We do not normally register fieldless badges consisting only of forms of armorial display, such as roundels, lozenges and delfs in plain tinctures, since in use the shape does not appear to be a charge, but rather the field itself. A heart can be a such display of armory. However, since this a heart inverted, we are willing to register it, since the inversion will make it look like a charge, and not a display of a single tincture.

This was pended from the September 1997 meeting.

The household name was submitted as Maison de la Croix Blanc. Since Croix is a feminine noun, blanc must agree in gender. We have made the necessary change.

Her former device Or, a cauldron sable and on a chief gules three drop spindles Or threaded argent. is hereby released.

Some questions were raised about the suitability of registering this name, since it is a proto-Irish name. However, this name is contemporaneous with Romano-British names which we register. Furthermore, proto-Irish bears the same relationship to medieval Irish as late Latin does to the Romance languages. Both are only one step removed from their medieval counterparts, as opposed to, Pharaonic Egyptian, which we do not register.

Her former device Per pale Or and vert, on a roundel per pale embowed counterembowed vert and Or, two scorpions in annulo counterchanged, is hereby released.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the roundel with fewer traits.

This is clear of Robina Wyclif (SCA) Azure, a wolf rampant argent maintaining a spear Or flying to sinister a pennoncelle gules, fimbriated, all within a bordure Or., with one CD for the removal of the bordure, and a second for the addition of the overall charge. While it is true that there is only one CD for changing the type of any secondary charge, including peripherals, that is because all secondaries are dealt with from the same section of the rules X.4.b. and overall charges are dealt with in X.4.c.

The question was raised as to whether this name was temporally compatible. However, since Morlet's Les noms de personnes, II, p. 41 cites a rare but early instance of Dina occurring in a Christian context, there is no issue.

His former device Per chevron azure and Or, two bears' heads erased respectant argent and on a hurt a coronet Or., is to be retained as a badge.

Submitted as Connor Blackthorne the Gryphon., the byname falls afoul of RfS VI.2., "Names Claiming Powers. Names containing elements that allude to powers that the submitter does not possess are considered presumptuous. Society names may not claim divine descent, superhuman abilities, or other powers that the submitter does not actually possess." Unless he can prove he is a gryphon he may not claim to be one. We have dropped the byname in order to register the rest of the name.

Submitted as Dederick of Huntington, no evidence was presented and none could be found for Dederick as a period given name. We have substituted the closed period form. Please instruct the submitter to draw the invecting bolder.

Submitted as Moyra of the Meadows, Moyra is an undocumented variant spelling of the Anglicized spelling of the Gaelic equivalent of Mary. Since the Gaelic form of Mary was a rare usage during our period, we do not feel that the Anglicized form was used enough to form variant spellings.

Submitted as Aisling Ni O Cearbhaill, this name has two problems. First, Asling is an Anglicized form of Aislinn. Since we do not mix English and Gaelic orthographies, we have changed the given name to Aislinn. Second, the patronymic was incorrectly put into the genitive. We have corrected this.

Submitted as Alasdair Mac Robert, this name combines Gaelic and English orthography in one name. We have put the patronymic entirely into Gaelic.

She has a letter to conflict with the badge of Steffan yr Ysgolhaig (SCA) Sable, a cross crosslet fitchy azure, fimbriated argent. Since he is her husband, she can use the fimbriated cross, courtesy of the grandfather clause. The question was raised as to whom the grandfather clause covers. The grandfather clause extends to the submitters themselves and their immediate legal family (spouse, siblings, children (including their spouses), parents, grandparents and grandchildren).

This is being reblazoned from Per fess azure and argent, in canton a sun in his splendor., to make the tincture of the sun explicit.

Submitted as Csendes Zsádany, neither element uses a period spelling. Csendes is dated 1693 and "ZS" is only used in modern spellings. We have corrected these to the closest period forms.

Submitted as Ilaria Allegri del Carreto, the del is not appropriate here and we have deleted it.

