1: Abhainn Cíach Ghlais, Shire of - New Badge
(Fieldless) An oak leaf bendwise sinister inverted gules.
This branch-name was registered in November of 1989 (via the East).
On the kingdom's internal Letter of Intent, this item was erroneously published under the header name Gille MacDhonuill as a personal badge. The item was intended to be for the shire of Abhainn Cíach Ghlais. Gille MacDhonuill was in fact consulting herald for the item. Since the conflict-checking was uneffected, the item has been forwarded here without republication at the kingdom level.
2: Aurelio di Baldasare - New Device
Gyronny gules and argent, a bull passant guardant Or within a bordure sable.
His name submission appears on AEthelmearc LoI AE105 dated June 28, 2007.
3: Corbinus de Cuvae - New Name & New Device
Vert, on a bend azure fimbriated argent a flanged mace Or.
Submitter desires a male name.
Sound (Kor-bee-nus de Koo-vay) most important.
Corbinus - Morlet, Les Noms de Personne sur le Territoire de l'Ancienne Gaule du VI aux XII Siecle: Les Noms Latins ou Transmis par le Latin, p. 37, s.n. Corbinus, describes this as a surname derived from the "nom commun, corvus, corbeaut." And mentions a Saint Corbinien of the 7th century.
The Carticulaire du St. Aubin, [URL: http://chaucer.library.emory.edu/charters/html/index.htm], in the section entitled "CVIII-CXXIII CARTE DE PRUNARIS", pp. 125-151, [URL: http://chaucer.library.emory.edu/charters/html/P125to51.htm], entry no. CXX, includes the names of signators of a "notice de l'abandon" dateable to 1127-1154, including a person with the single name <Corbinus>.
Steven Fanning, "A Bishop and his World before the Gregorian Reform: Hubert of Angers, 1006-1047" (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 78, Part I, 1988) includes the transcription of a charter dateable to 1040-1046 witnessed by one Corbinus de Zalla.
Cuvae - Dauzat, Dictionaire etymologique des noms de lieux, p. 236, s.n. Cuvat, dates the placename Cuvae (modern Cuves) to 1174.
4: Faith Rayne - Resub Name Change From Holding Name
Old Item: Faith of Hunter's Home, to be released.
Submitter desires a female name.
Her old name was registered as a holding name in February of 2006 (via AEthelmearc). Her previous submission of Rayne le Fey was returned at that time. The LoAR stated, in part, that "[the] name gives the appearance of being a claim to be "queen of the fairies".
The current item was submitted to kingdom as Faith of Rayne. On the suggestion of kingdom level commentary, and in consultation with the submitter, we have eliminated the preposition of to make the name more authentic to the late-sixteenth century, in light of the late-period documentation for the given name.
Faith - This is stated to be the submitter's legal first name, however no proof was submitted. Note that her holding name makes use of her legal first name.
Talan Gwynek, "Late Sixteenth Century English Given Names: Women's Names listed by frequency" (WWW: Brian M. Scott, 1999) [URL: http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/eng16/eng16ffreq.html] counts one occurance of the name in a data set of about 660 feminine given names.
Rayne - Rayne: From early times to the present day, (The Ryane Branch of the Workers Educational Association, 1977), viewable online at the Rayne Village Website of modern day Rayne, Essex [URL: http://www.rayne-info.org.uk/history/page3.htm], in the introduction, [URL: http://www.rayne-info.org.uk/history/page5.htm] quotes the jury of Hinckford Hundred, 1563, as follows:
The jure preentith for our soveraygn lady the Quenes majestie that there oone bredge called Clabbredge lying betwene the parysshe of Brantre and Rayne ruyonously decayed in default tymber works so that nether postmen nor horseman pasying by can not passe without danger but who should make yt we knowe not.
5: Garrett Williamson - New Name
Submitter desires a male name.
No major changes.
The submitter cares most about spelling.
Garrett - Withycombe, p. 131, s.n. Gerard, dates Garrett to 16th c. Royal accounts, and states that "Garret is given as a christian name by Camden 1605 and Lyford 1655.
Williamson - Karen Larsdatter, "Bynames Found in the 1523 Subsidy Roll for York and Ainsty" [URL: http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/york16/bynamesalphabetically.htm] counts seven occurances of Williamson in three locations.
6: Gille MacDhonuill - New Badge
(Fieldless) Three oak leaves conjoined in pall inverted stems to center gules.
The submitter's name was registered in November 1992 via the East.
7: Hildegardis quae et Berthegundis - New Name
Language (Frankish) most important.
Culture (Carolingian) most important.
