowel says:

However, I've got an in-progress Anglicized Irish article that should be done in a couple of weeks. I'll post the link here. In the meantime, here are versions of <Sile> from it: Sceile, Seeilie, Seelie, Seely, Selie, Sely, Sheellie, Shelie, Shely, Shila, Shilie, Shillie, Shilly, Shily, Shylly, Silie, Sillie, Sylly, Syly

Red Hawk comments that:

The given examples should be enough to justify Sheela. I see S/Sh/Sc, e/ee/i/y, l/ll, e/ie/y/a. Sheela fits this pattern and is a faithful and plausible spelling in English of the sound of the name, though of course, that isn't to say that the spelling was ever actually found in period. It may however be enough to grant benefit of the doubt.

We agree with this analysis.

This name combines Anglicized Irish and English, which is a step from period practice.

Teresa de Cadiz. Device. Vert, a New World pineapple Or within an orle of pheons argent.

There is a step from period practice for the use of a New World pineapple.

Wolfgang von Tolstat. Device. Per bend Or and sable, a raven and a cross formy quadrate counterchanged.

ATENVELDT

Adaleide de Warewic. Badge. (Fieldless) A tower per pale azure and gules.

Antoinette Isabeau du Dauphiné. Device. Azure, on a pale wavy sable fimbriated between two dolphins haurient respectant three fleurs-
de-lys argent.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the dolphins with longer snouts and larger, more visible dorsal fins.

Dalla of the Misty Forest. Device change. Per pall argent, azure and vert, in pale a stag's attires sable and a tree argent.

Her previous device, Per pall argent, azure and vert, in pale an arrow fesswise sable and a tree argent, reblazoned elsewhere on this letter, is retained as a badge.

Dalla of the Misty Forest. Reblazon of badge. Per pall argent, azure and vert, in pale an arrow fesswise sable and a tree argent.

Her original device, converted to a badge, above, was blazoned when registered in August of 1991 as Per pall argent, azure and vert, in pale an arrow fesswise sable and a tree eradicated argent. The tree is not eradicated. Instead, it has the small bit of root system that one would expect from a default tree.

Elnor Howard. Name and device. Per fess azure and Or, three hawk's lures Or and a hawk striking gules.

Excellent 16th C English name!

Els Wolffleinin. Name and device. Azure, a bend sinister vert fimbriated between an otter statant and two escallops argent.

John Fair of Hawkwode. Device. Per bend sinister Or and argent, a bend sinister gules between a brown hawk close contourny guardant and three oak trees eradicated proper.

Nice cant!

Please instruct the submitter to draw the oak trees with larger roots.

John Fair of Hawkwode. Badge. Vert, a hunting horn argent and in chief an arrow fesswise Or.

Tabitha de Pengelly. Name and device. Argent, three penguins statant affronty heads facing dexter sable bellied argent and on a chief purpure a domestic cat couchant Or.

The use of a penguin is a step from period practice.

Thome Spyle Syngere. Device. Per pale raguly sable and argent, a skeleton statant to sinister maintaining a recorder and a skeleton statant to dexter maintaining a lute, all counterchanged.

Tvoislava Michelovna. Badge. Per bend sinister argent and argent goutty de larmes, on a bend sinister azure three roses argent, in chief a threaded needle bendwise sinister inverted sable.

Please instruct the submitter to draw fewer, larger gouttes and to draw the roses larger, to better fill the available space.

Vésteinn Þorkelsson. Device. Gyronny arrondi gules and argent, a wolf passant sable within a bordure sable semy of Thor's hammers argent.

William the Recorder. Reblazon of device. Per bend sable and argent semy of delfs azure, a lightning flash bendwise argent.

Blazoned when registered, in January of 1976, as Per bend sable and argent delphy azure, in chief a lightning-bolt bendwise argent, the lightning bolt is actually the now-prohibited 'shazam' style of lightning bolt.

ATLANTIA

Alain de La Rochelle. Device change. Per pale Or and sable, three Latin crosses bottony one and two counterchanged.

His previous device, Azure, on a bend between a sword argent and a Latin cross Or a hound rampant sable, is released.

Ceara ní Néill. Badge. Vert, a fish haurient embowed Or within a bordure embattled Or hurty.

Elisabeth Hänsler. Device change. Or, in pale three crosses bottony sable, a dexter tierce checky purpure and argent.

Her previous device, Per saltire azure and gules, four crescents pendant Or, is released.

Janyn Fletcher of Lancastreschire. Device. Argent, a bear's paw print sable and on a chief vert three pheons inverted argent.

The use of a paw print is a step from period practice.

Kunigunde von Darmstadt. Name.

Pippa Morosini. Name change from Millicent Chandler.

Her previous name, Millicent Chandler, is retained as an alternate name.

CAID

Baldemar Kadolf. Name.

Balthazar van der Brugghe. Alternate name Balthazar della Volta.

This combines Dutch and Italian, which is a step from period practice.

Balthazar van der Brugghe. Badge. Per pale wavy vert and Or, two oak leaves counterchanged.

The badge is to be associated with his primary name, not his new alternate name, so we have listed it separately.

Brianna Je Nell Aislynn of Blue Shadows. Badge. Azure, a mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet Or.

This badge conflicts with the badge of Illuminada Eugenia de Guadalupe y Godoy, (Fieldless) A mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet Or, and with the badge of Elyn de Hauocmore, Azure, a mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet argent. Both Illuminada and Elyn have provided blanket letters of permission to conflict, which have been accepted elsewhere on this letter.

Brianna Je Nell Aislynn of Blue Shadows. Blanket permission to conflict with badge. Azure, a mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet Or.

Brianna's blanket letter of permission to conflict is for armory which is one countable step from her badge.

Ceridwen Killian. Badge. Per pale Or and sable, a mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet counterchanged.

Ceridwen Killian. Blanket permission to conflict with badge. Per pale Or and sable, a mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet counterchanged.

Ceridwen's blanket letter of permission to conflict is for armory which is one countable step from her badge.