This was pended from the September 1997 meeting

Submitted as Raibeart McLeoid, the correct form of McLeoid is MacLeoid. We have corrected this as the submitter allows.

Submitted as Raibeart McLeoid the Younger, the correct form of McLeoid is MacLeoid. We have corrected this as the submitter allows. While this name mixes English and Gaelic orthography, he can use the English form of the Younger courtesy of the lingua Anglica allowance. He has written permission for his device to conflict with his father Raibeart MacLeoid and his brother Seamus MacLeoid.

Submitted as Seamus McLeoid, the correct form of McLeoid is MacLeoid. We have corrected this as the submitter allows. Note: this is clear of the registered name Jamie MacLeod, because of the difference in pronunciation of the English versus Gaelic patronymics. He has written permission for his device to conflict with his father Raibeart MacLeoid and his brother Raibeart MacLeoid the Younger.

This does not conflict with Huette Aliza von und zu Ahrens und Mechthildberg (SCA) Vert, a tree blasted throughout Or. There are CDs for the change to the field and the addition of the overall charge.

The order name is French for Order of the Amber Heart. It is conceivable that a period order could have as its token a heart made from amber.

Submitted as Wynne GilleBrighde, in medieval and later records, Welsh given names and surnames beginning with "Gw-" are frequently recorded with simply "W-" instead, particularly in English-context records. (Since Welsh names would not normally begin in "W-" and since English names beginning with "W-" were taken into Welsh with "Gw-" we can assume that people at that time viewed the difference as one of "accent" rather than substance.) Morgan & Morgan (p.117) has examples of "Gwynne" in the 16th c. and "Wynne" in the early 17th c., although these are all of bynames and/or surnames. However the given name was still in use then and should have been pronounced (and hence, spelled) in similar ways. While Wynne is registerable, it is unmistakably a masculine name, and registerable only as one. But since there seem to be no immediate problems of internal gender-consistency in the name, it is not technically necessary to substitute the feminine "Gwen" (or variants thereof, including "Wenne") to register it. However, there are problems with the byname. The most immediate problem with the byname is that it follows Irish spelling conventions, for which there is no period evidence of combination with English spelling conventions. (we say "English"rather than "Welsh" because "Wynne" follows English spelling.) There is nothing at all implausible about combining a Welsh given name with an Irish surname -- the 14th c. Ormond account records from an English estate in Ireland note examples such as "Carrek McGriffyn". So one possibility would be to postulate a Hiberno-Welsh man and put the byname (with or without a "mac", since these were sometimes omitted in English records) into an Anglicized form, such as "(Mac)Gillbride" (see Woulfe p.368 for late-period Anglicizations "M'Gillebridy", "M'Gillvrid", "M'Killbridy", "M'Elvride").

Since she is primarily interested in the "servant of Bride" meaning, there is another angle to take. In the medieval period, the Welsh seem to have adopted the Irish style of devotional names in translation. So in the Merioneth Lay Subsidy Roll of 1292, for example, we find the given names (most likely masculine, although there is no direct evidence for this in some cases): "Waskeyn" (Gwas Cein), "Wasdewy" (Gwas Dewi), "Wasmyhangel" (Gwas Myhangel) etc., where "gwas" (lad, servant) is undoubtedly a functional translation of Irish "giolla". Morgan & Morgan (p.108) lists examples based on St. Brighid, although in this case (and no other, including devotional names based on Mary) the element "sant" (saint) is incorporated in all cases: "Gwassanfrait" (15th c.), "Wassamfret" (medieval -- no explicit date). So if she wants an entirely Welsh name based on a name with the meaning "servant of Saint Brighid" then something along the lines of "Wynne (ap) Gwassanfrait" would be reasonable for late period. We have registered it as Wynne MacGillbride, as the closest form to what was originally submitted.

Submitted as Yrsa Gudrunsdottir the patronymic was incorrectly put into the genitive. We have corrected this problem.

