The name is intended to be feminine. She will accept minor changes only.

Withycombe (s.n. Adriana) says that Adriana is a feminine "form of Adrian (q.v.) used very rarely." Adrian (Withycombe s.n. Adrian) is dated in the spellings Adrianus 1189-1205, and Adrien Clerkenwell 13th C.

Michaels is a subordinate header form in Reaney & Wilson (s.n. Michael, Michaels, McMichael), who date Michael to 12th C. The more common form Michel is dated as a surname to 1327 (R&W s.n. Mitchell).

The name is intended to be feminine. She will accept minor changes only. Her previous name, Geileis nic Dhughaill, was registered in April 1998.

Aelfwynn is found in Searle (pg. 29-30) as an Old English feminine given name appearing in 910, 948, c1000, and 1048.

Leoflaede suna is dated to before 1103 in Tengvik's Old English Bynames, pg. 228.

We believe that the spelling dohtor is appropriate based on Cassidy/Ringler Bright's Old English Grammar, pg. 53.

The name is intended to be feminine. She wants her name to be authentic for 1500's England, but will accept minor changes only. I have attempted to contact the submitter to clarify her wishes, but have not gotten a response.

Withycombe (s.n. Anastasia) says that this name was "found in England from the 13^th century" and dates Anestasia and Anastasia to 1219 and 1220. While Bardsley gives 16^th century vernacular (given name) forms including Anstey 1520, Anstis 1602, it is not clear to me if this is a major change or not.

Reaney & Wilson (s.n. Tremayne) give this spelling as a header form and date Tremayne to 1576.

There was a great deal of debate about whether the hawks and the tree were coprimaries. As drawn, they appear to be so , putting this in conflict with Thorfinnr inn vegsvinni Ingason Argent, two falcons rising wings addorsed respectant, maintaining between them a stone sable. There is one CD for the addition of the tree, but nothing for the stone (a small maintained charge). In addition, it conflicts with Roana d'Evreux Argent, three trees eradicated sable (registered in September 2001, after the device was submitted); there is only one CD for changing two of the trees to hawks. If drawn so that the tree is clearly the primary charge and the hawks in chief, it would be clear of these conflicts.

Submitted as Annanias en la Fenne, the byname was changed to a 16^th century spelling (this spelling was dated to 1617 in Bardsley s.n. Fenn) to match the late period given name (and thereby make the name authentic). The name is intended to be masculine. He wants his name to be authentic for England, and will allow any changes for it.

Annanias is found in Talan Gwynek "Late Sixteenth Century Given Names."

Reaney & Wilson (s.n. Fenn) date Walter en la Fenne to 1340.

The chief should be smaller, so that it occupies between 1/5^th and 1/3^rd of the shield.

His name was registered in August 1996. This is in conflict with Melinda Cheval du Feu Per fess rayonny argent and sable, in chief a horse courant sable. There is a CD for the change to the field. There is not a CD for the change in position of the horse on the field, as the horse is forced to be in chief in Melinda's (because the bottom half is sable). Similarly, there is not a CD between courant and passant. Laurel ruled (in August of 2001, after this submission was accepted) that:

The question of the difference between passant and courant has had mixed answers over the history of the College of Arms. Unfortunately (because these are lovely arms) it appears that there should not be a CD between passant and courant, and thus these arms are in conflict.

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

Bastien is dated to 1546 in Talan Gwynek "Medieval German Given Names from Silesia." It is also given in Bahlow (s.n. Bastian) as a hypocoristic of Sebastian which is itself dated to 15th cent.

Bahlow (s.n. Eisengarth) gives Eisengarth and Isengart without dates as a surname derived from a feminine given name. The two themes which make up this name can be found in period, as Isentrud is dated to 1352 and Ermegart is dated to 1363 in Talan Gwynek "Medieval German Given Names from Silesia." Matronymic bynames are found in German, for example Eisentraut (found in Brechenmacher under that heading) which is identified as a matronymic from 1350.

