It is the intent of the Æthelmearc College of Heralds that the following items be considered for registration.
Unless otherwise noted, submitters will accept minor changes only. Commentary on this letter is due September 30.
1. Adelheidis Spätauf – New name, New device
Per chevron inverted azure and sable, in chief a cinquefoil Or, in base two arrows in chevron inverted argent.
This name is intended to be feminine. The submitter wants a name that means “Heidi late up.”
Talan’s article, German Given Names 1200-1250, cites 3 instances of Adelheidis.
Spätauf is intended to mean “late up” (as in, a late riser). It is found as an undated form in Bahlow s.n. Spät. Brechenmacher dates Spätauf to 1725, but dates the element Spät to “1248 Hainr. miles dictus Späte.” Jah Früaff (early up) is dated in the same source s.n. Frühauf to 1442.
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2. Alan FitzOdin – New name, New device
Per chevron sable and azure, a dragon involved in annulo, in dexter chief an increscent argent.
This name is intended to be masculine.
Alan is a header form in Withycombe which describes it as “a Celtic name of doubtful etymology” and dates the Latinized Alanus to 1071-5.
Odin is a man’s name found once in Nicolaa de Bracton’s article, A Statistical Survey of Given Names in Essex Co., England.
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This name is intended to be masculine.
Alwin is found in Withycombe s.n. Aylwin “Gallicized Alwin or Aylwin,” with Alwinus dated to 1189-1213.
the Silent is a descriptive byname. Could someone with OED access find us a dated citation for this word?
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4. Anlaith ingen Trena – Name change from Adelina die Bogenschützin, New device
Argent, a willow tree vert, a ford proper.
Her name was registered in 12/95. This name is intended to be feminine and Irish.
Anlaith is dated to 901-950 in Mari Elspeth nic Bryan’s article, Index of Names in Irish Annals: Feminine Names.
Trena is found in Tangwystyl’s article, 100 Most Popular Men’s Names in Early Medieval Ireland which gives Trena, Triain, and Treno as genitive forms of Trian.
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5. Anneliese Rosenhartes – New name, New device
Per chevron azure and sable, in base a catamount passant guardant Or.
This name is intended to be feminine.
Anneliese is found in Bahlow.
Rosenhartes is dated to 1275 in Brechenmacher s.n. Rosenhart.
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6. Baldric of Blackwater – Device resubmission
Ermine, a horse rampant contourny reguardant sable mane and tail enflamed proper.
His name was registered in 08/96.
His previous device was returned for conflict; the posture of the horse has been changed.
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7. Batu Chinua – New name, New device
Per chevron sable and argent, two wolves' heads erased and a rose counterchanged.
This name is intended to be feminine. The submitter will accept any changes and desires a Mongolian name meaning “loyal wolf.”
Batu is listed as a “common name element from primary sources” in Baras-aghur Naran’s article, On the Documentation and Construction of Period Mongolian Names. It means “loyal.”
Chinua is found in the same source, and means “wolf.”
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8. Beowulf fitzMalcolm – New name, New device
Or, a sun sable eclipsed Or, on a bordure embattled purpure, the words "In Diece von Albrecht von Halstern" Or.
This name is intended to be masculine.
Beowulf is found in Searle on p. 104 which gives several citations for the name.
Malcolm is a header form in Withycombe dated to 1086. The submitter desires the name fitzMalcolm, or will accept Malcolmson; his real father’s registered name is Malcolm Mac Angus of Finross.
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9. Bonifatius Eburhard – New badge
Per chevron Or and gules, a sun in its splendor counterchanged.
His name was registered in 09/96.
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This name is intended to be masculine. The submitter will accept any changes. His previous submission, Bran MacNaughton, was returned for conflict.
Bran is dated to 671 in Ó Corráin & Maguire on “page 33” (the submission form does not give the header form).
Hammer is a header form in Reaney & Wilson, which dates John le Hammer to 1332.
MacNaughton is dated to 1247 in Reaney & Wilson, s.n. Mac Nachton.
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11. Brangwayna MacKinnon – New name, New device
Per bend vert and purpure, on a bend cotised between two fleurs-de-lys argent three thistle heads palewise proper.
