[SEAL]

Alys Mackyntoich
eastern.crown@eastkingdom.org

16 June 2013

Unto to the East Kingdom College of Heralds, upon the Feast of Saints Aureus and Justina, greetings and every good thing! Here is the Letter of Decisions for the May 3, 2013 Internal Letter of Intent. The original text from the iLoI is bolded, and is followed by my comments in unbolded text.

Thank you to the following commenters: AElfwynn Leoflaede dohtor (Central Region); Abdullah ibn Harun al-Qurtubi; Andreas von Meißen (Nautilus); Aryanhwy merch Catmael (Albion); Brenna Lowri o Ruthin; Brita Mairi Svensdottir; Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme (Batonvert); Brunissende Dragonette; Donovan Shinnock; Elsbeth Anne Roth (Garnet); Etienne Le Mons (Vexillum); ffride wlffsdotter (Goutte d'Eau); Gunnvor silfraharr (Orle); Gwenlliana Clutterbooke (Black Lion); Hrothny Rognvaldsdottir (Golden Dolphin); Ian Raven of Tadcaster (Salamander); Jeanne Marie Lacroix (Dolphin); Kolosvari Arpadne Julia; Lillia de Vaux (Diademe); Marie de Blois (Palimpsest); Marya Kargashina (Aestel); Martyn de Halliwell; Modar Neznanich (Volk); Palotzi Marta; Ryan McWhyte (Brigantia); Sabine Berard; Solveig Throndardottir; Tanczos Istvan (Non Scripta); and Yehuda ben Moshe (Elmet). My work would be impossible without your valuable help.

Your servant,
Alys Mackyntoich
Eastern Crown Herald

1: Anna Serena - New Name Forwarded

Anna appears as a female given name in "Common Names of the Aristocracy in the Roman Empire During the 6th and 7th Centuries" by Bardas Xiphias (http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/byzantine/PLRE_fem_names.html)

According to the Lexicon of Greek Personal Names (http://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/names/practices.html), "[t]he patronymic generally took the form of the father's name in the genitive case."

The byname is based on an entry in the LGPN showing a name using the Greek characters Sigma-epsilon-rho-eta-nu-omicron-zeta(?), transcribed by the search program as SerhnoV. Needless to say, this is all Greek to Eastern Crown (you know I had to go there, right?), and assistance is requested verifying that the submitted byname is a valid transcription and feminine form.

Submitted as Anna Serhneia, issues raised by commenters about the transliteration of the byname led Eastern Crown to have a lengthy discussion with the submitter about her wishes. The submitter indicated that she was primarily interested in the name Anna Serena regardless of how we were able to document it, although Greek documentation would be nice. She withdrew her authenticity request and her restriction on major changes.

Anna Serena is documentable as a 16th cen. Spanish name through the IGI Parish Records Extracts:

Anna Serena; Female; Christening; 12 Apr 1551; Torroella de Montgri, Gerona, Spain; Batch: C89234-1
I am forwarding this in the form that the submitter wants.

2: Bergental, Barony of - New Order Name Forwarded

Order of the Sable Bear of Bergental

This order name follows the pattern of [color] + [charge] found in "Medieval Secular Order Names" by Juliana de Luna (http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/order/new/).

Sable -- The April 2012 Cover Letter states: "[W]e are hereby allowing the use of heraldic color terms in order names as well as the everyday terms." Sable is the heraldic color name for black.

A bear is a common heraldic charge found in, among others, the arms of Barlingham, which Parker's A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry s.n. bear dates to the reign of Edward II of England.

The spelling bear appears in the most famous of Shakespeare's stage directions, Exit, pursued by a bear, which appears in Act III, scene 3 of The Winter's Tale (First Folio 1623).

SENA NPN 3.C states "The Order of the Whistle does not conflict with the Order of the Whistle of Drachenwald, because the substantive elements being compared are Whistle and Whistle of Drachenwald." Therefore, the Order of the Sable Bear of Bergental does not conflict with Order of the Sable Bear registered to the Barony of Blackstone Mountain in February of 1997.

3: Bergental, Barony of - New Order Name Forwarded

Order of the Cup of Saint Brigid

This name follows the pattern of Order names [saint] + [other] found in "Medieval Secular Order Names" by Juliana de Luna (http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/order/new/). Examples of Order names following this pattern found in Juliana's article are:
Saint George with the Pelican (Germany)
Saint Georges and Saint Williams Shields (Austria)
Saint Georges Shield (Germany)
Saint Williams Shield (Austria)

A cup is a common heraldic charge. According to Parker's A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry s.n. Cup: "Cup, (old fr. Coupe): the cup was rather a favourite device from the fourteenth century onwards, as shewn by several references to it in the Rolls of Edward II. and Edward III."

