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Æthelmearc Internal Letter of Intent Æ86
April 22, 2005 (AS 39)

Unto the Æthelmearc College of Heralds and all others who may read these words, does Christopher Harper, latest Garnet Herald, send greetings! First, I apologize for the long delay in the preparation and mailing of this letter. In the words of a favorite author, “Anything done for the first time unleashes a demon”. I have been working long and hard in my attempt to maintain the gold standard set by my predecessors, Ailis and Roana. I would be remiss if I failed to sing praises for their years of service. They passed to me a well-oiled, efficient heraldic submission processing machine. As I settle into the office, I expect that the Garnet office will be hum with efficiency. Thank you again for your patience while waiting for this letter. Commentary on this letter will be due on May 27. Please post your commentary to aethel-heralds@lists.andrew.cmu.edu, or send it privately to: garnet [AT] aeheralds [DOT] net.

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

1.     Æthelmearc, Kingdom of. - New badge.

Per bend gules and sable, an escarbuncle argent and an escallop Or.

The Kingdom’s name was first registered in 09/1989.

This badge is designated to be used by the Æthemearc College of Scribes.

Herald of Record: Silver Buccle

2.     Angels Keep, Canton of – Resubmitted device

Argent, a tower within a laurel wreath and on a chief azure, three vols argent

Originally submitted on ILoI 84. Returned at Kingdom for conflict. The new device submission was accompanied by a petition signed by members of the Canton.

Herald of Record: Alheydis von Körckhingen



3.     Bjorn Wulfricson – New name, new device

Per pale Or and azure, a bear rampant maintaining a spear, a bordure counterchanged.

This name is intended to be masculine.  The submitter accepts no major changes and cares most about the sound.

Bjorn – Old Norse, translated as “bear”. The citation is said to be from the Compleat Anachronist #36: Early Scandanavian Culture, Roar Wulfkynde the Peacock and William de Corbie, p. 51

Wulfricson – Norse patronymic.  Complete Anachronist #36,  page 55, paragraph C. He notes “[my] SCA father is Wulfric Grimbeald, (name registered 19 May 1989).”

The documentation for these citations was not included with the submission. Can anyone provide confirmation or additional support, please?

Herald of Record: Gwilym ap Dafydd

4.     Johanna Dorlandt– New name, New device

Gules, goutty d’eaux, a fess nebulée argent

This name is intended to be feminine.  The submitter requests authenticity for Dutch language and culture, accepts no major changes and cares most about the language/culture.

Johanna – from what appears to be a listing of Netherlands Substates, specifically the Netherlands Ecclesiastical Territory of Bergen op Zoom, the submitter highlights Dame Johanna van Voorne, died 1348/49

Dorlandt – the documentation appears to be from a genealogical listing for “Dorlandt Descendants of Gijsbrecht Gerard van Nijenrode”, specifically,

 “…the Dorlandt, or Dorlant name originated when a wealthy Dutchman named Van Nijenrode [died 1396] had an illegitimate child with one of his employees. His approach to hiding the relationship was to provide the mother and child with a cottage on a plot of level land away from his castle. The mother and son were referred to on Dutch as the dorlandts, or the flatlanders…[t]he first strongly documented name was Jan Dorlant, b. abt. 1520, Kortenhoef, Vreeland, Holland”

Herald of Record: None

5.     John Michael Thorpe– New device

Quarterly barry wavy argent and azure and argent, on a bend sinister sable between two roses Or, a rapier argent.

His name was registered in October 1998.

Herald of Record: Alheydis von Körckhingen




6.     Katari no Tashi – New name and device

Argent, a triquetra within and conjoined to an annulet vert.

 This name is intended to be feminine.  The submitter requests authenticity for Japanese language and culture, circa 1100-1300. The submitter is willing to accept minor changes. She cares most about the language/culture.

Katari - Solveig Throndardottir. Name Construction in Mediaevel Japan, p. 392.

