The name elements Alaric and Acwulf are grandfathered to the submitter.
The submitter's old name, Alaric Elwin Acwulf of Wolverhampton, is released.
This design was well documented as an Individually Attested Pattern in 15th century Japan. The submitter provided more than sufficient evidence of the motif of the annulet of bamboo as framing charge and the feathers in saltire surrounded by a framing circular charge, as well as the use of the tinctures used in this badge.
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Artus was documented as a Gaulish given name. "Name Constructions in Gaulish" by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn (https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/gaulish/) cites the example of Rufena Casta dona Banonus with a note that "Casta is presumably an adjectival byname." This evidence leads us to give the submitter the benefit of the doubt that Castus is a male adjectival byname that can be combined with a Gaulish given name.
The submitter requested authenticity for "6th - 7th century Briton". This name does not appear to meet that request. Both elements were documented as Gaulish, not British. In addition, we do not have a firm date for Artus, and cannot say whether it appeared in the 6th - 7th centuries.
The submitter may wish to know that the more authentic Old Irish form is Ciaran macc Drosto. As the submitter did not request authenticity, we have not made this change; the submitter may submit a request for reconsideration if he wishes this form.
Mistakenly appearing on the Letter of Intent as Clair le Deyare, the name was corrected during commentary to Claire le Deyare.
The submitter's old name, Clare O Tarran, is retained as an alternate.
Nice 16th century Spanish name!
Please advise the submitter to draw the per chevron line of division higher on the field so the two sections are more equal in size.
Please advise the submitter to draw the cat's head larger, as befits a primary charge.
There is a step from period practice for use of a wyvern in the displayed posture.
This name is clear of Colin Blackthorn (Sept. 1986, West) under SENA PN3C2. The first syllable of Galen is substantially different from the first syllable of Colin, as both the initial consonant and the vowel have changed.
There is a step from period practice for use of a New World raccoon.
There is a step from period practice for the use of charges in annulo not in their default palewise orientation.
The submitter requested authenticity for the latter half of the 16th century. This request was not summarized. Fortunately, Blue Tyger provided enough information for us to consider this request without pending this name. Both Iurii and Belogorskii can be dated to that time period; Viktor is found in the early 17th century. Thus, this name may be authentic for the later half of the 16th century, but we do not know for sure.
The submitter requested authenticity for 1450-1550 English. This name is authentic for the early 16th century; all elements, as well as the pattern of double given names, appear by that time.
The submitter requested authenticity for "Michael of/from Wales." This name has that meaning. However, the more typical way of rendering this concept in French would be through an adjectival byname, such as Michels le Gallois. If the submitter would prefer this form, the submitter should submit a request for reconsideration.
The submitter requested authenticity for 13th century Scotland. This name is an authentic Latinized form for that time period.
This name does not conflict with Marieta Charay (2/2011, East) under PN3C1, as at least two syllables have changed.
Please advise the submitter to draw the furisons larger so as to better fill the space.
Although Sindri is the name of a famous legendary dwarf, it is a registerable name because there is also evidence in Lind, E. H. Norsk-Isländska Dopnamn ock Fingerade Namn från Medeltiden, of its use by ordinary humans.
Submitted as Sorcha Ruadh inghean Seafraidh, S needs to be lenited following inghean. Therefore, we have changed the byname to the grammatically correct inghean Sheafraidh.
The submitter requested authenticity for 16th century Ireland. Sorcha Ruadh is authentic for that time period, but the last documented date for the male name Seafraid is 1489. However, a woman named Sorcha Ruadh could have been born in the early 16th century to a man born in 1489 named Seafraid, so the name is plausibly consistent with the submitter's request.
Tegonwy is the name of an early 6th century Welsh saint to whom at least one church was dedicated later in period.
Welsh and Gaelic are an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA.
Submitted as Thorwulf Bjornson, commenters were unable to document this spelling in a form that also met the submitter's request for an early Swedish name. With the submitter's consent, we have changed the name to the Old East Norse form Þórulfr Biarnarson, which is appropriate for "early Swedish." Þórulfr is a valid transliteration of the documented runic form ÞórulfR. If the submitter prefers the runic form, he should submit a Request for Reconsideration.
The submitter's previous name, William Edwin de Gisors, is retained as an alternate name.
Nice badge!
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The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Eoin MacGriogair: Argent, a chess knight sable crined gules.
Submitted as Teresa De Cerro el Zorro, no documentation was provided for the locative byname. Commenters offered two documentable alternative constructions. Based on the submitter's preference, we are registering the name as Teresa Cerro Zorro.
The submitter requested authenticity for Spain. This name is authentic for the 1580s in Spain.
There is a step from period practice for charging strewn charges.
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There is a step from period practice for the use of charges in annulo not in their default palewise orientation.
Submitted as Argouanagus of Scythia, the wholly Greek form of the given name found in the documentation is Argouanagos. With the submitter's permission, we have made this change.
The submitter may be interested to know that both name elements are Norse versions of Irish names, making this an excellent name for a Norse woman with Irish roots or one living in or around Ireland.
The submitter's old device, Argent, a bat-winged manticore segreant gules, headed and winged sable, is retained as a badge.
In February 2015, we accepted the name Xavier the Sinister (A-An Tir), ruling:
Appendix A of SENA allows the use of marked and unmarked descriptive/occupational bynames in French. Examples of descriptive or occupational bynames from the 15th and 16th centuries include Cordewanier/le Cordewanier, Devin/Le Devin, Villain/Le Villain, and Mauwin/Le Mauwin, all found in Domhnall na Moicheirghe's article, "Names from Lallaing 1384 - 1600" (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/lallaing_names.html). Therefore le Senestre is a plausible form of the attested 15th century French Senestre, and we can allow the lingua Anglica form, the Sinister.
Based on this ruling, the Sinister is registerable here as a lingua Anglican form of a French byname. Scots and French are an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
The submitter's original name, Elena Maria de Suberria, was returned on the January 2016 LoAR (R-Atenveldt) because the documentation did not support the marked form de Suberria and the submitter did not allow us to drop the preposition. As resubmitted without the preposition, the name is registrable as a combination of Castilian Spanish and Basque elements.
The word galante shows up in late period French as an adjective or occupational term, meaning "courtesan." Numerous examples of marked occupational or descriptive bynames in French found in Aryanhwy merch Catmael's "French Surnames from Paris, 1421, 1423 & 1438" (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/paris1423surnames.html). Therefore, a marked byname such as la galante is plausible.
The submitter requested authenticity for 12th-14th century France. This name does not meet that request because none of the elements could be documented in French for that time period.
The submitter requested authenticity for 14th-15th century German language/culture. This name is not authentic for that period because we were not able to find evidence of the byname that early. However, it is registerable.
The submitter's previous name, Angelica Blauschild, is retained as an alternate name.
