This is a letter of report from Letter of Intent #50; the items that are registered have been sent to Laurel in October.

OC&M (s.n Alis) give Ailis as a second header form and say that it was "brought into Ireland by the Normans." Mari dates Alis to the latter half of the 13^th century in Index.

ingen ui is the early form of "daughter of the male descendant of"

Donnubáin is a genitive form of the name Donnubán, which OC&M (s.n. Donndubán) give as a second early header spelling and say was "borne by a number of ninth and tenth century princes." Uaithne mac Donnubáin is cited in 982 (OC&M s.n. Uaithne).

Given the relatively early date of the introduction of Alis, the given name is not incompatible with the early spelling of the byname.

Submitted as Anton Ivan Stanslovich, the patronymic was modified to match forms we could document.

Anton is found under the heading Antonii in Paul Wickenden's Dictionary; Anton Sholukha was a Vinnitsa craftsman in 1552.

Ivan is a subordinate header form in Wickenden (s.n. Ioann); Ivan Fomin syn was a governor in 1181-2.

There is no name that would produce Stanslovich; Wickenden gives the originally Polish name Stanislav and cites a patronymic form Stanislavov to 1632. The form Stanislavich can be derived from the grammar rules given in that source. Alternately, Staslovich or Stankovich are also documentable.

Two given names in Russian is a weirdness, as they are only found when an individual has both a Slavic and Christian name, but it is the only weirdness in the name.

Both items are new submissions. The submitter will accept minor changes. The name is intended to be masculine.

Antonio is found 25 times in records of immigrants to the New World in the 16th century (Elsbeth Anne Roth "16th-century Spanish Men's Names" http://www.sca.org/ heraldry/laurel/names/spanish-m.html).

de Luna can be found in the Catologo, the source of the article cited above. However, it can also be found in Diez Melcon, who dates Lope de Luna to 1221 (p. 234).

This is clear of Brigit MacDonald of Murligan Per bend gules and azure, a bend dovetailed ermine between two decrescents Or, with one CD for the change of tincture of half the field and one for the change in tincture of the bend.

Juliana de Luna, "Andalusian Names: Arabs in Spain" (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names /juliana/andalusia) lists Baraka as a feminine given name. All names in this article are from between 700 and 1200 AD.

bint Hasan is a byname meaning "daughter of Hasan." The same source gives Hasan as a masculine given name.

al-Fahim is a descriptive byname meaning "the intelligent." Da'ud graciously documented this meaning from Elias' English-Arabic Dictionary Romanized, p. 104.

Her name submission was lost on its way to Kingdom, and was resubmitted on LoI #53. The device cannot be forwarded until the name is approved. When the name is ready, the device will be sent up as well.

The design is lovely; unfortunately it must be returned for conflict. It is in conflict with Baony of Illiton Azure on a pale maintaining in her right hand a trident bendwise sinister and in her left and upraised hand a grey granite tower proper, and in base a laurel wreath vert and also with Corrmacc na Connacht Azure, on a pale argent a sword inverted gules. In both cases, there is only one CD for the changes to the tertiary charges (there is a maximum of one CD for changes to a set of tertiary charges, no matter how radical the changes).

The conflict could be cleared by the addition of charges around the pale, by splitting the field between two colors, or by changing the color of the pale to a fur.

These are both new submissions. The submitter will accept minor changes only. The name is intended to be feminine.

Dauzat (s.n. Brigitte) derives Brigitte from the name of the 14th century Swedish saint. Reaney and Wilson (s.n. MacFarlan) gives MacFarlane as a subordinate header form and dates <Macpharlane> to 1385. the red is a plausible wholly English form of the name found as William le Red in 1332 (Reaney and Wilson, s.n. Read). The submitter prefers the spelling submitted to English spellings of the given name.

The submission was originally blazoned as Argent vétu ployé purpure estencele argent, a Ukrainian trident head sable. However, this puts a charge on the vétu ployé, a practice forbidden by precedent. Bruce stated that a reblazon would not solve the problem, saying: "Vétu fields should not have charges in the "vested'' portions of the field --- and although this was blazoned on the LOI as a lozenge concave throughout, the latter two adjectives almost mandate this be considered a vétu field."

However, we allow chapé to be reblazoned as per chevron throughout when it is charged. In the same way, this has a reasonable reblazon, and if the lozenge were not throughout, the design would be perfectly legal. Therefore, we would like Laurel (and the Armory Queen of Arms) to reconsider whether the ban on charged vetu fields can be escaped by reblazoning.

Her name was registered December 1995. This cross is found with exactly this description in the PicDic, which states that the modern term "a cross pheony" is not preferred.

His name was registered November 1997. His current device, Per bend sinister purpure and sable, a mullet of four points throughout between four ermine spots argent, is to be retained as a badge if this passes.

Her name was registered March 1998.

Her name was registered in June 2001.