Tashi  - name is dated to 1138. Solveig Throndardottir’s Name Construction in Mediaevel Japan, p. 221. In addition, there are copies attached from Dalby, Liza. Kimono: Fashioning Culture.  Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1993, 2001. pp. 226-7. There is a short citation  from Edward Effingham’s An Online Japanese Miscellany: Japanese Names regarding the proper pronunciation.

Finally, there is a note regarding the construction pattern of <uji> no <given name>. Solveig states that this is the preferred name construction for the desired period (early kamakura period)

Herald of Record: Alheydis von Körckhingen

7.     Mattea di Luna – New name and device

Azure, in cross a moon in her plenitude argent and three cinquefoils Or.

This name is intended to be feminine.  The submitter requests authenticity for Italian language, accepts changes and cares most about the language/culture.

Mattea - “Feminine Given Names from the Online Catasto of Florence of 1427” by Arval Benicour (Josh Mittleman) found at http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/arval/catasto/ lists <Mattea> as occurring 28 times in a listing of 1562 women sharing 255 separate names. It ranks as the thirteenth most commonly occurring of the 255 names, being borne by 1.8% of the women. The Online Catasto itself is found at http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/catasto/overview.html

di Luna -  The Caid College of Heralds, “Minutes of December 2000 Meeting” cites <Luna> as a place name listed in: Seltzer, L.E., ed. (1952). The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World. Columbia University Press, Morningside Heights, NY, page 1096.  The same meeting minutes indicate that <da> is the Italian locative preposition. The submitter would prefer to use <di>, if we can document its use in this way, but will accept any changes.

Herald of Record: Alheydis von Körckhingen

8.     Michael Gladwyne – New name and device

Argent, in bend two hawks rising gules.

This name is intended to be masculine. The submitter accepts no major changes and cares most about authenticity for late 1500s English language/culture.

Michael – header form in Withycombe, p. 218.

Gladwyne – <Gladwin> is a header form in Bardsley and dates <Gladewyne> to 1273. Also included is a copy of Report 2960 from the Academy of Saint Gabriel that dates <Gladwyne> to 1327. (Franklin, Peter, The Taxpayers of Medieval Gloucestershire: An Analysis of the 1327 Lay Subsidy Roll with a New Edition of its Text (Dover, NH: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1993)

Herald of Record: Alheydis von Körckhingen

9.     Mugain ingen uí Bhraonáin - New name and device

Sable, in canton a decrescent argent and a demi-sun issuant from base Or.

This name is intended to be feminine.  The submitter cares most about the Irish language/culture.

Mugain – is a header form in O’Corran and Maguire.

ingen uí – early spelling for “female descendent of”.

Bhraonáin – header form in Woulfe.

Herald of Record: Roana d’Evreux

10.  Niamh ingen Maolán - New device

Per bend vert and sable, on a bend argent, three sea-horses purpure.

Her name was registered in July 2000.

Herald of Record: Roana d’Evreux




11.  Niamh ingen Maolán - New badge

Per bend vert and sable, on a bend argent, three natural sea-horses purpure.

Her name was registered in July 2000.

Herald of Record: Roana d’Evreux



12.  Ragnar Brychenson - New name

This name is intended to be masculine. The submitter accepts no major changes and cares most about authenticity for 8th Century Cumbria. Submitter wishes to maintain a Norse/Welsh mixture and cares most about the language/culture.

This name was submitted with no documentation beyond the notations quoted.. Is anyone able to provide appropriate citations, please?

Ragnar – common Norse name

Brychen – registered August 1992 by Laurel

Herald of Record: Angus MacClerie

13.  William fiz William - New name and device

Quarterly gules and argent, semy-de-lys counterchanged argent and sable.

This name is intended to be masculine.  The submitter will accept changes and is not concerned with meaning, sound or  language/culture.

William – is a header form in Withycombe, p. 280.

fitz William  -  <FitzWilliam> is a header form in Reaney and Wilson, p. 171.

Herald of Record: Alheydis von Körckhingen

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