Saint Brigit is one of the most well-known Irish female saints (http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/79591/Saint-Brigit-of-Ireland). The spelling Brigid is found in late period England used as a given name; from the IGI Parish Records Extracts:

Brigid Reed Female Marriage 16 Nov 1560 Harrow On The Hill, London, England Batch: M01329-1
Brigid Smith Female Marriage 09 May 1613 Westmeston, Sussex, England Batch: M04288-1

Marie Palimpsest pointed out that Brigit need not be an actual saint. Precedent allows groups to name orders after "constructed" saints. [Caer Galen, Barony of, Order of Saint William the Cooper, 7/2006 LoAR, A-Outlands]. Lillia Diademe provided further precedent from the Feb. 2008 LoAR supporting this naming pattern:

Terra Pomaria, Barony of. Order name Order of the Iris of Saint Elizabeth.
Submitted as Honor of the Iris of Saint Elizabeth, this submission raised the question of whether order names can be named for imaginary holy relics -- relics that are not specifically associated with the named saint. We believe that such names are registerable if they follow patterns found in names of other holy relics. Effric Neyn Ken3ocht McHerrald notes:
I think the issue of whether associating an iris with a Saint Elizabeth is a step from period practice or not is overlooking that the CoA allows the registration of imaginary saints in names. Given that, it makes no sense to regard "the Iris of Saint Elizabeth" a step from period practice when I don't believe "the Iris of Saint Bunstable" would be ruled a step from period practice. So no historical Saint Elizabeth is associated with an iris -- that just means that this is clearly a fictitious Saint Elizabeth (Saint Elizabeth of Elgin, maybe...), but none-the-less a registrable name.
Note that this is no more registering a persona story than registering "Effric neyn Ken3ocht Mcherrald" is registering a persona story -- we don't require there to be an actual historical person named Effrick whose father was named Ken3ocht Macherrald. All the CoA should care about is that the name follows a period pattern, not whether or not the persona story is historically true -- in this case a name in use in a Christian culture and so which is available for saints, and a flower which is an item that has been associated with saints and so could be associated with a theoretical saint. (Note that the submitter did not ask for authenticity.) Same thing goes if we use the badge of the order justification -- the CoA doesn't register persona stories, and so does not need to check whether the submitter has a lily for a badge, only whether the name follows a period pattern of construction.
We concur with this assessment. In this case, documentation was found associating an iris with a fleur-de-lis, and further documentation showing a fleur-de-lis (or lily) as a holy object associated with saints. Therefore, this name follows the meta-pattern of object of religious veneration. However, the word honor is not a valid designator for order names, as such a use has not been documented to our period. (We note that the same appears to be true of "award", although longstanding use within the Society allows its continued registration.) While the Kingdom of An Tir has honor grandfathered to them as a designator, such grandfathering does not extend to branches within the kingdom. We have changed the name to Order of the Iris of Saint Elizabeth in order to register it.
This precedent supports both the reference to a cup and the word order of the name. The Barony was offered Order of Saint Brigits Cup but prefers the word order as submitted.

4: Bergental, Barony of - New Order Name Forwarded

Order of the Hour-glass of Bergental

This Order name follows the pattern of orders named after heraldic charges found in "Medieval Secular Order Names" by Juliana de Luna (http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/order/new/).

Parker's A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry s.n. Hour-glass notes the appearance of an hour-glass in a set of 16th cen. arms: Party per chevron embattled or and gules, three roses counterchanged slipped vert; on a chief of the second three hour-glasses argent framed of the first--John WHITE, Bp. of Lincoln, 1534; of Winchester, 1557-59.

The spelling hour-glass appears in Shakespeare's Henry V (c. 1599), in the Prologue, scene 1:

Carry them here and there; jumping o'er times,
Turning the accomplishment of many years
Into an hour-glass: for the which supply,
Admit me Chorus to this history

Submitted as Order of the Hour-glass, this name conflicts with the Order of the Houre Glass, registered to the Barony of Fontaine dans Sable (June 2007, Outlands). The Barony consented to the addition of of Bergental to the name to clear the conflict under SENA NPN 3.C.

5: Bhakail, Barony of - New Order Name Forwarded and New Badge Forwarded

Company of Saint Hubert of Bhakail

(Fieldless) On a flame Or within and conjoined to a stag's attires gules, a natural salamander tergiant sable.

This Order Name follows the pattern of naming orders after saints, identified as the second most common pattern in "Medieval Secular Order Names" by Juliana de Luna (http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/order/new/).

Hubert is an English masculine given name: Withycombe, p. 157, s.n. Hubert, dates this spelling to 1270.

Laurel is currently considering (Laurel 2/9/2013) permitting the use of the designator Company for order names, based on evidence of its in period both to refer to orders (as in the period Companie du Cigne Noir, Compaignie de la Gartier, or compagnia dell'Argata, all from Juliana de Luna's "Medieval Secular Order Names") and to military groups (such as the grey period Military Company of the City of London).

