Æthelmearc Letter of Report Æ87
July 20, 2005 (AS 40)


1. Aimeric de Miraval– Name and device accepted

Azure, a viola, in chief three crosses clechy Or.


2. Aislinn Fitzpatrick – Name accepted


3. Annabella MacRae – Name accepted


4. Anastasie de Lamoure – Name and device accepted

Azure, three thimbles, on a chief argent, a needle fesswise azure.


5. Arkhelaia Vsevolozha – Name and device accepted

Gules goutty, on a chief argent, a lightning bolt fesswise sable.


6. Barony the Rhydderich Hael – New badge returned for conflict

Per pale vert and sable, a Celtic hound passant, tail reflexed, collared, standing atop a longbow fesswise, string to chief, maintaining in its mouth an arrow fracted chevron-wise Or.

Conflict with Tristen Sexwulf, Quarterly gules and sable, a wolf statant Or. Passant conflicts with statant. Neither the arrow nor the tail position count for difference. The bow is not large enough to be sustained.

Also, the hound needs to be redrawn without Celtic stylization.


7. Béibhinn Mackynnay – Name accepted


8. Bjorn bunhauss Óláfsson – Name and device accepted

Quarterly gules and argent, a bear statant to sinister, on a chief sable, three double-bitted axes argent.


9. Collette de Paris – Name and device accepted

Azure, a chevron embattled ermine, between two crescents and a lion passant, a bordure argent.


10.  Edward Harbinger – Name and device accepted

Gules, on a bend sinister argent, three wolves’ heads couped sable, between two spiral hunting horns Or.


11.  Elisabeth Johanna von Flossenburg – Badge accepted

Fieldless, on a tower per pale sable and argent, a fleur-de-lys counterchanged.


12.  Esa Baird – Device accepted

Per bend sinister fleury-counterfleury azure and argent, two roses counterchanged, barbed and seeded proper.


13.  Francis Martin – Name and device accepted

Per bend sinister azure and sable, a cross of Calvary, on a chief argent, three ravens close sable.


14. Gaston de Barre – resubmitted badge accepted

Fieldless, a fleur-de-lys per pale counter-ermine and gules.


15.  Gilliane McGill – Name accepted with changes

Azure, a crescent, in chief three fleurs-de-lys, an orle argent.

The name is intended to be feminine.  The submitter will accept any changes.

Gillian - Talan Gwynek’s article “Feminine Given Names in _A Dictionary of English Surnames_” cites both Giliane and Gillian to the 13th century. Gilliane seems a reasonable combination of the double “L” and the final “e”.

McGill - is a header form in Reany & Wilson, Macgeil dated to 1231 and M’Gill dated to 1550.


16.  Keran Roslin – Badge accepted

Fieldless, a heart per pale azure and gules.


17.  Leo Bertrand de Benton – Badge accepted

Fieldless, a dragon sejant erect purpure.


18.  Leofwin Bennett – Name accepted


19.  Magdalena Bellini – Name accepted


20.  Merewyn of Dragonship Haven – Name accepted


21.  Micheál mac Cogadháin – Name accepted


22.  Ottiliae Bischof – Name accepted


23.  Richard von Thanner – Name and device accepted

Per pale vert and azure, a griffin and a lion combatant, on a chief argent, three towers sable.


24.  Robert Peel of England – Name accepted

Commenters expressed concern that this name may conflict with Sir Robert Peel, (1788-1850); Prime Minister of England, 1834-35 and 1841-46 and founder of the Conservative Party; also responsible for the establishment of the Metropolitan Police Force in 1829, and after whom the “bobby on the beat” is named.


25.  Sven Tyrvisson – Device pended for redrawing

Vert, a hammer of Thor, Or.

The positioning of the charge is problematic; it’s too large to be “in chief’ but is not centered. Also, the charge is inverted.


26.  Þóra Kettlingr – Name accepted


27.  Torfi Gunnarsson – Name accepted


28.  Viola Thornhaven – Device accepted

Purpure, a pile argent, a semy of violets leaved proper, cotised argent.


29. Westland Moor, Canton of – Resubmitted name and device accepted

Per chevron sable and vert, a chevron between in chief three lozenges argent and in base a laurel wreath Or.


30.  Wilhelm Smydele von Soelinge – Resubmitted device returned for conflict

Argent, a griffin sergeant gules, winged sable, haloed Or, maintaining a rapier, a bordure sable.

Other than the negligible maintained charge, this is identical to Magdalena Binder, Argent, a gryphon segreant gules winged sable haloed Or, a bordure sable.


 This concludes the July letter. I count 21 new names, 12 new devices, and 3 new badge for a total of 36 payable items and one resubmitted badge submitted at no charge.  A check will be forwarded separately to Laurel.