Blauschild is grandfathered to the submitter, and thus may be combined with the 8th century Anglo-Saxon given name Eoda.
Submitted as Felipe Mendo de Eslava del Montoya, no documentation was provided and none could be found for this name pattern. The submitter allowed no major changes to the name, but permitted the byname to be changed to de Montoya if necessary for registration. Since such a change was necessary, we made it.
The submitter requested authenticity for "Roman Republican Era." The praenomen and the nomen were both found during the Republican era and the cognomen Pugnax was found in inscriptions prior to 79 C.E. Thus, it is possible (and even likely) that the name is authentic for Rome during the Republic, but we cannot say for sure.
Precedent states:
When we re-defined the protection for the cross symbol of the Red Cross, we stated that multiple crosses will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Since there is more than one cross on this design, and both crosses are Latinate crosses, this design is not considered to infringe on the symbol of the International Committee of the Red Cross.[Alexander of Lancaster, Dec 2010, A-Outlands]
Here we have a similar situation and this device is registerable.
The byname Van Doornik was not dated to period in the documentation provided in the LoI. However, commenters found it dated to the gray period in Resolutien van Holland (https://books.google.com/books?id=x2JJAAAAcAAJ).
By precedent, "[a]lthough prepositions like van are typically found in lower case, capitalization varies in the Low Countries in period." [Claaerkin Van Dalle, Nov 2015]. Therefore, the submitted Van Doornik is registerable.
The submitter's previous name, Garret Fitzpatrick, is released.
The byname the Bald is the lingua Anglica form of the documented byname le Bald', found in Reaney & Wilson dated to 1178.
Submitted under the name Hamasaki Eiwa Miyako.
The use of katanas, a non-European artifact, is a step from period practice.
Liber found documentation for the female given name Lylie in the FamilySearch Historical Records dated to 1584 in London, England. As there is substantial evidence that i and y were used interchangeably in Early Modern English, the spelling Lylie supports the submitted Lilie.
Nice 16th century English name!
The byname Van Doornik was not dated to period in the documentation provided in the LoI. However, commenters found it dated to the gray period in Resolutien van Holland (https://books.google.com/books?id=x2JJAAAAcAAJ).
By precedent, "[a]lthough prepositions like van are typically found in lower case, capitalization varies in the Low Countries in period." [Claaerkin Van Dalle, Nov 2015]. Therefore, the submitted Van Doornik is registerable.
This badge is registered in addition to the currently registered badge for the Order.
This badge is registered in addition to the currently registered badge for the Order.
As documented, this name combined a 17th century English given name with a lingua Anglica rendering of a late 3rd century Latin descriptive byname. This documentation resulted in a 1300-year gap between the elements, which is far more than what is permitted by SENA PN2C.
In commentary, Aldyrne and Rocket found evidence of Nia as an 8th century Irish Gaelic male name, with an earliest date of 722 CE. Nia the Pict thus can be registered as a Gaelic name, with the lingua Anglica form the Pict based on the documented Old Gaelic descriptive byname Cruithnech.
The submitter requested authenticity for "Pictish, 360 AD during the Roman invasion/occupation of Britain." This name does not meet that request, as there is no evidence of Nia as a Pictish given name.
Submitted as Runa Gígja, Appendix D requires that transliterations of Old Norse use or omit accents consistently throughout the name. We therefore have dropped the accent in the byname for registration. If the submitter prefers all accents to be included, she may submit a request for reconsideration.
The byname Kolbiarnardóttir is grandfathered to the submitter.
Her previous name, Astríðr Kolbiarnardóttir is retained as an alternate name.
The submitter requested authenticity for "Old Norse/Danish." Although this name combines an Old Norse element with a Danish element, it is not authentic because the two elements were not found at the same place and time.
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Please advise the submitter to draw the wire bail to chief, clearly above the body of the cauldron.
There is a step from period practice for the use of pentagons.
In February 2010, we returned the submitter's first name submission, Daibhídh of Spinning Winds, because, under PN1B2f, branch names may be used in SCA names only in the exact form in which they are registered. (The policy is currently found under SENA PN1B2f.) The Shire name is Shire of the Spinning Winds, and thus the correct byname under PN1B2f is of the Spinning Winds. As the original submission did not permit any changes to the name, we were unable to correct the byname to register it. This resubmission uses the correct form of the Shire name under the Branch Name Allowance, and thus is registerable.
Please let the submitter know that the field shouldn't show through the opening of the hood.
Per the December 2010 Cover Letter, Thorvaldsson is an acceptable transliteration of a patronymic based on the documented Þorvaldr.
Nice Spanish name for circa 1600!
Submitted as Keld Norklit, no documentation was provided (and none was found) for unmarked locative bynames in Danish. With the submitter's consent, we are registering this name as Keld af Norklit, using a marked locative.
The submitter requested authenticity for 16th-17th century French. This name meets that request.
Nice 16th century Scots name!
Nice English name for circa 1300!
Nice 16th century Anglicized Irish name!
The submitter's old name, Philipp Hartrat, is released.
The elements Philipp Hartrat are grandfathered to the submitter.
Greenlion Bay is the registered name of an SCA local branch.
Nice 14th century Norwegian name!
Nice device!
There is a step from period practice for the use of valknuts.
The submitter requested authenticity for "Norse 12th century." Unfortunately, we cannot say if this name is authentic for that time period and culture.
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As submitted, this name combined an English given name with a Dutch/Flemish byname. However, the name Heronimus is also found as a given name in English in various forms over a substantial time period. Thus, Heronimus could easily be considered an unmarked patronymic byname, and the name can be treated as entirely English.
This order name conflicts with the registered household name Griffin Freehold. The designators Noble Society and Freehold are not considered for conflicts purposes under NPN3C and the substantive elements are identical. Fortunately, after the Pelican decision meeting, John ap Griffin, owner of the household name Griffin Freehold, provided permission to conflict, allowing this Order name to be registered.
Submitted as Ellisif Snorrasdóttir, the byname was incorrectly formed. We have changed it to the correct form Snorradóttir for registration.
This name combines two late period German given names and a late period Danish byname. The pattern of double given names is found in late period Germany per Appendix A, and the lingual mix is permitted by Appendix C, making this name registerable.
This is the defining instance of socks in Society armory. Socks were documented as period artifacts and their use follows the pattern of the use of elements of clothing in armory.
Nice Old or Middle Irish Gaelic female name!
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Upon her death, Ariana grants blanket permission to conflict with any names that are not identical to her primary name.
Upon her death, Ariana grants blanket permission to conflict with any armory that is not identical to her device Argent, a pile bendwise Or or her badge Per bend sinister argent and Or.
Upon her death, Ariana will release the following badges: Per pale argent and azure, in pale three mullets of seven points counterchanged, and (Fieldless) A tyger passant contourny argent.
