Unto Francois Laurel, Mari Pelican, Zenobia Wreath, and the commenting members of the College of Arms, does Juliana Garnet send greetings!

It is the wish of the College of Heralds of Æthelmearc that the following submissions be considered for registration. Unless otherwise noted, the submitters will accept both major and minor changes.

The item is new to Laurel. The badge is to be identified with the label "Æthelmearc Hounds Coursing Guild."

The item is new to Laurel. Her name was registered in October 1993.

The item is new to Laurel. The name is intended to be masculine. He will accept any changes.

Aleyne — Withycombe (s.n. Alan) dates Aleyne to the 15^th c. and Aleyn to 1440.

Ravenswood is a constructed placename. There are many names in Mills starting with Ravens- meaning either of someone named Raven or a place frequented by ravens including Ravensden (dated to 1150 as Ravenesden), Ravensthorpe (Ravenstorp 1086) and Ravenstone (Raveneston 1086). The second element —wood is a standard second element found in Dalwood (Dalewood 1195) Eastwood (Estuuda 1086) Scrainwood (Scravenwod 1242). The meaning 'raven-wood' is found in the placename Ravenshaw (R&W s.n. Ravenshaw), with various spellings dated from 1332 on.

Both items are new to Laurel. The name is intended to be feminine. She will accept any changes.

Ann —Withycombe (s.n. Ann) says that "it occurs first in England about the beginning of the 13^th C. (1218 is the earliest record), but was rare until the beginning of the 14^th C."

Banningham is a header form in Ekwall, who dates Banicham to the Domesday Boke and Baningham to 1212.

An aeolipile is a primitive steam engine. The globe is filled with water and heated; steam exits the bent tubes which forces the globe to spin. Documentation has been included to show that the device dates back to the second century B.C. (photocopies enclosed) In addition, commenters said that they had seen the item in period manuscripts and woodcuts.

The item is new to Laurel. The name is intended to be feminine. She will not accept major changes.

Withycombe (s.n. Ann), says that Ann is a more typical period spelling but that Anna was the wife of Henry I of France [1031-60] and introduced the name to the West.

Withycombe (s.n. Mary) dates Maria to 1203-1210, saying "The use of Mary as a second name (for men as well as women) arose on the continent in Roman Catholic countries in the 16^th C."

Dauzat & Rostaing (s.n. Wittes) gives Wittes as a header form and dates Witteke to 1091.

Argent, three piles in point azure, gules and azure.

Both items are new to Laurel. The name is intended to be masculine. He will accept any changes.

Withycombe (s.n. Arthur) dates Azer to 1086

Reaney and Wilson (s.n. Cane) dates Herueus Cane to 1177.

The motif of three piles in point is found in Early Blazon, and is depicted substantially like this (though the piles were somewhat narrower). This has a possible conflict with Cainnech MacGregare Argent three piles palewise azure, overall a Caucasian bay centaur statant, maintaining in both hands a spear bendwise sinister proper. There is one CD for removal of the centaur. There is not a CD for change of tincture of less than half the charges. The question remains, is there a CD for "palewise" vs. "in point"?

The item is new to Laurel. His name was registered in August 1992.

The item is new to Laurel. The name is intended to be feminine. She will accept any changes.

Ceara is the late period spelling of early period Cera. OC&M (s.n. Cera) mention three saints of that name.

Maille — MacLysaght (s.n. O Malley) mentions the sixteenth century Grace O"Malley as a famous member of that sept. The byname is lenited as required after a feminine name.

Both items are new to Laurel. Her name is intended to be feminine. She wants her name to be authentic for mid-late 14^th century English, but will not accept major changes. If this is accepted, her old name Ciaran Redmane (registered Oct. 1991) is to be retained as an alternate name.

"The Index to 1292 Census of Paris" by Colm Dubh lists Chrestienne la crespinire http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/paris.html

Waterden is a header form in Mills; Waterdenna is dated to 1086.

We hope that the College can help with 14^th century forms.

She was created a baroness of the court in September 1998.

The item is new to Laurel.

The phrase is intended to mean 'loyal heart' in French. Clear of Connor Strongheart "Vert, on a heart argent a tower sable." There is one CD for the difference of field and, as a heart is a voidable charge, one CD for complete change of type of the tertiary charges.