Ciarán Ó hEaghra. Name and device. Sable, a unicorn and in chief three crescents argent, a bordure counter-compony argent and azure.

Ciothruadh of Lyondemere. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Purpure, on a chief triangular argent a raven maintaining a spear sable.

This is clear of the device of Henry of Longhouse, Checky vert and argent, on a chief triangular argent, a swan rising wings elevated and addorsed sable There is one CD for the field, and there is a CD for the change of type and posture of the tertiary charge. Swans and ravens are at least a CD apart.

Submitted under the name Cithruadh Duibh.

Ciothruadh of Lyondemere. Badge. (Fieldless) A mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet purpure.

Ciothruadh of Lyondemere. Blanket permission to conflict with badge. (Fieldless) A mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet purpure.

Ciothruadh's blanket letter of permission to conflict is for fielded armory which would otherwise conflict with her badge.

Cormac Mór. Badge. (Fieldless) A mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet argent.

Due to the visual difference between them, there is a CD for the difference between a mullet of five points and a mullet of five points voided and interlaced. Therefore, this badge does not conflict with the badge of Hans Dürrmast von der Wanderlust, (Fieldless) A mullet of five greater and five lesser points within and conjoined to an annulet argent. There is a CD for the fieldlessness and a CD for the voiding and interlacing. No difference is granted for the removal of the five minor points from Hans' badge.

This badge conflicts with the badge of Elyn de Hauocmore, Azure, a mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet argent and with the badge of Martin Monteyro do Monte, Vert, a mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet argent, both registered elsewhere on this letter. Both Elyn and Martin have provided blanket letters of permission to conflict which are accepted elsewhere on this letter.

Cormac Mór. Blanket permission to conflict with badge. (Fieldless) A mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet argent.

Cormac's blanket letter of permission to conflict is for fielded armory which would otherwise conflict with his badge.

Daniel Boyd. Name.

Egill the Loomwright. Badge. Sable, in saltire a palmer's staff and a stick shuttle Or, a bordure Or goutty vert.

Elana Blakefenn. Badge. Argent, a mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet vert, in chief seven paw prints three and four sable.

The use of paw prints is a step from period practice.

The use of a mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annuletis not a step from period practice. Both the annulet and the mullet voided and interlaced are attested in period, as is the practice of placing various charges within an annulet.

Therefore, there is only a single step from period practice in this badge, and it may be registered.

Elana Blakefenn. Blanket permission to conflict with badge. Argent, a mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet vert, in chief seven paw prints three and four sable.

Elana's blanket letter of permission to conflict is for all armory which is not identical to her badge, which we interpret as a blazonable difference.

Elspeth Charissa aus Reinwald. Badge. Purpure, a mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet, a bordure argent.

Elspeth Charissa aus Reinwald. Blanket permission to conflict with badge. Purpure, a mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet, a bordure argent.

Elspeth's blanket letter of permission to conflict is for armory which is one countable step from her badge.

Elyn de Hauocmore. Badge. Azure, a mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet argent.

This badge conflicts with the badge Cormac Mór, (Fieldless) A mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet argent, with the badge of Martin Monteyro do Monte, Vert, a mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet argent, and with the badge of Brianna Je Nell Aislynn of Blue Shadows, Azure, a mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet Or, all registered elsewhere on this letter. All three have provided blanket letters of permission to conflict which are accepted elsewhere on this letter.

Due to the visual difference between them, there is a CD for the difference between a mullet of five points and a mullet of five points voided and interlaced. Therefore, this badge does not conflict with the badge of Hans Dürrmast von der Wanderlust, (Fieldless) A mullet of five greater and five lesser points within and conjoined to an annulet argent. There is a CD for the fieldlessness and a CD for the voiding and interlacing. No difference is granted for the removal of the five minor points from Hans' badge.

This does not conflict with the flag of Somalia, Azure, a mullet argent. There is a CD for adding the annulet and a second CD for the voiding and interlacing.

This is not a conflict with the device of Perigrine Mellyrn of the Last Mountain, Azure, a mascle within an annulet argent. Based on the precedent from February 2009, registering the device of Ryuu'zou'ji Kenshin, "Usually, a charge within a mascle or annulet is the primary charge," meaning that the annulets in Perigrine and Elyn's armory are secondary charge groups. Perigrine's primary charge group is a mascle, Elyn's is a mullet, and the devices are clear by X.2.

Elyn de Hauocmore. Blanket permission to conflict with badge. Azure, a mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet argent.

Elyn's blanket letter of permission to conflict is for armory which is one countable step from her badge.

Fáelán mac Conraoi. Name.

This name combines Middle Irish and Early Modern Irish, which is a step from period practice.

Gerdimin Mikhailov Penkauskas. Name.

Penkauskas is the submitter's legal surname.

Illore of Westlea. Name change from Sanchia de Illora.

Submitted as Illore of the West Lea, the documentation provided on the LoI and by the commenters supported the form of Westlea, with the definite article the dropped and the two words of the place name run together. We have changed the name to Illore of_Westlea to match the documentation.

Her previous name, Sanchia de Illora, is released.

Illuminada Eugenia de Guadalupe y Godoy. Badge. (Fieldless) A mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet Or.

This badge conflicts with the badge of Brianna Je Nell Aislynn of Blue Shadows, Azure, a mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet Or. Brianna has provided a blanket letter of permission to conflict which is accepted elsewhere on this letter.

Illuminada Eugenia de Guadalupe y Godoy. Blanket permission to conflict with badge. (Fieldless) A mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet Or.

Illuminada's blanket letter of permission to conflict is for fielded armory which would otherwise conflict with her badge.

Isabeau d'Aquitaine. Badge. (Fieldless) On a chevron wavy couped Or three gouttes azure.

Lachlan of Cromarty. Badge. Per pale argent and gules, two unicorn's heads couped addorsed counterchanged.

