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Letter of Intent #102
Heronter Heralds
Commenting Group
Unto Garnet Herald, Cornelian Herald, and the Aethelmearc College of Arms;
Greetings from the Heronter Heralds,
a division of the Heraldic Flying Circus and Moving Company, Southwest.
Herein, our commentary on letter ILoI AE101, dated February 1st, 2007.
1. Berwyn Conall of Blackwood New Name and Device
Name:
We share your concern that the combination of Welsh given name, Gaelic surname and English
placename is highly unlikely. We think it may bounce.
Device:
Bad news: You cannot have a purple pile on a sable field, it's color on color.
Good news: It can be re-blazoned as:
"Per chevron throughout sable and purpure, in chief two wolves combatant argent."
Clear of:
Name: Angharat verch Reynulf
Date: March 2002
Kingdom: An Tir
Type: Device
Blazon: Per chevron purpure and argent, two wolves rampant argent and a dragon displayed sable.
(1 CD for field, 1 CD for addition of dragon)
Name: Hreodbeorht MacBeath
Date: September 1992
Kingdom: Atlantia
Type: Device
Blazon: Per chevron sable and azure, two dogs combattant and a unicorn dormant argent.
(1 CD for field, 1 CD for addition of unicorn)
Name: Seadna Adare
Date: February 1992
Kingdom: East
Type: Device
Blazon: Per chevron azure and argent, two wolves combattant argent and an oak tree proper.
(1 CD for field, 1 CD for addition of oak tree)
Name: Seán mac Conaill uf Bhraonáin
Date: March 2005
Kingdom:
Type: Device
Blazon: Azure, two chevronels sable fimbriated and in chief two wolves combattant argent.
(1 CD for field, 1 CD for addition of chevronels)
2. Domnall na Namus New Name and Device
Vert, three crosses formy Or.
Clear of:
Name: BTbhinn Morgan
Date: November 2004
Kingdom: An Tir
Type: Device
Blazon: Vert, a horse passant contourny between three crosses flory Or.
(Clear by complete difference of primary charge)
Name: Charles von Strasburg
Date: October 1995
Kingdom: Atenveldt
Type: Device
Blazon: Vert, three Celtic crosses swallowtailed and a chief embattled Or.
(1 CD for change of crosstype, 1 CD for addition of chief)
Name: Dietrich Karl von Andernach
Date: April 2002
Kingdom: Outlands
Type: Device
Blazon: Per chevron gules and sable, an eagle between three crosses formy Or.
(Clear by complete difference of primary charge)
Name: Edward of Lyonsmoor
Date: November 1994
Kingdom: Meridies
Type: Device
Blazon: Per fess sable and gules, a lion's head erased between three crosses formy Or.
(Clear by complete difference of primary charge)
Name: Emma of Abingdon
Date: October 1999
Kingdom: Calontir
Type: Device
Blazon: Vert, a portative organ between three Latin crosses Or.
(Clear by complete difference of primary charge)
Name: Faolán na Cairrce mac Odhráin
Date: August 2004
Kingdom: Middle
Type: Device
Blazon: Vert, a chevron ermine between three crosses flory Or.
(Clear by complete difference of primary charge)
Name: Genevote Villeneuve de la FlFche
Date: August 2002
Kingdom: Meridies
Type: Device
Blazon: Vert, a natural demi-tiger couped contourny argent marked sable maintain
ing an arrow bendwise and in chief three crosses formy Or.
(Clear by complete difference of primary charge)
Name: Richenda de Saint Clair
Date: August 1998
Kingdom: Artemisia
Type: Device
Blazon: Vert, on a chevron between three crosses formy Or, three harps purpure.
(Clear by complete difference of primary charge)
5. Phiala O'Ceallaigh Resubmitted Device
"Argent, semy of crosses crosslet saltirewise, on a cheron azure three nettle leaves argent."
Blazon-fu: "Argent, semy of crosses crosslet saltirewise, on a che_v_ron azure three nettle leaves argent."
"Aren't 'crosses saltirewise' usually 'saltorels'?" -- Cigfran
Clear of:
Name: Lucia die NSherin
Date: March 1988
Kingdom: West
Type: Device
Blazon: Argent, a chevron azure, cotised gules, between two needles threaded, points to base, and a pair of shears azure.
(2 CD for type & number of secondaries, 1 CD for tertiaries)
Name: Muirgheal inghean Labhrain
Date: November 2004
Kingdom: An Tir
Type: Device
Blazon: Ermine, a chevron azure.
(2 CD for type & tincture of semy, 1 CD for tertiaries)
6. Phiala O'Ceallaigh New Badge
"(Fieldless) On a nettle leaf argent a cross crosslet saltirewise azure."
Clear of:
Name: Alyne Strangwych
Date: February 2005
Kingdom: Atenveldt
Type: Badge
Blazon: (Fieldless) An oak leaf argent.
(1 CD for fieldless, 1 CD for cross)
Name: Andreas of Green Village
Date: March 1994
Kingdom: Calontir
Type: Badge
Blazon: (Fieldless) A holly leaf argent.
(1 CD for fieldless, 1 CD for cross)
Name: Brian Mor O'Brian
Date: December 2004
Kingdom: Caid
Type: Badge
Blazon: (Fieldless) An oak leaf ermine.
(1 CD for fieldless, 1 CD for cross vs ermine)
7. Rowan de la Garnison New Badge
"(Fieldless) On a coney courant argent three torteaux in fess."
"Nice shooting!" -- Dagonell :) :)
No conflicts found.
8. Thorgrim Skullsplitter Resubmitted Device
"Per pale gules and sable, two wolves rampant addorsed,
each maintaining an axe and on a chief argent an eagle per pale sable and gules."
No conflicts found.
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