"Medieval Secular Order Names" contains examples of period orders named after Saint Hubert in both France and Germany:
Saint Hubert (France) - This confraternal order was founded in 1422 in the Duchy of Bar, according to Boulton.
Saint Hubert (Germany) - This fraternal noble organization was founded under the leadership of Gerhard, Count of Sayn, in 1447, according to Boulton.
(http://heraldry.sca.org/names/order/new/Fraternal_Knightly_Organizations.html#Saint%20Hubert%20(France)). Please discuss whether these Orders are significant enough to protect from presumption.

Marie Palimpsest pointed out in commentary that Laurel has already deemed the Bavarian Order of Saint Hubert important enough to protect. [Bavaria, St. Hubert, Order of, 8/1987, Laurel]. The Barony consented to add of Bhakail to eliminate the presumption under SENA NPN 3.C. In addition, if it is decided that Company cannot be used for Order names, the Barony will consent to changing this to the Order of Saint Hubert of Bhakail.

With respect to the badge, the emblazon does not depict a heraldic salamander. A heraldic salamander is "a lizard enflamed, that is, with small spurts of flame all around." [Laurentz von Rothenstein, 10/2012 LoAR, R-Outlands]. The image is of a natural salamander or a lizard. Knowing the Barony's strong tradition of salamanders, I have reblazoned it as a natural salamander. I have also changed the blazon to a stag's attires to reflect more usual blazoning practice.

6: Bhakail, Barony of - New Order Name Forwarded and New Badge Returned

Company of the Flame and Salamander

(Fieldless) Three rapiers inverted conjoined in pile proper and overall a salamander tergiant sable enflamed proper.

This Order name follows the pattern of naming an order after two objects or heraldic charges, as set forth in "Medieval Secular Order Names" by Juliana de Luna (http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/order/new/).

Laurel is currently considering (Laurel 2/9/2013) permitting the use of the designator Company for order names, based on evidence of its in period both to refer to orders (as in the period Companie du Cigne Noir, Compaignie de la Gartier, or compagnia dell'Argata, all from Juliana de Luna's "Medieval Secular Order Names") and to military groups (such as the grey period Military Company of the City of London).

A flame is a standard heraldic charge. Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry s.n. fire states "flames of fire(fr. flammes) are not at all a rare device in coats of arms, though not observed to occur in arms before the sixteenth century; sometimes by themselves, but more frequently in connection with other charges." Parker gives the following period example of arms using flames as charges: Or, on a fesse dancette, between three flames of fire gules, a lamb couchant, between two estoiles argent--Ascribed to HOOPER, Bp. of Gloucester, 1550-54; also of Worcester, 1552-53.

A salamander is another standard heraldic charge. The device Gules, a salamander sable dancing in flames, environed of a laurel wreath proper, on a chief argent a hurst of three trees, maple, pine and oak, proper, between a quill and a quill inverted, gules, was registered to the Barony of Bhakail in July 1974.

If it is decided that Company cannot be used for Order names, the Barony will consent to changing this name to the Order of the Flame and Salamander.

The flames in the badge are colored as Or voided gules. This is not a registerable depiction of flames proper: "Period flames proper, as described on the April 1995 Cover Letter, are alternating red and yellow tongues of flame, not gules voided Or or vice versa." [Tymme Lytefelow, 8/2012 LoAR, R-An Tir]. Therefore the badge must be returned. A redrawing has already been submitted and will appear on the second June ILoI.

7: Bhakail, Barony of - New Order Name Forwarded and New Badge Returned

Order of the Harlequin

(Fieldless) A human head erased proper attired of a jester's cap gules.

This order name follows the pattern of naming orders after heraldic charges found in "Medieval Secular Order Names" by Juliana de Luna (http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/order/new/).

According to the Pic Dic, human figures began appearing in Continental heraldry in the 14th century. Exaxmples include wild men, savages, and Saracens, as well as people who are "defined by their profession," as shown by their dress: e.g., sappers, monks and pilgrims. Harlequins had some kind of distinctive dress and could plausibly have served as heraldic charges. Evidence of harlequins appearing in period art were provided by the Barony.

The term harlequin is found in gray-period French in "Les jeux de l'incognu" by Adrien de Montluc, published in 1630 (http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5739484c/f346.image). In addition, the term harlicken is dated to 1590 in the OED, along with the spellings Harlakene (1606), Harlaken (1607) and Harlakeene (1612).

Lillia Diademe noted: "the 1630 French citation was the following text: 'Mais plustost à broder l'habit d'vn harlequin' ("But rather to embroider the dress of a harlequin"). To me, this adds strength to the argument that the clothing was distinctive enough to make a harlequin plausible as a 'constructed' heraldic charge following the pattern set by monks, pilgrims, etc. We can use the lingua anglica allowance to use Order of the with the French harlequin (SENA, Appendix E). Additionally, harlequin is also the lingua anglica form of the Early Modern English spellings from the OED that are provided in the documentation summary."