The name is intended to be masculine. He indicates that he wants the name to be authentic for Ukranian. He will accept no changes to the given name or the nickname, but will accept changes to the locative. If it cannot be rendered into Ukranian, it can be dropped. We hope that the College can help with this.

André de Vincenx, Traité d'Anthrophonymie Houtzoule, from Forum Slavicum, 1970, pg. 25-43 chapter, "Noms Slaves du Nord" 1.BOHDAN says "Ce nom de baptême parlent devient fréquent en Ukraine vers 1500 et sa popularité continue jusqùa la fin du XVIIe: …Dérivé patronymique en -'uk: Bohdan'uk" which we translate as: "This baptismal name was common in the Ukraine around 1500 and its popularity continued through the 17th century… A patronymic form is derived by adding -'uk: Bohdan'uk."

Paul Wickendon's Dictionary of Russian Names lists a Paula Medved in 1564, demonstrating that the form "Given + nickname" is a reasonable formation in Russian, although it is unclear whether this validity carries over into Ukrainian. In addition, it supports the use of elements of this form in a closely related language. Traité d'Anthrophonymie, pg. 455 gives the heading medvíd under Les quadrupèdes, Les animaux des champs et des forêts, and cites the forms Medvid'ko and Medwidczuk. The patronymic Surnames in Ukrainian by Jacob P Hursky (A Dissertation in Slavic and Baltic Studies, 1957 University of PA) says in the section titled Surnames Derived from Various Nicknames / Nicknames from the animal and vegetable kingdon, pg. 83, Medvíd "bear" Medvedenko, 1649 and Medvedevic 1552.

of Carpathia - An anglicized locative. The consulting herald anglicized it; we have no idea what the correct Ukranian form would be, although she notes that The Patronymic Surnames in Ukrainian has a section called Surnames Derived from Names of Ethnic Origins has the surname Bojcenko in 1649, denoting a Ukrainian mountaineer of Galicia, in habitant of the Carpathians between Limnycia and Calava rivers. However, the submitter really likes the sound of "Carpathia".

This depiction of a Ukranian trident head does not quite match the depiction in the Pic Dic. Nevertheless, we believe it is recognizable as such.

Submitted as Brann McNaughton, the name was changed to match documentation (though the submitter would be pleased if the College could document the name as submitted). The name is intended to be masculine. He will accept minor changes only.

Black (s.n.Bran) dates Bran to 1186 as a male given name.

Black (s.n. MacNachtan) gives MacNaughton as a subordinate header form and dates McNauchtane to 1510.

We believe this to be clear of the registered Brian McNaughton

The name is intended to be masculine. He will accept minor changes only. He knows that the name mixes an (Irish) Gaelic given name and an Anglicized (Scots) byname.

O'Corrain & Maguire, (s.n. Bressal) say that Bressal was a "popular name in early Ireland" and "favored in the later Middle Ages."

Black, (s.n. Macculloch) dates Macculloch to 1296-1305.

According to the forms, the name is intended to be feminine. She wants her name to be authentic for 12^th century Welsh, and will allow any changes. Through communication with the submitter, I know that she wants this name, even though it's not feminine, nor authentic for Welsh.

Reaney & Wilson (s.n. Brian) date Brient to 1130 and Brianus to 1207 as given names and Briant as a surname to 1524; in origin, the name is Breton.

Reaney & Wilson, (s.n. Huntington) various spellings dated to 1086 and on, including Robert Huntyngdon dated to 1375.

This is a posthumous transfer. Enclosed find a copy of Caterina's will and a letter from her heir transferring the name and device to Daniel. Her name was registered in December 1984; her device Per fess gules and Or, in pale a horse passant and a Catherine wheel counterchanged in August of 1987.

Her name is on LoI 52, dated December 2001.

The bordure could be smaller.

His name was registered in April 2000.

The name is intended to be feminine. She will accept minor changes only.

Collys is dated to 1510 in Julian Godwin "Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions."

Bythesea is dated to 1615 in Bardsley (under that heading). Reaney and Wilson give it as a header form and date William Bythesee to 1336.

