1: Aedan Makkynon - New Name & New Device

Per pale sable and argent, a raven contourny counterchanged.

Submitter desires a male name. No major changes. He cares most about "Scotts"; no checkboxes are marked. Aedan is based on Aed, a header in Black (p. 9), identified as "one of the most popular of Gaelic names", and dated to 942 and c. 1150 in this spelling, and on Aidan, also a header in Black (p. 10), identified as a diminutive of Aed, and dated in the header spelling to c. 608. Makkynon is dated to 1536 in Black p. 531 s.n. Mackinnon.

2: Alianora la tesserande - New Name forwarded & New Device forwarded

Purpure, in pale two compass stars and in fess a decrescent and an increscent argent.

Submitter desires a female name. No major changes. Language (Anglo-French) most important. Culture (Anglo-French) most important. Alianora is a feminine name dated to 1428 in Withycombe s.n. Eleanor. The entry says the name was introduced into England from France via Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204). la tesserande is a byname meaning 'the (female) weaver'. There's an Ameline la tesserande in Colm Dubh's "An Index to the Given Names Found in the 1292 Census of Paris" (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/paris.html).

By current precedent (July 2005 Cover Letter: Counting Differences), this device conflicts with Rafael Diego de Burgos (Dec. 1986 Ansteorra): Purpure, a mullet dismembered argent, with just one CD for adding three charges. However, the "reasoning" behind this result seems utterly insane to several Eastern commenters (and to me): it's based on a process of changing one device into the other while positing the fewest number of intermediate steps. However, if we consider the devices as they are, with no intermediate steps (zero being by definition the "fewest possible"), then we have a registered device with a primary charge group consisting of one charge, a mullet; and a submitted device with a primary charge group of four charges, consisting of two mullets and two crescents. Per the Rules for Submissions, part X.4.e., "Changing the type of at least half of the charges in a group is one clear difference", and part X.4.f., "Significantly changing the number of charges in any group placed directly on the field or overall is one clear difference. One, two, and three are significantly different from any number". No matter how I and others look at it, that's two clear differences: the type of half the primary charge group has changed to crescents, and the number of charges in the group has changed from one to four. This is the type of reasoning that comes naturally to almost everyone, and in the name of the Eastern College of Heralds, I respectfully ask Wreath to reconsider that precedent.

3: Alverik Wyntervelt - New Name forwarded & New Device forwarded

Argent, a chevron checky argent and gules between three lozenges sable.

Submitter desires a male name. No major changes. Sound (Alverik Wynterveld) most important. Alverik - Bahlow (Gentry) p. 12 s.n. Alver(s) dates Alverik Raleves to 1406. Wyntervelt - Brechenmacher vol. 2 p. 819 s.n Winterfeld cites Adam miles dictus Wyntervelt dated to 1320.

4: Angharad verch Rees - New Device Change forwarded

Argent, a fess argent fimbriated and fretty purpure.

Old Item: Quarterly azure and argent all goutty counterchanged, a rose purpure barbed and seeded proper, to be retained. Her current device and her badge were registered in April 2003, via the East, under the holding name Angharad of Anglespur. Her name was registered in March of 2008, via the East.

5: Anna de Tatecastre - Resub Device forwarded

Or, on a saltire couped gules a rabbit couchant argent.

Her name was registered in Feb. 2008, via the East. Her original device submission of Or, on a saltire gules a rabbit couchant bendwise argent was returned on the August 2007 LoD for conflict with Donal macRuiseart (Oct. 1976): Or, on a saltire gules four anchors Or, with just one CD for multiple changes to the tertiary charge(s). This submission makes the saltire couped to clear this conflict.

6: Birna Hakadottir - New Name forwarded & New Device forwarded

Argent, a bear statant erect, on a chief azure three mullets argent.

Submitter desires a female name. No major changes. Language (Viking) most important. Culture (Viking) most important. Birna is a feminine name found on p. 8 of Geirr Bassi. Haki is a masculine name found on p. 10 of same. According to the instructions on patronymic formation on p. 17, -i changes to -a for the possessive, resulting in Hakadottir.

7: Catherine of Carillion - New Name forwarded & New Device forwarded

Per bend sinister azure and sable, in fess a decrescent, a mullet of seven points, and an increscent argent.

Submitter desires a female name. No major changes. Sound (as spelled) most important. Catherine is dated to 1591 (Townson) s.n. Katharine in Talan Gwynek's "Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/reaneyHZ.html). Carillion is an SCA branch name registered in Feb. 1984, via the East.

This device should be clear of Anna la Claire (Nov. 2006 East): Per bend azure and sable, in bend three decrescents argent, with one CD for arrangement and one for changing the type of two out of three charges. It's also clear of Sasha Vladimir Obolénskij (Jun. 1991 West): Per bend sinister azure and sable, a mullet of four points bendwise, elongated to dexter chief argent, with one CD for number of primary charges, and another for the number of points on the mullet. I've added the word "points" to the blazon.

