Letter of Report for LoI #54 (dated November 2001)

1. Ælfra Long — Badge accepted

Her name was registered in January 1993.

Her name was registered in January 2000.

Her name was registered in January 2000.

His name change was decided by Laurel in November 2001.

She intends her name to be feminine. She wants her name to be authentic for French language. An earlier name change, Marie d'Avignon, was returned by Atlantia; she was notified in November of 2000. Her current names was registered in July 1999.

Alicia and Marie are both found as feminine given names in "Names from Fourteenth Century Foix" by Catelin de la Mor.

d'Avignon is derived from the header spelling in Dauzat & Rostaing (s.n. Avignon); dated citations include de Avinione from the 12th c.

He intends his name to be masculine. He wants his name to be authentic for 9^th century Ireland. The construction is found in "Dated Names Found in O Caorrain & Maguire's Irish Names" by Mari Elspeth nic Brian, in section 2.5, where Scandlán Mór mac Cind Faelad is dated to 646 AD and Máel Sechnail Mór mac Domnaill to 1022.

Anlon m. Concobair is dated to 810 in the Annals of Connacht http://www.ucc.ie/celt/online/G100011/header.html.

Find is found as a descriptive masculine byname in Tangwystyl "Early Irish Feminine Names from the Index to O'Brien's 'Corpus Genealogiarum Hiberniae'" http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/obrien/.

OC&M (s.n. Robertach) date Robertach as a male name in 836. Robertaigh is a guess at the genitive form, as the late period form is given as Mac Robhartaigh in Woulfe.

He intends his name to be masculine. He will not accept major changes.

OC&M (s.n. Anmchaid) dates Anmchaid mac Murchada to 1017.

Woulfe gives Ó Mórdha as a header form and says "Rory O'More [was] a celebrated chieftain in the reigns of Henry and Elizabeth."

His name was registered in February of 1999.

This badge would have to be submitted as a documented exception, as it violates the rule of tincture, placing a color charge on a color field. The standards for documented exceptions are high:

The documentation must consist of multiple examples, not two or three but at least a dozen, and not limited to a single heraldic regime, but be from across Europe. The examples must be of the exact form used in the submission: if the submitter wants a green trimount on blue, that's what must be documented -- and that documentation cannot then be used as an argument for, say, a green fess on blue. The examples must be of comparable simplicity and style as the submission. And finally, even if the evidence is accepted, it only applies to the item at hand. (12/93)

Field research found six examples of the motif "a field divided gules and sable with a complex charge counterchanged across it" in Siebmacher.

However, more examples will be necessary if this is to be registered. I would appreciate any help I can get.

He wants a masculine name and will accept any changes.

Morgan and Morgan (s.n. Cadwgan) list Cadogan as a header spelling and date spellings of the name to the time of Edward I and also to 1556.

Reaney and Wilson (s.n. Blades) date James Blaydes to 1506.

Clear of Colin Mac Chlurain Per chevron throughout sable and Or, a sword inverted sable between in chief two drinking horns addorsed Or. There is one CD for the change in the type of the primary charges in chief from drinking horns to caravels, and one for the change in line of division from plain to rayonny.

Originally submitted as Caradawc Mendwr, the name was changed to make it authentic (to 1292-3, to match the byname). He wants a masculine name. He wants it to be authentic for Welsh, but will not accept major changes.

In the Merioneth Lay Subsidy Roll (Keridwen - see below), the documentary spelling Cradoc is found. The submitted Caradawc is found "in early poetry texts" according to Morgan and Morgan (s.n. Caradog); they date Craddoc to 1292.

Mendwr is an occupational byname in thirteenth century Wales (meaning 'mender') found in "Names and Naming Practice in the Merioneth Lay Subsidy Roll 1292-3" (by Keridwen ferch Morgan Glasvryn, now Tangwystl, 1991 KWHS Proceedings, p. 102).

Herald of Record: Bruce (Bressal MacCulloch)

If this is accepted, her previous device Per fess wavy argent and barry wavy azure and argent, in chief three wyverns sejant gules, registered in August of 1999, should be released.

We ask Wreath to examine Artur of Daeyrnmoore Quarterly sable and argent, a lozenge fesswise throughout Or voided gules. If the lozenge is effectively gules, fimbriated Or, this is in conflict, with only one CD for the changes to the field (as fimbriation does not contribute to difference. If the gules lozenge is effectively a tertiary charge, this is clear, with one additional CD for the change of the tincture of the lozenge, and a third for the removal of a tertiary charge.

She wants a feminine name, and will not accept major changes.

Withycombe (s.n. Cynthia) gives Cynthia as a header form and says that "English writers in the later Middle Ages, struggling to spell Sanchia (q.v.), sometimes turned it into Cynthia, but the name was not really used until the Renaissance."

Reaney and Wilson (s.n. Love) derive Love from a given name and date Peter Love to 1255.

Reaney and Wilson (s.n. Tower) dates William de la Tur to 1260 and Theobald atte Tur to 1296. The modern spelling of the Tower should be acceptable.

Herald of Record: Edmund Tregelles

His name was registered in June 2001.

