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Unto the AEthelmearc College of Arms and all unto whom these words come, warmest greetings from Dagonell Collingwood, Garnet Herald!

"Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind ..." Sorry. I always get carried away at New Year's parties. :-) I'd like to thank all the people who helped out at Ice Dragon: Cigfran Caer Gwalch, Juliana de Luna, and Nigel of Southwoods for running the consult table with me; Daniel Moorsholm and Otfrid Ammerthaler for doing the announcements; and kudos to Penelope of Helena who came up from Atlantia to attend her first AEthelmearc event since last Ice Dragon. She spent the entire morning helping the merchants set up and the entire afternoon drawing and coloring for the heralds. Vivats to one and all.

I apologize for not being able to put out an April Fool's issue. Things simply got too busy at work. I have all of your submissions still and will try to put out a gag letter next year. As always, feel free to comment on all or any part of this letter, e-mail is strongly encouraged. Send comments to: Lord Dagonell Collingwood, Garnet Herald, c/o David P. Salley, 5294 Webster Road, Fredonia N.Y. 14063 or salley@klaatu.canisius.edu. Due date is June 1, 2000.

1.) Alaric MacConal -- new badge, name registered Sept. 1989

"Fieldless, on a saltire couped azure, five bezants."

Herald of Record: Juliana de Luna

2.) Ana Oft der Turn -- new badge, name registered?

"Fieldless, an acorn sable."

Herald of Record: Geoffrey Montgomery

3.) Anabella de Fyfe (F) -- new name

Anabella -- Withycombe, pg. 26

de Fyfe -- Reaney & Wilson, pg. 168

Herald of Record : Ice Dragon consult table

4.) Andro Darach (M) -- new name

Andro -- Black, pg. 23 (s.n. Andrew) dates this spelling to 1399

Darach -- Black, pg. 201 (s.n Darroch) dates this spelling to 1406

Herald of Record : Ice Dragon consult table

5.) Brandric of Rhydderich Hael (M) -- change of holding name

Brandric -- submitter's currently registered name

Slayrock -- spelling variant of Slaywrock (Black, pg. 731, s.n.)

Submitter will accept the additional 'w' if necessary.

Herald of Record : Ice Dragon consult table

6.) Charles of Alden -- resubmitted device

"Azure, three arrows in sheaf inverted, a chief rayonny or."

Name currently in process (XLoI #A39), device returned at Kingdom (LoR #A39). His previous submission, "Azure, a sheaf of arrows inverted a chief enarched inverted rayonne Or" was returned because Laurel precedent bans the use of two different complex lines on the same charge 'with very rare exceptions'.

Herald of Record : Ice Dragon consult table

7.) Cormac O'Gadhra -- new device, name registered May 1998

"Argent, a lion passant gules, on a chief gules three drinking horns argent."

Herald of Record: Cormac O'Gadhra

8.) Corvinus filius Nennius (M) -- new name and device

Corvinus -- Swanson, Donald The Names in Roman Verse pg. 90 (pce) cites this spelling four times.

Nennius -- Collier's Encyclopedia under Welsh Literature (pce) cites Nennius

"Per pale sable and argent, an owl perched upon a key fesswise counterchanged."

Herald of Record: Ice Dragon consult table

9.) Cynwrig Wyn (M) -- new name and device

Cynwrig -- A Simple Guide to Constructing 13th Century Welsh Names by Tanwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn (mundanely Heather Rose Jones) lists names taken from a tax roll, The Merioneth Lay Subsidy Roll of 1292-3 (www.panix.com/~mittle/names/tangwystl/welsh13.html)

Wyn -- No documentation given, but the submitter wishes his name to be male and Welsh.

"Sable, a wolf rampant or on a chief or, two triangles inverted sable."

Herald of Record: Cormac O'Gadhra

10.) Edana Ingen on Druiadh (F) -- new name and device

Edana -- Book of Irish Names First Family & Place Names by Ronan Coghlan, Ida Grehan & P.W. Joyce. derivative of Aidan (pg. 10 Aidan pg. 18 Edana (pce))

Ingen an Druaidh -- "Mac an Druaidh can be found in The Surnames of Ireland by MacLysaght pg. 91 (derivative of Deury) Since the submitter is female, Ingen should be acceptable in place of Mac."

"Vert, a butterfly argent on a chief or, three roses gules barbed and seeded proper."

Herald of Record: Geoffrey Montgomery

11.) Eldridht in Skamma -- new device, name registered Sept. 1997

"Per bend sinister azure and or, a clarion or an owl azure."

Herald of Record: Geoffrey Montgomery

12.) Emelyne the Scrivener (F) -- change of name and new device

She wishes to change her name to Diane the Scrivener.

If Laurel accepts the change, her current name is to be released.

Diane -- the submitter's mundane first name

Scrivener -- the submitter's current epithet.