8: Deirdre Planchet - New Badge forwarded

(Fieldless) A billet gules pierced by a needle fesswise azure.

Her name was registered in May 1992, via the East.

For the sake of completeness, I should mention that her device (Argent, a billet gules pierced by a needle fesswise, on a chief azure three weaver's tablets argent) was forwarded to Laurel on the East's October xLoI.

9: Edmond O'Roreke - New Name forwarded & New Device forwarded

Per pale vert and sable, a unicorn and lion passant respectant and an orle argent.

Submitter desires a male name. No major changes. Edmond is found several times in Mari Elspeth nic Bryan's "Anglicized Irish Names in Indenture Documents, 1570-1578" (http://www.medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnglicizedIrish/RawData_Indentures.shtml). An indenture dated 10 Feb 1570 mentions Edmond O'Ferrall of Crieduff, one from 26 June 1570 has Edmond M^c Donill Moile of Monynecrosse and Edmond M^c Donyll Moill, another from the same date has Edmond Riough of the O'Moklaghe, and so on. O Roreke is found in "16th & 17th Century Anglicized Irish Surnames from Woulfe" by Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (http://www.medievalscotland.org/kmo/Woulfe/) as an Anglicized form of Ó Ruadhraic. [The documentation section makes no mention of the apostrophe.]

The quoted indenture documents show that the apostrophe is consistent with period Anglicized Irish orthography, so I've left it in place.

This device is clear of Walter Kempe of Falconhold (Feb. 1991 Outlands): Per pale vert and sable, a lion rampant within an orle Or, with one CD for adding the unicorn, and two more for the tinctures of the primaries and the orle.

10: Ellisif Vémundardóttir - New Name forwarded

Submitter desires a female name. Language (Old Norse) most important. Culture (Old Norse) most important. Ellisif is listed as a feminine name on p. 9 of Geirr Bassi.Vémundr is listed as a masculine name on p. 16 of same. According to the instructions for patronymic formation on p. 17, "many men's names, most commonly those ending in ... -undr, ..., form a genitive in -ar", resulting in Vémundardóttir. (The examples show that the suffix replaces the final 'r' of the name: Sigurðr -> Sigurðardóttir.)

11: Emengar la fileresse - Resub Name forwarded & Resub Device forwarded

Vert, a spinning wheel and on a chief Or a dragon passant breathing flames gules.

Submitter desires a female name. Language (French) most important. Culture (French) most important. Her previous name submission of Creiddylad Beumaris was returned on the Sep. 2007 LoD, because Creiddylad has been ruled to be a unique literary name and therefore unregisterable. This resubmission is a completely different name. Emengar - Colm Dubh's "An Index to the Given Names in the 1292 Census of Paris" (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/paris.html) lists Emengar la sourde ('the deaf woman'). la fileuse is meant as an occupational byname meaning 'the (female) spinner', from the French verb filer 'to spin thread' (The Random House Basic Dictionary, French-English English-French). Examples of this formation include Aubertin le crieeur (1292 Census, op. cit.), from crier 'to shout'. Also, R&W s.n. Spinner has John le Spinner 1270. This identical device was returned on the Sep. 2007 LoD because her name was being returned, and kingdoms cannot create holding names.

Commenters couldn't find any support for the submitted fileuse. Colm Dubh's "Occupational By-Names in the 1292 Tax Role of Paris" (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/parisbynames.html) gives filandriere 'spinner' and fileresse de saie 'silk spinner' (both feminine), along with fileeur de saie for the masculine version of the latter. The submitted la fileuse has therefore been changed to la fileresse (the more similar-sounding of the options) in order to match the available documentation.

12: Eoghan Bastard mac Lachlainn - New Device forwarded

Per bend sinister azure and vert, on a bend sinister between a mullet of four points and a tree eradicated argent, a raven close to sinister palewise maintaining a spear bendwise sinister sable.

His name was registered in July 2006, via the East.

The orientation of the spear (bendwise sinister) has been added to the blazon. With four tinctures (azure, vert, argent, sable) and at least four types of charge (bend, mullet, tree, raven, plus maybe the spear), this device is just within the allowable rule-of-thumb complexity count of 8.

Per pale checky argent and gules and checky sable and argent, an emmett statant erect contourny sable maintaining a beer mug Or, and an emmett statant erect gules maintaining a beer mug Or.

Her name was registered in Dec. 1996, via Atlantia.

Commenters expressed some concern about the lack of contrast, especially of the black ant, which makes it difficult to figure out what's going on from any distance. Some also doubted whether the insects' posture could be reproduced from the blazon. I do not feel qualified to address these issues, so I'm forwarding this for Wreath's delectation.

14: Friderich Grimme - New Name forwarded & New Device forwarded

Argent, a fess wavy vert.