Submitted as Fionn the White, the submitter requested that the byname be put into Gaelic. We have put it into the Scottish form; the Irish would be Fionn Fionn.

On the January 1991 LoAR, Laurel said:

The same holds true in this case.

This is clear of Ammalynne Sternjekrakki Haraldsdottir's badge for House of the Broken Crutch Gules, a crutch fracted, the chief piece bendwise Or., with one CD for change of the color of the crutch and one for the fracting.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the bordure smaller.

Metron Ariston Herald has provided evidence that the form Barré is a period usage.

Found in the LoI as Cerian ferch Dafydd, it was originally submitted without the ferch. It was added in kingdom since they were not aware of Welsh using unmarked patronymics. Since Welsh does in fact use unmarked patronymics we are removing the ferch and restoring the name to the form originally submitted.

Submitted as Eilidh na Tir Dharach, the closest correct form is Eilidh na Tire Dharigh. We have corrected this as the submitter allows.

Submitted as Ioanna Rudrig, it was changed in kingdom to Ioanna Rodaya because of lack of documentation for Rudrig. Metron Ariston Herald has provided documentation for Rudrig, so we have restored the name to the original form.

Note from Laurel: The name was returned September 1997 for lack of paperwork. Meanwhile, the device (Or, two chevronels vert, in base a Tau cross, a bordure indented sable.) was send out of kingdom and accidentally registered on the December 1997 letter. This registration of the name corrects everything and gives the submitter a registered name and device.

Submited as Robert John of CedarWood, intercapitalization is not a period spelling custom. We have made the locative two words to keep the capitalization which is important to the submitter.

Submitted as Rose Marie von Saarbrüken, the locative needs, at the very least a "c" to be in a period form. We have corrected this as the submitter allows.

Submitted as Cecilia Manetti di Firenze, locatives in Italian take da not di. We have corrected this as the submitter allows.

Submitted on the LoI as Gwenllian ferch Wain, the patronymic was incorrectly spelled. We have corrected it to match the submission forms.

Submitted as Jàcopa Della Bèlla, we have removed the accents which were not used in period, and are found in modern sources such as De Felice's Nomi as pronunciation guides.

His former device Or maily azure, a fess pean., is hereby released. Nice armory!

Submitted as Sofyuska Vladimirovna, no evidence was presented, and none could be found for period diminutives formed in this matter. We have changed it the closest registerable form.

Submitted as Wolfgang von Kleim, Kleim is a toponymic byname and the von is superfluous. We have removed the von.

Submitted as Alice de Amiens, the correct form of the place name should be d'Amiens. We have made the necessary correction as the submitter allows.

Submited as Yrsa Drakdotter av Disavi, the patronymic needs to be put into the possessive form. We have corrected this as the submitter allows.

Submitted as Henry an Eynhallow, the only documentation presented for Eynhallow was from a website that was not the official Laurel web site. Knowing nothing about this site and its reliability, it is not an acceptable source of documentation. However, Johnston's Place-Names of Scotland, pg 173, has Enhallow as the header spelling. We have substituted this spelling as the submitter allows.

While allusive of Saint Nicholas/Santa Claus, this is registerable.

Please inform the submitter that Rowan is a masculine name

Submitted as Antonia da Ruchellai, the correct Italian form is Ruccellai, with no preposition. We have corrected the name as the submitter allows. Her former device Purpure goutee d'eau, a chief invected argent., is hereby released. Since X.2 (Sufficient Difference) can apply between two crosses, we have no problem in granting X.2 between these two crosses.

Her former device, Azure a compass star and on a chief Or, three crescents sable., is hereby released.

His former device Per fess sable and argent, a pale counterchanged between in chief two hourglasses argent, overall a dragon segreant gules., is hereby released.

Her former device Sable, a dragon displayed and on a chief argent three garden roses sable., is hereby released.

Submitted as Aleruna Olgersdattir, the proper form of the patronymic that goes with the rest of the name is dotter. Since the submitter wants as authentic name as possible we have changed the spelling. Note: evidence was presented for Aleruna as a 12th century female name.