The byname was misspelled in the internal LoI as Donngamle; this is the intended form. The name is intended to be feminine. She wants the name to be authentic for Gaelic, but doesn't care when. She will allow minor changes only.

Tangwystyl, "Early Irish Feminine Names from the Index to O'Briens Corpus Genealogiorium Hiberniae" gives Conandil as an early name.

ingen is the early patronymic particle.

Donngaíle is the genitive form of Donngal according to Tangwystyl "100 Most Popular Men's Names in Early Medieval Ireland."

This is a posthumous transfer. Enclosed find a copy of Caterina's will and a letter from her heir transferring the name and device to Daniel, as well as an acceptance from Daniel. He intends to accept the name as a alternate name and the device as a badge. Caterina's name was registered in December 1984; her device Per fess gules and Or, in pale a horse passant and a Catherine wheel counterchanged in August of 1987. Daniel's name was registered in November 1989.

This device submission was made without a name submission; the name attached to it is labelled "holding name." However, only Laurel can create a holding name, and no paperwork for the name exists. Once a name submission is delivered, the device will be forwarded. His previous submission Dafydd Rosensoldat was returned in November 1997.

I could find no clear ruling regarding the admissibility of <Field, crusilly, a cross>. However, there is substantial period evidence for the motif. Included are color photocopies of "The Bellenville Armorial" (1559) depicting arms: "Gules crusilly fitchy, a cross Or." In addition, many dated examples of this motif can be found in Papworth. There are two and a half columns of "Cross, between or within crosses" in Papworth. Examples definitely dated to period that have crosses that are not ordinaries (I pulled these for Morien's submission, which isn't an ordinary) include:

"… a cross crosslet … between four crosses couped (seal 1330)

"… a cross humetty …. Between four crosses couped (c. 1282)

"Argent, a cross moline (rather sarcelly) gules between four crosses patty sable." Glover's Ordinary, c. 1392

"Azure, a cross patty between sixteen crosses crosslet argent." (c. 1296, Berenguer Le Moye)

"Azure, a cross moline (rather sarcelly) between four crosses patty Or." Glover's Ordinary, c. 1392

"Azure, a cross moline disjoined between thirteen crosses crosslet Or." Glover's Ordinary, c. 1392

"Gules a cross patty Or between crosses crosslet …" (c. 1298)

"Vert, a cross patonce Or between four crosses patty argent" (confirmed 1623)

"Vert, a cross moline (rather sarcelly) between nine crosses patty sable." Glover's Ordinary, c. 1392

"Vert, a cross moline between nine crosses crosslet fitchy Or." Glover's Ordinary, c. 1392

Her name was registered in November 1997.

The name is intended to be feminine. She accepts any changes.

Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn cites Denw as a feminine name in "Welsh Names and Naming Practices" from A Welsh Miscellany (CA #66).

Rhys is listed in the same source as a masculine given name. The Welsh word for "daughter (of)" is verch.

His name was registered in November 1992.

The name is intended to be feminine. She wants a name authentic for 13^th century England but will accept minor changes only.

Withycombe (s.n.Emmeline) dates Emelyne to 1292.

Reaney & Wilson (s.n. Treasure) dates Nicholas le Tresor to 1243.

The name is intended to be feminine. She accepts any changes.

Ethne is listed as an early feminine name in Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn "Early Irish Feminine Names from the Index to O'Brien's Corpus Genalogiorum Hiburniae."

The descriptive byname an Locha is indented to mean "of the Lake" parallel to a' dunca, listed in Woulfe, pg. 219, as a surname meaning "of the fort," and a' chnuic, also a surname from Woulfe, meaning "of the hill," though neither is dated.

The name is intended to be feminine. She will accept minor changes only.

O'Corrain & Maguire (s.n. Faílenn) lists two saints and two princesses named Faílenn. This is the early form.

MacLysaght (s.n. Keirsey) lists de Céarsaigh as a Gaelic form (appearing in italics) and states "This Norman toponymic came to Co. Waterford in the 13th c and has since been used continuously there."