Submitter desires a male name. No major changes. Language (German) most important. Culture (German) most important. Friderich is dated to 1160-90 in "Medieval German Given Names from Silesia" by Talan Gwynek (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/bahlow_v.htm). Also, Brechenmacher vol. 1 p. 506 s.n. Friedrich has Uolrich Friderichs zu Hottingen, 1317. Grimme - Bahlow/Gentry p. 171 s.n. Grimm says that in northern Germany, the byname is locative in origin, citing Wulfard von Grimme Stralsund 1284, Jorge von Grymme Liegnitz 1491, and Jorge Grimme Liegnitz 1559. The entry also lists a Henr. (de) Grimme Breslau 1301.

This name should be clear of Friedrich de la Grimace (May 1989 Calontir): commenters felt that Grimme and Grimace look and sound different.

This lovely device is clear of Maddelena Jessamyn de Piemonte (Jun. 1989 Calontir): Or, on a fess wavy vert a cinquefoil Or, with one CD for the field and another for removing the tertiary charge. It's clear of Cellach Cosnocht macCuain (Jan. 2000 Meridies): Argent, a fess vert between three lanterns sable, with a CD for the type of fess, and another for removing the secondaries. And it's clear of Bulgaria's flag (Dec. 1994 Laurel): Per fess argent and gules, a fess vert, with a CD for the field and another for the type of fess.

15: Gaius Iulius Aiax - New Name forwarded & New Device forwarded

Per pale azure and Or, two squirrels combattant between three acorns counterchanged.

Submitter desires a male name. Language (Roman 1st cent.) most important. Culture (Roman 1st cent.) most important. He would prefer to keep Iulius, but Ajax can go away if needed. Documentation consists of the instruction "Please contact Allisoun MacCool for documentation." I've contacted Mistress Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane in Atlantia, who says the submitter does not appear to have been listening: she strongly discouraged him from combining "Magnus" with either Gaius Iulius (Julius Caesar's praenomen and nomen) or with Ajax (because the combination would allude to the greater Ajax of Homer's Illiad). The name elements Gaius, Iulius, and Magnus are found in "Roman Nomenclature" by Barbara F. McManus (http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/roman_names.html), as praenomen, nomen, and cognomen ex virtute (honorific byname), respectively. For Aiax, McManus (op. cit.) says that slaves were often given names from mythology, and further says that a freed slave would take the praenomen and nomen of the man who freed him, plus his slave name as a cognomen. Thus, if a man named Gaius Iulius [Something] freed a slave named Aiax, the freedman's name would become Gaius Iulius Aiax. The Perseus project online (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/persfreq?lookup=Ajax&lang=la) finds 62 instances of Ajax in Latin texts, mostly in Ovid's Metamorphoses or commentary on Vergil's Aeneid by Maurus Servius Honoratus. (Actually, it files all forms of the name under this heading, including all the various Latin declensions such as the genitive Aiacis. The use of 'i' vs 'j' is a matter of transcription -- some editors use 'i' everywhere, others substitute 'j' for the consonantal sound.) There is a "Letter of Permission to Presume" included which reads: "I, [redacted], known in the SCA as Tiberius Iulius Rufus, give [redacted], known in the SCA as Ajax, permission for my Society name to be used in part of his Society name in order to indicate a relationship. I understand that this permission cannot be withdrawn once this name is registered. [handwritten addendum:] He is my mundane son. [signed] 30 July 08."

Submitted as Gaius Iulius Magnus Aiax, the cognomen Magnus has been dropped from the name in order to avoid issues of presumption against Julius Caesar or the greater Ajax of Homer's Illiad.

16: Gavin Kilkenny of Kilcarren - New Badge forwarded

(Fieldless) A sun Or eclipsed sable within and conjoined to an annulet gules.

His name and device were registered in July 1980, via the East.

17: Gianetta Lucia Alegretta - Resub Device Change forwarded

Or, a mermaid proper, facing dexter, crined gules, maintaining a threaded needle and a pair of scissors sable, on a chief invected azure a pomegranate Or seeded gules between two escallops inverted argent.

Old Item: Argent, a bear rampant vert and on a bordure sable three thistles Or, to be released. Her name was registered in Jan. 2003, via the East. Her current device was registered in Aug. 1990, via the East (under a previous name). This identical device was returned on the 2001-06-LoR for conflict with Cordelia of Diamond Cove (Aug. 1993 West): Argent, a mermaid in her vanity proper, crined sable, on a chief invected azure three lozenges argent. The return said "There is a CD for the field, but the new device is not simple, and thus does not get a CD for the change to only the type of the tertiaries." This is mistaken: maintained charges don't count for complexity. Both this submission and the registered device have "no more than two types of charge directly on the field and ... no overall charges", qualifying for a CD for changing the type of all the tertiaries under RfS X.4.j.ii. The submitter includes an email from Cordelia giving permission to conflict. Without an actual signature, the permission isn't valid, but luckily the point is moot.

Counting the maintained charges, the complexity count (tinctures plus charge types) of this device comes out to 12, which rather exceeds the rule-of-thumb guideline of 8. However, commenters felt that the overall impression isn't overly complex (there are examples of Tudor heraldry far more complicated than this), and without the maintained charges, the count is only 9, so I'm forwarding it for Wreath to decide.

