Æthelmearc Letter of Report Æ85
March 31, 2005 (AS 39)


From Christopher Garnet, greetings and thanks for your patience.during this transition. Thank you to the folks who sent comments on submissions listed on ILoI 85: Gilles de Beauchamp, the Heronter Heralds, Roana d’Evereux, and Myfawny.


1. Æthelmearc, Kingdom of – New order name Ordre du Cheval de Fer and new badge withdrawn from submission

(Fieldless) A horseshoe argent.

The submission for this order name has been withdrawn at the request of the current Royalty. As the badge may not be submitted without a name, the badge submission is also withdrawn.


2. Alric of the Mists Resubmitted device accepted

Per bend sinister purpure and sable, a wyvern sejant within a bordure embattled Or.

Some commenters expressed concern regarding the posture of the wyvern, questioning whether it should be blazoned as “sejant” or “statant”. I would say that the posture is best described as “sejant” (sitting) as opposed to “statant”, which seems to be used for a creature with “all four paws on the ground” (Dictionary of Heraldy, Brockhampton Press, 1997,p. 61).


3. Chière une Clergesse New name and device accepted

Argent, on a chevron cotised sable three crosses clechy argent.


4. Coed-du, Shire of – Resubmitted name and device accepted

Argent, a tree blasted and eradicated sable within a laurel wreath vert and on a chief sable three mullets argent.

Some commenters suggested that the correct Welsh spelling would include a hyphen. I have added the hyphen and passed the comments to Laurel.


5. Donecan de Maccuswel – Appeal of return of household name Clann Maccuswael – automatically passed to Laurel


6. George Anne – New badge accepted

(Fieldless) A frog tergiant inverted argent.


7. Keran Roslin – New badge accepted

(Fieldless) A heart per pale azure and argent.


8. Keran Roslin – New badge accepted

Argent, a heart gules within a bordure invected azure.


9. Minamoto no Taikawa Saiaiko– New name accepted, but held at Kingdom level pending payment


10.  Thorin bjarnkarl – Resubmitted device accepted

Or, a bear rampant maintaining a mace and on a chief gules three Edelweiss blossoms argent.