The name was submitted to kingdom as Hildegardis quae et Berthegund. In accordance with RfS III.1., the phrase "quae et [name]" needs to be completely grammatically correct for Latin, and requires that the byname element Berthegund be Latinized. Abion found support for the Latinized form Berthegundis, so we have changed the name accordingly.
general construction form - Academy of Saint Gabriel report no. 2397 states:
As we mentioned in our last letter [1], most people in 9th century France did not have bynames or surnames according to the usual notion of these terms. In examples that we found, the few people identified with more than one element names were usually recorded as being known by a different name, in the form of "X, also known as Y." Here are some examples that we found (all recorded in Latin): [2]Grimo qui et Adalgisus, "Grimo, who [is] also Adalgisus"
Erempertus qui et Atto, "Erempertus, who [is] also Atto"
Aldigerus alias Ermenulfus, "Aldigerus, also known as Ermenulfus"
Adelberga quae cognominabatur Ava, "Adelberge, who was called Ava"
Atta sive Angilsuinda, "Atta, or Angilsuinda"
Not all of these are from the 9th century, but they are typical of the types of descriptions that we found. It's not clear why a person was known by different names. In some cases it seems as if one name is a pet form of the other, but in others, like <Grimo qui et Adalgisus>, there is no relationship between the two. It's possible that these people changed their names at some point or that they were known by two different names for reasons we simply don't understand. However, we are certain that on any particular occasion, a person would have been called by one name or the other, not both at once. We have collected a number of more popular feminine names from your period: any of them would be appropriate to construct a name along the lines of "Alia, also known as <blank>." We would like to note that in such a name, the feminine form of the byname would be <quae>; <qui> is the masculine form.
Hildegardis - Academy of Saint Gabriel report no. 2397 continues:
The following feminine names are all found in the 9th century. [3]Adalgardis
Adelaidis
Albrada
Aliberta
Alitrudis
Ermengardis
Ermensindis
Harildis
Arsindis, Airsenda
Hildegardis
Hildesendis, Eldesendis
the footnotes for the St. Gabriel report are:
[1] Academy of S. Gabriel report #2353 [http://www.s-gabriel.org/2353]
[2] Stark, Franz, _Die Kosenamen der Germanen_ (Wiesbaden: Dr. Martin Sändig oHG., 1967 [1868]). pp.150-1.
[3] Morlet, Marie-Therese, Les Noms de Personne sur le Territoire de l'Ancienne Gaule du VIe au XIIe Siecle, volume 1 (Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1972). [numerous page citations]
Berthegundis - Magistra Nicolaa de Bracton of Leicester, "Early Germanic Names from Primary Sources" [URL: http://members.tripod.com/nicolaa5/articles/german.html] lists the spelling Berthegund among "Women's Names from Gregory of Tours' History of the Franks" (available in Penguin classics ) (Merovingian period, 5th-7th centuries)
Morlet (I:55a) has <Bertgundis> a. 742 and the not explicitly dated <Berthegundis> from the _Hist. Fr._ p. 384 and <Bertegundis> from _Pol. Irm._ XXI, 81.
8: Lasairfhíona inghean Uí Ghallchobhair - New Name
Submitter desires a female name.
No major changes.
Language (Irish Gaelic) most important.
Lasairfhíona - Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, "Index of Names in Irish Annals: Lasairfhíona" (WWW: Kathleen M. O'Brien, 2000-2004) [URL: http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Lasairfhiona.shtml] counts 11 women with this name in the annals dated 1239, 1279, 1282, 1363, 1373, 1381, 1418, 1419, 1436, 1454, 1456, 1457, 1527. The submitted spelling is given as the standard Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) form. Of the occurances listed the annals, that from 1381 is spelled exactly as submitted, including the accent.
inghean Uí - Sharon L. Krossa, "Quick and Easy Gaelic Names" (WWW: Sharon L. Krossa, 2006) states:
The standard way to form a name using an Irish clan affiliation byname for women is:<single given name> inghean Uí <eponymous clan ancestor's name (in genitive case & always lenited unless starting with a vowel)>.
Ghallchobhair - OCM, p. 109, s.n. Gallchobar: Gallchobhar, gives the meaning of this masculine name as "perhaps, `lover of foreigners"" and calls it a "relatively uncommon early name" from which the modern surname O Gallchobhair is derived.
MacLysaght, p. 117, s.n. (O) Gallagher, gives the Gaelic form as Ó Gallchobhair. The submitted form includes the added -h- for lenition and -i- for genitive case.
9: Marian of Blackwood - New Name & New Device
Quarterly argent semy of trefoils sable and sable, a rose proper.
Submitter desires a female name.
No holding name.
No major changes.
Client requests authenticity for 16th century English.
Marian - Talan Gwynek, "Late Sixteenth Century English Given Names: Women's Names listed by frequency" (WWW: Brian M. Scott, 1999) [URL: http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/eng16/eng16ffreq.html] counts 5 occurences of the submitted spelling in data set of about 660 late 16th century feminine names.
Blackwood - Ekwall, p. 47, s.n. Blackwood, gives the submitted spelling as a header form and dates Blakwod to 1280, and le Blacwode to 1308, but gives no later forms.
Ekwall, p. 47, s.n. Blackwater, dates Black- to 1576 and 1577. A. D. Mills, Dictionary of English Place-names, p. 41, s.n. Blackpool, dates the spelling Black- to 1602.
Eckwall, p. 219, s.n. Harewood, dates -wood to as early as 1246 and on p. 223, s.n. Harwood, to as early as 1301.
The SCA group name Blackwood, Shire of was registered in March of 1993 (via Meridies).