18: Helgu-ulfr Sigarsson - New Name forwarded & New Device forwarded

Gules, on a pale between two wolves combattant argent in chief a mullet of eight points voided and interlaced sable.

Helgu- is a prepended byname glossed as 'Helga-' in Geirr Bassi, p. 22. Ulfr is a masculine name, found as Úlfr on p. 15 of same. Sigarr is a masculine name found on p. 14. According to the instructions on p. 17, names in -rr form genitives in -rs, giving Sigarsson for the patronymic. [The double 'g' appears to be an error: the only place it appears is on the "Society Name" line on the name submission form. The worksheet and all the docs have one 'g', as do all the device-related forms.]

The patronymic has been corrected from Siggarsson to Sigarsson. This name is clear of Úlfr Sigmundarson (Feb. 2003 Caid) by addition of the prepended byname, so the question of whether "Sigmund" and "Sigar" are different enough is luckily moot.

19: Isabella Lupo - New Name forwarded & New Device forwarded

Argent, a tree eradicated proper between two flaunches vert each charged with three plates.

No changes. The degree of changes allowed isn't 100% clear: the submission form has an X in the "no major changes" box, and the "no minor changes" box has an X with a lot of ink around it (either filling in the box, or scribbling it out, hard to tell). The worksheet is somewhat clearer: the "please change my name only if necessary" section has the text crossed out, and there's an X in the box for "make NO changes". Isabella is found in Arval Benicoeur's "Feminine Given Names from the Online Catasto of Florence in 1427" (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/arval/catasto/). Lupo is from "1800 Surnames Recorded in 1447" by N.F. Faraglia (http://www.abruzzoheritage.com/magazine/2002_06/d.htm).

This device should be well clear of Bergdís Thorgrímsdóttir (July 2001 An Tir): Argent, a tree proper, on a chief embattled azure three plates, with CDs for the type, number, and tincture of the peripheral charge(s).

20: Ísgerðr ísungr - New Name forwarded

Submitter desires a female name. No holding name. Sound most important. Meaning most important. Ísgerðr is listed on p. 12 of Geirr Bassi as a feminine name. [The documentation section has the accent on the 'I', but the Society Name line does not.] ísungr is found on p. 23 as a nickname meaning 'polar bear'. According to the information on bynames on p. 18, "A noun may be used as a nickname for either a man or a woman."

Norse names may be registered with or without accent marks, as long as they're used or dropped consistently. The submitted name has an accent on the byname, and sound is marked as most important, so I've added the accent mark to the given name.

21: István Nyiregyhazi - Resub Device

Per chevron ploye throughout Or and sable, an alquerques board Or and in chief two flowers gules slipped and leaved vert.

His name was registered in Aug. 1998, via the East. His previous device submission, originally blazoned the same as this one, was returned on the Oct. 2004 LoAR (R-East) because the emblazon gave the "unmistakable impression" of three co-primary charges, and thereby conflicted with Sine Ealasaid Leanora Kyntire (June 1983 West): Per chevron Or and sable, two roses gules, barbed and seeded proper, and a cup Or, with just one CD for changing the cup to a game board. This submission features (hopefully) unmistakably secondary flowers to clear this conflict.

22: Jacquelinne Sauvageon - New Device forwarded

Azure, a urinal basketed Or and flasked argent triply-banded at the neck gules.

Her name was registered in Feb. 2002, via Meridies. Documentation for a urinal in a basket as a period heraldic crest is included: Heraldry For the Local Historian and Genealogist by Stephen Friar (Grange Books) on p. 194 gives "the unique urinal crest of Dr Louys Caerlyon (1483)" as an example illustrating the wide range of charges used in heraldry. The picture shows a flask in a basket, very similar to the submitted emblazon.

Commenters felt that blazoning this a "urinal" (besides causing much sputtering) would be unlikely to result in anything like the submitted emblazon, unless the charge is included in the new PicDic or something. However, the terminology seems important to the submitter, so I'm leaving any reblazon decisions to Wreath. This device should be clear of Morwydd Fyngwen (Feb. 1986 East): Azure, a basket Or, in chief three snowflakes argent, with one CD for the vase and another for removing the snowflakes.

23: Jame Aguillier - New Name forwarded & New Device forwarded

Or, an English panther passant bendwise sable incensed gules between two fleurs-de-lys gules.

Submitter desires a male name. No major changes. Language (French 13th Cent.) most important. Culture (French 13th Cent.) most important. Jame - "An Index to the Given Names in the 1292 Census of Paris" by Colm Dubh (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/paris.html) lists Jame le munier. Aguillier - "Occupational By-Names in the 1292 Tax Role of Paris" by Colm Dubh (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/parisbynames.html) cites four examples of aguillier 'needle-maker'.

Commenters felt that the originally submitted emblazon resembled a diseased dachshund that had just eaten a hot pepper. With the submitter's approval, Diademe has redrawn the device using a better-proportioned and more feline-looking panther.