The badge must be returned for a redraw because the head is drawn in a trian aspect. A redrawing has already been submitted and will appear on the second June ILoI.

8: Bhakail, Barony of - New Order Name Forwarded and New Badge Forwarded

Order of the Star of Bhakail

(Fieldless) A mullet of six points quarterly sable and gules.

This order name follows the pattern of naming orders after heraldic charges found in "Medieval Secular Order Names" by Juliana de Luna (http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/order/new/).

Star is another term for an estoile, which Parker's Glossary identifies as a heraldic charge found in period armorials:

Gilbert HANSARDE, de goules a trois estoiles d'argent--Roll, temp. HEN. III.
Monsire John de COBHAM, gules sur une cheveron d'or, trois estoilles de sable, entre trois lis le asur--Roll, temp. ED. III.
Le Count d'OXFORD, port quarterly, d'or et gules, a un estoiele d'argent en le quarter gules devant--Ibid.
Argent, a chevron between three estoiles sable--MORDAUNT, Earl of Peterborough, 1628.
The spelling star is found in the Middle English Dictionary s.n. sterre: (1461) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 10 57: Item, to John Benet for the stars to hang before ye rode at Crismas, xx d.

The branch name Barony of Bhakail was registered in July of 1974.

SENA NPN 3.C states "The Order of the Whistle does not conflict with the Order of the Whistle of Drachenwald, because the substantive elements being compared are Whistle and Whistle of Drachenwald." Therefore, Order of the Star of Bhakail should not conflict with either Star Principal Herald or Star Signet, both registered to the Kingdom of Ansteorra.

This badge is clear of Eleanor Leonard (Apr. 1982, Atlantia): (Tinctureless) A mullet of four points distilling a goutte by virtue of her blanket letter of permission to conflict for armory where the field and/or mullet is not solid plain tincture, which was recognized by Laurel on the Jan. 2002 Cover Letter. Since this mullet is not a solid tincture, the permission to conflict applies. There is also a DC for tincturelessness.

9: Cassandra Matis - New Badge Forwarded

(Fieldless) A winged boar courant Or.

Aryanhwy Sans Repose correctly noted that the boar is courant, not salient as originally blazoned, and I have corrected the blazon accordingly. This badge is clear of Sancia de Galicia (July 2004, Middle): Vert, a winged boar courant Or, within an orle of escallops argent, with a DC for the field and a second DC for removing the secondaries. It is also clear of Klaus Rother von Schweinichen (Apr. 2003, East): (Fieldless) A boar passant Or, with one DC for fieldlessness and another for the addition of the wings.

10: Catalina de Valencia - New Name Forwarded and New Device Forwarded

Azure, a seahorse erect and on a chief invected argent an arrow fesswise gules.

Both name elements are found in "16th-century Spanish Names" by Elsbeth Anne Roth (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/spanish/index.html).

Catalina is a female given name with examples dated to 1539, 1560, 1571 and 1578 (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/spanish/fem-given-alpha.html).

de Valencia is a locative byname with examples dated to 1560 and 1574 (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/spanish/bynames-alpha.html).

Brunissende correctly pointed out that the chief is invected, rather than engrailed as originally blazoned, and I have corrected the blazon accordingly. The device is clear of Alexander de Toulon (Apr. 1990, Caid): Azure, a seahorse and on a chief invected argent a crescent azure, with one DC for change of type of the tertiary charge and a second DC for a change of tincture of the tertiary charge.

11: Catalina de Valencia - New Badge Forwarded

(Fieldless) On a horse's head couped argent in saltire an arrow inverted and a rapier gules

The submitter's name and device appear elsewhere on this letter.

This badge was originally blazoned as (Fieldless) A seahorse's head couped argent charged with a rapier and an arrow in saltire gules. I have revised it to reflect the correct order of blazoning objects in saltire. In addition, Bruce Batonvert noted that a sea horse's head was not distinct in period from a horse's head.

12: David Morteyne - New Name Change Forwarded and Resub Device Forwarded

Azure, on a cross sable fimbriated between four owls, each pair addorsed, a mullet of four points elongated to base, all within a bordure argent.

Old Item: Ian Morteyne, to be released.

David is a male give named dated to 1454 in "English Names found in Brass Enscriptions" by Julian Goodwyn (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/brasses/men.html).

Morteyne is grandfathered to the submitter. It was originally documented as an English name and can be dated to the reign of Edward I (1272-1307) in Bardsley, p. 542 s.n. Mortyn, as Custance de Morteyne.

The submitter's original device, Azure, a mullet of four points elongated towards base between four owls close and guardant argent, was returned on the East's February 2004 LoD for conflict with Jed Silverstar (April 1980, Meridies): Azure, a mullet of four greater and eight lesser points between four piles issuant in saltire argent. This is a major redesign.

Commenters questioned whether a mullet of four points elongated to base was a Step from Period Practice. Neither Appendix G of SENA nor precedent currently define it as such. In addition, Brunissende Dragonette pointed out the following precedent, which strongly suggests that a mullet of four points elonaged to base is not a SFPP:

Mariella di Mariano. Device. Per bend azure and sable, in bend sinister two compass stars elongated to base bendwise Or.
By longstanding precedent, there is no difference granted between a comet and a mullet elongated to base. A mullet with a long straight tail may be a period rendition of a comet; certainly there are comets in period armory that more resemble a mullet with a short squiggly tail. We would have reblazoned these as comets, but chose to retain the original emblazon as it more accurately describes the depiction. Please advise the submitter to draw shorter tails on the compass stars.
There is a step from period practice for the use of compass stars. [July 2012 Atenveldt-A]

13: East, Kingdom of the - New Badge Forwarded

(Fieldless) A tyger's head erased azure within and conjoined to an annulet argent.

This submission is to be associated with Belted Champions Team.

While this badge is going to be used for the Belted Champions Team, it is not technically considered "associated with" that unregistered entity. The term "Belted Champions Team" is a generic identifier.

14: East, Kingdom of the - New Badge Forwarded

(Fieldless) A tyger's head erased azure within and conjoined to an annulet gules.

This submission is to be associated with Unbelted Champions Team.

While this badge is going to be used for the Unbelted Champions Team, it is not technically considered "associated with" that unregistered entity. The term "Unbelted Champions Team" is a generic identifier.

15: Endeweard, Barony of - New Order Name Forwarded and New Badge Withdrawn

Order of the Keystone of Endeweard

Per chevron Or and sable, a keystone argent.

The branch name Endeweard, Shire of was registered in January 1987 via the East. The Shire of Endeweard was elevated to Baronial status by the Board of Directors at the January 2013 meeting.

This order name follows the pattern of orders named after heraldic charges found in "Medieval Secular Order Names" by Juliana de Luna (http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/order/new/).

The keystone appears as image #422 in the Pic Dic (2d ed.). The term "key-stone" is period; the OED s.v. keystone (n) has: a1637 B. JONSON Underwoods, Misc. Poems xxx. To Sir E. Sackville, 'Tis the last key-stone That makes the arch.

SENA NPN 3.C states "The Order of the Whistle does not conflict with the Order of the Whistle of Drachenwald, because the substantive elements being compared are Whistle and Whistle of Drachenwald." Therefore, the Order of the Keystone of Endeweard should not conflict with Keystone Pursuivant or Order of the Keystone, both registerd to the Kingdom of Aethelmearc.

The Barony will accept the addition of the color term "White" -- Order of the White Keystone of Endeweard -- if necessary to clear conflicts, but only if "White" is added to all of their Baronial Order names.

On May 24, 2013, the Barony withdrew all of its badges for a group redesign.

Under SENA NPN 3.C the addition of "of Endeweard" is sufficient to clear all conflicts. No further modification of the Order name is required. Keystone is the Lingua Anglica form of the documented key-stone.

16: Endeweard, Barony of - New Order Name Forwarded and New Badge Withdrawn

Order of the Beacon of Endeweard

Per chevron Or and sable, a beacon argent.

The branch name Endeweard, Shire of was registered in January 1987 via the East. The Shire of Endeweard was elevated to Baronial status by the Board of Directors at the January 2013 meeting.

This order name follows the pattern of orders named after heraldic charges found in "Medieval Secular Order Names" by Juliana de Luna (http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/order/new/).

A beacon is a standard heraldic charge. Parker, A Glossary of Terms used in Heraldry, s.n. Beacon, identifies "A beacon or, inflamed proper" as a badge of Henry V. The OED s.n. beacon says that the modern spelling appears in the 1500s.

SENA NPN 3.C states "The Order of the Whistle does not conflict with the Order of the Whistle of Drachenwald, because the substantive elements being compared are Whistle and Whistle of Drachenwald." Therefore, the Order of the Beacon of Endeweard should not conflict with either (a) Beacon Principal Herald (March 1978 via Meridies) or (b) Order of the Beacon of Carillion, registered to Carillion, Barony of in November of 2012 (via the East).

The Barony will accept the addition of the color term "White" -- Order of the White Beacon of Endeweard -- if necessary to clear conflicts, but only if "White" is added to all of their Baronial Order names.

On May 24, 2013, the Barony withdrew all of its badges for a group redesign.

Under SENA NPN 3.C the addition of "of Endeweard" is sufficient to clear all conflicts. No further modification of the Order name is required.

17: Endeweard, Barony of - New Order Name Forwarded and New Badge Withdrawn

Order of the Portcullis of Endeweard

Per chevron Or and sable, a portcullis unchained argent.

The branch name Endeweard, Shire of was registered in January 1987 via the East. The Shire of Endeweard was elevated to Baronial status by the Board of Directors at the January 2013 meeting.

This order name follows the pattern of orders named after heraldic charges found in "Medieval Secular Order Names" by Juliana de Luna (http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/order/new/).

A portcullis is a standard heraldic charge. Parker's A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry s.n. portcullis gives several examples of arms containing a portcullis and notes that a portcullis "occurs as a badge of the house of Tudor in allusion to their descent from the Beaufort family."

SENA NPN 3.C states "The Order of the Whistle does not conflict with the Order of the Whistle of Drachenwald, because the substantive elements being compared are Whistle and Whistle of Drachenwald." Therefore, the Order of the Portcullis of Endeweard should not conflict with Portcullis Pursuivant, registered to England in April of 1981 (via Laurel).

The Barony will accept the addition of the color term "White" -- Order of the White Porcullis of Endeweard -- if necessary to clear conflicts, but only if "White" is added to all of their Baronial Order names.

On May 24, 2013, the Barony withdrew all of its badges for a group redesign.

Under SENA NPN 3.C the addition of "of Endeweard" is sufficient to clear all conflicts. No further modification of the Order name is required.

18: Endeweard, Barony of - New Badge Withdrawn

Per chevron Or and sable, a tower argent.

This submission is to be associated with Populace Badge.

The branch name Endeweard, Shire of was registered in January 1987 via the East. The Shire of Endeweard was elevated to Baronial status by the Board of Directors at the January 2013 meeting.

On May 24, 2013, the Barony withdrew all of its badges for a group redesign.

19: Fortune Sancte Keyne - Resub Badge Forwarded

(Fieldless) On an oak leaf per pale sable and Or a bee counterchanged.

This submission is to be associated with House Strangewayes.

This badge will be jointly owned with Elinor Strangewayes, whose name was registered in Sept. 2005 via the East.

The household name House Strangewayes was registered to Elinor Strangewayes and Ulrich von Dunkelberg in June of 2006 (via the East).

This is a resubmission. The original badge submission, Per pale Or and sable, a bee counterchanged, was returned by the East Kingdom in December 2011 for conflict. This redesign puts the bee on another charge in an effort to clear the conflict.

20: Gillian de Whittemere - Resub Device Withdrawn

Azure, a fox courant proper, in base a rose argent leaved vert and seeded Or, and on a chief argent three martlets sable.

This same device was returned on the July 2006 LoAR for a redraw:

Gillian de Whittemere. Device. Azure, a fox courant, in base a rose argent seeded Or, on a chief argent three martlets sable.
This device is returned for a redraw. Given the relative sizes of the fox and the rose, it was impossible to determine whether or not they were co-primaries. Because of this ambiguity, we are unable to register the device.
The rose is now clearly not co-primary with the fox.

On May 10, 2013, the submitter opted to withdraw this device.

21: Katarzyna Gwozdz - New Badge Forwarded

(Fieldless) A bear rampant per bend sinister gules and argent.

22: Lavina Attewode - Resub Device Forwarded

Purpure, a unicorn rampant tail towed argent crined and gorged with a collar and chain Or, a bordure gyronny of eight vert and argent.

The submitter's first device submission, Purpure, a unicorn rampant tail nowed argent crined and gorged with a collar and chain Or and a bordure vert, was returned on the East's 19 April 2013 LoD for violating the contrast requirements of SENA A.3.B by placing a green bordure on a purple field. The bordure is now evenly divided between a metal and a color.

Some commenters noted that the bordure is very thin. However, Lillia Diademe provided evidence of equally thin bordures in Tirol, Anton: Wappenbuch - BSB Cod.icon. 310 [S.l.] Süddeutschland Ende 15. Jh. - 1540 (http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00001649/image_101). Thin complex bordures are found in the c1405 Wapenboek Beyeren, fol. 41v and 59v (http://www.kb.nl/bladerboek/wapenboek/browse/page_041v.html and http://www.kb.nl/bladerboek/wapenboek/browse/page_059v.html). Therefore, I am forwarding this device instead of sending it back for a redraw.

23: Llewellyn Walsh - New Badge Forwarded

(Fieldless) In saltire, a rapier and an arrow inverted vert, overall a horse's head couped argent.

Originally submitted as (Fieldless) An arrow and a rapier in saltire vert and overall a horse's head couped argent, the blazon has been corrected to reflect standard blazon practice. When two charges are in saltire, the bendwise charge is blazoned first.

24: Lysel von Heidelberg - New Device Returned

Argent, a pile inverted azure ermined argent between two domestic cats sejant respectant sable.

