Unto our fine College of Heralds, greetings from Ailis and Roana! Here we go again – the next Internal Letter of Intent is here! Hopefully the really snowy weather is finally behind us, and by the time you read this letter the Heralds’ and Scribes’ Collegium in Ealdormere will have been, hopefully, a delightful success. In routine reminders, commentary on this letter is due on March 31. Please route electronic copy to these three people: Ailis (wanderingpixie@livejournal.com), Roana (roana@angelfire.com), and Cadell (owaru@myfamily.org). Thanks again!
It is the intent of the Æthelmearc College of Heralds that the following items be considered for registration. Unless otherwise noted, submitters will accept all changes.
1. Bastiano di Iacopo – New name, New Device
Vert, an amphora and a chief rayonny Or.
This name is intended to be masculine. The submitter cares most about sound and that the name be authentic for 16th century Italian.
Bastiano appears 195 times in Aryanhwy’s "Italian Given Names from the Online Tratte of Office Holders 1282-1532."
di is a literal patronymic meaning "of."
Iacopo appears 3062 times in Aryanhwy’s "Italian Given Names from the Online Tratte of Office Holders 1282-1532."
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd Du
2. Caitríona M'Gilledoroughe – Resubmitted device
Vert, a panther sejant argent spotted sable within a bordure argent.
Her name is on the Æthelmearc XLoI dated Oct 2002 (Æ61). Her previous device (Vert, a panther sejant argent spotted sable) was returned at Kingdom for conflicts.
Herald of Record: Roana d’Evreux
3. Cellach mac Toimín – New name, New device
Gules, a crossbow argent within an orle of pheons Or.
This name is intended to be masculine and the submitter cares most about sound.
Cellach is listed in Tangwystyl’s "100 Most Popular Men’s Name in Early Medieval Ireland" as having 93 occurrences.
Mac Toimín is a header form in Woulfe, who cites "the name of a branch of the Barretts of Tirawley."
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd Du
4. Deryk Archer – New name, New device
Per pale sable and Or, a goblet between three pheons counterchanged.
This name is intended to be masculine. The submitter cares most about sound and that the name be authentic for 15th century English.
Deryk is cited in Withycombe (s.n. Derek, Derrick) saying, "Deryk [are] found in England in the 15th C..."
Archer is a header form in Reaney & Wilson, who dates Hugh le Archer to 1199.
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd Du
5. Gareth Craig – New Name, New device
Argent, a badger rampant sable marked argent between three standing balances vert.
This name is intended to be masculine. The submitter cares most about sound and that the name be authentic for 16th century Scotland/Wales.
Gareth is a header form in Withycombe, who says that "Gareth was given to a child baptized at Wigan in 1593..."
Craig is a header form in Black, who says that "John Craig (1512-1600) was [a] colleague of John Knox."
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd du
6. Lochlainn mac Faoláin Bán – New name, New device
Per pale azure and argent, a chevron between three wolves’ heads erased counterchanged.
This name is intended to be masculine. The submitter cares most about the meaning "Lochlainn, son of (the) silver wolf" and is interested in having a name authentic for 12th-13th century Irish.
Lochlainn is a header form in Ó Corráin & Maguire, who state that "This name came into use in the early Middle Ages among the Uí Néill of the North and other families."
mac Faoláin is a header form in Woulfe, who lists the name as "extremely rare" and gives MacPhelan as the Anglicization. MacLysaght (s.n. (O) Phelan) dates the name to before the Norman invasion.
Bán is found in Mari’s "Dated Names Found in Ó Corráin & Maguire" in Section 2.3, Descriptive Bynames.
Can someone find the Ó Corráin & Maguire header form under which Bán is listed, and what the date is?
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd du
7. Lorenz Butterman –Resubmitted device
Per saltire indented sable and pean.
Can someone tell us when his name was registered?
Herald of Record: Rys Chwith ap Madog
8. Rose Thorne –New device
Gules, a rabbit sejant contourny regardant and a chief dovetailed argent.
Can someone tell us when her name was registered?
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd du