Unto the Æthelmearc College of Heralds and all others reading these words, greetings from Ailis Garnet and Roana Cornelian! As the year-end holidays approach, we bring you one more Internal Letter of Intent for 2004. Due to the busy schedules that the holidays bring to all of us, there will not be another ILoI until February 1, 2005. Please make sure that any submissions you're sending for that letter (and all future ones) are on the most recent forms (which are dated February 2004 on the bottom). Commentary on the items in this letter is due on December 31. Please post your commentary to aethel-heralds@lists.andrew.cmu.edu, or send it to us privately at garnet [AT] aethelmearc [DOT] org. Happy Holidays to you all!
It is the intent of the Æthelmearc College of Heralds that the
following items be considered for registration.
1. Angel's Keep, Canton of - New name, New device
Azure, on a bend between a vol and a tower argent a laurel wreath vert. [color]
The submitters accept any changes and have no other preferences concerning the name.
Angel is a header form in Reaney & Wilson, with one Warinus Angelus in 1193 and one Ralph Angel< in 1221.
The construction is based on the pattern of <name's structure>. Ekwall includes examples such as Winelecote (Winela's cot, 1310 s.n. Wilcott), Willemscote (Wilhelm's or William's cot, 1232 s.n. Williamscot), Willametorpe (Wilhelm's or William's thorp, 1226 s.n. Williamscot), and Wilinghale Doo (Hahl of Willa's people, 1291 s.n. Willingdale Doe).
Keep has been ruled SCA compatible in the following precedent from November 2001:
"The element crest falls into the same category as keep. In both cases, we do not have evidence of that element used in a formal place name in period, though we have evidence of each as a geographical element. Bardsley (p. 216 s.n. Crest) dates both Rogerus del Crest and Johannes del Crest to 1379. Bardsley (p. 441 s.n. Keep) dates William atte Kep to 18 Edw. I, Roger Kep to I Edw. III, and Richard atte Kippe to I Edw. III. Reaney & Wilson (p. 261 s.n. Keep) dates Thomas ate Kepe to 1327 and Roger de Kepe to 1332.
Keep has long been used as part of SCA branch names. The most recent registration is Crossrode Keep, Shire of (registered November 1999 via Ansteorra). This element is effectively regarded as SCA compatible as an element in an English place name. Given the forms in which it has been registered, spellings of the element Keep are registerable both as a separate element (such as Crossrode Keep), and as the final element in a compound place name (such as Northkeep). Registerable spellings include Keep and any alternate spellings which may be documented to period (including those listed above).
Similarly, there has been enough interest in the element crest, including as recently as 1999, to rule it SCA compatible in an English place name. Unlike keep, crest is not registerable as a separate element. So, Ravencrest is a registerable placename, though Ravenwood Crest, for example, is not."
Herald of Record: Alheydis von Körckhingen
2. Blackwater, Shire of - New device
Sable, a laurel wreath Or within a bordure engrailed argent gouty de poix. [color]
Their name was forwarded to Laurel on XLoI Æ81 (October 23).
Herald of Record: Finn Folhare
3. Brocc Huntington - New badge
(Fieldless) An eagle head to sinister per pale gules and sable. [color]
His name was registered in 02/99.
Herald of Record: Margaret Makafee
4. Byrghitta Ksiazska - New name, New device
Vert crusily Cleves argent, a hare courant Or. [color]
This name is intended to be feminine. The submitter accepts any changes and cares most about the sound.
Byrghitta is dated to 1326, 1327, and 1368 s.n. Birgitta in the "Sveriges medeltida personnamn." (Follow the "Ordboken A till Holmger" link on the right-hand side at http://www.dal.lu.se/sofi/smp/smp.htm).
Ksiazska is intended to be a (presumably Polish?) locative byname referring to Ksiaz, a fortified stronghold erected in 1292 according to the article "Castles and Palaces of Poland" (http://poland.net/castles/silesia/ksiaz.shtml). The consulting herald is not sure that this name for the stronghold is a form used in period or if adding -ska is the proper way to creat the locative. Any help with either of those would be appreciated.
Herald of Record: Drostan map Riognach
5. Dyfan filius Idris - Resubmitted name, Resubmitted device
Per pale vert and sable, a chevron raguly on the upper edge and in base three roundels two and one argent. [color]
His original name, Dyfan ap Idris, was returned on LoR Æ81 (October 1). His heraldry was also returned at that time.
This name is intended to be masculine. The submitter accepts minor changes only and cares most about the sound.
Dyfan is a header form in Gruffudd's Welsh Names for Children; the entry says "one of the missionaries sent by the Pope to Britain in 171."
filius is a Latin patronymic marker in use in Wales prior to the 12th century.
Idris is a header form in Gruffudd's Welsh Names for Children; the entry cites one Idris Gawr in 632, a "magician and astronomer, son of Gwyddno Garanhir."
Herald of Record: Roana d'Evreux
6. Fiona inghean Léid - New name, New device
Gyronny of six Or and gules, a hound passant and a chief dovetailed sable. [color]
This name is intended to be feminine. The submitter accepts any changes and cares most about the sound.
Fiona is given on the form as "SCA compatible."
inghean is the Early Modern Gaelic patronymic particle.
Mag Léid is a header form in Woulfe; the entry says "perhaps a form of Mac Leoid." Woulfe s.n. Mac Leoid says "some of the clan settled in Ireland in the 16th C."
Herald of Record: Margaret Makafee
7. Isolda filia Georgii - New device
Argent, a peacock in his pride proper and in chief two columbine flowers purpure slipped and leaved stems to center vert. [color]
Her name was registered in 06/03.
Herald of Record: Margaret Makafee
8. Julinana Delamere - New device
Argent, a bend purpure between a raven Volant bendwise sinister sable and a flame gules. [color]
Her name was forwarded to Laurel XLoI Æ79 (July 25).
Herald of Record: Margaret Makafee
9. Lillian of Hartstone - New name, New device
Purpure, an elephant statant argent. [color]
This name is intended to be feminine. The submitter accepts any changes and cares most about the sound.
Reaney & Wilson s.n. Lil(l)ian says "Lillian is found as a Christian name in England in the 16th C."
Hartstone is am SCA branch name registered in 06/01.
Herald of Record: Otfrid Ammerthaler
10. Maximilian Petsch - Resubmitted name, New device
Per fess embattled gules and azure, a demi-horse issuant from the line of division argent. [color]
His original name, Maximilian von Petsch, was returned on LoR Æ78 (June 1, 2004).
This name is intended to be masculine. The submitter accepts minor changes only and cares most about German language/culture.
Maximilian is found in Bahlow s.n. Max.
Petsch is a header form in Bahlow; it is also found in Bahlow s.n. Peter.
Herald of Record: Vlksha Iakovleva
11. Muireann ingen uí Muirchertaig - Resubmitted device
Vert, a doe couchant between three oak trees eradicated argent. [color]
Her name was forwarded to Laurel on XLoI Æ81 (October 23, 2004). A previous device (Vert, a bend sinister wavy between an oak tree eradicated and a doe couchant argent) was returned in November for conflict with Niamh inghean Bheoaodha uí Chriomhthainn (Vert, a bend sinister wavy between a mullet and a fox sejant argent) with only one CD for changing the type of secondary charges.
Herald of Record: Roana d'Evreux
12. Niccola di Cristiano - New name, New device
Per pale Or and sable, three Maltese crosses in pale counter-changed. [color]
This name is intended to be feminine. The submitter requests authenticity for Italian, accepts any changes and cares most about the language/culture.
Niccola is cited with one occurrence in Arval's "Feminine Given Names from the Online Catasto of Florence of 1427" and with eight occurrences in Ferrante's "Italian Names from Florance, 1427."
di is the period patronymic marker for Italian names.
Cristiano is also cited with two references in Ferrante's "Italian Names from Florance, 1427" as well as eleven cites in Aryanhwy's "Italian Given Names from the Online Tratte of Office Holders 1282-1532."
Herald of Record: Alheydis von Körckhingen
13. Vivienne of Yardley - New name, New device
Argent gouty de sang, a unicorn rampant contourny sable and a base embattled vert. [color]
This name is intended to be feminine. The submitter accepts minor changes only.
Vivienne is the submitter's legal name, although no documentation was provided to support this.
Viviene is listed, undated but described as an "Old French Name," in Dauzat's Dictionnaire Etymologique des Noms de Famille et Prénoms de France.
Vivien is a secondary header form s.n. Vivian in Reaney & Wilson, with dated forms from 1175. The entry goes on to say "Fr. Vivian, Vivien (m) … the name of a 5th century martyr not uncommon in England from the 12th century."
Aryanhwy was consulted by the submitter and she said "It's quite common in French to feminize masculine names by doubling the last consonant and adding <-e>. In the document where you found Vivien, you can see these masculine/feminine pairs: Chrestien/Chrestienne, Collet/Collette, Deniset/Denisette, Gillet/Gillette, Guillemet/Guillemette, Guiot/Guiotte, Jaquet/Jaquette, Jehan/Jehanne, Perret/Perrette, Symon/Symonne, and Thomas/Thomasse."
Yardley is a header form in Mills; it is also a heeder form in Reaney & Wilson with dated forms as early as 1199 (Richard de Gerdelai).
Herald of Record: Gilles de Beauchamps
