1: Ælfra Long - New Device Change
Per pale argent and lozengy argent and purpure, three domestic cats rampant contourney sable crowned Or.
Old Item: Per pale argent and lozengy argent and purpure,
three domestic cats rampant contourny sable, to be released.
Her name was registered in January 1993 (via the East).
The submitter received a court baronetcy July 17, 2004, as recorded in the court report archived at: http://www.aeheralds.net/CourtReports/2004.07.17.html.
Her old device, Per pale argent and lozengy argent and purpure, three domestic cats rampant contourny sable, was registered in December 1993 (via the East).
Herald of record: Pennsic
2: Æsa Helgulfsdottir - New Name & New Device
Per pend argent and sable, a flame azure and an arrow bendwise argent.
Submitter desires a female name.
No major changes.
Authenticity NOT requested.
Sound most important.
Æsa - Geirr Bassi, p. 17 lists this as a feminine given name.
Helgi - Geirr Bassi, p. 11, lists this as a masculine given name. Ibid., p. 22, lists Helgu- as a prepended descriptive byname meaning "Helga-", and lists inn helgi as a descriptive byname phrase meaning "holy."
Ulfr - Geirr Bassi, p. 15, lists this as a masculine given name.
Geirr Bassi, p. 17, specifies the change of -r to -s in the genitive case, plus -dóttir to make the patronym.
Herald of record: Pennsic
3: Æthelmearc, Kingdom of - New Badge
(Fieldless) On a barrel proper, an escarbuncle argent.
This submission is to be associated with Æthelmearc
Brewers Guild
This branch-name was registered in January of 1998 (via AEthelmearc).
The badge is to be associated with the Æthelmearc Brewers Guild, as a generic indentifier.
Herald of Record: Brandubh Ó Donnghaile
4: Aquila Blackmore - New Device Change
Gules, on a lozenge ployé argent between in chief two coronets Or, a mullet sable, a bordure embattled argent.
Old Item: Argent, vetu ployé gules, a mullet sable
within a bordure embattled argent, to be retained.
His name was registered in February of 1992 (via the East).
The submitter received a court baronetcy July 17, 2004, as recorded in the court report archived at: http://www.aeheralds.net/CourtReports/2004.07.17.html.
His old device, Argent, vetu ployé gules, a mullet sable within a bordure embattled argent, was registered in March of 1994 (via the East).
Herald of record: Pennsic
5: Beniamin Hackewode - New Name & New Device
Vert, a wolf rampant contourny maintaining a halberd argent, in dexter chief a mullet Or.
Submitter desires a male name.
No major changes.
Authenticity NOT requested.
Language (English) most important.
Culture (English) most important.
Beniamin - Genuki, "Marriages from the Aycliffe Registers (1560-1837)", [URL: http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/Transcriptions/DUR/AYC.html] dated the submitted spelling to a marriage record of 1611.
Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn (Heather Rose Jones), Cornish (and Other) Personal Names from the 10th Century Bodmin Manumissions, "Given Names: Names of Latin or Biblical Origin" [URL: http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/Bodmin/biblical.html], s.n. Benjamin, lists the variants Benjamin, Beniammen and Beniamen.
Hackewode - Reaney and Wilson date the submitted spelling to 1327
Herald of Record: Marianna Molin di Salerno
6: Brandubh Ó Donnghaile - New Badge
(Fieldless) A drum bendwise argent.
His name was registered in April of 2000 (via AEthelmearc).
Herald of Record: Brandubh Ó Donnghaile
7: Caitrióna inghean Uí Chonaill - New Name & New Device
Per chevron azure and vert, two cats sejant addorsed tails entwined and on open book argent each page charged with a triquetra sable.
Submitter desires a female name.
No major changes.
Authenticity NOT requested.
Language (Irish) most important.
Culture (Irish) most important.
