The title is for use by the Barony of Blackstone Mountain.

While the armory does have a low contrast complex line of division with an overlying charge, the amount of overlap is small enough that the identity of the line of division is maintained.

While the armory does have a low contrast complex line of division with an overlying charge, the amount of overlap is small enough that the identity of the line of division is maintained.

A possible conflict was called against the badge for House Smael Nest (Herrel of Smael Nest), Per pale azure and vert, a chess rook Or; however, in July, 1996, Jaelle of Armida, as Laurel, wrote the following:

Therefore there is a CD for type of primary and another for the change in the field.

This does not conflict with Arthur of Lockehaven, Azure, a lanthorn Or, or Kevan o Rathkeale, Purpure, a lantern within a bordure Or. There is a CD between a lantern and an Arabic lamp.

Submitted under the name Urling of the Boar Ring, Bordure was able to justify the submitter’s original name, Erling, so we have used that spelling to form the holding name.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the wavy line more boldly.

This is clear of Aldric of Stonebridge, Purpure, a double arched bridge and a bordure Or. There is a CD for the field. While a castle is not significantly different from either a tower or a bridge, there is little history of identification between a tower and bridge, unlike that between a tower and a castle. Neither is there a strong visual similarity between a tower and a bridge as there is between a castle and a bridge. Thus we find that there is a CD between a tower and bridge.

This name would be considerably more authentic with a Scots given name or an Irish patronymic.

Submitted as William MacLear, the name was listed on the forms as Willem. Mixing a Dutch name with a Scots name is a "weirdness" but registerable.

This is clear of Vespacia Capricornica Kareliae, Pily bendy Or and vert, a natural chameleon gules. Prior precedent allows difference for the enflaming of the chameleon when the enflaming is drawn properly with large gouts of flames. That has been done here.

This was pended from the July 1998 Laurel meeting.

Listed on the letter of intent as a name change, the forms clearly indicated that the submitted name was an alternate name.

Nice armory!

The submitter requested an authentic 12th century Norman name but only allowed minor changes. Avice is fine, but the 12th century Norman spelling of Aquitaine is Guyenne (plus variants thereof), and changing d’Aquitaine to de Guyenne is more than a minor change. Also, Fause Lozenge was unable to find evidence of Aquitaine or Guyenne as a Norman surname (the historical citations of royalty being of a different sort). Therefore, we suspect that an authentic 12th century Norman name would use a locative describing a smaller geographical area.

Nice name! Both items are dated in England to 1273.

The submitter should be informed that the use of ní is modern; the name is considerable more authentic as Muirenn ingen uí Ailbe

Submitted as Rowena of Avalon, The Radiance, no one was able to find documentation to justify the byname the Radiance. As the submitter allowed it to be dropped, we have done so. Avalon is acceptable only because there is a place in France named Avallon; the place from Arthurian legend is not a reasonable place to be from.

Not only is the name Rowena grandfathered to her, it has been declared SCA compatible.

The submitter should be informed that if he wants a fully Polish name, he should consider Aleksander Krakowczik, where Krakowczik is a byname dated to 1584 meaning "Man from Krakow".

Submitted as the Shire of Dragon’s Lake, the name has been modified to make it more authentic by dropping the modern apostrophe and combining the two elements.

Submitted as Meadhbh ni Dubhthach, we lenited the patronymic and put it in the genitive form. The submitter should be informed that ni is modern; a more authentic form (which would still be pronounced the same) is Meadhbh inghean ui Dhubhthaigh.

Submitted as Broinninn ingen ua Bhriain, we corrected the grammar.

Listed on the letter of intent as House of Gryphon Hall, the forms did not include the preposition. As either form is acceptable, we registered the version on the forms.

Fiona is SCA compatible.

The name was accidentally returned in July when the device was withdrawn.

As far as we know, Romany names not used amongst outsiders; however, that is a matter for consideration by the submitter and not a bar to registration.

Submitted as Matthias Von Oberernwaldt, the submitter wanted a byname name meaning "of upper hawk’s wood". The German word for eagle is arn, not ern, and Arnwald seems to be the mostly likely place name meaning "hawk’s wood", with Oberarnwald being "upper hawk’s wood". We have also corrected the capitalization of the preposition von.

