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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.
1. Æthelmearc, Kingdom of – New badge
[Fieldless] On an open scroll fesswise enarched gules the words “verba volant scripta manet,” overall an escallop Or.
This badge is to be associated with our College of Scribes.
Herald of Record: Edmund Lambert of Tregelles
2. Arabella MacGrath – New device
Quarterly azure and Or, in bend sinister two fleurs-de-lys azure.
Can someone tell us when her name was registered?
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd du
3. Caireann Ó Mórdha– New name, New device
Per pale azure and argent, an open book between three suns counterchanged.
The submitter will accept all changes, cares most about language/culture, and would like a feminine name.
Caireann is cited in Ó Corráin & Maguire (s.n. Cairenn: Caireann) with the comment that the name is “a borrowing from Latin Carina. The only bearer of this name was Cairenn Chasdubh… daughter of the King of the Britons.”
Ó Mórdha is cited in MacLysaght (s.n. Ó More) as the Gaelic spelling and "The leading sept of the 'Seven Septs of Leix'.[sic]"
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd Du
4. Eleanor Elizabeth Burgar – Resubmitted device
Per bend azure and gules, on a bend cotised Or, four wagon wheels proper.
This is a re-design of her original device submission, which was returned at Kingdom for conflict. Her name was sent to Laurel on the October External Letter of Intent (Æ 61).
Herald of Record: Edmund Lambert of Tregelles
5. Gunther Schwartzrosen – New device
Gules, on a pale engrailed argent a rose barbed and seeded sable.
Can someone tell us when his name was registered?
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd du
6. Gwilym ap Dafydd – New name, New device
Per pale argent and vert, three suns counterchanged, a bordure sable mulletty argent.
The submitter will accept all changes, cares most about sound, and would like a masculine name.
Gwilym is found in “Welsh Names and Naming Practices” by Tangwystyl.
ap – Welsh patronymic marker
Dafydd is also found in "Welsh Names and Naming Practices."
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd du
7. Johann Schülein– New name, New device
Gules, on a bend bretessed argent three triangles palewise inverted sable.
This name is intended to be masculine.
Johann is found in Talan’s article "Late Period German Masculine Given Names" and is cited in 15th century Arnsburg.
Schülein is found in both Bahlow and Brechenmacher, s.n. Schiele. Both sources date Hans Schielin to 1474. Schühle(in) is also identified as a variant of Schuh by Bahlow and a variant of Schüle by Brechenmacher.
Herald of Record: Edmund Lambert of Tregelles
8. Johann Wülfken– New name, New device
Argent, on a chevron gules between three wolves’ heads erased sable, three chess rooks argent.
The submitter will accept all changes, cares most about language/culture, and would like a masculine name authentic for German.
Johann is listed by Talan in "Late Period German Masculine Given Names – Names from 15th Century Arnsberg."
Wülfken is sited in Bahlow (s.n. Wulf(f)) as a lower German variation.
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd du
9. Rhydderich Hael, Barony of the – Order of the Golden Bee – New order name, New badge
Per pale vert and sable, a bee Or.
The order name follows the suggested pattern of order names outlined in the RfS III.2.b.ii. The pattern of "Order of <adjective><noun>" is well established by the examples given in this section, such as the "Order of the Golden Fleece" and the "Order of the Golden Rose."
Golden, used as an adjective meaning "made of gold," is dated to 1275 in the OED, and this spelling is dated to 1548.
Bee is a well-known insect used as an heraldic charge. The OED tells us that this name for the insect was used as early as 1000, and in this spelling as early as 1300.
This badge is in conflict with (Fieldless) A bee Or, registered in 11/98 to Elizabeth Braidwood. Mistress Elizabeth has graciously written a letter of permission to conflict, which is included with the submission forms.
Herald of Record Edmund Lambert of Tregelles
10. Rioghnach ni Rose– Resubmitted name, Resubmitted device
Argent, two cats sejant addorsed tails entwined sable between in pale two roses proper.
The name is intended to be feminine and the submitter is interested in having it be authentic for Irish/English.
When her name was returned in 2000 by the Kingdom, this was one of the suggested, acceptable alternatives. However, no other documentation was included.
Can someone help document the name elements?
Herald of Record: Murdoch Bayne
11. Robert of Worcester– New name, New device
Purpure, two crosses couped Or, between a bend, within a bordure argent.
The submitter will accept all changes, cares most about language/culture, and would like a masculine name.
Robert is a header form in Withycombe, which says that it was "reinforced at the time of the Norman conquest … and has been a favorite name ever since."
Worcester is a header form in Reaney & Wilson, with de Wircestr cited in 1180 and de Worcester in 1290.
Herald of Record: Ennoguent filia Bronmael
12. Thomas von Hessen – New name, New device
Or, issuant from a chevron inverted gules a demi-bull azure.
This name is intended to be masculine.
In addition to being the submitter's legal given name, Thomas appears twice in Talan’s online article "Late Period German Masculine Given Names," which says that the name is found in 15th century Arnsburg and Plauen.
von - an article meaning "of" or "from."
Hesse is a province of Germany, and the place of origin of Hessian mercenaries. It is also a header from in Bahlow (p. 234). The entry states, among other things, "Cf. Margrave Rudolf of Baden, 'who was called a Hessian' 1325."
The consulting herald states "To get 'Hessen,' we added the "n" to the end of Hesse. It was our best guess at proper grammatical construction of the name."
But the submitter states a preference for being "Thomas of/from Hesse," over "Thomas the Hessian," and so we are uncertain that the final 'n' is appropriate or even correct. Thoughts?
Herald of Record: Edmund Lambert of Tregelles
13. Wolfgang Güntherson – New name, New device
Per pale gules and sable, three wolves’ teeth issuant from sinister Or.
The submitter cares most about German language/culture and would like a masculine name.
Wolfgang is cited in Bahlow on page 561, referring to a bishop of Regensburg who died 994 ce.
Günther is cited in Bahlow on page 177.
son is a constructed patronymic marker.
Can anyone find header forms for these?
Herald of Record: Hilderun Hügelmann / Cadell Blaidd du