Unto the College of Heralds of the Kingdom of AEthelmearc and to all to whom these words shall come, greeting from Dagonell Collingwood, Garnet Herald.

This time around I would like to introduce my assistant, Sayidda Shahira bint al-Sammad.

Comments on this letter are due by February 1. You are free to comment on all or any part of the letter. I welcome e-mail comments. My site address is "salley@klaatu.canisius.edu". If you prefer to see the ILoI electronically, I also maintain the AEthelmearc College of Heralds web-page. It can be reached via the AEthelmearc home page or its own URL at "http://www-cs.canisius.edu/~salley/heralds.html" Please note, that is a hyphen between "www" and "cs", not a period. The web-site will also have a list of all the submissions as I receive them. These will be included in the next letter of intent. I would like to thank both Bertran de Mellegwnn and Juliana de Luna for scanning in the emblazons on my last letter for the website.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Y2K!

Dagonell

1.) Caroline of Burgundy -- Device only

"Argent, in saltire two epees sable between in cross four garden roses gules, slipped vert."

Herald of Record: Lodovick of Gray's Inn

2.) Charles of Alden (M) -- New Name and Device

Charles - Withycombe, pg. 62

Alden - Alden is being submitted as a spelling variation of the place-name Halden. Reaney and Wilson, pg. 5, identify numerous instances of Alden. In the same entry, they also identify Alden as a spelling variation of Haldane. On pg. 212, under Haldane, they identify Halden as a spelling variation of Haldane, among others. Immediately following this entry, there is an entry for Halden. In this second entry, they identify a John atte Haldon dated to 1317 and state that the name comes from High Haldon which is located in Kent. Therefore Halden is a place name, and it seems reasonable that Alden is a plausible spelling variation of this name, especially given the demonstrated interchangability of Halden, Alden and Haldane.

"Azure, a sheaf of arrows inverted a chief enarched inverted rayonne or."

Herald of Record : Edmund Tregelles

3.) Conrad Longespee the Blak Heart - New Device

Name Registered 5/93

"Sable, two erminois lions dormant, a chief embattled erminois."

Herald of Record : Catrin of Wenlock

4.) Gareth Kincaid - New Device

Name Registered ???

"Per pale argent and sable, on a sun counterchanged, a celtic cross counterchanged."

Herald of Record : Raymond de Caen

5.) Iago Benitez - New Badge and New Badge

Name Registered 3/94

"Or, an eagle statant wings displayed gules within an orle of ermine spots sable."

"Quarterly gules and or, a cross bottony within a bordure, all counterchanged."

Herald of Record : Lodovick of Gray's Inn

6.) Isabel de Santiago (F) - New Name

Isabel - Withycombe, pg.164, states that the name was very common in Spain.

de Santiago - Santiago is an ancient city in the north-west of Spain. Known more fully as Santiago de Compastella the name is often shortened to Santiago. The city is the final destination of one of the most important pilgrimages.

Herald of Record : Edmund Tregelles

7.) Jolivette du Louvre (F) - New Name and Device

Jolivette - A feminine version of Jollivet, found in An Index to the Given Names of 1292 Census of Paris by Lord Colm Dubh (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/paris.html)

du Louvre - Ibid. Amigert du Louvre.

"Per pale argent and vert, three wolves teeth issuant from sinister and in chief three frogs sejant all counterchanged."

Herald of Record : Christianna of Sydoneia

8.) Joscelyn Odette d'Arques (F) - New Name and Device

Webmaster's Note: No miniature emblazon

If the name Odette can not be registered submitter will accept Joscelyn d'Arques.

Joscelyn -- French Name, Armorial & Ordinary, pg. 274

Odette -- French Name, Armorial & Ordinary, pg. 392

d'Arques -- French (Norman Province) (http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/cateline/norman16.html)

"Gyronny of eight or and argent, two ram's heads combattant azure and sable."

