Court Reports of the Kingdom of Æthelmearc
Maynard and Christina
July 17, AS 39 (2004)
Bog Chaos
Barony of St. Swithin's Bog
Being the
Report of the morning Court of Their Royal Majesties, Maynard and
Christina,
King and Queen of Æthelmearc with Their Highnesses, Rurik and
Angelique, Prince
and Princess of Æthelmearc and Their Excellencies, Ælfra
and Aquila, Baron and
Baroness of St. Swithin’s Bog in attendance.
Court held on July 17, AS 39 (2004) at Bog Chaos in Their Barony
of St.
Swithin’s Bog. Giulietta da Venezia, Reporting Herald with
the assistance of THLord Cadell Blaidd Du and Lady Sara de Lindley.
Their Majesties
gave Their Excellencies leave to hold their final Baronial Court.
Drostan map
Rioghnach was awarded arms for his courtesy and his skill as a fighter,
dancer
and herald. Two scrolls were
present: the first, limned by Lady
Keran Roslin and scrivened by an anonymous scribe; the second,
scrivened by
Katherine de Lyon de Savoie and limned by Lady Katerina de la Marne.
Catherine
Viviane was awarded arms for her prowess upon the field of rapier
combat. Scroll scrivened by THLady Roberta
McMoreland and limned by Lady Alessandra Bentivegna da Faenza, called
Yasmina.
Mairi ni
Aindreas was awarded arms for her service at feasts and demos, for her
skill as
a dancer and archer, and for her willingness to run errands for any
gentle who
is in need. Scroll scrivened by THLord
Cadell Blaidd Du and limned by Mariana of the Vayle.
Daniel
MacCaulaeigh was awarded arms for his prowess upon the field of rapier
combat,
and for his support of the youth rapier combat program.
Scroll by Don Valentine Raphael de Peregoy
and company.
Terrance Merrit
McKlay was awarded arms for his prowess upon the field of rapier
combat, and
for his support of the youth rapier combat program.
Scroll by Don Valentine Raphael de Peregoy and company.
Their Majesties
invited Their Excellencies, Ælfra and Aquila into Their presence. Their Excellencies stated that their time as
Baron and Baroness of St. Swithin’s Bog had come to an end, and that it
was
their wish to retire. Lady Augusta
Long, called Talishar, Seneschal of the Barony of St. Swithin’s Bog
attested
that a Baronial election had been duly held, and that Don Quinn Kerr
and Dame
Vivienne Marie de Beauvais were the successors chosen by the populace
of the
Barony. Their Excellencies then
returned their Baronial Coronets to Their Majesties, and were released
from
their Oath of Fealty.
Aquila Blackmore
was created a Baron of Their Majesties’ Court.
Scroll scrivened by Blausa Korsakova and limned by Aurenca Mouly.
Ælfra Long was
created a Baroness of Their Majesties’ Court.
Scroll scrivened by Blausa Korsakova and limned by Aurenca Mouly.
Their Majesties
invited Don Quinn Kerr and Dame Vivienne Marie de Beauvais into Their
presence. They instructed Don Quinn and
Dame Vivienne upon the responsibilities of serving as Landed Nobility,
and
asked whether they would accept this responsibility for the Barony of
St.
Swithin’s Bog. Don Quinn and Dame
Vivienne having agreed, Their Majesties invested them as Baron and
Baroness of
St. Swithin’s Bog, placed the Baronial coronets upon their heads, and
received
their Oath of Fealty. Scrolls scrivened
by THLord Cadell Blaidd Du and limned by Vrouw Odriana vander Brugghe.
Their Majesties
gave Their Excellencies leave to hold their first Baronial Court.
Bastiano di
Iacopo was made a Companion of the White Scarf for his prowess upon the
field
of rapier combat. Scroll scrivened by
THLord Cadell Blaidd Du with text and limned by Aurenca Mouly.
Their Majesties
welcomed the Companions of the Most Noble Order of the Laurel into
Their
presence. They then invited Her
Excellency, Mairi ni Raghaillaigh into Their presence, and instructed
the
Companions of the Laurel to escort her to her place of vigil, that she
might
contemplate her elevation to said Order.
The Court of
Their Majesties was closed.