Submited as Costanza Angelique de Medici, the byname was incorrectly spelled. We have corrected this as the submitter allows.

Submitted as Dairine ingen Domnaill, the patronymic was not correctly put into the genitive. We have corrected this as the submitter allows.

Submitted as Njall Sigvaldisson, the patronymic was incorrectly put into the genitive. We have corrected this as the submitter allows.

The armory was submitted under the name Aramis de Loire.

The Lacy knot is known only because of its use as the badge of the Lacy family, and is known uniquely by the name of that family. Such a well known badge which defines the charge is important enough to deserve protection.

This conflicts with Bulgaria Gules, a lion rampant crowned Or., Belgium Sable, a lion rampant Or, and the Palatinate of the Rhine Sable, a lion rampant Or crowned gules. In each case there is a CD for the field but nothing for the chain and arrow. Whether or not the rock counts for difference appears to come down to the same distinction we look for between "maintaining" and "sustaining"; whether or not the "maintained" charge, were it separated from the charge maintaining it, be considered a co-primary. ("Either sustaining or supporting will be used when a "held' charge is of comparable size to the beast holding it; maintaining will continue to be used when the held charge is of negligible heraldic difference." [Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme, LoAR July 1992, p. 6]). The rock in this case is not large enough to be considered sustained and thereby a co-primary, so we are returning this for conflict.

This is being returned for lack of documentation. Ataias is asserted to be a Greek form of the Scythian name Ateas. However, the documentation for Ataias comes from a Greek coin which bears the name Ataias. However, Greek coinage and coins from lands using the Greeks as models (i.e., using Greek styles and Greek for its inscriptions) generally used the genitive case to denote the ruler or other entity issuing the coinage. The form of the given name on the coin as noted would be a standard genitive form for a first declension Greek noun. This could be a woman’s name or, more likely, a geographic locative (and city states like Athens or Gela did use the name of the city rather than of a ruler on their coinage. Without documentation showing this to be an actual period name we must return it. The armory is being returned for non-reproduciblity. As drawn the wolf is significantly smaller than the deer. But, in every case we could find, the animal preying upon, ravissant or vorant of something was at least the same size as the creature is was attacking, if not significantly larger.

This is being returned for non period style. According to the LoI, Mousebane is the Anglicization of the hypothetical Norse epithet meaning "mouse leg". However, no examples of "-leg" epithets showing this pattern were presented. Furthermore, on the LoAR of August 1997 Laurel said "

Barring evidence that names of this sort were used in period, this must be returned.

This conflicts with the already registered Raibert MacArthur. The armory is being returned for not using correct heraldic tinctures. The gules used was not red, but pink.

This is being returned for violating the rule of tincture. The oak leaves are not argent, but sable marked argent. Sable leaves on an azure field violate the rule of tincture.

This conflicts with Stonemarche, Barony of (Fieldless) An open scroll argent fretty vert. The fretty is a charge equivalent to a single fret and the scroll has an outline complex enough that it does not qualify under RFS X.4.j.ii.

This conflicts with Bourchier (Tinctureless) A Bourchier knot. There is not enough visual distinction between having the lower ends crossed (weaver’s) and having them knotted (Bourchier) to be worth a CD. Since the weaver’s knot was not used in mundane heraldry, there is also no period heraldic distinction on which to base a CD.

This conflicts with Elena Anatolievna Pavlova (SCA) (Fieldless) A standing balance Or., with one CD for the field.

This was an appeal of the kingdom return of the name. While the group has tried to document this name, they have not been able to provide sufficient evidence for this kind of construction. River is not generally found as an element in English place-names. It's a French word which wasn't used in English until after the Norman Conquest. River is used as a descriptive word (so that we have River Thames, Avon River, and so on) but there are no examples of places which are called Thamesriver or Avonriver. River isn't the sort of element that was normally used to modify Old English treow tree. River certainly does not describe the tree itself in the way that words meaning grey, fair, multi-colored, long, and red do. It isn't a number word. It isn't a word used to designate a person, like words meaning bishop and churl.

