Unto the Ćthelmearc College of Arms and all unto whom these words come, warmest greetings on the first day of the new millennium (Yes, I'm one of those 'purists' :) ) from Lord Dagonell Collingwood, Garnet Herald for the Sylvan Kingdom of Ćthelmearc.
The following gentles have had their official letters of notification returned to this office due to incorrect addresses: Joe Cangiago, Karen Deboze, Ron Long, Emma Rogers, and Kimberly Zerkle. If anyone has a correct address for any of these gentles, please contact either Silver Buccle or myself.
Personal Names of the Aristocracy in the Roman Empire During the Later Byzantine Era by Berret Chavez (known in the SCA as Bardas Xiphias) (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/byzantine) cites (pce) :
Anna - to 1057 under Feminine Given Names
Malakina - Malakes to 13th century under Family Names, with "Malakina" as the feminized form under Feminizing Family Names
If her new name is accepted, her old name Anwen ferch Morgaunt will be released.
Device: "Or, on a lozenge gules, three bezants conjoined one and two."
Badge: "(Fieldless) Three torteaux conjoined one and two."
Unfortunately, the device runs afoul of Rules for Submission XI.4 (Arms of Pretense) "[Inescutcheons, lozenges, or other geometric charges] may not contain an ordinary that terminates at the edge, or have more than one charge."
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd Du
"Per pale argent and sable, chapé ployé counterchanged."
"This motif appears several times in Siebmacher (Masbach, pg. 122; Raitenbach, pg. 128; Neydberg, pg. 172)" - Cadell Blaidd du
Herald of Record: Brandubh Ó Donnghaile
"Purpure, on a bend argent, three decrescents palewise gules."
If this is registered, her old device is to be released.
Herald of Record: Juliana Richenda Trevain
Catherine - Withycombe, pg. 186, (s.n. Katharine, Katherine, Catharine, Catherine) Various spellings back to the 4th century. This form is not specifically mentioned, except in the header, however the text says "the spelling with th came in about the 16th C."
O'Herlihy - MacLysaght, pg. 155, (s.n.) "A Ballyvourney erenagh family whose name is sometimes changed to Hurley"
"Per fess wavy azure and vert, in pale an otter passant and a quill pen bendwise sinister argent."
The identical name and device was submitted to Laurel earlier this year. Laurel passed the name in February and returned the device for a lack of paperwork. I very nearly returned the current submission at Kingdom level for the same reason. A large number of people did the same however, and in the spirit of Christmas I made correct miniatures where it was possible. This will NOT happen again. As of today, I am Ebeneezer Grinch! All incomplete submissions WILL be returned. The Heraldic Flying Circus and Moving Company had a great deal to say about this submission which is too long to re-print here. I strongly recommend reading it on the Ćthelmearc Heralds' Webpage.
Herald of Record: Bridgette MacFarlane
"Or, a pear vert."
His previous submission, "[Fieldless] A pear vert." was returned for conflict with Hector aus Pier, "Per chevron throughout azure and Or, in base a pear vert." My recommendation was to try to get a letter of permission to conflict. I originally stated that the change was not sufficient to clear the original conflict. I had misread the emblazon as "Per chevron vert and Or, ..." in which case the move is forced and no points could be given for the change of location. However, since this is not the case, the field is neutral, the location is not forced and the second point can be given. "You cannot get a CD for position on the field for a fieldless badge, so Hector's device conflicts with 'Fieldless, a pear vert', but not with the pear on any field (except Per chevron azure and Or) - isn't that curious?" - Juliana de Luna, Gage Herald
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd Du
"Pean, on a bend sinister Or, a hurst of three trees palewise sable."
His previous submission, with the field sable, was returned in-Kingdom for conflict with Paul of Bellatrix "Sable on a bend sinister or, three compass stars palewise gules." Yes, it's that Paul of Bellatrix. His submission before that, with the field purpure, was returned in-Kingdom for conflict against Gwynffd of Ogg "Purpure, on a bend sinister Or, a blackbird perching upon a log sable, holding in its beak an annulet gules." His submission before that, with the field gules, was returned in-Kingdom for conflict against Sebastian of Ventburr "Gules on a bend sinister Or, three wings palewise, each terminating in a hand brandishing a sword sable." His submission before that was completely different and returned at Laurel for conflict The new field is appropriate, considering all the 'pean' he's gone through with the submission process.
