Æthelmearc Letter of Intent Æ130
October 2, 2010 (AS 45)

Unto Olwynn ni Chinnéidigh, Laurel Queen of Arms; Juliana de Luna, Pelican Queen of Arms; Tanczos Istvan, Wreath King of Arms; and the Members of the College of Arms, does Fridrikr Tomasson, Garnet Herald send most courteous greetings!

It is the intent of the College of Heralds of the Kingdom of Æthelmearc to submit for registration the following:

1: Alethea Cowle - New Device

OSCAR finds the name on the Æthelmearc LoI of May 01, 2010 as submitted.

Gules, an ermine spot and a chief embattled argent

2: Eiríkr inn hávi - New Name Change From Holding Name & New Device Change

Gyronny Or and vert, a bear rampant contourny sable within a bordure sable seme of descrescents Or

Old Item: Edward of Smoking Rocks, to be released.
Old Item: Per bend Or and vert, a beer stein and a bear rampant contourny counterchanged, to be released.
Submitter desires a masculine name.
No major changes.

Eiríkr - Geirr Bassi Haraldsson, Old Norse Name, p. 9. Sara L Uckelman (Aryanhwy merch Catmael), Viking Names found in the Landnámabok <http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/landnamabok.html>, cites this name as appearing 12 times in the Landnámabok.

inn hávi - Sara L. Uckelman (Aryanhwy mercy Catmael), Viking Bynames found in the Landnámabok, <http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/vikbynames.html> cites this byname, meaning "tall, impressive" as being found 4 times in the Landnámabok.

The device is close to, but clear of Samhthann ni Ghiolla Mhuire (7/01 Calontir) -- Gyronny vert and Or, a horse salient sable, a bordure sable semy of Celtic crosses Or.

We count one CD for the change of the primary charge and a second CD for the changes to the tertiary charges per RfS X.4.j.ii.

3: Eleanora de Rosewycke - New Name & New Device

Purpure, a chalice argent and in chief three roses argent barbed and seeded Or

Submitter desires a feminine name.
Language (English) most important.

Eleanora Brian M. Scott (Talan Gwynek), Feminine Names in a Dictionary of English Surnames sub Eleanor <http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/reany.cgi?Eleanor> dates the submitted spelling to 1205 and 1207 via Withycombe.

Rosewycke - W. Boxer Mayne, The Parishes and Churches of S. Grade, S. Ruan Major, and S. Run Minor (in Meneage Cornwall) (London: William Pollard, 1905), p. 25 states:

Older registers than that of Bishop Bronescombe, the twelfth Bishop of Exeter, who was consecrated in 1257, do not now exist. In this register mention is made of a certain priest being instituted Rector "Ecclesie Sancte Crucis de Rosewycke," this reference very evidently pointing to some now forgotten dedication of the Church "within the manor of Rosewycke" to the Holy Cross
Further, S. Baring-Gould, John Fisher, The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales, Cornwall and ...," Volume 2, p. 186 <http://books.google.com/books?id=uE3pXSdZd5gC&pg=PA186&dq=%22de+Rosewycke%22&hl=en&ei=PxSATJKTNMOBlA ewq9nYDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22de%20Rosewycke%22&f= false> dates "Stae. Crucis de Rosewycke" to 1261.

With reference to the construction of the name, Sara L. Uckelman (Aryanhwy mercy Catmael) Index of Names in the 1292 Subsidy Roll of London: Surnames <http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/english/surlondon1292.html>, which gives numerous examples of locative bynames, in the form <given name> + de + <placename>.

The device is close to, but clear of Jacquetta Edington of Yorkshire, registered in August of 2001 (via Atlantia): Purpure, a goblet and in chief three roses Or. We count a CD each for the tincture of the goblet and of the roses.

4: Emelyne le Tresor - New Release of Name & New Release of Device

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in May of 2002, via Æthelmearc.

Gules, a chevron argent semy of key crosses sable between three fleurs-de-lys argent

5: Günther Schwarzrose - New Badge

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in May of 2002, via Æthelmearc.

Argent, a rose sable within a bordure invected gules

6: Katheryn Täntzel - New Name

Submitter desires a feminine name.
Sound most important.

Katheryn - Sara L. Uckelman (Aryanhwy mercy Catmael), German Names from 1495 <http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/german/german1495.html>, sub Katherina, cites 1 reference to this spelling.

Täntzel - Sara L. Uckelman (Aryanhwy mercy Catmael), German Names from 1495: Surnames <http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/german/surnames1495t-z.html> cites this surname as occurring once in Pollingen.

7: Maureen of Abhainn Ciach Ghlais - New Name & New Device

Purpure, a unicorn rampant contourny argent and on a chief engrailed Or three harps vert

Maureen - Submitter's given name. Driver's license has been provided.

Abhainn Ciach Ghlais - Group name, registered 1989 via the East.

8: Sorcha MacKenzie - New Name & New Device

Per fess azure and sable, a phoenix and in chief a heart sustained by a pair of hands fesswise aversant argent

Submitter desires a feminine name.
No major changes.
Culture (Scots) most important.

Sorcha - Kathleen M. O'Brien (Mari Elspeth nice Bryan), Index of Names in Irish Annals: Sorcha <http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Sorcha.shtml>, cites this name to the 15th - 16th c.

MacKenzie - Black, p. 525-526, sub MacKenzie, says that a "Johannes McKenzie, apprentice of Apilcrocem, had a charter of the lands of Kildin with the mill in 1606." This is a scribal abbreviation of MacKenzie.

The Table of Lingual Weirdness Rulings <http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/sca/weirdness_table.html> cites Gaaelic-Scots combinations as one Step from Period Practice.

This concludes the Æthelmearc Letter of Intent, dated 2 October AS 45 (ce 2010)

OSCAR counts 4 New Names, 4 New Devices, 1 New Device Change and 1 New Badge. These 10 items are chargeable, Laurel should receive $30 for them. OSCAR counts 1 New Holding Name Change. This item is not chargeable. OSCAR counts 1 Release of Name and 1 Release of Device. These 2 items may or may not require payment. There are a total of 13 items submitted on this letter.