Catrióna - Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O'Brien), "Index of Names in Irish Annals: Caitríona," [URL: http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Caiterina.shtml] gives the submitted spelling as the standard Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) form of this feminine given name, borne by 15 women dated between 1360 and 1607.
inghean Uí - Sharon L. Krossa, "Quick and Easy Gaelic Names ", [URL: http://www.medievalscotland.org/scotnames/quickgaelicbynames/] gives this as the standard clan affiliation byname phrase meaning "daughter of a male descendant"
Chonaill - Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O'Brien), "Index of Names in Irish Annals: Conall," [URL: http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Conall.shtml] gives Conaill as the genitive form of the masculine given name Conall, borne by 45 men dated between 565 and 1599. Here the -h- is added for lenition following the feminine given name.
Herald of record: Pennsic
8: Catrijn van der Hedde - New Device
Or, a dragon's head cabossed sable and on a chief vert three triangles inverted Or.
Her name was registered in February 2007 (Via AEthelmearc).
Herald of record: Pennsic
9: Däumler Helm - New Name
Submitter desires a male name.
Authenticity NOT requested.
Language most important.
Culture most important.
Meaning most important.
Däumler - Bahlow, p. 70, gives this as an undated header form meaning "torturer (with the thumbscrew)". The name is presumably an occupational byname.
Helm - Bahlow, p. 211, s.n. Helm gives:
Knight Albrecht called Helm, Baden 1273
Elbel Helm, Eger 1395
Andreas Helm, Prague 1404
Helm is the submitter's legal surname, as given on the submission form, although no proof of legal name was provided.
Herald of Record: Livia Valentini
10: Éamonn mac Alaxandair - New Name & New Device
Per bend sinister argent and Or, three dexter hands in bend sinister and a lion rampant gules, a bordure sable.
Submitter desires a male name.
Authenticity NOT requested.
Sound most important.
Éamonn - Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O'Brien), "Index of Names in Irish Annals: Éamonn," [URL: http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Eamonn.shtml] gives the submitted spelling as the standard Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) nominative form of this masculine given name, borne by 19 men dated between 1444 and 1559.
mac - Gaelic meaning "son"
Alaxandair - Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O'Brien), "Index of Names in Irish Annals: Alaxandar, Alaxandair (Alasdrann, Alasdar)," [URL: http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Alaxandar.shtml] gives this as the standard Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) genitive form of this masculine given name, borne by 18 men dated between 1124 and 1577.
Herald of record: Pennsic
11: Erasmus Fryermut - New Name
Submitter desires a male name.
No major changes.
Authenticity NOT requested.
Language (German) most important.
Culture (German) most important.
Erasmus - Bahlow, p. 106, s.n. Erasmus, gives the meaning of this name as "likable" and states that it was not popular until the 15th century. Bahlow also makes reference to the humanist Erasmus of Rotterdam.
Bahlow, p. 20, s.n. Assmann, cites "Aßman = Aßmus = Eraßmus Wincke" dated 1565.
Fryermut - Bahlow, p. 131, s.n. Freimuth, dates this spelling to Freiburg, 1490.
Herald of record: Pennsic
12: Ernine ingen Duib Dara - New Name & New Device
Argent, an oak leaf bendwise sinister vert and on a chief sable three triquetras argent.
Authenticity NOT requested.
Sound most important.
Meaning ([byname] of the oaks) most important.
Ernine - O'Corrain and Maguire, p. 89, give this as the pre-1200 spelling and count 11 saints who bore the name, listing St. Erníne, a bishop (feast day May 12), St. Erníne Cass of Leighlin (feast day February 23), and a female St. Erníne (feast day February 28).
ingen = pre-1200 Gaelic for "daughter"
Duib Dara - The submission form gives the URL http://www.ucc.ie as a gateway page. Doing a search on "Duib Dara" yields numerous hits, including the following:
The Annals of Ulster [URL: http://www.ucc.ie/research/celt/online/G100001A.html] under the year 1010 lists the death of one Cathal m. Duib Dara ri Fer Manach.