Herald of Record: Garnet
Cordelia - Withycombe, pg. 73 identifies a Cordelia Harvey who died in 1636. An article on the Saint Gabriel website discusses the name in more detail, and comes to the conclusion that it is probably late period (http://www.medievalscotland.org/problem/names/cordelia.shtml) Laurel has registered the name in the past and has ruled on its acceptability as recently as 1995. In the November 1995 LoAR, Laurel states the following in registering the name Cordelia Wynne: "Cordelia must be given the benefit of the doubt; according to Withycombe, it was in actual use in 1636 and close variants can be found in period, at least in literature."
Colton - Reaney and Wilson, pg. 106 identifies a Roger Colton in 1371
Herald of Record: Edmund Tregelles
Daniel - O'Corrain and Maguire, pg. 70, (s.n. Daniél) cites it as a Biblical name "borrowed by a number of early Irish clerics such as Daniél abbot of Roscrea (died 761) and Daniél abbot of Arbrackan (died 736)."
O'Ryan - O'C&M, pg. 155, (s.n. Ríán, Rian) "There is a St. Ríán whose feast day is 13 April. From this name derives the modern surname O'Riain (O Ryan)" Originally submitted as Daniél O'Rian the Fletcher, "a somewhat eclectic mixture of Gaelic and English orthographies and forms". The submitter allowed for changes and cared most about the sound, so the entire name was changed to Daniel O'Ryan the Fletcher, "putting everything in standard modern English orthography" (Quotes from Juliana de Luna, Gage Herald)
"Sable, on a bend sinister argent, between two arrows bendwise sinister Or, three estoiles of eight rays purpure."
Herald of Record: Ailis Linne
Emilia - The submitter originally documented it from The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare, one of the characters is "Emilia, wife to Iago" (pce). Withycombe, pg. 103, (s.n. Emily, Emilia) cites "Boccaccio's use of Emilia for the heroine of his Teseide helped to bring the name into use in the later Middle Ages, and Chaucer in his Knight's Tale anglicized it as Emelye."
O'Madagáin - The submitter originally documented it from Dictionary of Surnames by Hanks and Hodges, pg 340, (s.n. Madden), which cites O Madagáin as the Gaelic form. We can do slightly better, "O'Madagain is cited in Woulfe as 'an offshoot of O'Madden of Co. Galway who settled in the 16th century in Clare and Limerick.' MacLysaught, pg. 204, (s.n. (O)Madigan) gives an almost identical citation.
"Quarterly argent and azure, in saltire five crosses fleury counterchanged."
Several commentators wondered whether this violated the 'long, thin object counterchanged over the line of division rule of thumb'. The Heraldic Flying Circus points out that Laurel recently registered a badge for Iago Benitez, which was a cross counterchanged over a quarterly division. Several others pointed out that the cross is somewhat smaller which makes it slightly harder to identify, but being surrounded by four identical charges compensates for that. Myfanwy's commentary on crosses is fascinating reading and I strongly suggest that you read it on the web-site. "I think this rates as nice armory!" -- Myfanwy
Herald of Record: Lodovick of Gray's Inn
"Gules, on a chevron inverted enhanced argent, four annulets sable, in base three spear heads inverted argent."
His previous submission, blazoned identically, was returned in-Kingdom for re-drawing. The new emblazon is clear of the original problem "This is very poor style, especially after the previous item on this letter - and you can quote me." -- Myfanwy.
Herald of Record: ???
Hartstone is a proposed place name meaning stone or stony place frequented by deer, such as a salt lick. The elements are documented thusly:
Hart - Ekwall identifies many places with this as a beginning element, including Hartanger (stag slope), Hartburn (stag stream), Hartfield (open land frequented by stags), Hartford (stag ford), Harthill (hill frequented by stags), and Hartwell (stags spring or stream). (Ekwall, pp. 211-212 in the second edition)
-stone - Ekwall also identifies a number of places with -stone, including Hawkstone on p. 216, Whitestone on p. 490, Wigston (meaning Wicgs stone or logan-stone) on p. 494, Blackstone Edge (the edge or ridge with the black stone) on p. 45, and Copplestone (the logan-stone, the rocking stone) on p. 116.