The submitter has documented that the unicorn without a beard, as seen in this submission, is a standard period depiction of unicorns in Germany. Unicorns, in the future, may be registered either with or without beards. The requirement for cloven hooves and tufts of fur on the legs remains. We will not distinguish between beardless and bearded unicorns in our blazon.

Ludwig Mahler von Koeln. Name and device. Quarterly sable and gules, an eagle within an orle of gouttes Or.

Submitted as Ludwig Mähler von Köln, the submitter requested authenticity for 15th-16th C German. Mähler was documented as a header spelling in Bahlow, A Dictionary of German Names; no evidence was provided, and none was found, that this is a period form of the name. The variant Mahler is dated to 1548 in Brechenmacher, Etymologisches Woerterbuch der deutschen Familiennamen, s.n. Mahler. Likewise, Köln was documented as the modern form of the city name. The city's name was spelled Coelln on Ortelius's map of 1579; this, in conjunction with the bynames Kollner 1463 and Kolner 1470, in Die Matrikel der Universität Heidelberg von 1386 bis 1662, support Koeln as a plausible 16th C form of the city name. We have changed the name to Ludwig Mahler von Koeln to meet his request for authenticity.

Martin Monteyro do Monte. Badge. Vert, a mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet argent.

This badge conflicts with the badge of Cormac Mór, (Fieldless) A mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet argent, and with the badge of Elyn de Hauocmore, Azure, a mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet argent. Both Elyn and Cormac have provided blanket letters of permission to conflict which are accepted elsewhere on this letter.

Due to the visual difference between them, there is a CD for the difference between a mullet of five points and a mullet of five points voided and interlaced. Therefore, this badge does not conflict with the badge of Hans Dürrmast von der Wanderlust, (Fieldless) A mullet of five greater and five lesser points within and conjoined to an annulet argent. There is a CD for the fieldlessness and a CD for the voiding and interlacing. No difference is granted for the removal of the five minor points from Hans' badge.

Martin Monteyro do Monte. Blanket permission to conflict with badge. Vert, a mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet argent.

Martin's blanket letter of permission to conflict is for armory which is one countable step from his badge.

Mary Dedwydd verch Gwallter. Badge. (Fieldless) A mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet per pale argent and gules.

Mary Dedwydd verch Gwallter. Blanket permission to conflict with badge. (Fieldless) A mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet per pale argent and gules.

Mary's blanket letter of permission to conflict is for fielded armory which would otherwise conflict with her badge.

Mirabilla Starre. Name.

Nice name!

Pelagon Phthiôtes. Device. Or, a bearded demi-angel affronty head facing dexter sable crined and winged gules vested of a scale shirt argent conjoined to two serpent's tails glissant palewise sable.

Petronilla de Chastelerault. Name and device. Per bend azure and vert semy-de-lys, in chief a lion Or.

This is not in conflict with France Ancient, Azure semy-de-lys Or. By precedent, the semy charges are a separate group from the lion:

By current precedent, the semy charges must be in a separate group from all other charges; therefore the charge in base is its own group for both devices. Therefore there are two CDs for changing the number and type of the charges in base. [Giraude Benet, 07/01, A-Calontir]

Therefore, the lion is the primary charge in Petronilla's device and the fleurs-de-lys are secondary charges. Therefore, this device is clear of France Ancient by X.2, due to the substantial change of primary charge, from fleurs-de-lys to lion.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the fleurs-de-lys larger to better fill the available space.

Secca of Kent. Name change from Secca de Cantia.

His previous name, Secca de Cantia, is released.

Seraphina Lilje. Device. Per saltire purpure and sable, a lily and a bordure wavy argent.

Sorcha Dhubh. Name.

Uluric de Exeforde. Name.

Urbano Lorenzo Gutierrez de Garza. Name and device. Azure, a heron contourny argent, a bordure argent hurty.

This name combines Italian and Spanish, which is a step from period practice. If the submitter is interested in a wholly Spanish name, we recommend Lorenzo Gutierrez de Garza, an excellent 16th C Spanish name.

Wilhelm Skallagrimsson. Name change from holding name Wilhelm of Caid.

Listed on the LoI as Wilhelm Skallagrimr, the name was originally submitted as Wilhelm Skallgrimmson, and changed in kingdom because the submitter preferred the form Skallagrim. However, neither of these versions is correct. Skallagrimr was documented as a Norwegian given name; Norwegian does not use unmarked patronymic bynames, so it can only be interpreted as a second given name in the submitted form of the name. However, we have no evidence for double given names in Norwegian.

The originally submitted form is also not quite correct; the correct patronymic byname formed from Skallagrimr is Skallagrimsson. We have changed the name to Wilhelm Skallgrimsson in order to register it.

As submitted, the name combined Old Danish and Norwegian, which is a step from period practice. However, Wilhelm can also be found in Norwegian; the Diplomatarium Norvegicum has examples of Wilhelm in the late 15th and 16th C. Thus, the name is registerable without any step from period practice.

CALONTIR

Calontir, Kingdom of. Name reconsideration to Purple Quill Herald from Purpure Quill Herald.

The heraldic title pattern Purple + <heraldic charge> is grandfathered to the kingdom; they registered the title Purple Falcon Herald in February 2002.

EALDORMERE

Dagmær Hálfdanardóttir. Name.

Submitted as Dagmar Halvdan, the LoI provided the following documentation for the name:

Dagmar and Halvdan have been quoted from Geir Bassi's Old Norse Name.

This is inadequate documentation. First, it does not say what Geirr Bassi says about either element. More problematically, it is simply wrong: Neither element appears in Geirr Bassi's pamphlet. He lists no name like Dagmar, and he spells the second element Hálfdan. Metron Ariston comments:

Lind's Norsk-Isländska Dopnamn ock Fingerade Namn fran Medeltiden, s.n. Dagmær shows Dagmær as the wife of King Þránd citing the Hálfdanar saga Eysteinssonar and also notes forms dagmér and dagmey from 1205 and 1212.

