05.) Christopher of York – device resubmission, name registered Dec. 92
Unto the Ćthelmearc College of Heralds greetings from Dagonell Collingwood, Garnet Herald.
As always, you are welcome to comment on all or any part of this letter. Additional copies will be available on the Ćthelmearc College of Heralds website (http://www-cs.canisius.edu/~salley/heralds.html) E-mail is strongly encouraged. You can also hand them to me in person. I'll be camping with The Barony of the Rhydderich Hael at Pennsic. Send comments to: Lord Dagonell Collingwood, Garnet Herald, c/o David P. Salley, 5294 Webster Road, Fredonia NY 14063 or salley@klaatu.canisius.edu. Due date is September 1, 2000 C.E. / A.S. XXXV.
01.) Asmé Scales (F)– new name and device
Asmé – Withycombe, pg. 106 cites Esmé dated to 1542. The submitter prefers Asmé, but will accept the documented form if need be.
Scales – Black, pg. 711 dated 1626, Reaney & Wilson, (sn. Scales) dates 'de Scales' to 1281.
"Argent, on a chevron or fimbriated azure between four feathers two and two, three roundels gules."
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd du
02.) Brann MacNaughton (M)– new name
Brann – O'C&M (sn. Bran) gives the spelling Bran. The submitter would prefer two n's, but will accept one if necessary.
MacNaughton – Black, (sn. MacNaughton) gives this as a header form, dates various spellings from 1247 on.
Herald of Record: Julianna de Luna
03.) Casa Valdes – new device, name???
"Or, on a moutain purpure, a donkey or."
Note from Garnet: I will be contacting the submitter via e-mail
Herald of Record: Geoffrey Montgomery
04.) Ceara McMillan (F) – new name and device
Ceara – fem. Derivative of Ciaran, saint's name. Header in O'Corrain, Donnchach & Maguire Irish Names
McMillan – Header in Black, Surnames of Scotland. McMillan is an Argyllshire family name dating to 1100.
"Per bend azure and gules, a dragon's head erased facing sinister, a bordure argent."
Herald of Record: Gilles de Beauchamps
05.) Christopher of York – device resubmission, name registered Dec. 92
"Counterermine, a tiger's head cabossed or marked sable, a bordure ermine."
His previous submission, with the tiger proper, was returned at Laurel.
Herald of Record: Margaret Makfee
06.) Corwyn Montgomery – new device, new badge, name registered May 99.
Device: "Sable, a cubit arm, hand in glove, fessways, proper, maintaining a sword paleways, argent, on a chief argent, three rondels sable."
Badge: "Sable, a cubit arm, hand in glove, fessways, proper, maintaining a tankard argent, a bordure argent."
Note from Garnet: The submissions are entirely black and white. Is anyone else reminded of a beer commercial?
Herald of Record: Geoffrey Montgomery
07.) Dennis of Greenway (M) – change of name to Denys the Decadent and new device
Denys – This gentle wishes his name to be accepted as he is called. There is of course, St. Denys of Paris. I pointed out to him that I found Denys as a feminine name, he said he did not care. Therefore, I submit a Denys Burden named in the will of John Credy Esq. of London (1426) from The Fifty Earliest English Wills in the Court of Probate, London 1387-1439, Furnivall, Frederick, ed., Trubner & Co. (London 1882) (pce)
Also, Denys (as a variant spelling of Denis) is given in Kelly, Sean & Rogers, Rosemary Saints Preserve Us!: Everything You Need to Know about Every Saint You'll Ever Need, Random House, New York, pg. 76 (pce)
"Argent a saltire gules, on a chief wavy vert, a sea serpent ondoyent langued gules, wrapped about a sword fesswise sinister or."
Herald of Record: Gilles de Beauchamps
08.) Diolach Macaree – new device, name registered May 93
"Argent, a pithon embowed-counterembowed, wings displayed vert, maintaining a rose azure slipped and leaved vert."
Herald of Record: Connor M'Eleam
09.) Dominic McMorland (M) – new name and device
Dominic – Christian saint name
McMorland – http://www.swyrich.com & http://camelotintl.com (pce)
Note from Garnet: Both sites will sell you coffee mugs and wall plaques with your "family coat of arms" .
"Vert, a lion rampant to sinister holding a garb or."
Herald of Record: Beautrice Hammeltoune
10.) Eva Goch (F) – new name and device
Eva – (Eve) Jones, Heather Rose (SCA: Tangwystyl verch Morgant Clasvryn) Constructing 13th Century Welsh Names (http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/tangwystyl/welsh13.html)
Goch – (Red) Ibid.
"Vert, semy of comets argent, on a fess argent a book counterchanged."
Note from Garnet: The book is green.
Herald of Record: Gilles de Beauchamps
11.) Filippo de Sancto Martino (M) – new name and device
Both names appear in 4300 Citizens of Pisa, 1228 by Enrico Salvatori available through the Society's web page at (http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/italia/pisani.html)
Filippo – Filippus Torselli is one of the numerous Filippos mentioned on this page. The name is Latinized in the written document.
De Sancto Martino – A Viriano de Scanto Martino appears on this web site.
"Gyronny sable and gules, a rhinoceros head argent."
Note from Garnet: One Dagonell point to any non-titled herald who can identify the reason for return.
Herald of Record: Edmund Tregelles
12.) Fionn Harper (F)– new name
No documentation enclosed. Submitter wishes her name to be female Scottish.
Herald of Record: Julianna de Luna
13.) Gareth Kincaid – device resubmission, new badge, name registered Aug. 99
Device: "Per pale sable and argent, a Celtic cross on a sun counterchanged, all within a bordure counterchanged."
His previous submission, with tinctures reversed, was returned for conflict with Jennet of Twominds "Per pale argent and sable, a sun in his splendor throughout of the field, rayed and featured counterchanged."
Badge: "Per saltire gules and argent, a hammer sable palewise."
Herald of Record: Raymond de Caen
14.) Geoffrey Fitzdavid – device resubmission, name registered Dec. 95
"Per chevron gules and chevronelly, or and sable."
His previous submission, "Or, a chevron gules in base three chevronels sable" was returned for using two different sizes of the same charge on the field.
Herald of Record: Stevyn le Reven
15.) Giles de Beauchamps – new device, name registered (date)?
"Per pale sable and or, a panther passant regardant incensed proper, semy of roundels counterchanged, maintaining a herald's staff or."
Herald of Record: Gilles de Beauchamps
16.) Gillian Llywellyn – new device, name registered (date)?
"Argent, a sewing needle bendwise sable threaded vert, an orle of hearts gules."
Herald of Record: Edmund Tregelles
17.) Kieran MacRae – change of device, name registered March 97
"Per chevron throughout purpure and argent, two equal-armed Celtic crosses argent and an equal-armed Celtic cross sable."
If this device is registered, her old device "Argent on a triangle throughout purpure between three Celtic crosses sable, a natural panther rampant argent."
Herald of Record: Julianna de Luna
18.) Lara Sukhadrev (F) – new name
Lara – Tatiana Nikolaevna Tumanova, Compleat Russian Name Book, pg. 29 Diminutive of "Larisa" and "Laura"
Sukhadrev – Ibid, pg. 117 Surname derived from transferred nickname meaning "Dry Wood".
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd du
In Service,
Dagonell Collingwood