Ibid., under the year 1076, lists one Gilla Crist H. Duib Dara ri Fer Manach i n-Daiminis la Firu Manach
Ibid., under the 1118, lists one Laidhgnen H. Duib Dara ri Fer Manach
The Annals of Inisfallen [URL: http://www.ucc.ie/research/celt/online/G100004/G100004.html] under the year 1118, lists Laidgnén Ua Duib Dara
The Annals of Tigernach [URL: http://www.ucc.ie/research/celt/online/G100002/text021.html] under the year 1110, lists Duarcan mac Duib Dara Ua Eolais
The Annal of Tigernach [URL: http://www.ucc.ie/research/celt/online/G100002/text022.html] under the year 1146, lists Gilla m-Beraigh mac Duib Dara maic Duib
Herald of record: Pennsic
13: Helena Lyncoln of Norfolk - New Name & New Device
Quarterly gules and azure, four griffins argent.
Submitter desires a female name.
Authenticity NOT requested.
This is a kingdom level resubmission. Her previous submission of Helena Lyncoln was returned at kingdom in December 2006 forconflict with <Elena of Lincoln> (01/1993 via the West).
Helena - Douglas Galbi, "Given Names in England Before 1800" [URL: http://www.galbithink.org/names/engb1800.htm] under "Stratford-On-Avon and Solihull, County Warwick, females, (Stratford, births 1558-1652; Solihull, births 1539-1668)" [URL: http://www.galbithink.org/names/stratsol.txt] lists five occurrences of this spelling in the raw data set.
Lyncoln - Aryanhwy merch Catmael, "Index of Names in the 1541 Subsidy Roll of London: Surnames of English Men and Women" [URL: http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/english/engsurlondon1541.html] lists one occurrence of this spelling.
Norfolk - Ekwall dates the submitted spelling to 1043-5, and it remains the spelling of a notheastern county in England.
Herald of Record: Otfrid Ammerthaler
14: Iohann filius Agustin - New Name & New Device
Azure, two axes in saltire and on a chief argent two eagles displayed sable.
Submitter desires a female name.
Authenticity NOT requested.
Sound most important.
Iohann - Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn (Heather Rose Jones), Cornish (and Other) Personal Names from the 10th Century Bodmin Manumissions, "Given Names: Names of Latin or Biblical Origin" [URL: http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/Bodmin/biblical.html], s.n. Johannes, lists the submitted spelling as a period documentary form in a Latin context.
Agustin - Ibid., s.n. Augustine, lists the submitted spelling as a period documentary form in a Latin context.
filius - Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn (Heather Rose Jones), Op. cit., in the section on Name Formats [URL: http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/Bodmin/formats.html], lists five examples of patronymics in Latin using "filius", none of which use an obvious genitive form of the father's name (Brun, Catgustel, Samuel, Wasso, Mor), so the form here has been left as Agustin.
Herald of record: Pennsic
15: Iwan Dyerrics - New Name & New Device
Quarterly azure and argent, a winged moose statant guardant sable.
Submitter desires a male name.
Authenticity NOT requested.
Sound most important.
Iwan - Talan Gwynek (Brian M. Scott), "Medieval German Given Names from Silesia" [URL: http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/bahlow_v.htm] dates the submitted spelling to 1296.
Dyerrics - Socin, Mittelhochdeutsches Namensbuch, p. 12, s.n. Theodericus, dates Dyerricus to 1295. Dyerric would be the un-Latinized form. Non-Latinized dated forms include Dietric, 1275; Diether, 13 c.; Dietherich, 1298, 1296, etc. Socin discusses patronyms in chapter 29, "Genitivnamen," and on p. 584 gives the example of Kunrat Diethers dated to 1280. Other examples include Heinrich Arnoldes, 1298 (p. 583) and Wernher Peters, 1297 (p. 586).
Herald of record: Pennsic
16: Jakob Heckrath - New Name & New Device
Per chevron argent and gules, a dragon's head erased and a chief azure.
Submitter desires a male name.
Authenticity NOT requested.
Language (German) most important.
Culture (German) most important.
Jakob - Bahlow-Gentry, p. 248, gives this as an undated header form. Ibid., p. 247, dates Jekel (Jocob) to 1381. Talan Gwynek (Brian M. Scott), "Medieval German Given Names from Silesia" [URL: http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/bahlow_v.htm] dates the submitted spelling to 1581.