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

O'Corrain & Maguire (s.n. Finnguala) give Fionnghuala as a late period spelling and say it was an extremely popular name in the later Middle Ages.

The particle inghean is the late period form of "daughter (of)."

Woulfe (s.n. Diarmada) gives Diarmada as the genitive form of Diarmad under that spelling and dates the byname to tempus Elizabeth I/James I and also to the middle of the 14th C. A byname beginning with D doesn't lenite after inghean.

Her name was registered in January 2000.

There is a longstanding precedent against inverted animals, stated recently as follows:

[A coney courant and another courant contourny inverted conjoined at the paws argent] The rabbits were originally blazoned as conjoined in annulo. However, the beasts were not drawn in annulo, where the two animals are embowed, but were drawn as courant and courant inverted. By precedent we do not register inverted animals unless they are part of an arrangement in annulo. [Eiríkr _orvaldson, 10/00, R-Artemisia]

This precedent, however, applies to mammal-like animals in standard quadruped postures such as courant. It clearly does not apply to fish, as urinant is a standard fish posture that is essentially haurient inverted. Therefore, we request a ruling from Wreath as to whether tergiant may be inverted.

The submitter requested that this device be submitted only if the above device was returned. In any case, long standing Laurel precedent states that a charge that is not an ordinary (such as a crescent) cannot be counterchanged over ordinaries.

The submitter doesn't care about the gender of the name. He will accept minor changes only.

Black (s.n. Gregory) states that "several early Scots bishops bore this name" and cites Gregorius Dunchelensis 1150, William filius Gregorii 1330, Tomas Gregory 1567.

Black (s.n. Glencairn) lists a Fergus de Glencarn in 1222.

This design can be found in Foster's Dictionary of Heraldry, pg. 95 (s.n. Gifford).

The name is intended to be masculine. He wants a name authentic for England, but will accept minor changes only.

Withycombe (s.n. Grimbald) dates Grimbald to 1086, 1284, and 1303 as a male given name.

Reaney & Wilson (s.n. Death) dates Robert Deth in 1196 and Roger Deth to 1221.

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

Bahlow (s.n. Günther) states that Günther has been a leading name in the noble family of Schwarzburg in Thur. since the Middle Ages. Brechenmacher (s.n. Gunther) lists Günther as an alternate header form and dates Hainr. dictus Gunther in 1281.

Schwarzrose is a constructed surname intending to mean "black rose." Brechenmacher on p. 581, shows several bynames with Schwarz- 'black' as a protheme, including Schwarzhaupt 'black head', Schwarzburg 'black castle', Schwarzmantel 'black coat', and a variety of others. Ibid. pg. 432, shows Kalrose, Flacherose, both with "rose" as a deuterotheme, which a German dictionary confirmed as the name of the flower. In addition, there is a pattern of names formed from armorial bearings in Germany, according to Laurel precedent:

[regarding the name element Black Wing] Nor is there an English tradition of surnames based on armorial bearings (as there is in Germany, for example). As a consequence, there is no support at all for the byname. (Da'ud ibn Auda, LoAR September 1994, p. 16).

The name is intended to be feminine. She wants a name authentic for a 1500-1600 German Jewish woman, but will accept minor changes only.

Withycombe (s.n. Hannah) cites Hannah as the mother of the prophet Samuel in the Bible and says that "Hannah came into use at the Reformation." In addition, Hannah is documented as a medieval Jewish woman's name in England by Eleazar ha-Levi in "Jewish Naming Convention in Angevin England"; the same name is found as Hanna in France (Aryanhwy merch Catmael, "Jewish Given Names Found in Les Noms Des Israélites en France," http://www.sit.wisc.edu/~sfriedemann/names/levy/hanna.htm), and as Chana in Germany (Julie Stampnitzky, "Names from Hebrew Chronicles of the 10th to 13th Centuries," http://www.yucs.org/~jules/names/fem/chana.html). The last is clearly Hebraicized, and we suspect that a vernacular Hanna would be unremarkable, even if Hannah is not documented outside England.

Brechenmacher (s.n. Rosenberg) dates Ekkehardies dictus Rosenberg to 1276. As this is the same spelling as the header form, we expect it would be a normal 16th century spelling as well.

His name was registered in June 1993.

Her name was submitted on the Æthelmearc October 2001 Letter of Intent.

The name is intended to be feminine. She will accept minor changes only. Her old name was registered in December 1988.

Kristin is dated to 1318 as a Swedish given name (s.n. Kristín) in Lind (col 718).

Geirr Bassi cites inn hárfagri as a byname meaning "fair-hair." Based on his rules, in hárfagra should be the feminine form.

Her name was submitted to Laurel on the Æthelmearc November 2001 Letter of Intent.

The name is intended to be feminine. She wants a name authentic to 10^th century Saxon, but will accept minor changes only.

Searle (pg. 336) dates Leofwynn to both 997 and 1030.

Jan Jonsjo dates Kyndheir meaning "kind or natural heir" to 1332.

Her name was registered in May 1997.

The name is intended to be masculine. He requests authenticity for the "German Landsknecht" period, and will allow any changes.

Bahlow (s.n. Lothar) says that Lothar was a popular name for kings and dukes. The online Encyclopedia Brittanica mentions several Holy Roman emperors using either Lothar or Lothair, two from the 9th century, one from the 10th, and a fourth from the 12th (died 1137). All the German language bibliographic references use the spelling Lothar.

Brechenmacher, (s.n.Rosenstiel) dates Rosenstill to 1300.

The name is intended to be feminine. She allows all changes. If her name must be changed, she cares most about sound.

O'Corrain & Maguire (s.n. Medb) cites Maeve as a modern anglicised form of Medb, which is "one of the twenty most popular names in later medieval Ireland." We cannot find a more plausible period anglicization, so are sending it up as is.

MacLysaght (s.n. (Mac) Egan) cites Egan as "an important brehon family originally of Uí Maine, settled in Ormond."

This lovely name is in conflict with (John) Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician and leader of the Liberal Party, who served as prime minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983. As he has his own entry in the Encyclopedia Brittanica (online), he is protected by the CoA. The submitter can clear this conflict by adding another element or changing an element. The device will be held until the name is resubmitted, as it cannot be sent to Laurel without a name.

The device will be held until the name is resubmitted, as it cannot be sent to Laurel without a name.

Her name was registered in April 2000.

The name is intended to be feminine. She allows minor changes only. If her name must be changed, she cares most about the meaning "blue-eyed."

Withycombe (s.n.Margaret) dates Megge to 1273 as a feminine given name

Gormshuileach is a constructed descriptive byname intended to mean "blue-eyed." Both the element Gorm 'blue/green' and the construction Dubhshileach (meaning "black-eyed") are given in "Index of Names in Irish Annals: Descriptive Bynames" by Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (unpublished, photocopies attached).

The device conflicts with Tova Egeskjold Azure, a bend sinister engrailed between a feather and an oak tree eradicated argent and with Camilla Seawood of Torpoint Azure, a bend sinister engrailed between a sea lion erect and a lozenge argent. In each case, there is a single CD for change in type of the two charges around the bend, but no other difference. At any rate, she has already resubmitted the device with a chief added to clear these conflicts.

The name is intended to be feminine. She will allow any changes. If her name must be changed, she cares most about sound.

Morlet Dictionnaire (s.n.Méraud) gives Méraud as a given name derived from Germanic Mariwald. Meraud is a header form in Withycombe; Merouda Pygot is dated to 1296.

Dauzat and Rostaing (s.n. Avignon) date de'Avinione to 1150; the submitted spelling is formed from the header spelling.

The name is intended to be masculine. He will allow any changes. If his name must be changed, he cares most about sound. An earlier name submission, Michael Alewright, and device were returned in August 1998. This is a complete redesign.

Black (s.n. Michael) cites Michael as "abbot of Cambuskeneth in 1307"

Black (s.n.MacFee) states that Morphe mcphe de Colwinsajwa cited for treason in 1531.