His name is intended to be masculine. He accepts all changes.

Duarcán is a header form in OC&M, who say that the name "occurs…in the later middle ages."

Black (s.n. Maccrackan) dates Michael Makcraken to 1526.

The submitter does not care about the gender of the name. He will only accept the following changes: Durr can be changed to Dur (which would be grandfathered from his currently registered name) and capitalization can be changed. His name was registered in February 1983.

Durr is a word meaning 'pearls' which has been used in bynames; he is willing to accept the use of Dur, which is grandfathered to him and was justified originally as a hypochoristic form of Romance names with the prototheme <Dur-> (such as Durand). There is substantial evidence of contact between Arabs and Romance speakers in Spain, Sicily, and Palestine, including French speakers.

Min is a particle meaning "of"; it is grammatically necessary here because of the complex byname.

The byname al-Jabal al-Mukhfi is intended to mean "of the hidden mountain." While one set of commentary suggests that the construction may not be the best translation of "of hidden mountain" (meaning something more like "the mountain that hides [itself]" or "mountain of the concealer") it still suggests that the construction is at least plausible.

William Seibert (wajdi) says:

"So the grammatically correct form of the name with the meaning you want would be Durr Min Jabal al-Muchfi…" (ch and kh are transcriptions of the same letter).

Sion Andreas says:

"'Mukhfii' is the active participle of the Form IV verb "akhfaa" Root (Kh-F-Y) meaning 'to hide or conceal." The active participle means "one who or that which hides or conceals." The name as stands means "from the mountain of the concealer." (we believe that his -ii is a long marker, which can also be transcribed -i).

Her name was decided by Laurel in November 2001.

Her name was decided by Laurel in November 2001.

Submitted as Ihon Edmiston, the name was changed to reflect his request for authenticity. His name is intended to be masculine. He will not accept major changes. He is interested in having his name be authentic for "Scottish."

Ihon is found in Symon Freser of Lovat "13^th and 14^th Century Scottish Names."

Edmiston is a sub-header form in Black (s.n. Edmonston); dated forms include Edmundiston 1248 and Edmideston 1322. It is also a sub-header under Edmeston, and forms are dated from 1550 on.

His name was sent to Laurel on the October 2001 Æthelmearc letter.

Submitted as John de Douglas, the name was changed to match his request for authenticity. The name is intended to be masculine. He wants it to be authentic for 12^th-13^th century English, and will accept any changes.

John is a header form in Withycombe who says it is "a fairly common English name in the 12^th-15^th c…."

Douglas is a header form in Reaney and Wilson, and William de Duglas is dated to 1175-99. All early citations we could find have Du- rather than Dou-.

The name is intended to be masculine. He requested that his name be authentic for "Norman" culture, but later informed me that the name Jonathan is more important than authenticity. He will accept any changes.

Jonathan is a header form in Withycombe, with Jonathas cited to the 13th c., and Jonathus cited to 1213. In addition, Jonathan is dated to 1599 in Mari Elspeth nic Brian "Names in Chesham 1538-1600/1.

d'Abernon is a header form in R&W, with Roger de Abernon cited to 1086, and Jordan Dabernun to 1197. The submitted form is a nice interpolation.

The chief could certainly be larger.

Her name was registered in January 1994. Clear of Barony of Blatha an Oir, Barony of (Fieldless) Two daffodils in saltire Or slipped and leaved vert, with one CD for fieldlessness, and a second for the change in color of one daffodil from Or to gules.

The submitter withdrew the badge.

The device has already been sent to Laurel (in January). It was repeated on this letter in error.

His name was registered in August 1990. This has been withdrawn by the submitter. In addition, it is in conflict with Kingdom of Meridies Vair ancient, a hawk's bell Or. There is one CD for the changed from fielded to fieldless, but the two bells are almost identical.

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

Rubina is a header form in de Felice Nomi, who says it "continua un nome affettivo già medievale formato da rubino..."which I take to indicate that it dates back to the Middle Ages.

Da Cimento is a locative surname in 14^th century Venice (Arval Benicouer and Talan Gwynek "Fourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names")

The name is intended to be feminine. She wants her name to be authentic for Scots, and will allow all changes.

Sabina is dated to 1199-1265 in Withycombe (s.n. Sabina).

Borthwick Castle was constructed in 1430-2, according to Castles of Britain and Ireland (Plantagenet Somerset Fry) (s.n. Borthwick). In addition, Black (s.n. Borthwick) cites William de Borthwick in 1378.

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

Tedesca is intended to be a variant of Tedeska, found in Arval Benicouer, "Feminine Given Names from Thirteenth Century Perugia."

Niccola is found as a family name in 1427 Florence (Anonymous, "Family Names Appearing in the Catasto of 1427")

This is the group which has previously submitted both Orion's Gate and Og, the latter returned at Kingdom. They care most about the sound of the name. Wynterset is found in Reaney and Wilson (s.n. Wintersett). Hugh de Wynterset is dated to 1379. In addition, the spelling Wintersete is dated to 1125 in Mills (s.n. Wintersett). Nothing indicates that this location is sufficiently important to be protected.