Brechenmacher, p. 172, s.n. Bogenschütz, dates Jakob Bogenschütz to 1499.
Heckrath - Bahlow-Gentry, p. 201, gives this as an undated header form. The submission form states that the German version of Bahlow dates the submitted spelling as a variant of Hess to 1326. However, I cannot find this in the English version.
Herald of record: Pennsic
17: John atte Lionheart - New Name & New Device
Vert, a lion's head affronty and on a chief Or three hearts vert.
Submitter desires a male name.
Authenticity NOT requested.
Meaning most important.
The submission form states, "Lionheart is the most important name element but Lionhearted would also be acceptable"
No documentation was provided with this submission. However, I find:
John - Karen Larsdatter (Karen Harris), "Masculine Given Names Found in the 1296 Lay Subsidy Rolls for Rutland (sorted by Frequency)" [URL: http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/Rutland/given-masc-freq.htm] lists John as the third most common name in the data set.
Lionheart - "Collected Precedents of the S.C.A.: French" [URL: http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/precedents/CompiledNamePrecedents/French.html] state:
"An Index to the Given Names in the 1292 Census of Paris" (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/paris.html) lists the name Hunout le fuiz Cuer-de-Lion. In this construction, the element Cuer-de-Lion would be his father's byname. Therefore, we have support for Cuer-de-Roy 'heart of [the] king' and Cuer-de-Lion 'heart of [the] lion' (more commonly translated into modern English as Lionheart).
The Lingua Anglica allowance should allow the registration of Lionheart as a byname.
Herald of Record: Matilda Bosvyle
18: Katarzina Pogonowski - New Name & New Device
Vert, a fox sejant argent, a trimount Or.
Submitter desires a female name.
No major changes.
Authenticity NOT requested.
Language (Polish - 16th century) most important.
Culture (Polish - 16th century) most important.
Katarzina - Sara L. Friedemann (Aryanhwy merch Catmael), "Polish Feminine Given Names, 1600-1650" dates this speling to 1610 in a Polish language context.
Pogonowski - Hoffman, William F., Polish Surnames: Originas and Meanings (Chicago: Polish Genealogical Society of America), p. 393, s.v., Pogon-, lists the undated surname Pogonowski followed by what appears to be a citation number, but the citation key was not photocpied. The header, Pogon- is described as possibly deriving from pogon' meaning "chase". Paszkiewicz, Mieczyslaw and Jerzy Kulczycki, Polish Coats of Arms (London: Orbis Books Ltd., 1990), p. 246, dates the surname Pogonowski to 1674.
Herald of record: Pennsic
19: Katerina of the Debateable Lands - Resub Name & New Device
Per bend Or and vert, two linden leaves in bend sinister stems issuant from the line of division counterchanged.
No major changes.
Authenticity NOT requested.
The submission form states that this is a Laurel-leel resubmission and that the prior name submission was from 2002, but does not indicate what the previously submitted name was or from what kingdom it was submitted.
Katerina - This is the subitter's legal given name. No photocopy was provided, however, her submission form includes the following statement:
Her mundane name is "Katerina S. Pavelle", as seen on driver's license"
This is attested by Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, Rowel, and Ailis Linne, who have undersigned the statement with their legal signatures.
Debateable Lands - the SCA group name Debatable Lands, Barony-Marche of the was registered in December 1975.
Herald of record: Pennsic
20: Katheryn M'Kethirryke - New Name Change & New Device Change
Per chevron azure and argent goutty de sang, two wolves combattant and a chief fleury argent.
Old Item: Constance M'Kethirryke, to be released.
Old Item: Or, two pallets sable overall two natural dolphins
naiant in pale azure, a chief embattled sable , to be released.
Submitter desires a female name.
No major changes.
Authenticity NOT requested.
Sound most important.
Katheryn - Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O'Brien), "Feminine Given Names in King's Stanley Marriages: 1573-1600", [URL: http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/kingsstanley/FemGivenNamesAlpha.html] lists the submitted spelling variant to 1580.