The same source (s.n. Hálfdan) shows genitives of Halfdanar, Haldanar, Halfdans and Haldans. So it would appear that something like Dagmær Hálfdanardóttir or Dagmær Hálfdansdóttir would be documentable from Lind without difficulty.

Since the submitter allows all changes, we have changed the name to Dagmær Hálfdanardóttir, using the more common spelling of the patronymic, in order to register it.

EAST

Alesone Gray of Cranlegh. Badge. Sable, in bend sinister two walnuts Or and a bordure denticulada argent.

Brunissende Dragonette de Brocéliande. Alternate name Margarita Martini and badge. (Fieldless) On a goblet argent a pomme.

Commenters were split on whether or not this name and badge combination rose to the level of being returnable for being obtrusively modern. The name, itself, is no more obtrusively modern than other joke names, such as Drew Steele, Miles Long, and John of Somme Whyre. The fact that both parts of this name are the names of modern drinks does not detract from the fact that this is a well-formed 14th century Italian name. We feel that most Society members are not experts on the date that particular mixed drinks were invented, so this would simply be considered a reference to alcohol rather than a reference to the 19th century.

While the armory could be considered reminiscent of an olive in a martini glass, it is a standard SCA style of heraldry. We find ourselves agreeing with Longeley Herald, who says "I think we're too quick to assume that SCA participants, in general, find such allusions anything but amusing (if they catch the joke at all)." Were the charges in this submission actually an olive and a conical martini glass, rather than a goblet and a roundel, it would certainly be returned for obtrusive modernity. However, since the badge is composed of standard charges in a standard heraldic arrangement, it is registerable.

Caitriona inghean Sheamuis. Badge. Per bend sinister argent and gules, a thistle vert headed purpure and a mastiff statant argent.

Creatura Christi of Oakes. Badge. (Fieldless) On a unicorn's head erased argent an acorn proper.

Creatura Christi of Oakes. Badge. (Fieldless) On a unicorn's head erased argent an oak leaf vert.

Gabriella de Bas Serra. Name and device. Gules, in pale a threaded needle fesswise and a unicorn's head couped contourny Or.

While the source used to document de Bas Serra was written in Italian, the byname is in fact Spanish. Hence, this name combines Italian and Spanish, which is a step from period practice.

According to the Glossary of Terms, most charges which have their point to base when palewise have their point to sinister when fesswise. Therefore, the needle in the emblazon is fesswise, not fesswise reversed.

Gavin MacAuley. Name and device. Per fess invected vert and argent, a sun in splendor Or and a sheaf of arrows sable.

Jane Milford. Name change from Jane of Milford and device. Or, in pale three urchins statant azure.

Her previous name, Jane of Milford, is released.

Knottyng Cross, College of. Branch name and device. Vert, on a pall wavy between three crosses clechy argent a laurel wreath vert.

Marcus Redgate. Name and device. Gules, a lozenge within a horseshoe argent.

The submitter noted that he preferred an Italian form of the byname, if it could be found. The commenters were unable to find any support for Italian bynames of the form <color> + gate. The best that we can recommend is the byname da Porta 'of the gate', the expected Italian form of Latin de Porta, which is found in Juliana de Luna, "Masculine Names from Thirteenth Century Pisa".

Redgate is the submitter's legal surname.

Margaret Gresham. Device. Azure, a squirrel contourny and a bordure embattled argent.

Margaret MacGillereach. Name.

Muirean nic Ruaidhri. Reblazon of device. Azure, on a fess between two harps argent three marigolds Or slipped and leaved vert.

Blazoned when registered in August 1979 as Azure, on a fess between two harps argent, three marigolds slipped and leaved proper, marigolds come in many colors and therefore may not be proper.

Rachel of Rochester. Name and device. Per fess azure and argent, a moon in her complement argent and three martlets volant wings addorsed sable.

Raffaella da Napoli. Device. Sable, a sun argent within an orle argent mullety azure.

This device is both technically clear and clear of visual conflict (X.5) with the device of Sunniva máni, Sable, a sun in his splendor argent within an orle ermine. There is a CD for changing the tincture of the orle (from ermine to argent) and a CD for adding the mullets. Since the mullets are azure and the ermine spots are sable, and they are entirely different in outline, there is not an "overwhelming visual resemblance" which is the standard for a return under the visual test.

Robert of Stonemarche. Name and device. Per pale argent and vert, a hedgehog counterchanged.

Stonemarche is the registered name of an SCA branch.

Ruadhan Muir. Device. Per chevron argent and azure, two rapiers in saltire sable and a popinjay argent.

Sakura'i Ha'name. Name and device. Gules, a cherry blossom and in base two knives in saltire argent.

This is clear of the device of Tonwen MacFarlane, Gules, a rose and a base rayonny argent.Commenters asked that the change of number be considered a forced change, ineligible for a CD. We note that the only section of the Rules for Submissions which says "provided that change is not caused by other changes to the design" is section X.4.g, Arrangement Changes. There is, therefore, a CD for the change of type of secondary charges, from base to knife, and another for the change of number of secondary charges, from one to two.

Stonemarche, Barony of. Badge for the Baronial Company of Archers. Per pale vert and argent, three broad-arrows counterchanged.

The term Baronial Company of Archers is a generic identifier.

GLEANN ABHANN

Dametta of Arundel and Margery of Crosgate. Joint badge. Purpure, a griffin ermine maintaining in its dexter fore-claw a cross patonce argent, a bordure gyronny argent and sable.

Fatimah bint al-Nadir. Name.

Submitted as Fatimah_al-Nadirah, the name was not correctly constructed because it consisted of two given names, with no byname; we have no evidence for double given names in Arabic, and they have long been not registerable. While the submitter allowed no major changes, she was contacted and approved changing the feminine given name al-Nadirah to the patronymic byname bint al-Nadir.

Giric l{o,}gmaðr. Name.

Submitted as Giric lögmaðr, the documentation spelled the byname l{o,}gmaðr. We have made this correction.