This device was pended on the July 9, 2012 East Kingdom LoD due to conflict with Constance Caterina of Padua (February of 1995, Ansteorra): Argent chapé gules, two catamounts sejant respectant sable. All attempts to locate Constance in order to obtain permission to conflict have proven unsuccessful. Therefore this device is now being officially returned due to conflict.

25: Marion MacKinnon - Resub Device Forwarded

Azure, a hurst of pine trees eradicated Or trunked proper and in chief a decrescent argent.

The submitter's first device, Azure, a hurst of larches erased proper and in chief a decrescent between an arrow and an arrow reversed argent, was returned on the East's 19 April 2013 LoD for violating SENA A.3.D.2(c), Unity of Posture and Orientation. The submitter has removed the arrows and reblazoned the trees as pines to better match their visual depiction.

I have corrected the blazon to reflect that the trees are eradicated rather than erased and that the charge in chief is a decrescent.

26: Martha ingen huí Chleirigh - New Device Forwarded

Gules, on a fess argent three brown horses proper passant contourny and in dexter chief a key bendwise wards to base argent.

27: Pedro de Toledo - New Name Forwarded and New Device Forwarded

Per bend azure and Or, a cross of Jerusalem counterchanged.

Both name elements are found in "Spanish Names from the Late 15th Century" by Juliana de Luna (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/isabella/index.html)

Pedro is a masculine given name. (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/isabella/MensGivenAlpha.html).

de Toledo is a locative byname. (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/isabella/locative.html).

The primary charge was originally blazoned as a Jerusalem cross. I have changed it to the more usual term cross of Jerusalem.

28: Sarah le Payller - New Name Forwarded

Sarah is a female given name appearing in "Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames" by Talan Gwynek (http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/reaneyHZ.html) s.n. Sara with the submitted spelling dated to 1201, 1249, 1384 and c.1405.

le Payller appears in R&W s.n. Paler, with the submitted spelling dated to 1193.

29: Stoja Drozdov - New Name Forwarded and New Device Forwarded

Counter-ermine, a saltire purpure fimbriated, overall a double-headed eagle displayed argent.

Stoja is a masculine given name found s.n. Stoisha in the on-line edition of "A Dictionary of Period Russian Names," by Paul Wickenden of Thanet (http://heraldry.sca.org/paul/sp.html). The submitted spelling is dated to 1238.

Drozdov is a byname meaning "blackbird" "Russian Ornithological Bynames," by Paul Wickenden of Thanet (http://www.goldschp.net/archive/birdnames.html) dated to c. 1495.

There is a Step From Period Practice for the use of a fimbriated ordinary with an overall charge surmounting it. [Conán Mór Ó Cúáin, 3/2011 LoAR, A-Lochac].

30: Stonemarche, Barony of - New Order Name Forwarded and New Badge Forwarded

Order of the Keystone Vert

(Fieldless) A notched keystone vert charged with a tower argent.

This order name follows the pattern of [color] + [charge] found in "Medieval Secular Order Names" by Juliana de Luna (http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/order/new/).

Vert -- The April 2012 Cover Letter states: "[W]e are hereby allowing the use of heraldic color terms in order names as well as the everyday terms." Vert is the heraldic color name for green.

Keystone -- The keystone appears as image #422 in the Pic Dic (2d ed.). The term "key-stone" is period; the OED s.v. keystone (n) has: a1637 B. JONSON Underwoods, Misc. Poems xxx. To Sir E. Sackville, 'Tis the last key-stone That makes the arch.

The Barony prefers the name as submitted, but will accept Order of the Vert Keystone if necessary for registration.

The use of a modern notched keystone is a step from period practice. [Lysken die Waeyer, 11/2011 LoAR, A-East].

Keystone is the Lingua Anglica form of the documented key-stone. Questions were raised in commentary about whether the proper order was Keystone Vert or Vert Keystone. I think this question would benefit from additional research and commentary at the Society level, so I am forwarding it unchanged. As for the badge, I have revised the blazon to reflect that this is a notched keystone rather than a period keystone.

31: Stonemarche, Barony of - New Order Name Forwarded and New Badge Forwarded

Order of the White Gate

(Fieldless) On a mullet of four points vert a portcullis argent.

This order name follows the pattern of [color] + [charge] found in "Medieval Secular Order Names" by Juliana de Luna (http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/order/new/).

A gate is identified as a heraldic charge in Parker's A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, with the following armory listed s.n. gate:

Argent, a fesse between three gates sable--YATES, Lyford, Berks.
Per pale crenelly argent and sable, three fieldgates counterchanged--YATE, Buckland, Berks.
Per fesse crenelly sable and argent, three fivebarred gates counter-changed--YEATES, Bristol.
Gules, a gate between three goats passant or--PORTNOWE.
This spelling of gate can be documented to period via Bardsley p. 311 s.n. Gate (derivation 'at the gate'), which gives the dated spellings de Gate and atte Gate in 1379.