Submitted on the letter of intent as House of Blackpool Hold, the name was listed on the forms without the "of." As the name is registerable either way, we registered the submitted form.

This is close to Dorothea van der Zee, A wooden basket proper. Both buckets and baskets are found in period (for example, Pemberton, Argent three buckets sable, with various citations from 1470-1520 found in the DBA, and Milton Abbey, Sable three baskets argent with bread in them also from around 1500 and cited from the DBA). While there has been some cases where a modern herald was unable to determine if a charge was a bucket or a basket, there is no reason to believe that the charges were not distinct in period. Also, an examination of the emblazons shows that while the two charges look similar, there is sufficient visual difference between them (in overall shape as well as in details) to call them clear.

The citation in Socin of Buris is as the genitive form of Buri, thus Seola Buri is registerable. The submitter should be told that Seola is dated to the 9th century, not the 13th (the "1219" in the citation is a column reference). While this does not affect registrability, it does mean that the name is likely to be temporally implausible.

Her current name is retained as an alternate name.

Her current device, Per chevron embattled argent and purpure, two roses sable and a wolf rampant argent, is released.

This was submitted under the name Bjorn of the Kuma.

Submitted as Bríg Ingen Mhac Raith, we have placed the father’s name fully into the genitive, and put ingen into lowercase.

The badge is clear of the badge for the Order of the Dragon’s Claw (Barony of Dragonsspine), Azure, a dragon’s gambe bendwise and couped at the thigh Or. The heart is large enough to be a coprimary.

The fimbriated sea serpent and its posture are grandfathered to the barony.

While Zoë is unattested in England until modern times, it is the name of a late Roman Christian martyr. Such names formed an available name pool in period practice and thus this is a plausible extrapolation.

Please inform the submitter that a cogwheel should have more teeth.

For purposes of registration, coastal sub-Saharan flora and fauna are considered the same as New World flora and fauna: they are a discouraged weirdness, but registerable.

Submitted as Judwiga Czarnapika z domu Piast ze Smokza Jamy, z domu Piast means "the House of Piast" which was the founding royal dynasty of Poland, ruling from 965-1370. Barring evidence that the general populace used the name, we consider it presumptuous and thus dropped the element. We also corrected the grammar of the descriptive byname Czarna Pika and changed the locative Smocza Jamy to the currently registered (and documentable) form.

While there is little evidence for mixed Scots/Italian names, there is enough contact between the cultures for this to be allowable. It is, however, a "weirdness." For a fuller discussion, see the cover letter.

Submitted as Madeleine Popejoy de St. Michel, the submitter originally requested Madelaine. As Bordure was able to justify that form we have changed it back. The scribal abbreviation St. was expanded, and the hyphen was added as it seems to be standard practice both in modern French and in the period examples from Colm Dubh’s list of names from the 1292 Paris census.

The name would be significantly more authentic as the Anglo-Irish Patrick MacMurtach or the fully Gaelic Gilla Patraic mac Murcheataigh.

Rhiannon is SCA compatible.

Listed as Theresia Diu Harpfærîn on the LoI, the submitter wrote diu on her forms. We have therefore changed the name back to that form.

This was accidentally omitted from the July LoAR.

This was pended from the April, 1999, Laurel meeting.

This was pended from the April, 1999, Laurel meeting.

Submitted as Falco von Jablonec, the submitter requested that the name be modified to an authentic Czech form. We lack the sources to know what an authentic medieval Czech form is for locatives, but do know how medieval Czech names were written in Latin, so we registered the name in a Latin documentary form.

Submitted as Johanna de La Rochelle, the name was modified to match the documentation on the forms (the name on the forms was entirely in uppercase).

Her current device, Per saltire argent and sable, a roundel counterchanged and on a chief gules a garden rosebud reversed slipped and leaved argent, is released.

Submitted as Connor MacGillivray, the submitter originally requested MacGlandish but did not document the name. Bordure Herald, however, was able to justify a closer name. Black, p. 498 under MACGILLANDERS, dates the spellings Makgillandris (1511), Mcgillandreist (1549), and McClanders (1605). Thus MacGlandris is a plausible 16th century form that is significantly closer to what Connor originally desired.