The item is new to Laurel. Her name was registered in May 1999.

The harp is brown.

The item is new to Laurel. The submitter does not care about the gender of the name. He will not accept major changes.

Cuilén is dated to 1065 in "Dated names found in OC&M" by Mari Elspeth nic Bryan.

Black (s.n. Buchanan) dates Buchanan to circa 1270.

The combination of Gaelic and Scots is a weirdness, but is registerable.

The item is new to Laurel. His name was registered in March of 1999 and his device, Vert, a pretzel Or, was registered April 2001. Given the registration of his device, the fieldless badge should be clear of conflict as well, as the depiction of the pretzel is the same. The only potential conflict cited before was Stafford (Fieldless) A Stafford knot Or, which Laurel proclaimed clear of this depiction of a pretzel.

The item is new to Laurel. The submitter does not care about the gender of the name; he will allow any changes.

Geoffrey — Withycombe (s.n. Geoffrey) says that the name was "rather uncommon from the 15^th to 19^th C."

York — R&W (sn. York, Yorke) dates Thomas York to 1522.

I did a search for any historical Geoffrey of York in specialty sources about the Plantagenets and the War of the Roses. I found only one, the illegitimate son of Henry II who became archbishop of York (1189-1212). He does not appear in the online Encyclopedia Britannica suggesting he does not meet our standards of protection.

The item is new to Laurel. His name was registered in September 1996. This is a complete redesign of a device previously returned in kingdom.

The item is new to Laurel. The name is intended to be masculine. He will accept any changes.

Gideon — Withycombe, pg 133, (sn Gideon), "the name of one of the judges over Israel." There is little evidence for the use of Gideon in period England, but it is certainly registerable given the current treatment of Biblical names.

Lydiard is a header spelling in R&W (sn Liddiard, Lyddiard Lydiard, Lydiart); Ralph de Lidiard dated to 1212.

The item is new to Laurel. The name is intended to be female. She will accept any changes.

"Feminine Given names in the Register of St. Mary's, Dymock" has Jaine, dated to c. 1593. We believe that y and i are interchangeable in this record, based on Gillian and Gyllyan and Katerin and Kateryn, also found here. Therefore, we believe that the spelling Jayne is justified.

O'Neill is a header form in R&W (s.n. Neal) who cite Willelmus filius Nigelli 1086. In addition, the O'Neill family was dominant in Tyrone before the 17^th century (MacLysaught, s.n. Neill)

The item is new to Laurel. Her name was registered in July 2000.

Clear of Aelfreda aet Aethelwealda Vert, a fret and on a chief embattled Or three mascles vert, with one CD for the change in the line of the chief and a second for the complete change in type of tertiaries.

The item is new to Laurel. The name is intended to be feminine. She will not accept major changes.

Maddalena is found in "Feminine Given Names from the Online Catastos of Florence, 1427" by Arval Benicoeur.
http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/arval/catasto.html

de Angeles — Catalogo, vol. 3, pg 16 gives Ana de los Angeles 1539. Client prefers de Angeles but will accept de los Angeles if necessary

Both items are new to Laurel. The submitter does not care about the gender of the name. He will accept no changes.

Magariki — P.G. O"Neill, Japanese Names: A Comprehensive Index by Characters and Readings pg. 256, identified as a surname.

Katsuichi — W.M. Hawley (a noted authority on Japanese swordsmiths) Japanese Swordsmiths, Revised dated as a given name to 1184.

This motif appears in Japanese Design Motifs: 4,260 Illustrations of Japanese Crests, compiled by Matsuya Piece-Goods Store (Dover, 1972), pg. 198, box 16.

The item is new to Laurel. The name is intended to be masculine. He will not accept major changes.

Magnus is dated to the 12^th century in "Dated names found in OC&M" by Mari Elspeth nic Bryan. In addition, R&W (s.n. Magnus) date Magnus to c.1194.

Black (sn. Buchanan) dates Buchanan to circa 1270. R&W (s.n. Buchanan) dates Alan de Buchanan to c. 1270.

Both items are new to Laurel. This name is intended to be masculine. He will accept any changes.

Geirr Bassi says that Ragnarr appears once in the Landnamabok

Gunnolfr similarly appears four times in the same source.