Upon her death, Ariana will grant the Kingdom of the East permission to conflict with her household name Inn of the Tyger for the purposes of creating a heraldic title.
Submitted as Batu Sechen Tsagaan, this construction uses a clan/tribal name as its third element. The correct way to render such a name in Mongol is either Batu Sechen Tsagaajin or Tsagaan-u Batu Sechen. As the former requires the least change to the submitted name, we are registering this name as Batu Sechen Tsagaajin. The submitter may submit a request for reconsideration if the other form is preferred.
Although originally documented as an English surname, Waters also appears in Prussia in 1634 in the FamilySearch Historical Records, making this an entirely German name.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a pawprint.
We hope that the submitter will pursue his career as heraldic artist.
In this household name, d'argent is not capitalized based on period examples, including hostel du Lion d'argent, found in "Inn Signs and House Names in 15th Century Paris" by Juliana de Luna (http://medievalscotland.org/jes/ParisInnHouseNames/).
The byname la Souris is a constructed descriptive byname meaning "the mouse." Examples of descriptive bynames referring to animals are found in DRAFT: Names in the 1292 census of Paris by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/1292paris.pdf), including la Vache (the cow, p. 155), le Rat (the rat, p. 152), le Chat (the cat, p. 139), and le Singe (the monkey, p. 153). Souris is a period French term for "mouse" found in Cottell's 1611 Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues.
This name combines an English given name with a French byname. This lingual mix is permitted by Appendix C.
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Submitted as Cerric æt Blæchoc, the byname has been changed to æt Blæcac to fit the submitter's requested meaning. The submitter requested a byname that means "black oak." However, Blæchoc was based on elements meaning "black" and "hook," not "black" and "oak." Metron Ariston advised that an Old English place name meaning "black oak" would likely be Blæcæc or Blæcac. As the submitter allowed all changes, we have changed the byname to æt Blæcac, which is in the correct case (dative) and is the smallest change to the submitted form.
Even if it had the desired meaning, æt Blæchoc is not grammatically correct for Old English. As noted above, place names following æt take the dative form. In this case, the correct form is likely æt Blæchoce. If the submitter would prefer this form, despite its meaning, he may submit a request for reconsideration.
The submitter requested that æt be dropped from his name if possible. Appendix A of SENA allows only for marked locative bynames in Old English. No evidence was provided supporting the use of unmarked locatives. Thus, the æt must remain.
Nice Old Norse name!
The submitter's old device, Sable, a comet and on a chief argent three crosses bottony gules, is retained as a badge.
The submitter's previous name, Tanaka Ujimori, is retained as an alternate name.
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Nice English name for circa 1600!
There are two other instances of a stool registered in the Society, but this is the defining instance of "a three legged stool". It is found in the arms of Schöner, 1605 [Siebmacher 121].
The submitter grants permission to conflict to any armory that is not identical to her registered armory.
The submitter grants blanket permission to conflict for any name that is not identical to her registered name Li Li.
The submitter grants blanket permission to conflict for any name that is not identical to her registered name Ozme van Helist.
The submitter grants blanket permission to conflict for any name that is not identical to her registered name Song Zidie.
The submitter's old device, Argent, a polypus within an orle sable, is now a badge.
The submitter's prior name, Tangwystl de Curci is retained as an alternate name.
No documentation was provided for the byname. During commentary, Liber found the German byname ein spinnerin dated to 1514 in Vocabularis gemma gemmarum noviter (https://books.google.com/books?id=JiWrCL4wsRoC), which supports the lingua Anglica form the Spinner.
This name combines a Norwegian given name with the lingua Anglica form of a German byname. This combination is registerable under Appendix C.
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The submitter requested authenticity for English. The inn-sign Black Elephant and the pattern of White + [animal] are found in Lillywhite's London Signs dated to the 16th century. Therefore, this household name appears to be authentic for 16th century England.
The submitter may wish to know that the form de Mere is more likely than De Mere. The FamilySearch Historical Records database typically capitalizes prepositions and other elements, even if they were not capitalized in the primary source.
This name combines an English given name with a French byname from the Netherlands. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA.
This name does not conflict with the registered name Arabella de la Mer. A syllable has been removed and the vowel changed in Mere versus Mer. Therefore, this name is clear under PN3C1 of SENA.
Arsinoé is a French literary name.
Submitted as Brandulfr Saefinnson, the name was changed in kingdom to Brand-Ulfr Sæfinnsson because Brand- and Ulfr- were documented as given names that could not be combined to form another given name. Instead, the name was modified to use Brand- as a prepended descriptive byname, so the name only had a single given name. In addition, the spelling of the patronym was modified from -son to -sson to match the documented form.
In commentary, Siren noted:
Brandulfr is a header form in Fellows Jensen; there's a Brandulf in the Domesday Book (http://domesday.pase.ac.uk/Domesday?op=6&filterString=brandulf) and Brandlfsike is dated as a place name to the 13th-14th c. She admits that it is not impossible that it's from a Continental Germanic name.
Therefore we can give the submitter the benefit of the doubt and register the submitted given name.
The submitter requested authenticity for a 10th century Norse name. This name does not meet this request because the given name is dated to the late 11th century from England and the byname is found in Iceland after the 10th century.
There is a step from period practice for the use of footprints.
"East Kingdom's Southern Army" is a generic identifier.
"East Kingdom's Southern Army" is a generic identifier.
The submitter requested authenticity for "late 14th cen./early 15th cen. England". The entire name can be documented to England in the 1580s, but not in the 14th or 15th century. Therefore, this name does not meet the submitter's request.
Nice late 14th century German name!
We note that the form {O,}gurr, using an O-ogonek, is found in Geirr Bassi. However, under Appendix D of SENA, we can register this name as submitted instead of changing it to the attested form.
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Nice late 16th century English name!
Bertram is grandfathered to the submitter. It is also a Swedish header form in SMP, dated from 1368. This is well within 500 years of the 9th-10th century Old Norse byname {o,}lfúss. Therefore, the submitter need not rely on the grandfather clause in order to register this name.
The submitter's previous name, Bertram of Saint Monica, is released.
The submitter's old device, Or, two wooden staves in saltire proper interlaced with a serpent in annulo vorant of its tail vert, a bordure azure, is retained as a badge.
Nice 15th century French name!
The submitter has permission to conflict with the registered heraldic title Green Water Pursuivant. Under NPN3E of SENA, household names and heraldic titles with identical substantive elements can be registered with permission to conflict.
Nice 13th century English name!
Nice 13th century Welsh name!
Nice 14th century English name!