24: Jeanne Robin - New Name forwarded & New Device forwarded

Per chevron Or and gules, three castles windowed and gated counterchanged.

Submitter desires a female name. No major changes. Spelling is marked as most important; the specifics line says "French/English." Jeanne is found as a feminine given name in Dauzat p. 343 s.n. Jean. Robin is dated as a surname to 1248 in R&W p. 380 s.n. Robin.

This device should be clear of Cheryl of Castlewhyte (Sep. 1973): Per chevron sable and gules, three castles argent, and of David of Castlewhyte (Sep. 1973): Per chevron gules and sable, three castles argent, in each case with one CD for (at least) half the field tincture, and another for the tincture of the primary charges.

25: Jón mj{o,}ksiglandi - New Name forwarded & New Device forwarded

Per pale gules and azure, two towers the dexter argent, the sinister Or, in chief a roundel per pale Or and argent.

Submitter desires a male name. No major changes. Meaning (Jon the far-traveller) most important. Jón is a masculine name found on p. 12 of Geirr Bassi. It's a name of Christian origin borne by 9 individuals in Landnamabok. mj{o,}ksiglandi is found on p. 26 of same as a byname meaning 'much-sailing, far-travelling'; it was borne by three men in Landnamabok.

This device is clear of Brian FitzWilliam of Glastonbury (Jan. 2002 West): Per pale azure and argent, two towers counterchanged, and of Rúadhán Bárd (June 1998 AEthelmearc): Azure, in fess two chess rooks argent; in each case, there's one CD for changes to the field, one for the tincture of half the primary charges, and a third for the roundel.

26: Jordan Lovatt - Resub Name forwarded & Resub Device forwarded

Per pale sable and argent, two unicorns combattant counterchanged, in chief a decrescent Or.

Submitter has no desire as to gender. No changes. This is an old "lost sheep": the identical name and a device blazoned the same as this appeared on the 2000-04-ILoR as "accepted" (read "forwarded"), but there's no sign of either the name or the device on the corresponding LoARs. The external LoIs are not online (they're the very last two that aren't), so we can't verify exactly what happened, but it appears that the submission fell between the cracks on the kingdom side of things. Jordan - Bardsley p. 434-435 s.n. Jordan dates Jordan atte Mull to 1300. Lovatt - R&W p. 285 s.n. Lovat dates William Lovatt to 1537.

27: Leopold Draco - New Name forwarded

Submitter desires a male name. No major changes. Language (German - French) most important. Culture (German - French) most important. Leopold is a a masculine name dated to the 12th century in Bahlow's Unsere Vornamen im Wandel der Jahrhunderte p. 65 s.n. Leopold. Draco is a French unmarked locative byname found in Morlet Noms de famille p. 347 s.n. Dragon.

A combination of German and French is a step from period practice, but registerable (Amalia Künne, 12/01 A-Atlantia).

28: Lothar qui et Segimundus - New Name forwarded & New Device forwarded

Per pale argent and sable, on a bend three nails palewise counterchanged.

Client requests authenticity for 9th century Frankish. Language (9th century Frankish) most important. Culture (9th century Frankish) most important. There's a note in the margin on the submission form which is luckily repeated in a more central location on the worksheet: "will accept any changes EXCEPT Lothario". Lothar is a header on p. 66 of Bahlow's Unsere Vornamen...; examples include Charlemagne's successor Lothar I, Lothar II (for whom Lotharingia is named), and Lothar v. Supplinburg, a prince of Saxony in the 12th century.

qui et is a form of "aka" found in 9th century Frankish names recorded in Latin, according to Academy of St. Gabriel report 2397 (http://www.s-gabriel.org/2397). Several examples of the form Grimo qui et Adalgisus 'Grimo, who [is] also Adalgisus' are given, citing Stark, Franz, Die Kosenamen der Germanen (Wiesbaden: Dr. Martin Sändig oHG., 1967 [1868]), pp. 150-1. Segimundus is found in Bahlow's Unsere Vornamen... p. 92 s.n. Siegmund as the name of a prince of the Cheruseri [?? handwriting decipherment going on -- the photocopies missed the Siegmund page] mentioned by Tacitus in his Annals.

Some commenters were worried that with two given names and no obvious byname, this name doesn't meet the requirements of the Rules for Submissions. However, Hildegardis quae et Berthegundis was registered in Dec. 2007 (via Æthelmearc) with a "nice name" comment, using the same St. Gabriel report as documentation. Also, there is precedent (Madeleine Moinet dit Boismenu, 7/96 A-Atenveldt) explicitly allowing dictus-type bynames in Latin, German, and French, and this sort of "otherwise known as" appelation is a variant of this type of byname: the second given name functions as a second piece of identifying information which answers the question of "which Lothar?"

The PicDic identifies this type of nail as a Passion nail. There is no difference granted between the various sorts of nails, and the submitter did not feel it necessary to specify the type, so I haven't changed the blazon.