Here are some dated ones for Some places with <-stone>
The Shire is particularly eager to keep the name spelled as submitted. While Ekwall identifies some places with the first element spelled Hert- in period, the OED documents the spelling Hart in period in volume 6, on p. 1134 (copy attached).
"Argent, on a pall sable between three maple leaves vert, a laurel wreath Or."
A petition signed by the membership accompanied the submission.
Herald of Record: Silver Buccle
"(Fieldless), A crampon sable."
"This badge rocks!" -- Juliana de Luna, Gage Herald
Herald of Record: Brandubh O'Donnghaile
His name was originally submitted as Ian Campbell of Glenlyon, however Laurel registered Ian Campbell of Saint Swithin's Bog as a holding name because Glenyon is one of the seats of the Campbell clan and the name as submitted was considered presumptous.
Ian - Withycombe, pg. 178 (s.n. John) states it's Gaelic for John (pce) It has been previously ruled SCA compatible.
Campbell - Hanks and Hodges, pg. 91, (s.n. Campbell) states that the Campbell clan was founded in the early 13th century (pce)
Glen Mňr - Urquhart Castle by Chris Tabraham and Fiona Stewart state that the castle was built in Glen Mňr (The Great Glen)
"There does not seem to be any connection (i.e. suggestions of presumption) between Urquhart Castle/Glen Mňr and any of the Campbell branches, other than the fact that both the Campbells and Urquhart clans were supports of Robert the Bruce [source: Grimble (pg. 39-46; pg. 263-4)]" -- Myfanwy
Herald of Record: Lodovick of Gray's Inn
"Azure, in bend four horseshoes inverted between in bend sinister two four-leaf clovers slipped, within a bordure all Or."
"PIC-DIC, fig. 298b, shows a shamrock as a variant of a trefoil, so I suppose these could be considered a variant of a quatrefoil. The slipping should be blazoned as, according to the accompanying text: 'The trefoil is the only foil-flower that is shown slipped by default; the others have no slips unless specifically blazoned.'" -- Myfanwy
Herald of Record: Lodovick of Gray's Inn
Uther - Names for the Cornish by Truran, pg. 36, "occurs in 16th and 17th cent. parish registers"
Southolt - Originally submitted as Southold, the submitter stated it was a proposed Anglicized form of "Sudholda" Dictionary of English Place Names, A.D. Mills, pg. 319 Southolt - Sudholda OE Several commentators have convinced me that Southolt is more accurate.
"Or, a chevron sable between three gryphons heads erased at the neck proper."
Note from Garnet: They're blazoned as gryphons heads on the color copies and eagles heads on the black and white copies. Since they have ears, I'm inclined to call them gryphons. They are light brown on the color copies.
Myfanwy cites Fox-Davies, pg. 167 "It is occasionally found proper, by which description is meant that the plumage is of the brown colour of the eagle, the rest of the body being the natural colour of the lion."
However, the Myrkfaelinn commenting group cites: "From 3/94 LoAR: 'Though blazoned in the LoI as sable, the monster on the large emblazon forms was quite clearly drawn as brown. As we could not reblazon this as a "brown griffin proper", we are forced to return this.'" and "From 4/96 LoAR: 'Nor does a mythological creature such a sagittary fall under the "natural critters brown proper" precedent'"
In summary, the SCA does not allow monsters, 'proper' coloration. I'm returning the device.
Herald of Record: Avelina Keyes (Pennsic Consult)
The First Thousand Years of British Names by Heather Rose Jones (SCA: Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn)
Verica - Appendix II "Some British Names in Roman Inscriptions" (pce)
(http:/www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/british1000/appendix1_2.html)
Virnin - Appendix III "5th to 10th Century Names from Jackson's Language and History in Early Britain" (pce)
(http:/www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/british1000/appendix3.html) Genitive form used.
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd Du
12.) Hilderun Hügelmann - name registered April 2000, new badge accepted
13.) Ian Campbell of Glen Mňr (M) - resubmitted name
14.) Katerina de la Mane - name registered May 1994, new device accepted
15.) Uther of Southolt (M) - new name accepted and device returned
16.) Verica filia Virnini (F) - new name accepted
In Service, Dagonell Collingwood