This name combines Gaelic and Norse, which is a step from period practice.

Marie Isabelle Taillour. Household name House of the White Lynx.

LOCHAC

Edmund Kerr. Name.

Nice name!

Isabel de Annesley. Name.

Mery of Ellersly. Name.

Sorcha inghean ui Cheallaigh. Device. Per pale gules and vert, a lizard tergiant and in chief three spearheads within an orle Or.

Þorgrímr inn snjalli. Name and device. Sable, a pall inverted between three serpents involved Or.

This device is clear of the device of Corwin Roberts, Sable, a pall inverted between two dragons combattant and a phoenix issuant from base Or. There is a CD for the change of type of the secondary charges and a CD for the change of posture of the secondary charges.

MERIDIES

Gwenonwy verch Ivor. Name.

The given name was documented from Gruffudd, Enwau i'r Cymry/Welsh Personal Names. This source was ruled unacceptable as the sole source of documentation for an element on the April 2009 Cover Letter:

The revised version of Appendix H of the Administrative Handbook omits a few sources that were previously on the list of books which do not require photocopies to Laurel. One such book is Gruffudd, Welsh Names for Children. This book is about modern names and provides only modern forms, even of names which are dated to our period. At one time, this book was one of the best references we had for Welsh given names, but this is no longer the case. Because the forms given in Gruffudd are explicitly modern, it is no longer acceptable as sole documentation for Welsh names.

However, the name Gwenonwy appears in medieval Arthurian literature, and this particular spelling can be found in a 15th C poem, according to Pryce, Literacy in Medieval Celtic Societies, pp. 159-160. Thus, the name is registerable under the literary names allowance.

MIDDLE

Finnian Mac Finn. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Submitted as Finian Mac Finn, no documentation was provided for the spelling Finian. The given name Finnian was documented on the LoI from Academy of Saint Gabriel Report #1296, which lists Finnian as a late-period Irish masculine name, citing Ó Corráin & Maguire, Irish Names, s.n. Finnén, which notes the names of two saints. We have changed the name to Finnian Mac Finn to match the documentation.

Foxvale, Shire of. Device. Per pale vert and azure, a fox's mask within a laurel wreath Or.

The provided petition included neither a blazon nor an emblazon of the armory. The shire was contacted and provided a newly-
signed petition which included the blazon. Therefore, we can register this device.

Ginevra Boscoli. Name.

Nice early 15th C Italian name!

Kriemhilt von Ebersberg. Badge. Gules, three passion nails in pile sable.

This badge is registered under our rules for documented exceptions. The submitter provided many examples of a single group of identical sable charges, both animate and inanimate, on gules fields in German and other armory, and commenters added more examples.

OUTLANDS

Clare de Chepyng Campedene. Name reconsideration from Clare de Chepyng (see RETURNS for device).

This submission was a request for reconsideration of the name Clare de Chepyng, which was originally submitted as Clare de Chepyng Campedene and changed when registered for the following reasons:

Submitted as Clare de Chepyng Campedene, past precedent has ruled that compound placenames cannot be used in English locative bynames:

Lyneyea of Aston-upon-Trent. Name. The name uses a compound locative as a byname, but no documentation was submitted and none found showing any English surnames that evolved from a full compound place-name rather than just the first part of the place-name. Such bynames were declared unregisterable for Spanish names in 2002:

Lacking documentation that compound forms of placenames like Santiago de Compostela were used in locative bynames, this cannot be registered. [Beatriz de Santiago de Compostela, 01/02, R-
Caid]

Barring evidence of locative bynames formed from full compound placenames in English, such names cannot be registered. We would drop the compound and register the byname as Æstun, but the submitter will not accept major changes. [03/2005 LoAR, Meridies-R]

No new documentation was shown for locative bynames formed from full compound placenames in English, so they continue to be unregisterable. As the submitter allows all changes, we have dropped the final element of the place name to register the name as Clare de Chepyng_. [LoAR 02/2009, Outlands-A]

The request for reconsideration was based on three points:

(1) Chepyng Campedene is not a compound place name, but a place name, Campedene, with an affix Chepyng.

(2) Chepyng by itself is not a reasonable place name.

(3) There are examples of compound place names being used in English locative bynames.

The first point is based on a misunderstanding of the terms used to describe placenames. A compound place name is a place name which takes a standalone place name and adds either an affix or a suffix; Chepyng Campedene, which adds the affix Chepyng to the standalone place name Campedene is a compound place name.

Concerning the second point, Chepyng by itself is a plausible place name; vol. X of the Calendar of the Close Rolls, Edward III, dates Hugh atte Chepyngge to 1354 on p. 58 (http://books.google.com/books?id=tykMAQAAIAAJ). A person from Chipping Campden could have been known as either de Chipping or de Campden. Hence, the change made when registering the name was not incorrect.

Concerning the third point, only one example of a compound place name used in a locative byname in English was provided on the LoI: John de Weleye of Chepyng-campedene, dated to 1354-58 in the same Calendar. This example alone is not sufficient to justify overturning the previous return, as a single example cannot be generalized from and, further, it is not clear in this example whether of Chepyng-campedene is a part of John's name, or merely an address listing. However, in commentary on an earlier submission, Edelweiss provided examples of compound place names used in English locative bynames, including Robt. Bruton de Chepyngnorton 1348 and Hugh de Chipping Norton 1306, and the precedent confirmed in February 2009 was overturned on the June 2009 LoAR. On the basis of these examples, the submitted name is registerable.

Gwenhwyvar ferch Tewdrig. Device. Argent, a domestic cat sejant erect contourny purpure and a sinister tierce counter-ermine.

Heloise Stewart. Name.

Randal Carrick. Device change. Lozengy Or and azure, on a bend purpure a carrot Or leaved vert.

His previous device, Argent, three peacock feathers conjoined in base proper and on a chief purpure a carrot Or leaved vert, is retained as a badge.

Sabyn Edwards. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Vadas Bálint. Name.