29: Luned Gwyn - New Name forwarded & New Device forwarded

Azure, a leaf within an orle of roundels argent.

Submitter desires a female name. No major changes. Sound most important. Meaning most important. Spelling most important. Luned is found on p. 63 of Gruffudd with the Welsh note "Ffurf o 'Eluned'". Gwyn is found on p. 345 of Bardsley as a nickname meaning 'the white'.

The July 2004 acceptance of Julian ferch Luned (via Drachenwald) says that Luned is a feminine name known only from Arthurian legend, and as such is registerable, though not authentic as a Welsh name. The English part of Gruffudd's entry on the name reads: "Form of 'Eluned'. Owain a Luned, tale of Middle Ages." For the byname, both of Tangwystyl's "Simple Guides" for Welsh names (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/welsh13.html and http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/welsh16.html) give Wen as the form of Gwyn appropriate for use with a feminine name. However, the 16th century guide notes that women were sometimes recorded with masculine surnames, possibly as a result of English-speaking clerks following normal English practice. The submitter checked the "spelling most important" box (among others), so I've made no changes.

This device is clear of Rebecca Marchand d'Alsace (Feb. 1992 Caid): Vert, a seeblatt argent, with one CD for the field, and another for adding the roundels. It's well clear of Justin of Seven Oaks (Mar. 1985 East): Azure, an oak leaf palewise Or within an orle of acorns argent, with CDs for the tincture and the type of the leaf, and a third for changing the acorns to roundels.

30: Mairghréicc Ruadh inghen Ui Faolaín - New Name forwarded & New Device forwarded

Azure, on a bend sinister argent between a fleur-de-lys and a cross crosslet fitchy Or, four hearts palewise gules.

Submitter desires a female name. No major changes. Spelling ("Irish") most important. All documentation from Mari Elspeth nic Bryan's "Index of Names in Irish Annals" (http://www.medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/). Mairghréicc is found in the Raw Data section under Máirghréad, in an entry for 1433. There are 26 women with the name Mairghread found in the annals, with dates ranging from 1361 to 1662. Ruadh is the standard Early Modern (c. 1200 - c. 1700) spelling of a descriptive byname meaning 'red', found in the Annals for 78 men, with dates between 1039 and the end of period. inghen Ui is found in the Raw Data under Máirghréad in an entry for the year 1451. Faolaín is the standard Early Modern genitive spelling of Fáelán / Faolán, found in the Annals as the name of 19 men, with dates mostly 12th century and earlier, plus 1203 and 1423.

This name is clear of Máirghréad inghean Fhaoláin (Nov. 2002 An Tir) by addition of the descriptive byname.

The orientation of the hearts has been added to the blazon.

31: Mairghréicc Ruadh inghen Ui Faolaín - New Badge forwarded

Gules, on a bend sinister argent between two hearts Or, a fleur-de-lys palewise azure.

Her name and device submissions appear above.

This badge is clear of Caitlin O'Hart (Oct. 1997 Middle): Gules, on a bend sinister between two hearts argent, a lute proper, with one CD for the tincture of the secondary charges, and another for the type and tincture of the tertiary charge.

32: Marek O'Brien - New Name & New Device

Vert, a phoenix Or and in base three goutes in pile inverted argent.

Submitter desires a male name. Spelling most important. If Marek is deemed unregisterable, the submitter will accept Meryck, which is found in Bardsley p. 528 s.n. Merrick [possibly dated 1563, but I can't quite tell]. Marek is found in "Polish Given Names in Nazwiska Polaków" by Walraven van Nijmegen (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/walraven/polish/) as a form of Marcus (Mark). It's also a header in Wickenden (2nd ed.), identified as a masculine name meaning 'destruction' and dated to 1143. (Wickenden 3rd ed. repeats the gloss, but dates the name to 1558.) O'Brien is [allegedly] found in Woulfe s.n. Mac Brien, and OCM s.n. Brian says "Brian Boru, victor at the battle of Clontauf and ancestor of the Uí Briain (O'Briens)".

33: Marion de Lari - New Name forwarded & New Device forwarded

Azure, a peacock in his pride argent eyed azure and on a point pointed argent a rose azure.

No major changes. Sound (Marion of Lori) most important. Marion is a header in R&W p. 298: Marion Lambert 1379. Lari is a town found in the Central Italy section of "Mercator's Place Names of Italy in 1554" by Maridonna Benvenuti (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/maridonna/mercator/). Also, R&W s.n. Lawry has Simon filius Lari 1197.

This device is clear of Etienne Perdreau (Mar. 1996 West): Azure, a peacock in his pride, in chief a pair of rapiers crossed at the tips argent, with at least a CD for the change from rapiers to a point pointed, and another for adding the rose.

34: Michael of Carillion - New Badge forwarded

(Fieldless) On a double-headed eagle sable in pale a crescent pendant and a mullet of nine points argent.

His (holding) name and device were registered in Oct. 2004, via the East.

