P.O. Box 1646

Dallas, TX 75221-1646

April 1992

Unto the members of the College of Arms and all others who may read this missive does Da'ud ibn Auda, Laurel King of Arms, send Greetings!

The April Laurel meeting was held on Saturday, April 25, 1992, and considered the following Letters of Intent: Ansteorra (12/15), Ansteorra (12/26), East (1/5), An Tir (1/6), Trimaris (1/15), Calontir (1/20), Atlantia (1/21), Caid (1/22), Middle (1/27), Meridies (1/30), and Atenveldt (1/31). The Meridies (1/5) LoI was will be considered at a "roadshow" Laurel meeting held on Sunday, April 12, in the Middle Kingdom.

The May Laurel meeting is scheduled for Saturday, May 30, 1992, to consider the following Letters of Intent: West (11/14/91, 11/27/91, and 12/30/91, which packets arrived in mid-February), East (2/5), Outlands (2/6), West (2/11), An Tir (2/17), Caid (2/20), Ansteorra (2/21), Middle (2/21), Atlantia (2/24), and Atenveldt (2/27), with the Meridies (2/28) and Calontir (2/29) Letters of Intent to be considered at a "roadshow" Laurel meeting to be held in the Outlands on Sunday, May 17.

The June Laurel meeting is scheduled for Saturday, June 20, 1992, to consider the Letters of Intent from March: East (3/5), Ansteorra (3/8), Caid (3/19), Middle (3/20), Atlantia (3/22), Atenveldt (3/27), Outlands (3/26), Calontir (3/28), Meridies (3/30), and Ansteorra (3/30). Two Letters of Intent will be considered at the Known World Heraldic Symposium in An Tir on Sunday, June 28, 1992: Trimaris (3/15) and An Tir (3/15). (All commentary for LoIs being considered in June must be received by me before the regularly scheduled Laurel meeting in June; commentary arriving after the June 20 meeting or arriving at the Symposium will be too late for consideration. (I'm going to be getting the files ready for moving the week after the Symposium, and I simply won't have the time to do anything with it.)

Commenters! Please remember that I need to receive both the file copy and the "cut and paste" single-sided copy of all commentary on February and March LoIs. Until June 28, I need to receive the file copy of all commentary on April and later LoIs, while the "cut and paste" copy goes to Bruce.

ROSTER CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS

Is there anyone in the College who has not yet heard that Lord Treblerose (former Brigantia), Arval Benicoeur, is now a member of the Order of the Pelican? Congratulations, Arval!

Mistress Zenobia Naphtali, former Crescent Principal Herald, has a new title and address in An Tir. Please change her address on your mailing lists to the following: Black Stag Herald, c/o Leslie Schweitzer, 7645 S.W. Bonita Road #15, Tigard, OR 97224; (503) 598-1066.

Lord Palimpsest, Baron Marten Bröker, has a new address. It is: 1243 Willow Wood Drive, Kirkwood, MO 63122.

Oops! In the latest Roster, I accidentally left Sable Crane (Ansteorra) off the mailing list. Please add him if you have not already. Cyndcyrn Conn Corr (David Heiligmann), 419 Rio Seco, San Antonio, TX 78232. If you know of any other errors on the Roster, please let me know immediately!

Well, Lady AEstel let me know of an error even before this letter went out! Her correct mailing address is: Elizabeth de Rossignol (Lisa Mohr), P.O. Box 59821, Renton, WA 98058

Please remove Lady Elmet (East) from your mailing lists. Mundane considerations are forcing her to take a sabbatical from commenting. She will remain on the Roster, however.

Lord Ibis' (Atlantia) SCA name, left off the last Roster, is Herveus d'Ormonde. Some gratulations are due him -- he was recently given a Grant of Arms by the Atlantian Crown.

THE LAUREL OFFICE REVIEW (or, Something Else to Read in Your Copious Free Time)

Enclosed is a copy of the review of the Laurel office presented to the Board of Directors at the April Board meeting. I believe it is pretty self-explanatory.

ANOTHER VOLUNTEER! (or, More Resource People)

Lord Stephan Calvert deGrey has volunteered his services to the College to help with Arabic and Arabic names. Please add his name and address to the list of volunteer consultants given in the February 12, 1992 Cover Letter.

Lord Stephan Calvert deGrey

Richard L. Goranson

12 Hertel Avenue, #1008

Buffalo, NY 14207

(716) 876-9374

ANOTHER SOURCE FOR BOOKS! (or, Batten Down the Checkbooks!)

I received a letter recently from an acquaintance in Trimaris who has opened up a mail order bookshop. I don't normally advertise for friends here, but he and his wife have completed an agreement with Professor G. Fleck, author of "The Old Norse Name", one of our standard sources. Professor Fleck feels he no longer has the time to answer all the requests that he receives, and so the responsibility for printing and selling this volume is being taken over by Chuck and Carol Hack for their firm, Celtic Traditions. The price is $3.50 (There is a $2.00 shipping fee for the first item, $.50 for each additional item.) I am enclosing a flyer with a listing of their other books on heraldry and names and naming practices (and their address) for those of you who may be interested.

MISCELLANY

"GRINNING LIKE A CHESHIRE CAT

Mr. Frank Keirl has discovered an explanation of this popular saying. A lion rampant was the crest of an influential family in the Cheshire District; and in adorning the ale-house sign boards with this emblem, an itinerant painter executed it so unskilfully that the monarch of the woods was often mistaken for a grinning cat."

From "The Heraldry Gazette", December 1991, p. 2

Until next month, I remain, as ever,

Your servant,

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