Some internal commenters suggested that this violated the ban on counterchanging a long, thin charge along its long axis. However, this ban has never referred to ordinaries, but rather to charges such as swords. A quick scan of the O&A makes it clear that recent Laurels (and even Baldwin, who set this precedent) registered ordinaries counterchanged along their long axis. Recent examples include:

Her name was submitted to Laurel in June 2001. A previous submission, Purpure, two horses rampant addorsed, was returned in kingdom for conflict with Beautrice Hamiltone (Fieldless) Two horses rampant addorsed tails entwined argent. The addition of the fleurs-de-lys clears the conflict.

Ivo -Withycombe (s.n. Ivo) dates Ivo to 1086. It is also found in "English Names found in Brass Enscriptions" by Julian Goodwyn on a tomb brass dated 1414 C.E. (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/brasses/)

Thorne -Reaney and Wilson (s,n. Thorn) give Thorne as a subordinate header form and date William Thorn to 1206.

Submitted as Khazira bint Hakim, it was changed to reflect the documentation provided.

Khazima - "Arabic Names and Naming Practices" (Da'ud, KWHS) lists Khazima as a period feminine name. This name is not included in the online version.

bint Hakim - "daughter of Hakim" "Arabic Naming Practices and Period Names List" (Da'ud, KWHS) lists Hakim as a masculine given name.

Her new device, which replaces the old, appears on LoI 53.

Submitted as Klaus Von Isenfaust, the von was dropped because there was no evidence for Isenfaust as a placename, but only as a descriptive byname.

Klaus is dated to 1420 in Talan's "Medieval German Names from Silesia."

Isenfaust - Isen- is a variant of Eisen- (Bahlow, s.n. Isaibart & Isener) Eisen- means Iron, (Bahlow, s.n. Eisenbart) Faust means fist (Bahlow, s.n. Faust) Similar formations include Eisenhaupt meaning 'iron head' (Bahlow, s.n. Eisenhaupt), and Eisenbein meaning 'iron shin' (Bahlow, s.n. Eisenbein).

Leonor is found in Elsbeth's "16^th Century Spanish Women's Names." (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/spanish.html)

Farfán can be found in the Catalogo (in unpublished research done by Elsbeth Anne Roth), but can also be found in Diez Melcon as <Farfon> (dated to 1184 on p. 289).

This violates RfS VIII, 3 "For instance, a complex line of partition could be difficult to recognize between two parts of the field that do not have good contrast if most of the line is also covered by charges." The device could be registered with a plain line of division.

This submission was originally listed as it was submitted, under the name Tarlach McLave. The submitter was not aware at the time of submission that his name had been returned by Laurel; his device was registered under the holding name listed above. I apologize for any confusion.

Mea occurs 30 times in the 1427 Florence Catasto (Arval) as a feminine given name.

Given the wide variety of descriptive bynames that include personal characteristics, I am amazed that I cannot find one meaning 'the bold.' However, the Bold is found in England (Reaney and Wilson, pg 52, (s.n. Bold), date Henry le Bolde to 1317). She would like the English spelling under the lingua anglica rule if possible.

This is lovely armory; unfortunately it has multiple conflicts, including Kingdom of Meridies Vair ancient, a lion's head cabossed Or, orbed and langed gules, Jehanne de Lyonesse Vert, a lion's head affronty Or, orbed vert, Catta of the Pyrfield Per fess potenty gules and Or, and azure, a leopard's head cabossed Or, and Michael MacNaughton of Loch Ness Gyronny of six raguly sable and argent, a Bengal's tiger's head caboshed proper. In each case, there is but one CD for difference of field. Murdoch's already registered device was clear of these conflicts because the lion's head is in base, which gave him a second CD for position of the charge against this armory.

His name was registered April 2000.

Reynold is a header form in Withycombe, pg 252, and that spelling is dated to 1273.

Wolferton is a header form in Mills; Wulferton is dated to 1166

Withycombe, (s.n. Rosalind) gives Rosalinda as a spelling of Rosalind found in medieval Spain, though I have been unable to confirm this with Spanish sources (except Arana de Love, who appears to repeat Withycombe word for word). At any rate, Rosalynde is the title character of a 1590 romance, in the work of that name by Thomas Lodge (the basis for "As You Like It," where Shakespeare's heroine is named Rosalind).

Castile is the standard English spelling of an Iberian kingdom which existed until Spain was unified under Juana la Loca (who assumed the throne of Castile on the death of Isabel in 1504).

Tessa - Rhian Lyth of Blackmoor Vale (KWHS) gives this as an Italian feminine name in use during the Renaissance.

la Hunter - Reaney and Wilson (pg. 244, s.n. Hunter) dates Juliana la Hunter 1312; in addition 'the hunter' is a reasonable translation under lingua anglica of the byname Cacciatori found in the Florence Catasto of 1427.

Submitted as Wülfer von Drachenhand, the name was changed because Drachenhand is documented as a descriptive byname, not a placename.

Wülfer is a header form in Bahlow; "Wulfhart" is dated to 1257

Drachenhand is a header from in Brechenmacher; which says "ÜN? 1367 Wolf von Nippenburg (Ludwigsburg), Drachenhand gennant : HNS. III 302,303"