The submission type has been corrected to "badge".

35: Miriel de Pukehole - New Name forwarded

No major changes. Sound most important. The documentation section says "Client really likes Miriel. Byname can be changed to make registerable." Miriel is found in Bardsley p. 581 s.n. Pamphilion: Miriel Pampilion 1273. de Pukehole is found in "'Misplaced' Names in Reaney & Wilson" by Jeanne Marie Lacroix (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/misplacednamesbyname.htm), dated to 1296 under the header Puckle (p. 364), and glossed as 'dweller by the elf-hollow'.

Commenters worried about the possibilities for mispronouncing this spelling of the surname (in somewhat objectionable fashion), but I'm uncertain whether this is grounds for any changes, so I'm leaving the decision to Pelican.

36: Mordred Blaksoule - New Name forwarded & New Device forwarded

Or, a sword sustained by a hand issuant from a wing sable.

Submitter desires a male name. Language (OE - ME) most important. Culture (OE - ME) most important. Meaning (last name means black soul) most important. Mordred is a header in Searle, dated c. 1000. Blaksoule is dated to 1332 in Studies on Middle English Nicknames - I. Compounds by Jan Jönsjö, p. 58 s.n. Blacksoule. It's identified as a compound of OE blæc 'black' and sawol 'soul', meaning 'black soul, evil man'.

Commenters felt this combination of name and byname may be overly evocative of the Arthurian character. I do not feel qualified to make such a judgement, so I'm forwarding this for Pelican's decision.

Per the August 2005 Cover Letter ("From Wreath: Wings that Hold"), this wing is correctly blazoned. The closest not-quite-conflict brought up in commentary was a device in Fox-Davies which is not currently protected: the Duke of Calabria's Or, a wing terminating in a hand sable sustaining a sword argent, which by my count gets a CD for orientation and another for the tincture of the sword.

37: Olivier de Capendu - New Name forwarded & New Device forwarded

Or, on a chevron gules three crosses fleury Or and a chief embattled gules.

Submitter desires a male name. No major changes. Language (French 14th century) most important. Culture (French 14th century) most important. Olivier is found in Colm Dubh's "Index to the Given Names in the 1292 Census of Paris" (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/paris.html). Capendu is found on p. 146 of Dauzat & Rostaing. [No date, header, or other information cited.]

Capendu is the header in D&R; the dated spellings are Capendud 1063 and Campendud 1071. I don't know enough about the evolution of French spelling to tell whether the final 'd' would've been dropped by the 14th century or not, so I've made no changes.

This device is clear of Kit Fox (Apr. 2007 Calontir): Or, on a chevron azure three crosses fleury Or, with one CD for the tincture of the chevron, and another for adding the chief. Commenters would like to see the embattlements centered in future, but I don't believe the asymmetry is cause for anything more than an artist's note.

38: Patricio de Cordoba - New Household Name & New Badge forwarded

La Hermandad de Los Desdichados

Quarterly sable and Or, six broken keys in pale, wards to base, sable.

Submitter desires a male name. Client requests authenticity for Spanish 14c - 15c. Language (Spanish) most important. Culture (Spanish) most important. Meaning (Brotherhood of the Disinherited) most important. His name and device were registered in April 1997, via the East. According to a sticky note, he'll accept changes to the designator, such as "order" or "compaigne" or "compañia". There's also a note in the margin saying "Client wishes to have a free-lance company in Spanish or Latin". "Medieval Names of Some Knightly Orders" by Ursula Georges (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/ursula/ordernames.html) has "the Order of the Band" (la Orden de la Banda, la Orden de la Vanda) as an example of a Spanish order. Hermandad is listed as 'brotherhood' and desdichados as 'disinherited' in a Spanish dictionary. de los is [asserted to be] Spanish for 'of the'.

39: Patricio de Cordoba - New Badge forwarded

Sable, on a bend sinister bretessed Or three broken keys wards to base sable.

This submission is to be associated with La Hermandad de Los Desdichados. His name and device were registered in April 1997, via the East. The associated household name is submitted above.

Commenters felt the keys were hard to identify because of the lack of space between them. I know what they're supposed to be, so I don't think I can make this call; Wreath, enjoy!

40: Pedro Gonzalo de Castilla - New Name forwarded & New Device forwarded

Or, a wolf passant gules, on a chief embattled azure a dove volant maintaining an olive branch argent.

Submitter desires a male name. No major changes. Language (Spanish) most important. Culture (Spanish) most important. Pedro is dated between 1030 and 1299 in "A Glossary of the Personal Names in Diez Melcon's Apellidos Castellano-Leoneses" by Talan Gwynek (KWHS Proceedings, 1993), p. 135. Gonzalo is an unmarked patronymic dated between 955 and 1297, ibid. p. 129. de Castilla 'from Castilla' is from the Locative Surnames section of Juliana de Luna's "Spanish Names from the Late 15th Century" (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/isabella/locative.html). [The Society Name line definitely has an 'e' at the end of the locative, while the documentation definitely has an 'a'.]