TRIMARIS

Adelheid Leinwater. Badge. (Fieldless) An edelweiss argent seeded Or.

This is clear of the badge of Gilmirron of the Blue Flame's badge for House Amaranth, Azure, a globe amaranth flower [Gomphrena globosa] argent. Gilmirron's flower has many long leaves conjoined at base.

Adelheid has permission to conflict with the badge of Wander Riordan, (Fieldless) A gillyflower argent.

Corwyn Moray. Badge. Purpure, three bendlets argent.

Dawood al-Tayyib al-Samari. Name and device. Azure, a camel couchant and in base a crescent Or.

Submitted as Dawood Al-Tayyib Al-Samari, the definite article al- is not capitalized in Arabic bynames. We have made this correction.

Jana Hauersham. Device (see RETURNS for badge). Per pale purpure and sable, a stag's head cabossed and on a chief triangular argent a goblet sable.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the chief so it does not extend so far into the field.

Michael of Darkwater. Name and device. Per bend sinister gules and azure, a lightning bolt bendwise argent.

Darkwater is the registered name of an SCA branch.

The use of a lightning bolt is a step from period practice when it is not part of a thunderbolt.

Redwald Friomundes sunu. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Submitted as Redwald of Freysmunt, the byname was inadequately documented. Freysmunt was asserted to mean "hill dedicated to Frey the Germanic god of fertility and crops", but no evidence was provided for English places named after Germanic gods, and none could be found by the commenters. Lacking such evidence, Freysmunt is not registerable.

The submitter cares most about the sound of the name, desires a name as similar to Redwald of Freemont as possible, and allows all changes. The most similar element that we could find which is linguistically and temporally compatible with the 7th C Old English name Redwald is the Old English masculine name Friomund found as a 9th c. documentary form of the standardized form Freothomund in PASE. Since neither unmarked patronymic bynames nor double given names were used in Old English in this period, in order to incorporate Friomund into the name it needs to be part of a marked patronymic, e.g., Friomundes sunu. Since this is the most similar sounding name we can offer the submitter, we have changed the name to Redwald Friomundes sunu in order to register it.

Trimaris, Kingdom of. Heraldic title Gold Axe Herald.

The submitters have permission to conflict with Æthelmearc's heraldic title, Golden Alce Pursuivant.

- Explicit littera accipendorum -

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN RETURNED FOR FURTHER WORK:

ÆTHELMEARC

Ekaterina Volkova. Badge. (Fieldless) A Cyrillic letter "backwards-E" vert crowned of a pearled coronet argent.

This badge is returned for violating our restriction on registering single abstract charges. The basis of the restriction, as can be seen in older precedents, is that we do not allow the registration of a monogram:

[returning Or, an uncial letter "G", coronetted, within a bordure wavy gules] It was our definite feeling that "initial" badges should be registered only after the most serious consideration, since such usage would prohibit the general use of initials for decoration on personal articles or insignia (e.g., favours), a perfectly period practice which should be encouraged. In this case, the clear intent to use a modern style royal monogram impelled us to return the submission. [Galen of Bristol, January 1987, R-Ansteorra]

Since the coronet in the current submission is a maintained charge, the effect of registering this badge would be to restrict the use of a green Cyrillic letter "backwards-E" to Ekaterina, the exact situation we wish to prevent. This does not prohibit her use of the monogram as a monogram, only the registration of the monogram as as badge.

We note that the practice of using crowned initials appears to be a royal affectation in period. One example is the crowned initials of Henry VII, from his chapel at Westminster (Hope, "Heraldry for Craftsmen and Designers", p.391). Another is the monogram of François I of France, which has a crown surrounding the upper part of the vertical stroke of the letter.

AN TIR

None.

ANSTEORRA

Reis ap Tuder. Name change from Chandranath Mitra.

This is returned for conflict with Rhys ap Tewdwr, a prince of Wales from 1078 to 1093. In this period, Wales was a sovereign entity, and its sovereigns, whether they were called kings or princes, are therefore important enough to protect from conflict.

The addition of a second-generation patronymic that is not the same as Prince Rhys's grandfather would remove the conflict and also any question of presumption.

ARTEMISIA

Björn Hrafnsen. Name.

Listed on the LoI as Bjorn Hrafnsen, a timely correction was issued changing the name to Björn Hrafnsen.

The byname Hrafnsen violates RfS III.1.a Linguistic Consistency by combining Old Norse Hrafn with Danish sen. Additionally, in a patronymic byname, Hrafn needs to be in the genitive case, i.e., Hrafns or Hrafnar. A wholly Old Norse form of the byname, to match the language of the given name, would be Hrafnsson. We would change the name to this form, but the submitter does not allow major changes, such as changing the language of an element.

Please inform the submitter that for purposes of registration we do not represent the o-ogonek with ö, but with {o,}, so if he wishes to resubmit an Old Norse form of the given name, it should be spelled Bj{o,}rn or Bi{o,}rn. Alternatively, if he is interested in a later-period Danish name, we recommend Biorn Raffnssen; Biorn and Raffn are the most common medieval Danish forms of the name in Danmarks Gamle Personnavne, s.nn. Biorn, Rafn.

Gryphon's Lair, Barony of. Order name Order of the Gryphon's Candle.

The order pattern <animal's> + <object> has been disallowed for many years, except when the object is something closely associated with the animal:

[Order of the Dragon's Pheon] This name is being returned because it does not follow period style of order names, nor does it follow the pattern of previous order names of the barony. ... Dragon's is not a reasonable adjective to modify a pheon. [Dragonsspine, Barony of, 08/99, R-Outlands]

[Award of the Griffins Sword.] By precedent, Order names using the pattern "beast/monster's+attribute" must use an attribute normally associated with that beast or monster:

Order of the Griffin's Flame- A flame is not an attribute associated with a griffin, therefore we need to see evidence that Griffin's Flame is a reasonable name for an order (January 2000)

A sword is not an attribute normally associated with a griffin. [Northshield, Principality of, LoAR 01/2005, Northshield-R]

Likewise, a candle is not an attribute normally associated with a griffin. Thus, the submitted order name is not registerable.