This name is intended to be feminine. The submitter will accept any changes.
Brangwayna is found in Tangwystyl’s “problem names” article, Concerning the Names Branwen, Bronwen and the Like which dates Brangwayna to 1250.
MacKinnon is a header form in Black, which mentions the original given name in 728 and dates Lachlann Makfingane to 1409.
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12. Branwen ferch Gwythyr – New device
Vert, on a pale sable fimbriated argent a tree eradicated Or, a chief argent.
Her name was registered in 11/01.
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His name was registered in 04/01. This alternate name is intended to be masculine.
Thomas is a header form in Withycombe, which states “with the advent of the Norman conquest [Thomas] came into general use.”
Baird is a header form in Black. The period examples given use the spellings Bard or Barde, but the submitter wishes to register the form Baird, which is also his mundane surname.
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14. Brennus Barbatus –New badge
Per pale sable and Or, two griffins segreant addorsed counterchanged.
His name was registered in 04/01.
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15. Bressal MacCulloch – New badge
[Fieldless] A wing conjoined to a hand gules maintaining a baton fesswise argent.
His name was registed in 07/02.
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16. Brigette de Saint Mere-Eglise – Badge resubmission
Azure, a pale argent, in fess three roses counterchanged barbed and seeded proper.
Her name was registered in 10/99. Her previous badge (Azure, on a pale argent, a rose barbed and seeded azure) was returned from Æ 50 for conflict and redrawing.
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17. Cadifor Cynan – New device
Per fess wavy sable and Or, in pale a plate and a hurt.
His name was registered in 08/96.
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18. Catherine of Oakden – New name, New device
Or, four oak leaves conjoined in saltire at the stems vert.
This name is intended to be feminine.
Catherine is found in Mari’s article, Feminine Given Names Found in the 1332 Lay Subsidy Rolls for Lincolnshire, England.
Oakden is a header form in Reaney & Wilson, which gives Elias de Akeden 1246, Richard de Okeden 1332.
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19. Caitríona M'Gilledoroughe – New name, New device
Vert, a panther sejant argent spotted sable.
This name is intended to be feminine and Irish. The submitter will accept any changes.
Caitríona is found in Ó Corráin & Maguire s.n. Caiterína, which says the name was “well established among the Irish aristocracy by the 15th century.”
M'Gilledoroughe is an undated form in Woulfe, s.n. Mac Giolla ðorca.
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20. Christopher Rawlyns – New badge
[Fieldless] A fleur-de-lys within and conjoined to an annulet of chain Or.
His name was registered in 02/91. He was knighted in 08/99.
Herald of Record: Roana d’Evreux
21. Cicilia Corsini – New name, New device
Azure, a bend invected Or, in sinister chief a cross bottony argent.
This name is intended to be feminine. The submitter requests authenticity for 15th century Italy.
Cicilia is found in Rhian Lyth’s article, Italian Renaissance Women’s Names.
Corsini is a family name found in the Florentine Renaissance Resources articles.
Herald of Record: Eleanore Godwin
22. Craft Hunold – Device resubmission
Or, a rooster sable standing atop a trimount checky argent and vert maintaining in its claw a fleur-de-lys azure.
His name was submitted on Æ 57. His previous submission (Or, a rooster sable maintaining in its claw a
fleur-de-lys azure standing on a trimount checky sable and vert) was returned for contrast issues.
23. Eleanor Elizabeth Burgar – New name, New device
Azure, on a bend cotised Or four wagon wheels proper.
This name is intended to be feminine.
Eleanor is a header form in Withycombe, which dates Alianora to 1428.
Elizabeth is also a header form in Withycombe, which dates Elizabeth to 1483.
Burgar is a header from in Black and is dated to 1492.
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24. Eoin Mac Cionaoith ui Reannachain – New name, New device
Argent, a chevron and in base a crescent sable.
This name is intended to be masculine. The submitter requests authenticity for 12th-14th century Ireland and will accept any changes.
Eoin is a header form in Ó Corráin & Maguire.
Mac Cionnaoith is found in Mac Lysaght s.n. Mac Kenna.
Reannachain is found in Woulfe s.n. O Reannachain.