Submitted as Kamara Scleraina, this name was pended to allow discussion of whether an Armenian given name could be combined with a Greek byname. This lingual mix is not found in Appendix C of SENA. In commentary, Green Staff noted:
Armenians and Byzantines were in very close contact, and the Greek naming pool had direct influence on the Armenian naming pool. For example, in "Cultural Interaction in the Middle East as Reflected in the Anthroponymy of Armenian 12th-14th Century Colophons", J.J.S. Weitenberg mentions the medieval Armenian popularity of <T'efano>, a borrowing of Byzantine <Theophanu>. Data I've collected on Armenians in post-conquest Istanbul shows ethnic Armenians and Greeks both using names such as <Marina> and <Anita>.
Therefore, we will allow this lingual mix to be registered, but decline to rule at this time whether it should be added to Appendix C.
Kamara is a Greek form of an Armenian name, so the name follows Greek spelling conventions. As such, the submitted name uses both c and k to represent the same sound. As we require a consistent transliteration scheme to be used throughout an entire name, we have changed the name to Kamara Skleraina with the submitter's permission. Camara Scleraina would also be registerable.
The submitter originally requested authenticity for "Sassanian Byzantine Era", but dropped this request during commentary. We note that it would not have been authentic because of the aforementioned lingual mix.
This name was pended from the May 2016 Letter of Acceptances and Returns.
Although we typically capitalize designators like "Herald" for registration, French examples of heraldic titles in period typically did not capitalize the term. Therefore, we can register this with the designator herault. We note that the forms Joye sans fin Herault and Joye Sans Fin Herault are also registerable.
The two elements can be understood as two given names, the second being an unmarked patronym. This pattern is found in Gülügjab Tangghudai's "Researching Mongol Names in the SCA" (http://silverhorde.viahistoria.com/main.html?research/ResearchingMongolNames.html).
The submitter requested authenticity for a 13th century Mongolian name. The byname Xartsaga could not be precisely dated, so we do not know if this name meets this request. However, it is registerable.
The submitter requested authenticity for a Scottish name.
The given name Seumas was documented using Black as a Gaelic spelling of James. A Scots name from 1529, Alexander McJames, may identify a Gael named Alasdair mac Séumais (with the patronym using a genitive, or possessive, form of Séumas), but this evidence is circumstantial. However, Seumas was documented during commentary as an Irish given name in the Annals of Loch Cé. The combination of an Irish Gaelic given name and a Scots byname is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA. In addition, the given name is dated to the 16th century but the byname to the 13th century. Due to the lingual mix and the temporal gap, this name does not meet the submitter's request for authenticity.
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Submitted as Abaigael de Clare, the submitter requested authenticity for a 12th-17th century Irish name. The given name was changed in kingdom to Abigail with the submitter's permission to use a wholly Anglicized Irish form instead of a Gaelic-Anglicized Irish combination. This change was not mentioned in the Letter of Intent.
Abigail is found in Ireland in 1639 and in England in 1592. The byname de Clare is a 16th or early 17th century Anglicized Irish form. Therefore, this name is authentic for late period Ireland, meeting the submitter's request.
Adriana was documented in the Letter of Intent as a Dutch name recorded in London. It is also an English given name in the FamilySearch Historical Records, dated to 1574. Therefore, this name is entirely English.
There is a step from period practice for the use of charges in annulo not in their default palewise orientation.
Barthelemy is the submitter's legal middle name.
Please advise the submitter to draw the estencelly with the dots more separated to improve the identifiability.
This is the defining instance of the perruque in Society armory. It is cited (spelled "peruke") in Guillim's "Display of Heraldrie", 2nd ed., 1632, p.231; also in the Dictionary of British Arms, vol.2, p.354, in the canting arms of Herman, c.1510. Herman's arms can also be seen in a roll of grants compiled in 1558, shown in "The Art of Heraldry" by Peter Gwynn-Jones, p.103.
Submitted as Doireann inghean Loegiri, the name was changed in kingdom to Dairenn ingen Láegaire because documentation to support the submitted name in our period could not be found.
Commenters noted that the given name may be a legendary name. However, in May 2012 we ruled the following:
This name mixes a 10th or very early 11th century given name with the lingua Anglica byname from the modern name of a town which existed by the early 12th century (the county of that name wasn't constituted until 1569). Thus the name is more or less linguistically and temporally compatible. [Dairenn of Galway, May 2012, A-Outlands]
Dairenn is the name of the mother of Gilla Pátraic, an 11th century king of Ossory. Therefore, we uphold the 2012 precedent and can register this name.
Nice late 16th century English name!
The submitted spelling Barth is found on a 1618 map by Eilhard Lubinus (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barth,_Germany#/media/File%3ALubinus_Barth.png).
The Letter of Intent stated that this name was to be a name change from the holding name Harold of Arenal. However, the submitter seemed to have been unaware that he had already changed this holding name to Harold Barthe in July 2008. Therefore, this is a name change requiring payment, and kingdom confirmed that payment was made.
The submission form indicated that the submitter wished to retain the holding name Harold of Arenal. Even if the submitter had not already changed his name, holding names cannot be retained. However, we are retaining Harold Barthe as an alternate name to ensure that we do not release it without his awareness. If he wishes to release the alternate name at a later date, he can inform us to do so.
There is a step from period practice for using charges in annulo not in their default orientation.
Jessica is the submitter's legal given name.
The phrase the Osprey is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Nice 10th century Irish Gaelic name!
Obioma is the submitter's legal given name.
Phoenix Glade is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Austrasia is a lingua Anglica form of the name of part of the Frankish kingdom.
This name combines a Dutch given name and a French byname. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA.
Nice device!
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The question was raised in commentary whether the name elements and the overall pattern are temporally compatible within 500 years. As documented in the Letter of Intent and in commentary, Aurelius is a common nomen from the 3rd century BCE through the 6th century CE, Corvinus is a cognomen from 8 CE, and Corvus is a 3rd-4th century BCE agnomen (nickname). The pattern used for this name, nomen + cognomen + cognomen, is found in Ursula George's "Simple Guide to Imperial Roman Names" (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/roman.html), and occurs with increasing frequency after the Edict of Caracalla in 212 CE.
Metron Ariston provided additional information about the name elements after the Pelican decision meeting. The name Pomponius Corvus is found on an inscribed tile from Samnium that dates to between 101 BCE and 100 CE (inscription HD019730 at http://edh-www.adw.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD019730); it consists of a nomen and cognomen. The cognomen Corvus can be found in two inscriptions from the early Imperial period (Kajanto, The Latin Cognomina, p. 331). The cognomen Corvinus appears in half a dozen inscriptions from the 1st and 2nd centuries CE, as well as in an inscription in Budapest dated to 210 CE (inscription HD071712/ CIL 03, 03390; http://edh-www.adw.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD071712). The latter inscription also supports the nomen + cognomen pattern. Therefore, all the elements and the pattern are found within a few hundred years and this can be registered.
Nice 16th century English name!
Cynric was previously ruled a registerable header form from PASE. This spelling is also a documentary form in PASE, dated to the 7th-11th centuries.