For the spelling of White, Bardsley p. 806 s.n. White gives Geoffrey le Whyte and Roger le Whyte dated to 1273. The interchangeability of i and y in English spelling is well documented.

32: Stonemarche, Barony of - New Badge Forwarded

(Fieldless) An open scroll argent charged with an Arabian lamp vert enflamed gules.

This submission is to be associated with Lamp of Apollo, Order of the. Order of the Lamp of Apollo was registered to the Barony of Stonemarche in February 2008 (via the East).

Brunissende correctly noted that an open scroll is not a medium for heraldic display under our rules, so there is no bar to registering this design. [Nicholas de Estleche, dictus le Tardif, 12/2012 LoAR, A-Drachenwald]. Arabic lamps continue to be registerable charges as of the November 2012 LoAR. [Isabella of Seamarch, 11/2012 LoAR, A-Trimaris].

33: Stonemarche, Barony of - New Badge Forwarded

Vert, a furison argent charged with a fleur-de-lys vert.

This submission is to be associated with Furisine of Stonemarche, Order of the. Order of the Furisine of Stonemarche was registered to the Barony of Stonemarche in February 2008 via the East.

34: Symon de Poitiers - New Blanket Permission to Conflict Forwarded

"I, [legal name], known in the SCA as Symon de Poitiers, waive the full protection of my registered name, "Symon de Poitiers." I grant permission to any future submitter to register a name that is not identical to my registered name. I understand that this permission can be withdrawn by written notice to the Laurel Sovereign of Arms, but that conflicting items registered while it is in force will remain registered."

Dated April 24, 2013 and signed with legal name

35: Ulfgeirr Ragnarsson - New Name Forwarded and New Device Forwardedd

Quarterly gules and argent, a stag and a horse combattant sable.

Ulfgeirr: Both Ulf- as a prototheme and -geirr as a deuterotheme appear on Gunnvor's "Old Norse Men's Names" (http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ONMensNames.shtml), which states: "Found in Old Danish as Ulfger and in OW.Norse as Úlfgeirr. For the first element Úlf- see above. For the second element -geirr see above. Runic examples include the nominative case forms ulfua(in)r and ulfkair."

Ragnarr is a masculine given name that appears on page 14 of Geirr-Bassi.

The patronymic will need to be changed from Ragnarrson to Ragnarsson to follow the rules for constructing patronymics set out in Geirr-Bassi.

The name was submitted as Ulfgeirr Ragnarrson; I have changed the patronymic to reflect the proper construction of Old Norse patronymics. ffride Goutte d'Eau found evidence of Úlfgeirr in Lind, column 1049. Accents can be omitted from Old Norse names as long as they are treated consistently throughout the name.

36: Yehuda ben Moshe - New Alternate Name Forwarded

Leone di Moise

Client requests authenticity for Italian-Jewish, esp. in Venice or Livorno, c. 1590-95.

The submitter desires a "vernacular" Italian-language name appropriate for a Jew living in Venice or Livorno, Italy circa 1590-1595. Jews living in Europe frequently used a Hebrew-language name amongst themselves and a vernacular name in the local tongue when dealing with Gentiles. The submitter believes that the submitted name is a reasonable vernacular version of the Hebrew name "Yehuda ben Moshe".

Leone is a masculine given name listed in "Names of Jews in Rome In the 1550's" by Yehoshua ben Haim haYerushalmi (http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/Jewish/rome_names.html) as well as "Names in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado" by Juliana de Luna (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/condado/mensalpha.html).

Moise is a male given name in "Names of Jews in Rome In the 1550's", supra, as well as with the spelling "Moyse" in "A sample of Jewish names in Milan 1540-1570" by Yehoshua ben Haim haYerushalmi (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/yehoshua/milan_names.html). The submitter will accept whichever spelling is more authentic for the requested time/place.

SENA Appendix A lists "di B" as a marker for a patronymic byname.

37: Yehuda ben Moshe - New Badge Forwarded

(Fieldless) Two straight trumpets and a rapier in sheaf Or.

This is intended as a test case by the submitter. Recognizing that it may not be registerable, we are sending this up to Wreath.

38: Yehuda ben Moshe - New Badge Forwarded

(Fieldless) Three straight trumpets in sheaf Or.

In the Feb 2013 Cover Letter, under the topic "From Wreath: Straight Trumpets and You," Wreath stated: "We decline to rule at this time whether or not a sheaf of straight trumpets, bells to chief is presumptive of two straight trumpets in saltire, bells to chief." (http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2013/02/13-02cl.html#3). Yehuda has obligingly created a test case for Wreath. I expect Wreath will thank him appropriately at a later date.

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