Herald of Record : Raymond de Caen

9.) Kaithren Rowand (F) - New Name

She wishes the name to be sixteenth century Scottish meaning "Katherine the Red-Haired"

Kaithren -- A List of Feminine Personal Names Found in Scottish Records: Post-1400 Names by Brian Scott (Master Talan Gwynek) (http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/talan/scottishfem/scottishfemlate.html)

Rowand -- Black (under Rowand) pg. 702 cites various spellings of the name from 1439 to 1750. This spelling appears throughout the sixteenth century.

Herald of Record : Rhys ap Madog

10.) Margaret Acton (F) - New Name and Device

Margaret - Withycombe, pg. 206

Acton - Reaney and Wilson, pg. 2, Richard Acton 1421 and Hugh de Acton 1194.

"Azure, a chicken passant contourney a chief engrailed argent."

Herald of Record : Edmund Tregelles

11.) Mary Elizabeth Clason (F) - New Name and Device

Mary - Withycombe, pg. 211

Elizabeth - Withycombe, pg. 99

Clason - Black, pg. 153, identifies Clason and numerous spelling variations as early as 1328.

"Azure, a horseshoe inverted, on a chief or, three round buckles sable."

Herald of Record : Edmund Tregelles

12.) Matthias of Harlech (M) - New Device

Name Registered ???

"Per pale sable and argent, on a roundle counterchanged, a human skull counterchanged."

Herald of Record : Raymond de Caen

13.) Muirgen Kincaid - New Device

Name Registered ???

"Per chevron inverted sable and argent, a lute palewise or and a mullet vert."

Herald of Record : Raymond de Caen

14.) Og, Stronghold of (nee Orion's Gate) - New Group Name

The petition signed by the members of the stronghold was accompanied by thirty-plus pages of photocopies! In summary: Og is an element of several English compound place names, including Ogbourne from Oc 'Oak' and Burne 'River'. The prototheme is the result of a lazy pronunciation in Old English with the 'c(k)' voiced to a 'g' by the influence of the following voiced letter 'b'. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names by Eilert Ekwall.

England has a great number of simple names which are constructed of only one element, usually a single prominent feature of the area such as a river, hill or old Roman fort. Examples of these include Wick 'the dwelling', Wawne 'quagmire' or Lea 'meadow'. These forms are also seen in other compound place names such as Warwick, Cheswick, and Lealand. A Survey of the History of English Place Names by Dame Cateline de la Mor la Souriete

It is suggested by John Ogbourne in his Origins of the names Ogbourne, Ogborne, Ogburn website that at times the river which ran through the town was referred to as the river Og, although it probably is referring to the lazy pronunciation of the river Ock.

Oglander is not a town name, but instead refers to an area of land. The name derives from the Old French 'Organdes'. This original version appears in a charter from Henry II in 1174 confirming a gift to the abbey of Montebourg, the land of Orglandes. In 1141, a Robert de Oglandris is listed as witness to the foundation charter of the abbey of Quarr.

In conclusion Og has been used since 1141 as an element of several English place-names. Although I am unable to find the word Og listed by itself as a place name I believe based on its inclusion as an element in several other place names that it is in keeping with the period naming style.

Herald of Record : Auvere du Ver

15.) Westland Mor, Canton of - New Group Name and Device

Place names in Old English often combine direction as part of a name, Southampton, Westminster in particular area near London at which Benedictine abbey church built by Edward the Confessor (1050-1065) as noted in The Plantagenet Encyclopedia pg. 206 (pce)

Another element is the use of the word "land" as in Crowland Abbey, another Benedictine abbey in Lincolnshire, apparently bulit prior to 1083 as mentioned in the same source above, pg. 56 (pce)

Third element in the name is the Middle English version of moor, a marsh or wetland as per The American Heritage Dictionary, 1981.

"Per chevron abased azure and vert, a chevron abased argent, in chief a mullet of four or between the horns of a massacre proper, in base laurel wreath or."

There is no petition enclosed with the submission.

Herald of Record : Vivienne Marie de Beauvois