It is true that certain types of personal names were used in this way, but these were Old English forenames, probably the name of the local hundred-man or law-man of the assembly. (This is especially likely to be true in the case of names of hundreds.) Rivere could in fact be the locative surname (from a place in France) of a post-Conquest landholder, and such names do appear as affixes, as in Newton Reigny--held by William de Reigny in 1185 --but that's a usage quite different from the one under consideration here. Still, it could be used to justify a name with the desired elements. Ekwall has Treeton in Yorkshire West Riding (Treton 1204). Reaney & Wilson s. n. Rivers have Gozelinus Riueire or Riuere in Domesday Book and Walter de la Rivere c. 1150. That is sufficient to justify Treton Rivere as a medieval English place-name if the group wishes that form. Since we do not form holding names for groups, the armory must be returned as well.

The name is being returned for violating VI.3 of the rules - Names Claiming Specific Relationships.

Since both Ivan V and Ivan VI of Russia were Romanovs, Yasha Ivanovich Romanoff is a claim to being either one's son and forbidden by our rules.

In a similar instance, Master Bruce as Laurel said:

The armory is being for violating our rules on style. The beribboned egg is unidentifiable and unreproducible. Furthermore, we have not allowed ribbons as charges for several years.

The issue of presumptuousness was raised in regards to the entire submission. It is our opinion that if the name was registerable the entire submission would violate XI.2. Presumptuous Armory. The rule states:

The problem here is not any one charge, but the combination of everything. The name, the eagle, the cross and the egg push this submission over the edge.

This is being returned for lack of paperwork.

This is being returned for mixing English and Gaelic orthography in the same name, which has been disallowed for at least the last four years.

According to the LoI -a-tout-Fiare, means Jack of all trades. However, the preposition in the idiom is faire not fiare. More importantly, no evidence was provided for this sort of idiomatic phase being used as a byname in period French. Without such evidence we cannot register the name. Finally, the hyphens need to go away, at least between the given name and the epithetic phrase.

This is being returned for being intrusively modern. It is too close to the modern biohazard symbol. The resemblance is made stronger by the fact that the regulations for the biohazard symbol, included in the documentation state: "Required labels and signs shall include the international biohazard symbol and the word "biohazard." Label color must be predominantly orange or orange-red with lettering and symbol in a contrasting color." Therefore, the most commonly used color for the symbol is white.

This conflicts with Dragon’s Laire, Barony of Per pale Gules and Sable a two headed dragon displayed Or grasping in dexter forepaw a laurel wreath Vert and in sinister forepaw a moneybag Gules. Since a heart is a recognized form of heraldic display, Katlin’s badge is effectively a shield with a charge that has no CD’s from Dragon’s Laire’s shield with a similar monster. There is nothing for the difference between two versus one head, nor for the maintained laurel wreath or money bag.

This conflicts with Yllaria of Wildewode Argent, a wolf’s head erased gules, a bordure dovetailed sable.

This conflicts with Annora Margery FitzJames (SCA) Azure fretty argent, a weaver’s shuttle palewise Or, threaded vert., and with Meredudd Brangwyn (SCA) Per saltire gules and pean, a fret argent. In the first case, fretty is considered both equivalent to a fret and the primary charge in the design, leaving just one CD for adding the overall charge. In the second, there is just one CD for the field.

This is being returned for violation our rule on slot machine, three different charges in the same charge group. If a charge is sustaining another it is considered two different charges in the same group, unlike a maintained charge. Furthermore, there are some identifiability problems with the talon and the roundel in the same in tincture.

This conflicts with Gormflait Suiban ni Cuallachta (SCA) Gyronny Or and azure, a Celtic cross argent, fimbriated sable., with just one CD for the field.