Greyhope is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Submitted as Dafydd de Saer ("Dafydd of/from carpenter"), the name was changed in kingdom with the submitter's permission to Daffyd y Saer ("Daffyd the carpenter"). The byname was correctly changed because occupational terms like "carpenter" follow the direct article y ("the") instead of the preposition de ("of/from").
The spelling Daffyd was not documented in the Letter of Intent. The spelling Dafydd is found in "Welsh Prose 1350-1425" (http://www.rhyddiaithganoloesol.caerdydd.ac.uk/en/), so we can restore the given name to the submitted form.
The byname Fuchs has previously been ruled registerable:
This name was originally returned in February of 2010, upholding a 2006 precedent that the byname Fuchs is offensive. This appeal challenged that precedent, arguing that Fuchs is not offensive. Commenters unanimously agreed that this precedent should be overturned.
Fuchs is a German byname with the inoffensive meaning "fox." Any understanding of it as an offensive word depends on mispronunciation or misreading (the vowel sound in the name approximates the sound in 'hook'). The idea that Fuchs is not inherently offensive is further supported by the fact that we registered Fuchs as a byname as recently as 1993 without comment, and have registered slightly modified forms such as der Fuchs and Fuchsyn more recently.
Likewise, we have not held other name elements to this kind of standard; in August of 2002 we registered Daimhin Bastard, saying that the fact that some people may see it as 'damn bastard' is not a bar to registration. The Letter of Intent points out that we have registered bynames that bear a similar relationship to other obscenities without comment.
Given all of these considerations, we are overturning the existing precedent and ruling that Fuchs is not offensive and registering the name as submitted. [Basilius Fuchs, An Tir, 12/2010]
Therefore, we are able to register this name as submitted.
Nice 9th or 10th century Icelandic name!
Nice 13th century English name!
Nice badge!
The given name Lettice is dated to 1531. Spindler was documented as an undated header form. This spelling is found in English parish records in the FamilySearch Historical Records, dated to 1570.
Submitted as Lorenzo del Genovése, the accent in the byname is an editorial pronunciation mark. We have removed it to register this name.
We note that the name elements were initially documented as undated forms in de Felice's Nomi and Cognomi. These sources are only useful as sole documentation if they provide dated forms, and are otherwise not recommended. Luckily for the submitter, the Letter of Intent also provided additional documentation of dated forms.
Nice device!
The submitter's former badge is now his device.
Submitted as Susan of Etherstone, the name was changed to Susanna of Etherstone to try to meet the submitter's request for an authentic 11th century English name.
The Letter of Intent stated that Susan is the submitter's legal given name. However, no documentation was provided to support this assertion. Luckily for the submitter, Susan is a 13th century form found in Aryanhwy merch Catmael, "Feminine names from Devon, 1238" (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/english/devonfem1238.html), and in Karen Larsdatter, "Feminine Given Names Found in the 1296 Lay Subsidy Rolls for Rutland" (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/Rutland/given-fem-alpha.htm). Therefore, we can restore the given name to the submitted form and the submitter need not rely on the legal name allowance. If the submitter prefers the form Susanna, she can submit a request for reconsideration.
In addition, the place name was only documented for early 13th century England. Therefore, this is an authentic 13th century name, but it is not supported for the submitter's desired 11th century. Therefore, it does not meet the submitter's request for authenticity, but it is registerable.
Nice badge!
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The submitter's previous name, Allyn O'Dubhda, is retained as an alternate name.
This name combines an English given name and a French byname. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA.
This name combines a German given name and a French byname. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA.
Please advise the submitter to draw more of the limb so the central charge is easier to identify.
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Please advise the submitter to draw the per fess line of division slightly lower.
The byname MacDonald was documented in an Academy of Saint Gabriel report citing Black, but this instance may have been normalized. The form Mcdonald, using a scribal abbreviation for Mac- is found in the FamilySearch Historical Records, dated to 1613. Therefore, we can register the submitted form.
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This submission did not include the form in the packet and the documentation summary in the Letter of Intent was insufficient. The lack of a submission form and adequate documentation are grounds for administrative return. Luckily for the submitter, the consulting herald provided an image of the submission form during commentary and she and other commenters documented the name elements. Therefore, we were able to consider and register this name.
The submitter requested authenticity for a 13th-14th century Norman name. The given name and byname are both found in England; however, the given name is dated to the 11th century and the byname to the 14th century. Therefore, this name does not meet the submitter's request for a 13th-14th century Norman name.
The given name Draco was documented from a book not found in Appendix H of the Admin Handbook, K.M. Sheard's Llewellyn's Complete Book of Names: For Pagans, Witches, Wiccans, Druids, Heathens, Mages, Shamans & Independent Thinkers of All Sorts. We require copies of documentation from books not found in that appendix. Without copies to show that this book is a reliable source, it is not acceptable documentation.
Siren redocumented the given name for 15th century England, citing the acceptance of Draco of Brockore in September 2008. In addition, Scholar is a lingua Anglica form of the Middle English Scoler, found in the Middle English Dictionary, s.v. scolere in the plural form Scolers. Therefore, we are able to register this name as submitted.
Neither Enid nor Hunter was dated in the Letter of Intent. Commenters were able to provide this information: Enid is dated to 1553 and Hunter to 1580 in the FamilySearch Historical Records.
Please advise the submitter to raise the lower lines of division so the field is divided in more equal portions.
The submitter is a court baron and thus entitled to the display of a coronet.
In commentary, Siren documented all of the elements to the early 16th century, citing CORDE.
Nice early 16th century Spanish name!
Submitted as Hj{o,}rr-hyrggr Hákonarson, the name was changed in kingdom to Hj{o,}rr-hryggr Hàkonarson. We have removed the hyphen between the given name Hj{o,}rr and the descriptive byname hryggr. We have also restored the acute accent (á) in the byname instead of the incorrect grave accent (à).
Nice 9th or 10th century Icelandic name!
The submitter's previous name, Gryfyn de Moyon, is retained as an alternate name.
Please advise the submitter to remove the internal lines so that the compass star does not look like two overlapping mullets of four points.
There is a step from period practice for the use of the compass star.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a chief doubly-enarched.
Seoane was documented in the Letter of Intent as the submitter's mother's legal maiden name. However, as this element is not part of the submitter's own name as found on the birth certificate in the packet, he cannot rely on the grandfather clause.
Luckily for the submitter, Siren documented Manuel and de Quintanel in CORDE, dated to 1537 and 1562, respectively. Seoane is found in the Portal de Archivos Españoles (http://pares.mcu.es/ParesBusquedas/servlets/Control_servlet?accion=3&txt_id_desc_ud=219259&fromagend a=N), dated to 1576. Therefore, we are able to register this name as submitted.
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The submitter's old device, Or, an orca urinant proper and in chief two ducks rising addorsed wings displayed vert, is retained as a badge.