Gunnolfsson is the correct patronymic form according to GB.

The item is new to Laurel. The name is intended to be feminine. She will accept any changes.

Rebecca — Withycombe (sn. Rebecca) says that "This is a Jewish name which came into use as a Christian name after the Reformation." "After the reformation" includes most of the sixteenth century.

R&W (s.n. Raven) dates Alice le Reven to 1327.

The item is new to Laurel. The name is intended to be masculine. He wants the name to be authentic for late period Spanish, but will not allow major changes.

Rodrigo — Ample documentation of this name in late period include examples from "Spanish Names from the late fifteenth century" (Juliana de Luna) and from "16^th-century Spanish Men"s Names" (Elsbeth Anne Roth).

de Serón is an alternate spelling of de Ceron which de Atienza dates as a surname to the late 16^th century (this form is not authentic, as he only uses standard modern forms). The website [http://www.iea.juntaandalucia.es/sime/cultura/04/sm_04083.htm] date the town of Serón to at least the 14^th century and possibly as old as 8^th century.

The item is new to Laurel. Her name was registered in July 2000.

This is clear of Knarlic Wulfherson (Fieldless) A leopard"s face per pale gules and argent. There is one CD for fieldless, and one for the reversal of tinctures.

The item is new to Laurel. Her name was registered in November 1990. To make room for the two submitted badges, she will release her badge (Fieldless) On a sun azure a hammer argent.

The item is new to Laurel.

Charges that are forms of armorial display have previously been registered in non-standard positions such as this one:

We do not normally register fieldless badges consisting only of forms of armorial display, such as roundels, lozenges and delfs in plain tinctures, since in use the shape does not appear to be a charge, but rather the field itself. A heart can be a such display of armory. However, since this a heart inverted, we are willing to register it, since the inversion will make it look like a charge, and not a display of a single tincture. (Jaelle of Armida, LoAR January 1998, p. 1)

Both items are new to Laurel. The submitter does not care about the gender of the submitter. He will allow any changes.

Theodor — Brechenmacher, Vol. I, pg. 301, (sn. Theodor), dates Michael Theodoraus Hartsenstein to 1557 Additionally, "Late Period German Masculine Given Names: Names from 15^th Century Plauen" by Talen Gwynek (Brian Scott) [http:/www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/germmascplauen15.html] dates Theodor to the latter half of the fifteenth century.

Hans Lochner — Brechenmacher. Vol. II, pg. 201, (sn. Lochner) dates Pfaff Hans Lochner bu Ulm to 1427

This is a resubmission of her badge that appeared on the February Æthelmearc letter, which was withdrawn because the pomegranate was mistakenly drawn inverted.

Both items are new to Laurel. The name is intended to be masculine. He will not accept major changes.

Uthor is found as a masculine name in "Welsh Names and Naming Practices" from A Welsh Miscellany (CA #66).

R&W (sn. Darras) give Darras as a header form derived from the placename Arras. Various spellings are given beginning in 1176, including Peter Darraz 1322.

Both items are new to Laurel. The name is intended to be masculine. He wants it to be authentic for 16^th century Japanese, but accepts only minor changes.

Washizu (the uji) is dated as a family name to 1187. [http://www2.hariyama.com/sengoku/html/ohuti.html]

Isabur{o-} (the yobina) consists of I- and saburo. Saburo means "third son" which is the common style for yobina, which generally reflect birth order. Often an auspicious adjective is added before this element. I- is derived from the first element from Ise & Iga (two different locations) Solveig assures me that this is appropriate. Saburo is found at http://www.geocities.com/sengojudaimyo/Miscellany/names.html

Nobuhide (the nanori) is dated as a personal name to 1501. URL: http://www.hihihi.com/nobunega

The elements are also given as an appropriate pro and deuterothemes for nanori at:

http://www.geocities.com/sengojudaimyo/Miscellany/names.html

Both items are new to Laurel. His name is intended to be masculine. He will accept any changes.

William — Black, pg. 816, (sn. William), "William the Lion, 1165-1214"

MacNess —Black pg. 550, (sn. MacNeish), ca 1522 MacNish.

The device is in conflict with Graidhne ni Ruadh Gules, three hearts, one and two, Or; a letter of permission to conflict is enclosed.