We believe this to be clear of Barony of the Citadel of the Southern Pass, Azure, a rapier argent between two piles inverted Or. At worst there is one CD for change in type and a second for change in orientation of the secondary charges (palewise inverted vs. in pile). Another reading of the Barony's badge would make the piles primary charges, leaving this clear by X.2.

His name was registered in April 1992. I could find no clear ruling regarding the admissibility of <Field, crusilly, a cross>. However, there is substantial period evidence for the motif. Many dated examples of this motif can be found in Papworth. There are two and a half columns of "Cross, between or within crosses" in Papworth. Examples definitely dated to period that have crosses that are not ordinaries include:

"… a cross crosslet … between four crosses couped (seal 1330)

"… a cross humetty …. Between four crosses couped (c. 1282)

"Argent, a cross moline (rather sarcelly) gules between four crosses patty sable." Glover's Ordinary, c. 1392

"Azure, a cross patty between sixteen crosses crosslet argent." (c. 1296, Berenguer Le Moye)

"Azure, a cross moline (rather sarcelly) between four crosses patty Or." Glover's Ordinary, c. 1392

"Azure, a cross moline disjoined between thirteen crosses crosslet Or." Glover's Ordinary, c. 1392

"Gules a cross patty Or between crosses crosslet …" (c. 1298)

"Vert, a cross patonce Or between four crosses patty argent" (confirmed 1623)

"Vert, a cross moline (rather sarcelly) between nine crosses patty sable." Glover's Ordinary, c. 1392

"Vert, a cross moline between nine crosses crosslet fitchy Or." Glover's Ordinary, c. 1392

Her name was registered in May 1998.

Her name was registered in April 2000.

She allows minor changes. She does not want the byname translated into Italian. Her name was returned in April 2001, with the comments:

The given name was documented from Roberts, Notable Kin: An Anthology of Columns First Published in the NEHGS NEXUS, 1986–1995. While we have no reason to doubt the quality of the genealogical research, the goals of genealogists are different from ours and their data is not necessarily applicable to SCA use. The College was unable to verify this name. We therefore have to return it, barring new evidence of its use as a given name in period.

Also, please note that the College needs to know the culture as well as the time period of a name, especially when the name is documented from a non-standard source.

The submitter offers additional documentation from a source she hopes the CoA will find more acceptable. Sueva is given as what certainly seems to be a woman's name in Fifteenth Century Dance and Music (by A. William Smith), pg xxii, footnote #39, "Rarely is there a hint of the meaning of a dance title. Colonnese is associated with Sveva (Sc lines 3782-84), colonnese in sei facto per Madonna Sueva di chasa colonna." The last is a quote from the 15^th c. manuscript. Photocopies are enclosed.

The byname the Short is a translation (using the lingua anglica allowance) of the byname Basso, found in de Felice Cognomi (s.n. Bassi); the reading of this as "short" is supported both by the text and by an Italian dictionary (Langenscheidt's Standard Italian Dictionary).

The College of Heralds of Æthelmearc supports this appeal. Garnet supports the idea of better documentation through dance manuals, and will be requesting lots more dance resources (purely to document names, of course).

His name was registered in October 1992.The OED dates the spelling leming to 1713 (and lemming to 1802). The earlier name for the beast is "lemmar" or "lemmus," dated to 1607 (1555 in Latin context).

The name is intended to be masculine. He wants a name authentic for Irish (presumably Gaelic), and will accept any changes.

Ó Corrain & Maguire (s.n. Tigernach) dates Tigernach to 1088.

MacLysaght (s.n.MacGover(a)n) cites Mag Shamhráin (the Gaelic form) as "a Brettany sept of note ... The center of their territory is indicated by the village called Ballymagauran."

We would ask Wreath to examine Allistair MacMitchell (Fieldless) A tree eradicated azure, its trunk entwined by a wingless wyvern passant to base Or to determine if the wyvern is significant (making it clear) or a maintained charge (worth no difference).

His name was submitted on the Æthelmearc October 2001 Letter of Intent.

His name was submitted on the Æthelmearc October 2001 Letter of Intent.