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25. Eowyn Swiftlere – Device resubmission
Per chevron azure and argent, three Phrygian caps argent and a joscelyn wreathed azure and Or with three bells gules.
Her name was submitted on Æ 57. Her previous submission (Or, a wreath pupure and argent, on a chief bevilly purpure three Phrygian caps Or) was returned for a redesign to address style problems.
Herald of Record: Nigel of Southwood
This name is intended to be feminine. The submitter requests authenticity for Germany.
Eva is found in Aryanhwy’s article, 15th Century Dutch Names which cites Eva in 1481.
Rosenberg is a header form in Brechenmacher, which dates it to 1276.
Herald of Record: Elizabeth Law
27. Eva Rosenberg – New badge
Argent, a mortar and pestle azure, two vines of sage in pile vert.
Herald of Record: Elizabeth Law
28. Fearghus mac Eoin – Device resubmission
Argent, a boar statant within a bordure gules.
His name was submitted to Laurel on Æ 56. His previous device (Argent, a boar statant gules) was returned
for conflict.
29. Fiachrae the Bonesetter – New name, New device
Per pale gules and sable, a Celtic cross argent, on a chief argent three Maltese crosses vert.
This name is intended to be masculine. The submitter requests authenticity for 13th - 14th century Ireland.
Fiachrae is a header form in Ó Corráin & Maguire, which states it is “a common early Irish name.”
The submitter has promised to provide documentation for the Bonesetter. Anyone with OED access want to give it a shot?
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30. Gareth Kincaid – Device resubmission
Per pale sable and argent, on a sun a Celtic cross and a bordure counterchanged.
His name was registered in 08/99. His previous submission was mistakenly submitted in the reversed tinctures and was returned for conflict in 06/01.
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31. Gareth Kincaid – Badge resubmission
Per saltire argent and gules, a hammer reversed within a bordure embattled sable.
His name was registered in 08/99. His previous submission (Per saltire argent and gules, a hammer reversed sable) was returned by Laurel for conflict in 06/01.
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32. Genevieve Ravencrest – Device resubmission
Azure, a pegasus contourny passant reguardant argent, on a chief dovetailed argent three fleurs-de-lis azure.
Her name is in process on Æ 58. Her previous submission (Azure, a pegasus passant reguardant and on a chief dovetailed argent three fleurs-de-lis azure.) was returned for conflict.
Herald of Record: Eleanore Godwin
33. Grifon fuiz Guillaume – New name, New device
Per fess azure and per pale gules and sable, a demi-sun throughout issuant from the line of division Or and a griffin segreant argent.
This name is intended to be masculine and Norman.
Colm Dubh’s Index to the 1292 Paris Census cites Grifon le lombart, Genevote (un) fuiz, and Guillaume le maingnen.
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34. Hucheon Blackheart – New device
Per saltire argent and purpure, a heart sable within a bordure checky argent and sable.
His name is submitted and in process with Drachenwald.
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35. Ihon Edmideston – New device
Per fess argent and gules, a saltire gules, and a swan’s head and neck couped argent.
His name was submitted to Laurel on Æ 54/55.
Herald of Record: Eleanore Godwin
36. Isabella Ironstone – New name, New device
Gules, an hourglass argent between three suns Or.
This name is intended to be feminine. The submitter cares most about the sound of the name.
Isabella Cur is dated to 1199 in Withycombe, s.n. Isabel(la).
Ironstone is a constructed name extrapolated from Irenpurse (Iron + purse), found in Jönsjö, dated as Irnepurse to 1294. This construction is desired based on the client’s work with basalt stones, which are volcanic stones with high iron content that have been used to build castle walls.
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37. Ivak Martsch – New name, New device
Chevronelly inverted argent and azure, an eagle displayed head to sinister sable within a bordure compony gules and argent.
This name is intended to be masculine.
Ivak Borovik is dated to 1593, s.n. Ioann, in Wickenden.
Martsch is found s.n. Martsch(ke), Martschick in Bahlow as a Bohemian nickname for Martin. The form Marzik is dated to 1376 in Prague.