Nice 16th century English name!
Submitted as Ástriðr Þórudóttir, the byname was inadvertently spelled using the letter wynn instead of thorn in the Letter of Intent. We have restored the spelling of the byname. In addition, we have added an accent to the given name in order to use them consistently throughout the entire name: Ástríðr.
Nice late 13th century French name!
The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Lydia Wynne: Argent, a domestic cat rampant contourny sable, a bordure vert.
There is a step from period practice for the use of pawprints.
James is the submitter's legal given name. It is also an early 17th century German given name found in the FamilySearch Historical Records, so the submitter need not rely on the legal name allowance.
Jason is the submitter's legal given name. It is also an attested English given name dated to 1570 in the FamilySearch Historical Records, so the submitter need not rely on the legal name allowance.
Esfenn is the registered name of an SCA branch. However, under SENA a locative byname using a branch name requires the use of the preposition of. The submitter did not allow this change, so we cannot register this name using the branch name allowance.
Luckily for the submitter, we can construct this locative in Middle English. The prototheme Es- ("East") is found in the place names Eston (1160x72), Es(t)cote/Escott (1298 and 1327/1640), and Es(t)hamstede (1284) in Watts, s.nn. Eston, Eastcott, and Easthampstead. The deuterotheme meaning "fen" is found in various forms. Examples include G- Yedefen(n) (1160-1265) and Pendefen/Pennefynne (1275/1542) found in Watts, s.nn. Edvin Loach and Pinvin, and Swynefen (1252), found in Ekwall, s.n. Swinfen. In addition, the byname atte Blakefenne (1296-7) is found in the MED. Therefore, we are able to register this name as submitted.
The byname fitz-Rolf is the registered byname of the submitter's wife, Gwyneth fitz-Rolf, and is grandfathered to the submitter.
The pattern given name + unmarked locative + patronym is not found in Appendix A of SENA for English. However, as the second byname is grandfathered, this name can be registered.
The submitter may wish to know that Jitka is a Czech given name. Czech is part of the North Slavic regional naming group and Russian is part of the East Slavic regional naming group. This combination is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA.
The submitter requested authenticity for a 16th century Spanish name. This name does not meet this request because it is unlikely to find the given name Erasmo used as a family name. However, this name is registerable as a double given name and double family name.
Morwenna is the name of a Cornish saint venerated in period.
Nice 13th century Welsh name!
(to West acceptances) (to West returns)
- Explicit littera accipiendorum -
None.
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This device is returned for conflict with the device of Absolon of Hereford: Per pale gules and sable, a sheaf of halberds argent. There is a DC for changing the field but no DC for the difference between halberds and adzes. Changing one charge in a sheaf does not provide an additional DC.
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This device is returned for redraw. Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as a "Celtic cross", the charge in base is not actually any form of documented cross. The March 2013 Cover Letter has a section about the proper depiction of Celtic crosses, which have tapered arms and the annulet clearly conjoined to the arms (http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2013/03/13-03cl.html#7). This is unblazonable as we have here a couped cross overlapping an annulet in a barely overall fashion.
This badge is returned for violating SENA A2C1 which states that "Elements must be drawn in their period forms". Neither the submitter nor commenters provided documentation for this form of banner with three flags sharing a pole. Without that documentation, this charge cannot be registered. Moreover, having multiple banners on a single pole hinders their identifiability as banners.
This device is returned for conflict with the badge of Simon de Spaldyng, Azure, a boar rampant argent maintaining and playing a two-droned bagpipe sable. When, in August 2015, we changed precedent so that both maintained and sustained charges could produce a DC, that was under the condition for these charges to be identifiable, and thus to have good contrast with their background. Simon's bagpipe is sable on an azure field and thus lacks contrast. In consequence, it cannot provide the necessary second DC.
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This submission must be returned because there was no name form provided.
This device is returned for a redraw, for violating the guidelines set forth on the May 2011 Cover Letter for a properly drawn chevron; the chevron rompu here is too low. Please see that Cover Letter for further discussion and details of how to properly draw a chevron.
This device is returned for violating SENA A3D2c, Unity of Posture and Orientation, which states "The charges within a charge group should be in either identical postures/orientations or an arrangement that includes posture/orientation". The charges here are not in a unified arrangement, as the orientations of the head and quiver must be blazoned separately.
This name must be returned because the element Eiwa is not appropriate for personal names during the SCA's period. Eiwa is an "era" name; in other words, it was an element used to name time periods, not people. Era names were not incorporated into personal names before 1868. Additionally, Hamasaki is not a correct transliteration of the Japanese elements. Keystone advised that the correct transliteration is Hamazaki.
This name would be registerable as Hamazaki Miyako, but the submitter does not allow any changes. Therefore, it must be returned.
Her device is registered under the holding name Jennifer of Mons Tonitrus.
Unfortunately, this household name must be returned, as no evidence was provided (and none was found by commenters) that it matches a period pattern for naming households or groups of people.
This badge is returned due to the bordure denticulada surmounting the flaunches. While flaunches may be charged, a bordure surmounting flaunches has long been cause for return.
While the group has two badges registered with a bordure surmounting flaunches, those badges have a simple bordure. Therefore the grandfather clause cannot be used to register this badge as SENA A2B3 states that "Only the exact, actual elements which are registered may be used, not variants or patterns."
This badge is returned for redraw. As depicted, there is confusion as to whether this is a per fess field with a chief that is higher than the upper section of the divided field or more likely a fess embattled that is too high on the field. On resubmission, please let the submitter know that the chief should be placed above two equally divided per fess sections.
This name submission was withdrawn by the submitter.
This device is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." Commenters had trouble identifying the dormant bear. On resubmission please advise the submitter to separate the limbs from the body and add more internal details so the bear is recognizable.
(to Atenveldt acceptances) (to Atenveldt returns)
None.
(to Atlantia acceptances) (to Atlantia returns)
This augmentation is returned for conflict with a badge of Avacal: Quarterly argent and Or, a gryphon's head erased gules..
Although a copy of the award scroll was provided, this document does not constitute a permission to conflict. Please refer to the Administrative Handbook for the information that needs to appear in such a permission (which includes explicitly stating that this is a permission to conflict, indicating both the Society name and the name used outside the Society for all individuals mentioned). Please see Section IV.C.3 of the Administrative Handbook for discussions of the forms these permissions must take and Appendix D for standard letters of permission to conflict.)
The award document also expressed that Quarterly argent and Or, a gryphon's head erased gules was a populace badge. This is incorrect. Avacal has no registered populace badge. When this badge was registered to the then-Crown Principality of Avacal in September of 1993, no designation for its use was provided.
On resubmission please remind the submitter that, although the king and queen can suggest the form of the augmentation, the recipients decide what they want to submit for registration.