His device was submitted under the name Duncan MacKinnon of Strathardale.

The device was submitted under the name Matsuyamaji no Mokurai.

This was submitted on a badge form as mon. We no longer distinguish mon from devices and generally require that they also be submitted on device forms. We could have registered this as a badge but decided to be generous and allow the submitter what he requested as the difference is purely administrative.

Margaret Holmwood is her alternate name, not her primary name.

Submitted as Étain inghean uí Braonáin, the submitter requested an authentic form for 6th-12th century Ireland. Clan names of this type were not used in Ireland before the tenth century, but Harpy believes that Étain ingen uí B(h)róenáin is reasonable for the 10th through 12th century. The ‘h’ is optional in Old Irish names - the name is still pronounced as lenited but not spelled that way.

Submitted as Faolain MacNeill, Faolain is the genitive form of the given name Faolan. We have altered the given name to the nominative form.

Submitted as Melillah bint Yassar, the forms listed the given name as Mellilah which also matches the documentation.

Submitted under the name Jasmina Salazar.

She has permission to conflict with the badge of Catelin the Patient, A fleur-de-lys argent.

Her previous device, Ermine, a goblet purpure within a bordure purpure semy-de-lys argent, is released.

The primary charge was lazoned as a beetle; however, single cockroaches are now allowable charges. As their previous submission used cockroaches, we changed the blazon to match what we believe is their intent.

Submitted as Catigern y Goch, the definite article was dropped to reflect period practice.

Nice armory!

The LoI mentioned a possible conflict with Obadiah the Obstreperous, Per pale gules and argent, a Latin cross bottony between two boar’s heads couped close addorsed counterchanged. While there was some indication in Papworth that flory and bottony crosses may have been used interchangeably, the evidence was far from clear, so we are giving Caterina the benefit of the doubt. Thus there is still a CD between a cross flory and a cross bottony.

Listed on the letter of intent as Iohannes de Glenfinnan, it was originally submitted as Iohannus of Glenfiddan and the submitter requested an authentic name for the Scottish/English border. Metron Ariston was able to justify Glenfiddan as an anglicization of the hypothetical place name Gleann Fiadhain (Wild Glen) or Gleann Feadain (glen of the stream or waterfall). Putting the entire name into Latin makes it Iohannes Glenfidanus.

This was pended from the April 1999 LoI under the name Euriant Alessandra Deri. The name, however, was returned in January 1999, so the armory is registered under a holding name.

The name should be associated with registered badge (Fieldless) A chamfron argent.

This was pended from the April 1999 Laurel meeting.

Please inform Oswin to draw the crosses larger.

Submitted as Ásta Jorundrsdottir, we corrected the form of the patronymic

Submitted as Basileios Philanthropenos ho Philomathes, the article was not used in 12th century Byzantine names.

Submitted as Leonor Constanza de Castile, the last element was changed to make it entirely Spanish. While both Leonor and Constanza were queens of Spain, this name is clear of both.

The submitter should be informed that ní is modern; a more authentic form of the name (and pronounced the same) is Órfhlaith inghean uí Dhubháin.

This coat is widely found not only in its own right by also as a quartering in the coats of other families. Combined with the fact that the family is important in Scottish history, this coat is important enough to be protected.

Most of the evidence for support came from Clarion’s comments in the June LoAR. As the device was also listed here we decided to preempt the discussion and register them now.

There was not quite enough evidence given to justify protecting these arms, but there was general support with good arguments given (primarily that the family was important and the arms have relevance as a common example of canting arms). Whether or not the arms are already registered is irrelevant in determining whether these should be protected as well.

This is famous enough to be protectable. It’s seen in a lot of heraldic art and is often used to demonstrate how to correctly ermine a cinquefoil. Additionally, the Hamiltons played a critical part in medieval Scotland’s history and even today the Duke of Hamilton is the premier duke of Scotland.

The arms of William Wallace, Gules, a lion rampant argent, are important enough to protect, even though they are already protected as the arms of Mowbray. The differenced form is not.