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38. Jane Attwelle – Name resubmission, Device resubmission
Sable mullety argent, a lion rampant contourny Or maintaining a goblet argent.
Her previous submissions, from Æ 57 under the name Aurelia the Astrologer, were withdrawn by the submitter.
The name is intended to be feminine and mean “at the spring.” She will accept all changes and wishes the name to be authentic for 16th century England.
Jane is dated to 1473 in Talan’s Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames.
Reaney & Wilson date Gilbert Attewelle to 1274, s.n. Attwell. The name survived in the form Attwell until at least the early fifteenth century, according to Matthews.
Herald of Record: Eleanore Godwin
39. Jonathan Stone – New device
Sable, a pale argent, on a chief Or a lightning bolt fesswise sable.
His name was registered in 03/99.
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40. Juliana de Beaujeu – New badge
[Fieldless] A horse's head couped erminois.
His name was submitted to Laurel on Æ 56.
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41. Katherine Vivans – New name, New device
Argent, a fox rampant and on a chief azure two rapiers crossed in saltire argent.
This name is intended to be feminine and French. She will accept all changes.
Katherine is a feminine given name which occurs twice in the Parisian tax rolls used in Aryanhwy’s article, French Names from Paris, 1423 & 1438.
Vivans is a header form in Dauzat & Rostaing, Dictionnaire etymologique des noms de lieux, with the form Vivent dated to 1038 and 1385.
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42. Kings Crossing, Shire of – New name, New device
Gules, a saltire bretessed Or and in chief a laurel wreath argent.
This is a constructed placename name, intended to be plausible for 16th century England. The submitters will accept any changes. There is a petition included with the submission.
Mills lists such place names as King’s Heath, with the spelling Kyngesheath dated to 1511, and King’s Lynn (s.n. Lynn) with the particle Lena dated to 1086 and the affix King’s dated to the 16th century.
Mills also lists Vine’s Cross, dated to the 16th century, and St. Cross South Elmham (s.n. Elmham), dated to 1254. This evidence certainly seems to justify the plausibility of the placename Kings (or King’s) Cross; the assistance of the College is requested in finding justification for the use of Crossing. Ideas, anyone? It’s a great name, and we’d love to see it passed.
Herald of Record: Lothar Hügelmann
43. Leah Jeanette – New name, New device
Or, an open book gules, a chief embattled azure.
This name is intended to be feminine.
Leah is a Biblical name; Leah is the sister of Rachel.
Janette is a proposed spelling variant of the French Janet/Jehannette. The 1292 Paris Census includes Janequin, Jean, Jehane, and Jehannette, suggesting that the forms Jan, Jean, and Jehan are related and possibly interchangeable. Withycombe says that “Janeta is not uncommon in medieval records,” and the submitter proposes that Janette is a plausible variant name form.
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44. Leonor Farfan – Device resubmission
Sable, a lion’s head couped contourny argent, on a bordure argent three decrescents sable.
Her name was registered in 02/02. Her previous submission (Sable, a lion’s head couped to sinister argent) was returned for conflict.
Herald of Record: Eleanore Godwin
45. Magdelena Drucker – New name, New device
Argent, a gryphon segreant gules winged sable crowned with a halo Or maintaining a flag per fess gules and sable, a bordure sable.
This name is intended to be feminine. The submitter is interested in a name from Alsatia, Germany, in the 16th century.
Magdalena is a German feminine given name dated to 1346 in Talan’s article, Medieval German Given Names in Silesia.
Drucker is intended to be an occupational byname meaning “printer.” Drucker is the modern German word for printer; can anyone help with finding a period form?
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46. Matheus Hunda-Maðr – New name, New device
Per bend argent and sable, in bend sinister two hounds combattant counterchanged.
This name is intended to be masculine. The submitter will accept any changes and requests a name meaning “keeper of the hounds” that is authentic for 9th-11th century Norse.
Matheus is a masculine given name found on p. 13 of Geirr Bassi.
Hunda-Maðr is found in Bertil Thuresson’s Middle English Occupational Terms s.n. Hundeman. Thuresson says the name is Old Norse.
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The submitter is female but indicates that she does not care about the gender of her name. She will accept any changes.
May is found in Bardsley as a header form, dated to 1379.
