Æthelmearc Internal Letter of Intent Æ68
May 1 2003

Greetings to our College of Heralds! A few words from Garnet and Cornelian:

• Commentary on this letter will be due on May 31. The email-commentary experiment seems to be working well, so we're asking people to continue to post their commentary to aethel-heralds@lists.andrew.cmu.edu. Thanks to all of our commenters!
• Consulting heralds, a request / reminder: We've been seeing a lot of name forms lately on which the documentation lists page numbers but not header forms. To make a long story short: except for Geirr Bassi, page numbers are not enough! Please, when you document a name, give us the header form – the "main name" under which your documentation was listed. It's so much easier for others to look up your documentation if you give the header forms, as page numbers can vary from printing to printing of a book. Thanks, guys!

It is the intent of the Æthelmearc College of Heralds that the following items be considered for registration. Unless otherwise noted, submitters will accept any changes.

This 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."

Silver is dated to 1450 as an heraldic tincture, 1526 as an adjective meaning made of silver, and to 1605 as an adjective meaning having the whiteness or lustre of silver, with other spellings as early as 1032 AD, in the Oxford English Dictionary.

Sycamore is a large species of maple tree introduced to Britain from the continent; the "Siccamore" is dated to 1588 and the spelling Sycamore is dated to 1653 in the OED. Though this spelling is out of period, it is the standard modern spelling; furthermore it is grandfathered to Æthelmearc by virtue of our registration of the "Order of the Sycamore" in 04/90.

Herald of Record: Edmund Tregelles

This name is intended to be masculine. The submitter will accept all changes.

His previous submission, Aleyne of Ravenswood, was returned by Laurel in 04/02 for conflict with Alanna of Ravenwood. The submitter is within his 1 year from time of notification for a free resubmission.

Aleyne is found in Withycombe (s.n. Alan) with Aleyne dated to the 15th century, and Aleyn dated to 1440.

le Reven is found in Reaney & Wilson (s.n. Raven) with Adam Reven dated to 1279 and Alice le Reven dated to 1327.

Sable, three mullets in bend sinister Or.

This name (originally submitted as Assad de Barcelona, the submitter was willing to match the documented form of the name) was returned back in November, but upon further consideration, we suspect that our return was for spurious reasons. Our apologies to Asad, and his name and device are here being resubmitted.

This name is intended to be masculine. The submitter will accept minor changes only.

Asad is found in Juliana's article, "Andalusian Names: Arabs in Spain."

Barcelona is reported as "a city on the northern coast of the Mediterranean Sea in Spain. [It was] founded by the Carthaginians, fell to the Moors in 713, and was taken by Charlemagne's troops in 801," according to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.

Herald of Record: Edmund Tregelles

Gules, on a pile rayonny argent a standing balance sable.

His name was registered in 08/02.

Herald of Record: Edmund Tregelles

This name is intended to be masculine. The submitter will accept major but not minor changes and requests authenticity for Ireland.

Cael is found on page 40 of Ó Corráin & Maguire, which says that it is "found principally in the south in early period."

Saunders is found on page 265 of MacLysaght, which gives the name's origin as "biblical."

Can someone give us header forms, and dates if there are any, for both of these name elements?

Herald of Record: Eleanor Elizabeth Law

Or, two bendlets and in chief a laurel wreath sable.

The name was registered in 07/85. If this passes, the College's old arms (Or, a thistle, slipped and leaved, proper within a laurel wreath vert, all within a bordure sable, masoned Or) are to be retained under the designation of "Ancient Arms," as allowed by the Admin Handbook section II.D.2 ("If a branch changes its arms, it may retain the old arms under the designation 'Ancient Arms.'"). A petition of support is included with the submission.

Herald of Record: Roana d'Evreux

This name is intended to be masculine. The submitter will accept minor changes only, and requests authenticity for 10th-12th century Norse.

Óláfr is a given name found on page 13 of Geirr Bassi.

Þorvarðarson is a patronymic byname based on the given name Þorvarðr found on p. 16 of Geirr Bassi. The patronymic has been formed according to the rules on p. 17.

Herald of Record: Daði Þorfinnsson