M'Kethirryke - the submitter's current SCA name was registered as Constance M'Kethirryke in April 1995 via Atlantia. The byname is grandfathered per RfS II.5.
Black, p. 528, s.n. MacKettrick, has a John M'Kethirryke dated to 1376.
Her old device, Or, two pallets sable overall two natural dolphins naiant in pale azure, a chief embattled sable, was registered in April of 1995 (via Atlantia).
Herald of record: Pennsic
21: Magdalena de Mayfeld - New Name & New Device
Argent vetu ployé counter-ermine, a winged dragon sejant contourny purpure maintaining an egg sable.
Submitter desires a female name.
Authenticity NOT requested.
Sound most important.
Magdalena - Academy of Saint Gabriel report #3034 dates the submitted spelling to 1596 in Durham, England.
de Mayfeld - York Archeological Trust, York Bridgemasters' Accounts [URL: http://www.iadb.co.uk/bridgemasters/], under "Foss Bridge Accounts" [URL: http://www.iadb.co.uk/bridgemasters/fossaccounts.pdf], pp. 49-51, records indivduals named John de Mayfeld and Alice de Mayfeld in 1406.
Herald of Record: Iain mac an Bhaird
22: Maghnus an Chnoic na n'Iora - New Badge
Azure, in pale a chevron couped and a single-headed chess knight argent.
His name was registered in May of 1983 (via the East).
Herald of record: Pennsic
23: Morien MacBain - New Badge
(Fieldless) Four arrows fretted in saltire, overall a sword palewise inverted argent.
His name was registered in February of 2002 (via the East).
Herald of record: Pennsic
24: Nefyn merch Cinuin ap Maelgwn - New Name & New Device
Argent, a cinquefoil purpure seeded vert within an annulet sable, a bordure vert.
Submitter has no desire as to gender.
Authenticity NOT requested.
Nefyn - Gruffudd, p. 75, dates this as a feminine name to the 5th century citing Nefyn in Arfon, daughter of Brychan.
merch - Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn (Heather Rose Jones), "The First Thousand Years of British Names, part 2" [URL: http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/british1000/part2.html#oldwelsh2] under "Old Welsh Given Names", gives the Old Welsh form of "daughter" as merch
Cinuin - Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn (Heather Rose Jones), "The First Thousand Years of British Names: Appendices IV and V" [URL: http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/british1000/appendix4_5.html], in Appendix V, "Given names from the Llandav charters", lists Cinuin as a masculine given name. According to the introductory material to the article, the Llandav charters data dates from the 6th through 10th centuries.
Maelgwn - Gruffudd, p. 67, dates the submitted spelling to 547 and 1174.
The clients states that, if an element must be dropped, to please drop Cinuin.
Herald of record: Pennsic
25: Sebastian Wolfgang von Bayern - Resub Device
Per fess argent and bendy sinister azure and argent, on a demi-eagle issuant from the line of division sable a mullet Or.
His name was registered in February of 2005 (via AEthelmearc).
His previous submission, Per fess argent and paly bendy argent and azure, on a demi-eagle issuant from the line of division sable a mullet Or, was returned in February 2005 for using a partial field of Bavaria, Lozengy bendwise azure and argent, with the surname von Bayern.
Herald of record: Pennsic
26: Shait ben Michael - New Name Change
Old Item: Seth MacMichael, to be retained.
Submitter desires a male name.
No major changes.
Authenticity NOT requested.
Language (Hebrew) most important.
Meaning (Seth son of Michael) most important.
His old name was registered in August of 2002 (via AEthelmearc).
Shait - A Biblical name appearing in the Book of Genesis 4:25. Stuhlman, Daniel D., Hebrew Names and Name Authority in Library Catalogs (Skokie, IL: Jewish University of America, 2004), which appears to be a dissertation in support of a Doctorate of Hebrew Literature, gives a table of Hebrew Biblical names with transliterations of the Hebrew as well as English forms. The name [tav][shin] is listed, transcribed as Shait, with the English equivalent listed as Seth.
ben - Hebrew meaning "son of"
Michael - A Biblical name appearing in the Book of Numbers 13:13. Stuhlman, Daniel D., Hebrew Names and Name Authority in Library Catalogs (Skokie, IL: Jewish University of America, 2004), which appears to be a dissertation in support of a Doctorate of Hebrew Literature, gives a table of Hebrew Biblical names with transliterations of the Hebrew as well as English forms. The name [lamed][aleph][khaf][yod][mem] is listed, transcribed as Mikha'el, with the English equivalent listed as Michael.
Herald of record: Pennsic
27: Sion ap Rhainallt - New Device
Per chevron azure and vert, an armoured arm embowed sustaining a spear fesswise argent.
His name was registered in February 2007 (via AEthelmearc)
Herald of record: Pennsic
28: Þorvaldr friðsamr - New Name & New Device
Per pale Sable and Or, a sheaf of swords, the center inverted, counterchanged, a chief enarched counterchanged erminois and pean.
Submitter desires a male name.
Authenticity NOT requested.
Sound most important.
Þorvaldr - Geirr Bassi, p. 16, lists this as a masculine given name.
friðsamr - Byname derived from the weak form as shown in Geirr Bassi, p. 21, innfriðsami. An example of a weak form and a strong form pair of the same meaning is demonstrated in Geirr Bassi, p. 27, by inn skjálgi and skjálgr, both meaning "squinting."
The client will only accept changes to the byname (if necessary) and is adamant that the article inn NOT be interjected. Acceptable variants are friðbrota-maðr or frið-.
In support of a long, thin item counterchanged along the long axis, the submitter lists:
Siebmacher, p. 113, top row, the arms of Die Lautenschlager zu Wilmansberg show a per saltire fiend bearing two arrowns crossed in saltire, counterchanged along the long axis of each arrow.
Siebmacher, p. 79, bottom row, the arms of von Blacha show an arrow between two fleurs-de-lis on a per pale field with the arrow counterchanged along the long axis of the arrow.
Herald of record: Pennsic
29: Ulfkell Dungalsson - New Name & New Device
Sable, a wolf's head erased contourney argent and a base barry argent and azure.
Submitter desires a male name.
No major changes.
Authenticity NOT requested.
Sound most important.
Ulfkell - Geirr Bassi, p. 15, lists this as a masculine given name
Dungalsson - Geirr Bassi, p. 9, lists Dungall as a masculine given name. Geirr Bassi, p. 17, specifies the genitive form of names ending in -ll as -ls+son.
Herald of record: Pennsic
30: Ulfkell Dungalsson - New Household Name & New Badge
Domus Canis Bellatoris
Vert, on a sinister hand couped argent a dog's paw print vert.
Submitter has no desire as to gender.
No major changes.
Authenticity NOT requested.
Meaning most important.
Domus - Traupman, John C., New College Latin-English Dictionary, p. 92, gives this as the Latin nominative singular for "house."
Canis - Ibid, p. 33, gives this as the Latin nominative singular for "dog."
Bellatoris - Ibid, p. 28, gives this as the Latin genitive singular for "warlike."
The Project Ordensnamen gives Dragon Overthrown as an example of the pattern of [creature]+[adjective].
Herald of record: Pennsic
31: Viðarr Hrafnsson - New Name & New Device
Argent, a raven displayed sable and on a chief azure, an increscent between two triskeles of legs argent.
Submitter desires a male name.
Authenticity NOT requested.
Language (Norse) most important.
Culture (Norse) most important.
Viðarr - Geirr Bassi, p. 16, counts two occurences of this masuline given name in the Landnámabók.
Hrafnsson - Geirr Bassi, p. 11, counts 17 occurences of the masculine given name Hrafn in the Landnámabók.
Geirr Bassi, p. 17, in the section on genetive endings, does not give -fn as a possible ending for a given name. The consulting team's best guess as to the genitive form of Hrafn is represented here. The submitter will accept any necessary changes.
Herald of record: Pennsic