Unto Dagonell Collingwood, Garnet Herald for the Kingdom of AEthelmearc, Margaret Makafee sends greetings and wish for your good health.
Below are my comments on AE47, I hope they are helpful.
MacLysaght, Surnames of Ireland, p 280 has O'Su/ileacha/in and O/ Su/ileabha/in derived from "Su/il (eye) and sui/leach (quick eyed), and the Glossary in Teach Yourself Gaelic has Su/il, Su/ileach as "eye". Ibid lists Uaine as Green.
Celt Text(http://imbolc.ucc.ie) search on suil found Dubsuilech (Dark Eyed, also found in Black, p 224), Luathsuilig (probably quick eye or bright eye), suil tainic Cairraigi (probably narrow eyed, but used as proper descriptive rather than a given or byname). Searching on uaine found the byname name Sriubh-uaine (although I can't find any indication of what Sriubh means) and brat-uaine (green mantle or veil).
Based on that extremely limited sample, my guess would be Su/il-uaine.
Her registered name is Ailiono/ra ingen mhic Gafraidh. Name registered 10/98.
I'd recommend redrawing this moose head. The lack of ears and internal detailing, combined with showing the ears flat rather than with shape (like on a real moose) make this look more like a sprouting potato, or a Star-Trek vessel.
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Better yet, Black, p 15, lists Aldan as a personal name from OE Ealdwine, and gives an Aldan in 1153 and an Aldanus cocus undated, but from a period manuscript, and notes "Aldan was the owner of the manor of Home, a 1250." Ibid p 394 notes a John Kerr in 1357.
Reblazon "Sable, in pile a rapier between two comets inverted, issuant from base a mountain of three peaks argent." The mountain should be redrawn so it is a single mountain, not a mountain range.
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No comments. It would be nice if the name didn't implictly imply ownership of the lands of Argyll.
There appears to be a tincture missing from the blazon. The St John's wort is vert, yes? This is a wierd situation. It's not acceptable under current rules to have three separate types of charges in the primary charge group. However, her current arms already has this, and the change she is making is not worth a CD from her old device. Therefore, there is a possibility that the change is registerable. I'd recommend sending this up to Laurel to see what happens, but I wouldn't lay odds one way or the other what she'll decide.
Britannica online notes that Avignon becaue the capital of the papacy in 1309.
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You already submitted this to Laurel, and she ruled on it in November. (can't tell you what she said, though, as the November letter is not yet published.)
I was unable to find a definition of Sinna, but as it appears in Celt Text as a River name, and in several different names (some of whom aren't High Kings), I think it's probably not presumptive. However, if he want's a similar sounding name, Daimhin Sinnach (Davin the Fox) would be not too awful either. (Sinnach is found several times in Celt Text).
Nice chief triangular. No conflicts found.
Registered as Donnchad MacGadfraidh in 10/98.
Reblazon "Azure, in bend sinister three lightning bolts bendwise Or."
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The cats are a bit cartoony, but probably within the acceptable range of depiction.
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Don't forget to break these into two items for the ELoI.
No conflicts found for the device (found one that was close, but it had 2 CDs).
The badge conflicts with Katrine de Baillie du Chat: Azure, a dmoestic cat sejant on a base embattled all argent. An examination of the original form reveals the correct blazon is "Azure, a domestic cat sejant atop a base embattled argent." Therefore, there is just 1 CD for the removal of the secondary charge. It is also an exact conflict with Jordre Pargon of Windhover's Reach, Azure, a snow leopard sejant argent, spotted sable. Marking does not count for difference, nor does head position.
No conflicts found. The style would be better if the waves on the palets were identical rather than mirroring each other.
Good appeal. I'd support it.
This probably conflicts with Dierdriana of the Misty Isles, Azure, a lotus goblet argent and on a chief argent three lotus blossoms inverted throughout gules. There is a CD for the changes to the tertiaries, but probably not a significant enough change to the shape of the cup to be worth a CD.
Nontheless, it's French, hence the name has one wierdness. Combining a French given name with an early period Irish form may constitute a second wierdness, so I'd recommend using a later period form of the byname. Also, you don't document where you get this "earlier form" from, so again, that's a recommendation for the later form. However, this would require lenition of the byname--so probably ingen Ghiolla Chomhgaill.
The cat is "sejant contourny coward." No conflicts found.
Name registered 11/98. It's a cross "clechy" (no "t").
There is a good chance this conflicts with Edward Cavendish, Per bend azure and gules, a cross formy Or, since a cross clechy was originally a variant form of the crosses formy and patonce, according to the Pic Dic. On the other hand, there is no precedence on this point, so I'd just pass it and mention the possibility.
English Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions shows Philippa in 1383. (http://www.sca.org/laurel/brasses/women.html), Names in Chesham, 1538-1600/1 shows Philip in 1569 and Philippe in 1566. (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/chesham/chesham-feminine.html).
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This is a wierd one. I'd drop the "and" before "a canton Or", since to me it makes it sound like the impossible has occurred, and the canton is on the fess.
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The mullet is "a mullet of four points". The "and" is unnecessary and should be dropped.
This may conflict with Rivenstar, Barony of "Azure, a riven star argent"; the Barony's web page shows a mullet of four points with two extra tiny points. What is actually registered is anyone's guess, but this should at least be mentioned. If it IS a mullet of four points, then there is only a single CD for the addition of secondary charges.
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"inghean" appears to be the early spelling of the patronymic, and would be more appropriate with the early period given name.
Assuming the field division is really "Per bend" and not "Per bend sinister", no conflicts found.