Wynn is an alternate header form in Reaney & Wilson, s.n. Winn.
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This name is intended to be masculine. The submitter is interested in a name authentic for 16th century Spain.
Miguel is found as a masculine given name in Elsbeth’s article, 16th Century Spanish Men’s Names.
The Catalogo de Pasajeros de Inelias Vol II # 2091 lists a Francisco Flores in 1535. Juliana de Luna’s article on late 15th century Spanish names gives de Flores as a locative surname.
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49. Miriel Verdy – New device
Vert, on a pale indented argent five cinquefoils purpure.
Her name was registered in 04/96.
This is an old appeal and should be conflict checked before forwarding to Laurel.
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50. Nicolette Lugdun – New name, New device
Per bend sinister argent and vert, in bend two fleurs-de-lys counterchanged.
This name is intended to be feminine.
Nicole is found in the 1292 Paris Census. A pattern of –ette as a diminuitive is well documented; consider Ansel/Anselet, Aubin/Aubinet, and Jehane/Jehannette in the same source.
Lugdun is a constructed placename. Lugga is an Old English given name found in Reaney & Wilson (s.n. Lugg) with William Lugis dated to 1219. –dun is an Old English element meaning ‘down, hill, mountain’, according to Ekwall; the spelling –dun can be found in Reaney & Wilson, s.n. Longdeal, with de Longedun dated to 1207.
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51. Ottó rauðskeggr – New name, New device
Quarterly sable and gules, in bend sinister two drakkars argent.
This name is intended to be masculine.
Ottó is a given name found on p. 13 of Geirr Bassi.
rauðskeggr is a nickname found on p. 26 of the same source.
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This name is intended to be masculine. The submitter will accept any changes.
Robert is found in Black, with Alexander Robert dated to 1402.
Rose is a header form in Black; William Rose in Inverness is dated c. 1360.
Inverness is a header form in Black; the spelling Inyernys is dated to 1361.
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53. Seth MacMychel – Device resubmission / appeal
Per pale purpure and gules, two gorillas statant respectant argent.
His name was submitted on Æ 56. This submission was returned in Kingdom from the same letter, as the submitter had
provided no evidence to prove that gorillas were known to Europeans in period (all the evidence we could find at the time
indicated that gorillas did not become known until well after our period). The submitter has provided evidence in Khalaf,
stating that “the Roman author Pliny the Elder knows that gorilla furs were exhibited in the temple of the goddess Tanit
until Carthage was destroyed by the Romans.” The skins and account in question date from the 6th century B.C. While we
feel this is inadequate evidence to prove that Europeans in period knew of gorillas, this is an appeal and as such will be
forwarded to Laurel when this letter leaves Kingdom. If anyone can find more compelling evidence to support Seth’s appeal,
we would be pleased and appreciative.
54. Silence de Cherbourg – Device resubmission
Vert, a bend sinister between six fleurs-de-lis Or.
Her name was registered in 11/98. Her previous submission from Atlantia (Vert, a saltire Or fretted with a serpent in mascle argent) was returned by Laurel in 01/00.
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55. Sophie Davenport – New name, New device
Sable, a bend sinister gules fimbriated Or, overall a scorpion argent.
This name is intended to be feminine. The submitter would like the name Sophie but will accept the name Sophia if necessary.
Sophie is an alternate header form in Withycombe.
Davenport is a header form in Reaney & Wilson. The spelling Davenport is dated no earlier than 1642, but other spellings are used earlier.
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56. Tigernach Ó Fuathaigh – New name, New device
Vert, a natural salamander rampant within a bordure nebuly argent.
This name is intended to be masculine.
Tigernach is a header form in Ó Corráin & Maguire, which names a St. Tigernach of Clonmacnoise & Roscommon who died in 1088.
Ó Fuathaigh is found in Mac Lysaght, s.n. (O) Fuohy, as “an east Cork name.”
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57. Tristan Ravencrest – Device Resubmission
Quarterly azure and argent, in pale a raven close to sinister, perched upon an increscent sable.
His name was registered in 11/01. A previous submission was withdrawn by the submitter.
Herald of Record: Eleanore Godwin