This is being returned because the overlying charge obscures the low contrast complex line of division enough that identifiability is lost.

This is being returned because the overlying charge obscures the low contrast complex line of division enough that identifiability is lost. Furthermore, this badge violates rule VIII2.b.iv, "Elements evenly divided into multiple parts of two different tinctures must have good contrast between their parts." We do not allow charges compony of two metals.

Jaelle of Armida, as Laurel, returned this exact device in April 1996 for lack of identifiability due to excessive counterchanging of a thin line charge. The reasons for return were not addressed and still apply. In addition, we did not receive the paperwork.

No one was able to justify Boar Ring as a reasonable locative or even as a descriptive byname. The submitter should be informed that Bourying is dated to 1302 in Reaney & Wilson and would be acceptable.

This device is being returned because there was no mini-emblazon on the letter of intent.

This name is being returned for mundane conflict with Mary of Modena (1658-1718), the wife of James II of England. She has her own entry in the Encyclopedia Britannica.

The device is returned for conflict with Launcelot de Westwood, (reg. 9/73), Azure, a cross botonny fitchy Or. There is 1 CD for the field, but none for the difference in the crosses.

This is returned for using the restricted charge, the Tudor rose. The two roses that lie on the line of division are per pale argent and gules, which is one form of the Tudor rose.

Conflict with the Barony of the North Woods, Azure, a wolf’s head couped argent vorant of a sun and in chief a laurel wreath Or. The emblazon shows that the sun is not large enough to be significant so there is only a CD for the change of type of the secondaries.

No one was able to find documentation that -rest was used as an element in place names. Clarion said it best:

As we do not form holding names for groups, the armory must be returned as well. Furthermore, the mostly argent sword is unidentifiable against the argent field.

This conflicts with Hawk Herald of Calontir. Keep is the designator, and therefore does not contribute towards difference; neither does the addition of the possessive.

This badge is returned for conflict with Wolfgang Schwarzburg (Sep 93), Per saltire sable and gules, on a fireball Or enflamed proper a winged cat segreant sable. There is one CD for fieldlessness, but none for the change of type only of the tertiary. Al-Jamal provided evidence that standard sources (Parker, Elvin, and Franklyn and Tanner) define fireballs and grenades as identical charges or, at most, minor artistic variants of one another.

No evidence was given that this name follows the pattern of inn names or of the name of any other standard groups that are used to justify household names.

This is being returned for a redraw. As drawn, the bordure appears closer to embattled than nebuly.

Ó Corráin and Maguire’s documentation for Neamhain lists the name only as an ancient Irish war goddess. Without documentation that humans used this name in period, we must return it. As she does not allow a holding name to be formed, we must return the armory as well.

The submitter should be informed that the correct form of the patronymic (for women’s names) is inghean uí Eidirsceóil.

The "d" in "De" should not be capitalized. As the submitter would accept no changes, this name must be returned. Also, please inform the submitter that Battista is a masculine name.

Because she would not accept a holding name, the device must be returned as well.

No evidence was given to show that a locative taken from a river name is a valid byname in either Norse or Russian.

The device is registered under the holding name Bjorn of Gyldenholt

Gouttes on flames are inherently unidentifiable. "The gout is unrecognizable as such on the flames, appearing to be a part of the flames rather than a separate charge." (Da’ud ibn Auda, LoAR August 1994, p. 16)

The name is returned for lack of a given name. While Kissa is a word in Finnish, there was no documentation given to show that this follows a pattern of Finnish given names.

The device is being returned for a redraw. These look more like cats than weasels - the body should be longer and thinner and the face more angled.

No one could come up with reasonable justification for this as a place name, and some commenters were bothered by the connotation of "Red Light District." Because we cannot form holding names for groups, the device must be returned with the name.

The examples cited in the documentation were insufficient to justify the use of a town in an inn name.

This was listed as a name correction, but the original forms had the registered name. Thus this is a name change and must be accompanied with payment of fees.

The cases where documentation from Shakesphere is sufficient by itself require that the name be formed in a manner consistent with sixteenth century England (it also helps if the play was written before 1600). In this case Yorick appears to not follow English naming practices, but instead was specifically intended to be a foreign sounding version of George. Barring evidence that the name is compatible with period style we must return it.