This technically conflicts with Genevra of Estolat (SCA) Azure estoilly, a sun argent. There is no CD for the change from six to many, and while there is a CD between a comet and a sun the difference is not substantial.

This conflicts with Beorn Collenferth (SCA) Azure, a chevron between a harp, an axe reversed and a sabre-toothed tiger statant argent., and Angela of the Stoney Oak Forest (SCA) Azure, a chevron between two acorns and an oak leaf argent. In each case there is just one CD for changing the type of all of the single group of secondary charges.

This is being returned for a redraw. The cross needs to be about one half the size it is and the annulets need to be thicker, so it is more obvious what they are.

This is visually in conflict with David FitzJames le Rouge (SCA) Per pale argent and gules, a bat-winged tower counterchanged. In both cases what you see is the counterchanged wings, with the tall slender central figure being absorbed into the background.

This conflicts with the badge of the Lacy family, (Tinctureless) A Lacy knot., protected on this LoAR. There is one CD for tincturelessness.

This conflicts with the badge of the Lacy family, (Tinctureless) A Lacy knot., protected on this LoAR. There is one CD for tincturelessness.

This is being returned for unidentifiability. Members of the College had severe problems in trying to decipher what the charge was.

Since September 1994 we have been returned the use of argent as an adjective referring to color. It was last returned in September 1997. Barring period evidence of its use in English as an adjective we must return this as well.

This conflicts with Iathus of Scara (SCA) Ermine, a cog wheel gules., with just one CD for the field. On the October 1995 LoAR (Fieldless) A Catherine's wheel gules. was returned for conflict against Iathus.

This is technically in conflict with David of Moorland (SCA) Vert, on a bend Or three Moor's heads couped sable. There is a CD for the field. Gaston's device is not a simple case, so there cannot be a CD for changing the types, and changing the tincture of the middle of three charges is insufficient to generate the second difference.

This conflcits with Jessica of the Willows (SCA) Or, a weeping willow tree eradicated (Salix babylonica) proper, in chief an escallop purpure., and Katerine of Willowmere (SCA) Or, a willow proper and a base wavy azure. In both cases there is one CD for the addition of the secondary. However, in the case of a weeping willow tree, the trunk carries relatively little weight and does not provide the required additional difference.

The name conflicts with the Barony of Mountain Freehold's "The Order of the Corbie". Corbie and Corbeau sound too much alike.

This conflicts with Beorn Collenferth (SCA) Azure, a chevron between a harp, an axe reversed and a sabre-toothed tiger statant argent., and Angela of the Stoney Oak Forest (SCA) Azure, a chevron between two acorns and an oak leaf argent. In each case there is just one CD for changing the type of all of the single group of secondary charges.

This conflicts with Owen ap Morgan (SCA) Vert, on a bend sinister engrailed argent, three oak leaves vert. Changes to a single group of tertiaries cannot yield more than one CD.

This is being returned for a style and for a redraw. Fretty is not a field treatment, so the field is simply purpure, with a portion of the field covered with fretty. While we do seem to allow portions of a field to be fretty, they need to be better delineated than this one is. Furthermore, the line of division is too high to be per chevron inverted. When it comes to lines of division, the chief is treated as if it is attached to the top of the shield (as opposed to placed on the shield). Thus there needs to be a gap between the edge of the chief and the line of division.

This conflicts with Malcolm Leslie the Scot (SCA) (Fieldless) A Scottish terrier statant contourny sable., and Lettice Atwode of Sandhyll (SCA) Gyronny gules and Or, a greyhound statant contourny sable. In both cases there is just one CD for fieldlessness and nothing for the particular type of canine.

This submitter already has the name Sean Breathnach, and the device of Sable, a tree blasted and eradicated and on a chief argent a leaved vine throughout sable. registered November 1995. He had submitted Seán Brannagh, but since that mixed Gaelic and English orthography in the same name it was changed to Sean Breathnach when it was registered. We cannot treat this as a name change and change it to the submitted form, since there would be the same problem. The proposed new device breaks the rule of tincture with a gules bordure on a sable field. Additionally a chief normally overlies the bordure, and always does when the chief is charged.