The submitted Castille has been corrected to Castilla, matching the documentation.

41: Pedro Gonzalo de Castilla - New Badge forwarded

Or, a wolf passant gules, a chief embattled azure.

His name and device are submitted above.

42: Sarra de la Mer - New Name forwarded & New Device forwarded

Or semy of hearts sable, a chevron azure and in base a raven close to sinister sable.

Submitter desires a female name. No major changes. Sound (English) most important. Sarra is dated to 1189-1215 in Withycombe s.n. Sara(h). de la Mer is based on R&W p. 130 s.n. Delamar, which dates William de la Mere to 1260.

43: Sigfrid Herrmann - New Name forwarded & New Device forwarded

Per pale sable and gules, a sword bendwise and a bordure embattled argent.

Submitter desires a male name. No major changes. Client requests authenticity for German persona (late). Sound most important. Sigfrid is dated to 1310 in Talan Gwynek's "Medieval German Given Names from Silesia" (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/bahlow_v.htm). Herrmann is a secondary header under Hermann in Bahlow (Gentry). The entry mentions Hermann Billung, Duke of the Saxons around 950, and Landgrave Hermann of Thuringia, patron of poets around 1200.

44: Simon Caspar Joder von Steffisburg - Resub Badge forwarded

Or, a Swiss dagger and overall an eye sable.

His name and device were registered in Jan. 2003, via the East. His previous badge submission, Or, a kindjal and overall a human eye sable, was returned on the March 2008 LoAR (R-East) for lack of evidence that kindjal daggers are period. This submission features a Swiss dagger in place of the kindjal. Documentation for this type of dagger is included: The Swiss at War 1300-1500 by Douglas Miller and Gerry Embleton (Men-at-Arms 94; series editor Martin Windrow) p. 23 includes a photograph of a Swiss dagger found in Lake Morat, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

45: Simon Helpe - New Name forwarded & New Device forwarded

Paly Or and gules, a bend counterchanged and a chief sable.

Submitter desires a male name. No major changes. Meaning (Simon the helpful) most important. Simon is a header dated to 1197 in Withycombe. Helpe is a header dated to 1327 in R&W.

46: Sorcha de Barry - New Name forwarded & New Device forwarded

Barry of six argent and gules, a bend sinister cotised sable.

Submitter desires a female name. Language (Irish 12-14 hundreds) most important. Culture (Irish 12-14 hundreds) most important. Sorcha is given as the standard Early Modern Irish spelling of the name of four women dated between 1480 and 1639 in Mari Elspeth nic Bryan's "Index of Names in Irish Annals". de Barry: Woulfe p. 26 s.n. de Barra dates William de Barry to 1207.

A combination of Gaelic and English is a step from period practice, though registerable (Ian MacHenrik, 10/99 A-An Tir). However, Academy of St. Gabriel report 3000 (http://www.s-gabriel.org/3000) gives Sorcha as a possible English spelling of the Gaelic name, based on the sounds it contains, citing various entries in Woulfe. Therefore, there may not actually be a step from period practice for the language combination.

47: Tessa the Amnesiac - New Name & New Device

Potenty argent and gules, a serpent glissant embowed counterembowed and in base a roundel sable.

Submitter desires a female name. No major changes. Meaning most important. Tessa is found in "Feminine Given Names from the Online Catasto of Florence of 1427" by Arval Benicoeur (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/arval/catasto/). Amnesiac: the online Merriam-Webster dictionary (http://merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amnesiac) gives a date of 1618 under the header 'amnesia'.

48: Vassilis apo Monemvassia - New Name forwarded & New Device forwarded

Or, four helmets in cross bases to center and four swords in saltire points to center sable.

Submitter desires a male name. No major changes. Language (Greek NOT Latin) most important. Culture (Greek NOT Latin) most important. Vassilis is the submitter's legal given name (driver's license witnessed by Ailis Linne and Elisabeth de Rossignol). apo is "from" in Greek [no source cited]. The worksheet (though not the submission form) says it may be dropped if needed for registration. Monemvassia is the name of well-known medieval fortress and adjacent town, according to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monemvassia). The entry says it was known by the Franks as Malvasia, and derives the Greek name from mone and emvassia, meaning 'single entrance'.

The (subscription-only part of the) Encyclopedia Britannica online s.v. Monemvassia basically confirms the Wikipedia entry, mentioning a medieval fortress and a 14th century Byzantine church. Also, there's a c. 1680 map by Frederick de Wit titled Malvasia (http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/greece/monemvasia/maps/de_wit_1680_monemvasia.html), showing a hilly island topped with buildings. Commenters don't know enough about Greek names to help any more than that, so we appeal to the CoA for assistance.

There was some doubt expressed about the recognizability of this device: the helmets were likened to shears, and commenters felt it necessary to conflict-check it against various forms of cross. I don't feel qualified to judge, so I'm forwarding it for Wreath's decision.