Conflict with Kathryn Fitzroy of Bath, Sable, a unicorn’s head couped reversed argent, entwined about the alicorne a serpent, head to sinister gules. The serpent does not generate difference, so there is only one CD for the field.

Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme, as Laurel, ruled in March 1993:

Strathardale is a clan seat of the MacKinnons, so the name must be returned as presumptuous.

The device was registered under the name Duncan of the Bridge.

No evidence was presented that Jasmina was a reasonable transliteration of Yasmin.

Her device was registered under the name Melissa of Carolingia.

No copies of the documentation were included, so that we could not examine the accuracy of the sources. As no other justification was given for the name, we must return it.

No summary of the documentation was included in the letter of intent, so the college was unable to properly evaluate the name. The documentation included by the submitter was also insufficient: the dictionary citations included only the kanji without transliteration so we were unable to determine if the translation is plausible. There was also a copy of the Compleat Anachronist article included in the documentation, but no citations were given and there was nothing we could find that would justify the name. Therefore we must return the name for lack of documentation.

The device was registered under the name Eric of Eisental.

This device is being returned for redraw. The ermine spots on the lions are too large, making both the lions and the ermine spots unidentifiable. He should be told to redraw with smaller ermine spots, preferably not cut off by the edge of the lion or the internal detailing.

The sword in this design looks like a part of a balance and not like a sword. Therefore this is returned for violating rule VIII.3, Armorial Identifiability.

We are returning the name because the word drakkar has not been documented as a Norse (or any Scandanavian) word. It appears that the word was not used in period. Lind (Norsk-Isländska Personinamn från Medeltiden, col. 202) shows the late medieval personal name Draki with a genitive form Draks so Draksfjord looks to be a likely name.

The device must be returned as holding names cannot be created for groups.

This device conflicts with the Free Company of Mariners (Bela of Eastmarch), Gyronny sable and argent, a dragon rampant gules, armed and webbed vert. There is one CD for field but nothing for arming or webbing.

The bordure was far too thin to be identifiable — from a distance it appeared to be outlining. The submitter should also ensure that the cross does not touch the edges of the pale.

The boar’s head is gules, not sable. The device, however, is being returned for redrawing. A number of commenters noted that the axes were drawn too small to be identifiable.

The owl on the pall was not displayed, as listed on the letter of intent, but striking affronty. That position is not allowed as it is not found in period heraldry and is inherently three dimensional.

Had the owl been drawn displayed, the unusual arrangement of the arms on the pile may still have been returnable, as such a drawing would probably not be reproducible.

This name is being returned because it does not follow period style of order names, nor does it follow the pattern of previous order names of the barony. The relevant order names are the Order of the Dragon’s Blood, the Order of the Dragon’s Claw, and the Order of the Dragon’s Grace. In the first two cases, dragon modified a noun that referred to a part of a dragon’s body. In the last case the noun was highly abstract. Therefore we must judge the order name on its own merits. Dragon’s is not a reasonable adjective to modify a pheon.

There was insufficient evidence given to justify protecting these arms.

There was insufficient evidence given to justify protecting these arms.

There was insufficient evidence given to justify protecting these arms.

While there was more general support for protecting these arms, there was insufficient evidence given to justify protecting part of a coat of arms, even if the bearer of the whole is important enough to protect.

There was insufficient evidence given to justify protecting these arms.

There was insufficient evidence given to justify protecting these arms.

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There was insufficient evidence given to justify protecting these arms.

There was insufficient evidence given to justify protecting these arms.

There was insufficient evidence given to justify protecting these arms.

Despite greater support than most, there was still insufficient evidence given to justify protecting these arms. I would like to see evidence either that Lord Forbes is important enough to protect under the "mans" school, or that his arms are otherwise prominent.

There was insufficient evidence given to justify protecting these arms.

There was insufficient evidence given to justify protecting these arms.

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There was insufficient evidence given to justify protecting these arms.

The peacock feathers were accidentally blazoned as Or.

The bordure was listed on the LoI as sable.