We note that the order name Order of the Gryphon and the Candle would be registerable; however, this is a major change, which the submitters do not allow.

Gryphon's Lair, Barony of. Heraldic title Gryphon's Spike Pursuivant.

Listed on the LoI as Gryphon's Spike Persuivant, a timely correction was issued changing the name to Gryphon's Spike Pursuivant.

This is returned for lack of documentation that the construction <heraldic monster>'s <body-part> follows period patterns of heraldic titles. Siren explains the problem:

I know of no heraldic titles taking the form "creature's bodypart." One in which the bodypart is itself a charge wouldn't surprise me, but I know of nothing that would support the idea that an aspect of a creature would lead to a heraldic title (or order name, or inn-sign name).

An alternate that might interest the barony is Spike Pursuivant, following the pattern <inherited surname> + Pursuivant found in Juliana de Luna, "Heraldic Titles from the Middle Ages and Renaissance". The surnames Spikes and Spyke are dated to 1316 and 1322, respectively, in Reaney & Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. Spike is a reasonable extrapolated form.

Markus Ruger. Device. Azure, on a fess between a lymphad, oars shipped, and a sea dragon argent three compass roses azure.

This device is returned for conflict with the device of Werner Barg (Feb. 2007, Æthelmearc), Azure, on a fess between two mullets argent, a mastiff statant sable between two mullets azure. There is a single CD for changing the type of the secondary charges. Since there are three types of charge on the field (fess, lymphad, sea dragon), this device is not suitable for purposes of section X.4.j.ii of the Rules for Submission and, therefore, there is no CD for changing only the type of the tertiary charge group. Changing the tincture of just one of three tertiary charges does not provide the second change necessary for granting a CD using section X.4.j.i of the Rules for Submission.

Please advise the submitter that a compass rose should be depicted with only a single north point.

Rachele Cornelii. Device. Azure, a bend sinister between a hawk's bell and a pomegranate slipped and leaved all within a bordure engrailed argent.

This device is returned for a redraw of the bordure. From any distance, it is impossible to tell that the bordure has a complex edge treatment.

Ruaidrí Campbell. Household name House of Fox and Bow.

This household name is not correctly constructed; it lacks the definite article the following the designator, i.e., House of the Fox and Bow. We cannot make this correction since the submitter does not allow major changes, such as the addition of an element.

ATENVELDT

None.

ATLANTIA

Vilhjálmr bani. Device. Gules, on a lozenge throughout argent a dragon passant in annulo head to base purpure.

Blazoned on the LoI as being argent vêtu gules, you cannot blazon your way out of a conflict. This device is returned under the equally valid blazon, above, for conflict with the device of Cecilie die Ärtztin, Gules, on a lozenge throughout argent, a bat-
winged dolphin haurient contourny sable. There is a single CD for the multiple changes to the tertiary charge.

CAID

Cithruadh Duibh. Name.

Listed on the LoI as Cithruadh Duibh, the name was originally submitted as Cithrúadh Dubán, and changed in kingdom to match the available documentation. Dubán was documented as a masculine given name, and Duibh as the genitive form of a descriptive byname. Changing the byname from an unmarked patronymic byname to a descriptive byname is a major change, which the submitter does not allow. However, no evidence was provided that the submitter agreed to the change made in kingdom. When changes made in kingdom exceed the changes allowed by the forms, we need proof that the submitter agreed to the changes.

The originally submitted name is not registerable; both Cithrúadh and Dubán were documented as given names. The only way to interpret Dubán is as a second given name or as an unmarked patronymic byname. Neither of these practices is found in Gaelic in our period, and thus they are not registerable.

According to the forms, the submitter cares most about early Irish language. Unfortunately, the earliest date that we have for the given name is 1478; it is therefore not appropriate for the early period. In resubmitting, we recommend that she consider either Ciothruadh Dubh 'Ciothruadh the Black' or Ciothruadh Ó Dubháin 'Ciothruadh of the Ó Dubháin clan', using the standardized Early Modern Irish spellings of the elements.

Her device and badges have been registered under the holding name Ciothruadh of Lyondemere.

Jon Thomme de Claydon. Device. Vair, a tower sable masoned argent enflamed proper charged with a cross pommelly Or.

The cross pommelly on the tower in this device appears to be an architectural detail, as mentioned in the precedent quoted on the Letter of Intent, which specifically says that "Cross [sic] that appear to be arrow slits, such as plain crosses and crosses pometty [note: an alternate blazon for pommelly], will be treated as architectural details - not as tertiary charges." [Conogan mab Rioc, January 2008, A-East] Therefore, the cross does not count for difference. We note that the original kingdom return was, therefore, incorrect in saying that the cross was returnable for being color-on-color, as artistic details are allowed to have poor contrast.

Enflaming of charges, where the enflaming is small tongues of flame issuant from the outline of the charge, also is not considered to count for difference. Therefore, this device conflicts with the badge of Geoffrey Geometer, Barry wavy argent and azure, a tower issuant from base sable. There is a single CD for the changes to the field.

This device also conflicts with the device of Harold Breakstone, Or, a castle triple-towered sable, pennants flotant to sinister vert. There is a CD for the field, but we grant no difference between a castle and a tower.

The device also conflicts with the badge of Ofelia della Crusca, (Fieldless) A tower sable masoned Or maintaining a unicorn's head issuant from its turrets argent, and the badge of Torric inn Björn, (Fieldless) A tower sable masoned Or maintaining a brown bear's head issuant from its turrets proper, both reblazoned on the October 2009 LoAR. In both cases, the head does not count for difference, leaving a single CD for the fieldlessness.

The device also conflicts with the badge of Finn Marland O'Shannon, Vair, two towers sable and a wolf statant Or. There is a single CD, for the added primary charges. The tower's flames, arrow slit, and masoning are all worth no difference.