This name was pended to allow discussion of whether this name presumes upon that of Mahaut d'Artois (c.1270-1329), countess of Artois and Burgundy. She is less frequently known as Mahaut of Burgundy and Mahaut de Bourgogne in English and French sources, respectively.
The historical Mahaut was the mother of two French queens and the great-niece of Saint Louis. She also served as regent for her son as count of Burgundy and was sole heir of Artois after his death. Under PN4D1 of SENA, she is not considered to have been a sovereign ruler of a significant state. Therefore, she is not important enough to protect on that basis alone. In 2013 we ruled:
This name has two possible presumption or conflict issues. First, there are a few historic women named Marie de Blois (see http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_de_Blois). None of them is important enough to protect against presumption. The most significant woman is Marie de Blois-Châtillon, the wife of Louis d'Anjou, who was titular king of Naples; it appears she may have served as regent for their son. However, being queen or acting as regent is not by precedent sufficient to require the protection of an individual. Precedent set in July 2011 says that the rulers of most period kingdoms that did not survive to the present, including "the French duchies," are not protected as monarchs (though Burgundy was explicitly stated to be important enough to protect in the same precedent). Additionally, precedent set in August 2011 makes it clear that regents are not necessarily important enough to protect even if they are regents for kingdoms whose rulers are important enough to protect. Thus, none of these women are important enough to protect even if they were sovereign rulers of duchies and counties. Therefore we do not have to investigate that issue further. Thus, this submission does not presume identity with a protected historical person of this name. [Marie de Blois, January 2013, A-East]
That being said, the historical Mahaut is very well known in France due to her use as a literary character in the series of historical novels about the Hundred Years' War, Les Rois maudits (The Accursed Kings) by Maurice Druon. This series is the basis of two well-known television series and served as a major inspiration for George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels. Earlier this year we ruled:
This name presumes upon the historical Gilles de Rais, also known as Gilles de Retz and Gilles de Rays. He is best known as a companion of Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc) and for being a notorious serial killer of children. In addition, he was appointed Marshal of France by Charles VII, and was possibly the inspiration for the literary character of Bluebeard (Encyclopedia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com/biography/Gilles-de-Rais). The historical Gilles has been the subject of numerous books, movies, and video games due to the crimes for which he was executed, and is particularly well known in Europe. [Giles de Roet, January 2016, R-Lochac]
Therefore, the historical Mahaut de Bourgogne is similarly important enough to protect based on her personal fame alone.
The 12th century Mahaut de Bourgogne, Countess of Grignon, is not important enough to protect.
This name was pended from the May 2016 Letter of Acceptances and Returns.
This augmentation is returned for conflict with a badge of Avacal: Quarterly argent and Or, a gryphon's head erased gules.
Although a copy of the award scroll was provided, this document does not constitute a permission to conflict. Please refer to the Administrative Handbook for the information that needs to appear in such a permission (which includes explicitly stating that this is a permission to conflict, indicating both the Society name and the name used outside the Society for all individuals mentioned). Please see Section IV.C.3 of the Administrative Handbook for discussions of the forms these permissions must take and Appendix D for standard letters of permission to conflict.)
The award document also expressed that Quarterly argent and Or, a gryphon's head erased gules was a populace badge. This is incorrect. Avacal has no registered populace badge. When this badge was registered to the then-Crown Principality of Avacal in September of 1993, no designation for its use was provided.
On resubmission please remind the submitter that, although the king and queen can suggest the form of the augmentation, the recipients decide what they want to submit for registration.
(to Avacal acceptances) (to Avacal returns) (to Avacal pends)
No evidence was provided, and none was found in commentary or afterwards, demonstrating a period practice of naming orders after specific gemstones. As a result, this name must be returned.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Aaliz de Gant: Per pale argent and azure, a cross flory between four fleurs-de-lys counterchanged. There is only one DC for changing the type of secondary charges.
A permission to conflict, supposedly from Aaliz, was provided in the packet but it was lacking an actual signature or confirmation from the Submission or Principal herald that it was actually coming from Aaliz.
This badge is returned for conflict with the badge of Fearghus O'Shannon: (Fieldless) A tiger's jambe couped argent, marked sable. There is a DC for fieldlessness but no DC for the difference between the jambes of furry creatures. The sable markings on Fearghus' jambe are not sufficient to provide a DC.
(to Caid acceptances) (to Caid returns)
This badge is returned administratively. There was no mention on the Letter of Intent that this armory had been redrawn after kingdom commentary, nor whether the submitter had approved the redraw.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Joorkin Volz: Azure, a labyrinth argent. A labyrinth is treated as a diapered roundel. Thus we get a DC for adding the tertiary tree, but nothing for type of primary charge.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Catrin of Llanbadern: Azure, on a plate a rowan tree proper all within a bordure engrailed argent.
This name was withdrawn by the submitter.
This device is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." As depicted, the snake heads disappear due to the low contrast with the vert section of the field they're against. On redraw, please make sure that the arrondi shape of the gyronny line is clearly visible as some commenters had trouble seeing it.
Had this device not been returned for redraw, it would have been returned administratively as the name had been withdrawn and an armory submission needs a name to which it can be linked.
(to Calontir acceptances) (to Calontir returns)
This badge is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." Commenters had trouble identifying the charge, confusing it with a wing or a feather.
In commentary Batonvert provided a period depiction of a fox's tail used as a charge from the badge of Henry IV. as seen on p. 127 of Heraldry by Bedingfeld & Gwynn-Jones.
This name and device have been withdrawn by the submitter.
This badge is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." Commenters had trouble identifying the charge, confusing it with a wing or a feather.
In commentary Batonvert provided a period depiction of a fox's tail used as a charge from the badge of Henry IV. as seen on p. 127 of Heraldry by Bedingfeld & Gwynn-Jones.
(to Ealdormere acceptances) (to Ealdormere returns)
This name was pended to allow discussion of whether it presumes upon the name of 19th century botanist Asa Gray. Asa Gray is the original author and current namesake of Gray's Manual, the standard reference on North American plants, and is considered to be the most important American botanist of his time. In addition, he collaborated with Charles Darwin, arranged for the publishing of On the Origin of Species in the United States, and wrote defenses of the highly controversial theory of evolution. Although his name is largely known only to specialists, his work "significantly shaped the course of science" in the areas of botany and genetics. Thus, Asa Gray is important enough to protect under PN4D1 of SENA.
The submitted name Esa Gray can be identical in sound to the protected Asa Gray, so we are returning this name for presumption.
Upon resubmission, we suggest the addition of a Scots or English locative byname to avoid the appearance of presumption: Esa Gray of X.
This name was pended from the May 2016 Letter of Acceptances and Returns.
This badge is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." Commenters had trouble identifying the winged monkeys, probably because the daggers make the outline more confusing than the one used in her device.
