Court Reports of the Kingdom of
AEthelmearc
Henri II and Elena
October 24th, AS 44
(2009)
Agincourt Event
Barony-Marche of
the Debatable Lands
The Report of the Court of Their Majesties Henri and Elena,
Roi et Reine d’Aethelmearc, held at the Agincourt Event in the
Barony-Marche of
the Debatable Lands on the 24th day of October as 44, His
Royal
Highness Prince Malcolm and Their Excellencies Byron and Ariella of the
Debatable Lands in attendance, THL Brandubh Ó Donnghaile, Silver
Buccle.
Their Majesties received the oath of fealty from Their
Excellencies Byron and Ariella, Baron and Baroness of the Barony-Marche
of the
Debatable Lands, and then gave Their Excellencies leave to hold Their
Baronial
Court.
Their Majesties received Master Tofi Kerthjalfadsson as he
swore fealty to the crown and Kingdom of Aethelmearc.
Lady Muirghein Gaelbhain, the King’s Archery Champion, was
called forward. Lady Muirghein stated
that she had held a tournament to select a new champion at the Archers
to the
Wald Event and that she would like to present him to His Majesty that
he might
be invested in his new station. Their
Majesties called forward Baron Batar Sogdo, and Lady Muirghein
transferred the
regalia of the King’s Champion to him.
Their Majesties thanked Lady Muirghein for her skills and
service to the
Crown and Kingdom, and thanked Their Excellencies Byron and Ariella and
His
Lordship Fintan na Coilled, the Archer General for overseeing the
competition
in Their absence, and invited Baron Batar to join Their Court.
Their Majesties invited the Dame Margaret Makafee, Mistress
Constance Waite and Mistress Arianna of Wynthrope to come forward as
members of
the Order of the Pelican who had conducted a Pilgrimage to Nobility
quest that
day, and Lady Lyssa von Stahlgeist who had led the youth in the quest. They spoke of the quest for service and the
youth who participated were invited forward and Their Majesties
presented
Paige, Owen, Michael, Gordon, Ben, Katheryn, Lyssa, Sophia, Robert,
Ernin, and
Kate with hoods and tokens from the Order of the Pelican to display on
their
hoods for participating in the quest that day and working on making a
banner of
what service means to them. Lady Lyssa
presented research that she had conducted on the Shrine of St Swithin.
Their Majesties invited Mistress Constance to take a basket
of toys to the back of the hall and distribute toys to all the youth in
attendance at the event.
Robert of the Debatable Lands was called before Their
Majesties and made a companion of the Order of the Silver Buccle for
his
assistance at events and practices, and skills in Boffer, archery and
thrown
weapons. Scroll painted by Lady Marija
Kotok, calligraphed by Baroness Alessandra d’Avignon.
Their Majesties called for Ceindrech verch Elen and created
her a lady of the court for her many labors with the youth of the
kingdom and
barony, especially for her services as youth marshal.
Scroll in Progress by Countess Branwyn ferch
Gwythyr, words by THL Brandubh Ó Donnghaile.
THL Deryk the Archer was summoned before the thrones.
Their Majesties noticed that he had brought
quite a selection of potent potables with him to the event, and that he
had
shared all of this more than willingly with all present and with Their
Majesties. They noted that this behavior
was in fact quite common for him, and so They named him royal vintner
to Their
Reign.
Roderigo el Rojo was called forward, and Their Majesties
spoke to him of his service to the incipient College of Vulcan’s
Forge where he serves as pursuivant.
There he teaches, and recruits new members and fences. Their Majesties had taken note of his
activities and were moved to Award him Arms, and name him a lord. Scroll by Lady Gwenith of Newtonhill.
Their Majesties called for their Plague doctor and his
associate Lord Brennan of Acre. Lord Brennan, speaking for the famous Doctor
Eckhart, brought up the issue that Their Majesties had not yet
satisfied that
issue of his bill, and further had some other demands that needed to be
negotiated in their contract to insure their safety and well being
should
anything go awry. Their Majesties paid
the agreed on sum and thanked them for their concerns and promised to
inspect
the contract and deliver them an answer at a future date.
THL Gareth Kincaid was called into Court. Their
Majesties thanked him for bringing his
household out to the event, as they could always count on House Sable
Maul to
fill out the ranks of Their Army. They
also spoke of the armor that the house wore, and how much of it came
from the
hand of His Lordship Gareth or from those that he had taught the arts
of
leather working and armoring, blacksmithing and casting.
Their Majesties saw the artist and teacher
behind the warrior and created him a member of the Order of the
Sycamore so
that all would know. Zen scroll by THL
Brandubh Ó Donnghaile.
Their Majesties wished to hold a discussion with THL Urho
Walterinnen. They spoke to the populace
of the skills with dough and oven that Urho demonstrated, of his wide
array of
breads that he bakes and of the sweets that he makes, and of the
heraldic pies
that creates for the royalty. They
thanked him for the red berry escarbuncle pies and for the blue berry
fleur-de-lis
pies that he had created for Their Majesties and named him Royal baker
to Their
Reign.
Their Majesties next called forward Master Karl von Elfstein
der Schmuckmacher and thanked him for the outstanding service that he
had
delivered to Their Persons. That when
they needed tokens he set about casting dozens of coins for Their
Majesties’
use during Their Reign. In thanks of
this They presented Master Karl with a black onyx ring and instructed
the
populace to ask him why that caused him to chuckle so.
Their Majesties wished to speak with Their Excellencies
Thomas Byron of Haversford and Ariella of Thornbury.
They thanked them for being gracious hosts of
this event in their home. Not only this
event, but many events, and practices, and meetings, and sewing
circles,
workshops, regional musters, and more, for this service of building
such a home
with the intent to host such events is such a great service to the
kingdom and
the barony that Their Majesties created them both Companions of the
Order of the
Keystone. Scrolls limned by Sir Sextus
Plinius Callidus, calligraphed by Mistress Cori Ghora, and by Maestra
Gianna di
Aurelio with words by THL Fintan na Coilled.
Their Majesties called Fintan na Coilled to attend
Them. They spoke of his service to the
kingdom, when the royal camp at Pennsic needed Benches he answered the
call. When a bid was called for new
heirs thrones, he threw his skills upon the task. He
hosts woodworking workshops at his home
and is well know for the quality and durability of his furniture. They invited the Most Noble Order of the
Fleur d’Aethelmearc to attend Them and the order confirmed that they
would have
Fintan listed among their numbers, and so Their Majesties created
Fintan a member
of the Fleur d’Aethelmearc. Scroll by
Lady Ysabeau Tiercelin.
Their Majesties thanked the populace and event staff for the
wonderful event, and Their Excellencies Byron and Ariella for hosting. His Majesty spoke a few words about the honor
and chivalry that are represented at Agincourt,
and how deeply he feels about this event and portion of history, that
it is
part of His dream, and He thanked all for sharing His dream on this
day.
Court Closed.