This conflicts with Eleri of Nefyn (SCA) Sable, a demi female affronty issuant from a stump eradicated argent, maintaining a leaved staff bendwise Or., and Canton of the Guardians of the Sacred Stone (SCA) Vert, a winged man displayed maintaining above his head a spear fesswise argent. In the first case there is a CD but not substantial difference for type of humanoid; in the second there is a CD for the field but nothing between two winged humanoids. Even if there were no conflicts, we would be forced to return this for a redraw, as the seraph is not argent, but sable fimbriated argent. A seraph is far too complex a charge to fimbriate.

This conflicts with the Shire of Wyndhame Per pale embattled gules and Or, in dexter chief a laurel wreath Or., and with the SCA (Order of the Laurel) (Tinctureless) A laurel wreath. In both cases there is just one CD for the field.

Some members of the college have suggested that this is clear of Wyndhame under the provisions of RfS X.3. ("Two pieces of official Society armory that share required charges may consider their Difference of Primary Charges as if the required charges were not there., and that with no charges to be considered, the two pieces of armory should be judged under the field primary rules. However, RfS X.3 deals with complexity, and not with conflict. Furthermore, on the November 1990 LoAR, Master Da'ud as Laurel said:

So, with severe regrets, we are returning this device.

This is being returned for lack of a petition. The paperwork for the name of any official SCA group and the device for any official SCA group must include written support for the proposed submission.

This conflicts with James the Fox (SCA) Or, a fox rampant guardant gules., and Frank Wutendwolf (SCA) Sable, a wolf rampant gules, fimbriated argent., with one CD in each case for field, and nothing for the maintained charge, head position or fimbriation.

This conflicts with King of Caid Argent, on a pale azure, a crescent argent., and College of Blaiddwyn Argent, on a pale gules a wolf sejant affronty argent overall a laurel wreath vert. The first has a CD for the wreath and the second has one for the tincture of the pale, but RFS X.4.j.ii does allow its application in the presence of overall charges (which are not "entirely on the field"); lacking that application there is no CD for type only of tertiary in either case.

This conflicts with the ensign of the Kingdom of Atenveldt Per fess azure and argent, in canton a sun in his splendor Or. (see elsewhere in this LoAR for the reblazon). The addition of charges to a group is worth just a single CD. Neither is there a CD for position, since the sun on the Atenveldt ensign is in exactly the same position on the field as one of the suns on this submission.

This is being returned for violating our ban on slot-machine heraldry (three or more different charges in the same charge group). The swords lie as if they were on a bend sinister, and if this were the case the phoenix and the feather would be secondary charges. There is, however, in fact no bend sinister, making it difficult to interpret how the charge groupings lie. They can all be taken as one big primary group of three different types, or the swords can be taken as the primary group with the phoenix and feather as secondaries. However, this submission is so far from period style because of the ambiguity of how the charges are arranged. Therefore this is being returned for slot machine and non-period style.

"Van, prépos flamande correspondant à de, marquant l'origine (allem von). ..." That is to say it is "a preposition corresponding to de marking a locative [origin of the person] (also von)...not a first name.

This badge is identical to the arms born by Katherine Roel, better known by the name she bore during her first marriage, Katharine Swynford. (See the illustration of these arms in Louda and Maclagan, Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, Table 5). Katherine was the morganatic wife of the Duke of Gaunt and it was from this marriage that the Beaufort Earls and Dukes of Somerset descended. Ultimately, this line provided legitimacy to the somewhat dubious claims of the Tudor line through the marriage of Margaret Beaufort to Edmund Tudor. While these arms do not appear in the current on-line armorial, they definitely should be protected. Note that Katherine’s father was Sir Giles Roel or Roelt, a Flemish knight who served as Guienne King of Arms for Aquitaine in the fourteenth century and these arms appear in many period heraldic rolls.