(to East acceptances) (to East returns)
This device is returned for the depiction of the primary charge. Blazoned on the Letter of intent as a quatrefoil, the primary charge is a shape with four lobes that lack the narrowing towards the center that the leaves of a quatrefoil have.
Had it been drawn as a proper quatrefoil, it would have had to be returned for conflict with the device of Celestine de Chatham: Per chevron sable and vert, a quatrefoil Or with only one DC for changing the field.
(to Lochac acceptances) (to Lochac returns)
This device is returned for not being reliably blazonable, which is a violation of SENA A1C which requires an emblazon to be describable in heraldic terms. Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as "a Celtic cross argent annulet voided gules", the annulet portion of the cross is not voided. Rather, the openings between the annulet and the cross's limbs, which should show the black of the pellet, are filled in with red, like cloissoné. This is not accurately blazonable: the blazon above does not suffice.
This order name has been withdrawn by the barony.
This badge is returned for redraw. Because of the small number of embattlements and odd cutout of the corner, the bordure is not identifiable.
Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as "quatrefoil", the blazon is not a correct description of the flower used. In order to allow reproducibility, we have reblazoned it as a "mustard flower". Additionally, the low number of ermine spots did not allow us to blazon this as an ermine field and we have reblazoned the number and position of the ermine spots accordingly.
This device is returned for a redraw, for violating the guidelines set forth on the May 2011 Cover Letter for a properly drawn per chevron field division; the field division here is too low. Please see that Cover Letter for further discussion and details of how to properly draw per chevron lines of division.
There is a step from period practice for the use of compass stars.
This device is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." Commenters had trouble identifying the small secondary charges, often confusing them with seashells.
(to Meridies acceptances) (to Meridies returns)
This device is returned for conflict with the badge of Samal Kaan Uxmalil: Sable, a she-wolf statant regardant within a bordure Or. There is only one DC for the change in type of secondary from bordure to orle. However, there is none for the change of posture between passant and statant and none for number of the heads.
This device is returned for redraw. The device does not show a chief triangular. The charge extends too far down the shield; a chief triangular should not extend to the fess line and normally should extend only a third of the way down the shield.
This badge is returned administratively. The form was still not uploaded at the closing of commentary. The Administrative Handbook states "Preparation of Submission Packet Scans - In addition to the physical packet, computer scans of the entire packet with all documentation must be transmitted to Laurel. Submission packets scans must be received by the Laurel Office no later than the end of the month after the date of finalization of the Letter of Intent; for example, the packet for a January letter must be received by the end of February."
This name was pended to allow discussion of whether this name should be returned because it could be identical in sound to the submitter's use name. The Admin Handbook states:
The Admin Handbook states:
No name will be registered to a submitter if it is identical to a name used by the submitter for purposes of identification outside of a Society context. This includes legal names, common use names, trademarks, and other items registered with mundane authorities that serve to identify an individual or group. This restriction applies to Society branches as well as individuals. Thus, a branch cannot use the name of a significant location (a town or county, for example) within its borders. This restriction is intended to help preserve a distinction between a submitter's identity within the Society and the submitter's identity outside of the Society.
A small change in the name is sufficient for registration, such as the addition of a syllable or a spelling change that changes the pronunciation. However, a change to spelling without a change in pronunciation is not sufficient. For example, Alan Miller could not register the name Alan Miller or Allan Miller but he could register the name Alan the Miller. Further, submitters may register either a name or armory which is a close variant of a name or insignia they use outside the Society, but not both.
Commenters agreed that the submitted byname is identical in sound to the submitter's use name in certain English dialects. Therefore, we are forced to return this name.
Upon resubmission, we suggest the addition of an element such as an English locative byname: Trevor Synklar of X.
This name was pended from the May 2016 Letter of Acceptances and Returns.
(to Middle acceptances) (to Middle returns)
This branch name and device are returned for lack of a valid petition. Although it had the required number of signatures, it lacked a date on the petition form. The administrative handbook is very clear that "Petitions, statements of support, and poll reports must be hand-signed and include dates, as they must demonstrate current support for the submission."
On resubmission, please advise the submitter to not draw the ground under the tree.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Patrick Logan of Stormvail: Pily bendy argent and sable, a fox sejant affronty gules. There is no difference between a fox gules and a fox proper, as a fox proper is mostly gules and so there is only one DC for changing the field.
(to Northshield acceptances) (to Northshield returns)
This device is returned for violating SENA A3D2c, Unity of Posture and Orientation, which states "The charges within a charge group should be in either identical postures/orientations or an arrangement that includes posture/orientation" The charges here are not in a unified arrangement, as the orientation of the hawk and primary sword have to be described independently.
There is a step from period practice for use of a bird other than an eagle in the displayed posture.
(to Outlands acceptances) (to Outlands returns)
This device is returned administratively for using an altered form. The shape of the shield is significantly different from the shape defined on the Laurel-approved form.
This household name and badge are returned administratively. The forms were still not uploaded at the closing of commentary. The Administrative Handbook states "Preparation of Submission Packet Scans - In addition to the physical packet, computer scans of the entire packet with all documentation must be transmitted to Laurel. Submission packets scans must be received by the Laurel Office no later than the end of the month after the date of finalization of the Letter of Intent; for example, the packet for a January letter must be received by the end of February."
This branch name and device are returned for lack of valid petitions. Although the petition forms had the required number of signatures and the device petition contained a description of the armory to be registered, the forms lacked dates. This problem was mentioned in the Canton's previous device return. The administrative handbook is very clear that "Petitions, statements of support, and poll reports must be hand-signed and include dates, as they must demonstrate current support for the submission." Thus we must return this branch name and device.
On resubmission, please ensure that the device is on an approved unmodified form.
This device is returned administratively for using an altered form. The shape of the shield is significantly different from the shape defined on the Laurel-approved form.
(to Trimaris acceptances) (to Trimaris returns)
This device is returned for a redraw, for violating the guidelines set forth on the May 2011 Cover Letter for a properly drawn per chevron field division; the field division here is too low. Please see that Cover Letter for further discussion and details of how to properly draw per chevron lines of division.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a simurgh.
(to West acceptances) (to West returns)
- Explicit littera renuntiationum -
This order name was submitted on the theory that it followed a pattern of naming orders using saint's name + "other." However, in all of the documented examples found in Juliana de Luna's Medieval Secular Order Names (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/order/new/ListingOfStandardForms.html#AllSaintOther), the "other" that follows the saint's name is either a recognized object of veneration or a heraldic charge. In this instance, no evidence was provided that a "song" was an object of veneration or a heraldic charge.
Neither the Letter of Intent nor commentary discussed whether this name follows a pattern grandfathered to the Barony based on the June 2016 registration of Award of Griffins Agate. We are pending this item for further commentary on this specific issue.
This was item 3 on the Avacal letter of July 31, 2016.
(to Avacal acceptances) (to Avacal returns) (to Avacal pends)
- Explicit -
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