"Vert, an open book on a chief or, three crosses fleury vert."

Herald of Record: Ice Dragon consult table

13.) Gabriella d'Asti -- new badge, name registered March 1997

"Fieldless, a violet slipped and leaved proper."

Herald of Record: Geoffrey Montgomery

14.) Geossallyn -- new name and device

Geossallyn -- The Best Baby Name Book in the Whole Wide World by Bruce and Vicki Lansky, introduction by Erma Bombeck. (Meadowbook Press) "Jessica (Hebrew) wealthy' Literary: a name perhaps invented by Shakespeare for a character in the Merchant of Venice. A feminine form of Jesse. See also Jasmine. Spelling variants Jess, Jessalin Jessalyn, Jessie, Jessy" (pce) The submitter's mundane name is Jessica.

"On a field azure, in pale, a crescent argent, an eagle sable, a panther sable."

Herald of Record: Kai Saerthen

Note from Garnet : I know. Please be kind.

15.) Hroswith of Southwoods (F) -- new name

Hroswith -- Hroswith is reported to be in Uppity Women of Medieval Times

Southwoods -- Southwood is a header form in Reaney & Wilson, the form dates from 1225 on.

Herald of Record: Ice Dragon consult table

Note from Garnet: I want to read that book! :-)

16.) Marguerite de Troyes (F) -- new name and device

Marguerite -- cited in Catledge, Scott (SCA: Colm Dubh) An Index to the Given Names of 1292 Census of Paris (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/paris.html). It is also the submitter's mundane name.

Troyes -- cited in Dauzat & Rostaing (pg. 688) as being founded in the fourth century.

"Vert, a daisy argent seeded or, a bordure or, semy of lozenges purpure."

Herald of Record: Ice Dragon consult table

17.) Meadhbh Inghean Sheamuis (F) -- new name and device

"This name is per consultation with Jaella" The submitter wishes her name to be female and Gaelic. She states that it means "Meadhbh, daughter of Sheamuis"

"Argent, a tressure purpure a dragon passant pupure."

Herald of Record: Cormac O'Gadhra

18.) Morien MacBan -- new device, name registered April 1992

"Gules, crusilly or, a falcon close sable on a maltese cross argent."

Herald of Record: Jehan de la Marche

19.) Morwenna of Lansallos -- new name and device

Morwenna -- Withycombe (s.n. Morwenna) lists this name as one of a virgin saint. Talan's index of names from Reaney & Wilson dates Merwenna to 1321.

Lansallos -- Mills, pg. 25, gives this as header dated to Domesday Book but not in this spelling.

"Per bend sinister gules and sable two rabbits sejant argent."

20.) Nigel of Southwoods (M) -- new name

Nigel -- Nigel is a header form in Withycombe, the form is dated from 1086 on.

Southwoods -- Southwood is a header form in Reaney & Wilson, the form dates from 1225 on.

Herald of Record: Ice Dragon consult table

21.) Patricia de Moseleia (F) -- new name

Patricia -- Withycombe

de Moseleia -- Reaney & Wilson, pg. 315, (s.n. Moseley) dates this spelling to 1195

Herald of Record: Ice Dragon consult table

22.) Sara of Cambridge (F) -- new name and device

Sara -- Withycombe, pg. 263 (s.n. Sara(h)) It is found in use in England as a Christian name from the 12th C.

Cambridge -- Reaney & Wilson, pg. 81, (s.n. Cambridge) cites examples of this University town which date back to the Domesday Boke in various spellings.

"Sable a compass star and on a chief rayonny or, three roses gules."

She has permission to conflict with her husband, Robert of Hazeltine, "Sable, a compass star and on a chief rayonny or, a sword sable."

Herald of Record: Ice Dragon consult table

23.) Tarlach MacLove (M) -- new name and device

Tarlach -- MacGuire

MacLove -- The Surnames of Ireland by MacLysaght pg 190 (derivative of MacClave)

"Argent, two ravens sable passant to sinister chape azure, a sun in its splendor argent eclipsed sable."

Herald of Record: Geoffrey Montgomery

24.) Yang Liu (F) -- new name and device

Yang -- Family name which translates as "Oak"

Liu -- Personal name which means "Willow"

The submitter wishes to be a woman from the City of Chang-An, a capital of the Chinese empire. In the twentieth century, it is know as Xi-An, in central China. Her time period is the Early Tang Dynasty, roughly 700-720 A.D. The Tang Dynasty lasted from 618 to 907 A.D. The submitter has provided extensive documentation, copious citations and photocopies in both Chinese and English. She's even included how to write her name in Chinese. The central work is The Chinese Reader's Manual by William Frederick Mayers, the Chinese Secretary to Her Britannic Majesty's Legation at Peking. Publisher is American Presbyterian Mission Press in Shanghai.

"Gules, on a fess cotised argent, a willow gules."

Herald of Record: Bertran de Mellegwenn