The device is not in conflict with the device of Peregrine Anorial of the Further Isles, Gyronny Or and azure, a brown sandstone tower proper, portaled and lighted Or. There is a CD for the field. Even though the tinctures are indexed together in the Ordinary and Armorial, there is another CD for the difference between brown and black.

Please instruct the submitter that towers enflamed are different from other enflamed charges: Batonvert notes that "a tower enflamed has flames issuant from the turret, windows, and door only. We have an example from our grey period, the arms of the city of Dublin (granted 1607), Azure, three castles argent enflamed proper."

CALONTIR

None.

EALDORMERE

Brennisteinvatn, Shire of. Device change. Sable, in pall a laurel wreath between three wolves rampant argent.

This device is returned for conflict with the device of Dorcas Dorcadas, Sable, a three-headed hound rampant, one head reguardant, argent, langued gules, with a single CD for the change of number of primary charges, from one to four. There is no difference granted between a single-headed and a three-headed canid. The device is merely adding two more dogs and a laurel wreath to the primary charge group. Since all the charges can be added in one step, our current standards hold that they conflict.

EAST

Gilbert the Short. Badge. (Fieldless) A chess rook gules.

This badge is returned for conflict with the badge of Godefroy Lévêque, (Fieldless) A chess bishop gules. While there is a CD for fieldlessness, there is not enough difference between Godefroy's bishop and Gilbert's rook to grant another CD.

GLEANN ABHANN

None.

LOCHAC

None.

MERIDIES

Cuhelyn Cam vap Morcant. Household name Graymane, House of.

Listed on the LoI as Graymane, House of, the name was originally submitted as House Graymane, and changed in kingdom to conform to current precedent concerning household name formation in English. However, the addition of an element is a major change, which the submitter does not allow. No evidence was provided, either on the LoI or with the documentation, that the submitter allowed the change from House Graymane to House of Graymane. Thus, we are forced to return the name.

MIDDLE

Alianor bat Asriel. Device. Argent, three roses purpure barbed and seeded proper and a chief embattled purpure.

This device is returned for conflict with the device of Thaddeus Maddox, Argent, three double roses and a chief embattled purpure. They are considered heraldically identical, since there is no difference for barbing and seeding. There is also no different between a rose and a singly-tinctured double rose.

Finnian Mac Finn. Device. Vert, a seven-headed sea serpent erect contourny Or entwining a sword inverted argent.

This device is returned because the sword is not identifiable. The cross-guard, which is the main distinguishing feature of the sword, is lost against the body of the beast. This is a violation of section VIII.3 of the Rules for Submission, which says that "Elements must be used in a design so as to preserve their individual identifiability."

Additionally, several commenters mentioned issues with identifiability of the beast due to the overlapping of heads and necks.

Hiordís Reginsdóttir. Device. Per pale vert and azure, a mullet of nine points within an annulet Or.

This device is returned for conflict with the device of Walter de Witte, Sable, a compass rose Or. There is a CD for the field, but precedent holds:

[(Fieldless) A mullet of five greater and five lesser points within and conjoined to an annulet argent] Conflict with ... Azure, a compass rose argent. There's one CD for fieldlessness. Precedent holds that a compass star within an annulet has no difference from a compass rose: "There is no difference given between a compass rose and a compass star within an annulet" (LoAR June 2000). No difference is given between mullets of six or more points, so this submission's mullet of five greater and five lesser points within an annulet is heraldically equivalent to a compass star within an annulet. [Hans Dörrmast von der Wanderlust, December 2002, R-An Tir]

Therefore, there is no difference for the mullet of nine points within an annulet when compared to a compass rose.

OUTLANDS

Clare de Chepyng Campedene. Device. Lozengy azure and argent, on a fess argent a hedgehog statant to sinister sable.

This device is returned for conflict with the device of Óláfr Ljótarson af Øy, Lozengy argent and azure, on a fess argent fimbriated sable a cross crosslet fitchy between two oak leaves azure. There is a single CD for the multiple changes to the tertiary charge group. No difference is granted for swapping the tinctures of a lozengy field.

Sabyn Edwards. Device. Per pale vert and purpure, a dragonfly argent.

This device is returned for conflict with the device of Mairghread Maire Draigdaimhalachd, Per saltire azure and vert, a dragonfly tergiant displayed argent, orbed Or. There is a single CD for the changes to the field.

TRIMARIS

Jana Hauersham. Badge. Purpure, a stag's head cabossed and a mount argent, a bordure counterchanged.

This badge is returned because no forms were supplied to the Laurel office, a violation of section IV.C of the Administrative Handbook, which says that "No submission, including any resubmission, appeal, change or release of a protected item, etc., shall be considered for registration until a complete set of paperwork is provided to the appropriate heraldic officer."

Should the submitter choose to resubmit this motif, evidence should be presented of mounts counterchanged across bordures in period armory.

Lucia Alessandra Caldiera. Device. Per pall argent, vert, and azure, in chief a salamander gules enflamed proper.

Precedent says:

Johannes Vagus. Device. Gyronny of sixteen sable and argent, a salamander statant reguardant gules enflamed Or. Conflict with Willem MacLear, Or, a salamander passant gules enflamed azure. There is only one CD for changes to the field; the flames in both devices are not significant enough for the tincture change to count. [January 2001 LoAR, R-An Tir]

Therefore, this device is returned for conflict with the device of Willem MacLear, Or, a salamander passant gules enflamed azure. There is a single CD for changes to the field. The position of Lucia's salamander is forced, since the field is mostly color, not metal. The flames in both devices are not significant enough for change of tincture of the enflaming to count for difference.

Redwald Friomundes sunu. Device. Gules, a cross formy fitched at the foot sable fimbriated, in chief a chain of three links fesswise Or between an acorn bendwise sister and an acorn bendwise argent.

This device is returned because a cross formy fitched at the foot is too complicated to fimbriate. Voiding and fimbriation are limited to "simple geometric charges" by section VIII.3 of the Rules for Submission.

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