August
15 2003
Greetings
unto Mistress Elena de Vexin, Dragon; Master Rory mac Feidhlimidh, Rouge
Scarpe; and the commenting members of the Midrealm College of Heralds;
from Lady Angharad Rhos Tewdwr of Pembroke, Escutcheon.
Here are the
July 2003 submissions for your consideration and commentary. All submissions
will allow major and minor changes unless otherwise noted. All commentary
should be sent to the Rouge Scarpe Herald, Master Rory mac Feidhlimidh,
early enough to arrive by September 25, 2003, with copies
to Dragon and me.
1) Anne Gyldensleve.(F) Device Resubmission. Quarterly azure and sable, in bend two arms fesswise embowed Or gloved argent each maintaining a falcon close Or.
Device returned by Laurel 05/02 Quarterly sable and azure, an arm fesswise embowed Or gloved argent maintaining a falcon close Or.
“Conflict with Piedro Vega y Garcia de Barcelona, reblazoned elsewhere in this letter as Sable, an infant's arm couped at the shoulder fesswise embowed Or maintaining an apple proper. There is one CD for changing the field. There is no difference for changing the tincture of the arm from all Or to mostly Or. There is no difference for changing the small maintained charges; both the falcon in this submission and the apple in Piedro's are maintained changes.”
She has changed the number of the charges adding a second CD.
2) Asa Ulfsdottir. (F) New Name.
[Asa]~ found in “Viking Names found in the Landnámabok” by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (Sara L. Friedemann) online at http://www.sit.wisc.edu/~sfriedemann/names/landnamabok.htm
[Ulfsdottir]~ “A Simple Guide
to Creating Old Norse Names” by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (Sara L. Friedemann)
online at http://www.sit.wisc.edu/~sfriedemann/names/sg-viking.htm . Patronym was created using [Ulfr}
as the father’s name. Client wants a Viking name.
3) Aveline de Longueville. (F) New Name.
(Illiton)
[Aveline]~ OFr Aveline, CG Avelina, a double dim. of Avo. DECN EVELINA [Aveline] found in “ Feminine Given Names in A dictionary of English Surnames” by Talan Gwynek (Brian M. Scott) online at http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/reaney.cgi?Avelina dated 1327
[de Longueville]~ town in Normandy,
France.
Client will NOT accept MAJOR
changes, cares most about culture, and wants a name authentic for 12th-13th
century Anglo-Norman.
4) Caer Byrbryd, Shire of. New Group Name.
(Tiffen, OH)
From the shire:
“Our understanding of Welsh place name usage comes from the UK Ordnance Survey website http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/about_us/DidYouKnow/placenames/Welsh_place_names.pdf . The first word of the name is the common Welsh place name element [caer] meaning “fort” and by extension “locality”. Our use of “caer” can be justified, if necessary, by the fact that the seat of the shire is the city of Tiffin, OH, the former site of Fort Ball.
The second word is the Welsh word [byrbryd] meaning “snack” or “luncheon”(my sources give either translation). We justify the use of this word in two ways:
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Byrbryd
is the literal translation of the city name “Tiffin,” which was named
for the first governor of Ohio. “Tiffin” in British usage is a ‘luncheon’
or ‘snack’ as can be shown by almost any unabridged English
dictionary (see attached for an example:
Random House Dictionary of the English Language). “Byrbryd” is
a Welsh word for the same concept (see attached from
The Welsh Academy English-Welsh Dictionary). The use of caer
with a proper name is well documented, from Caer Myrddin (Carmarthen),
Caer Arianrhod, Caer Caradog, Caer Drewyn, etc.(see attached
Rhestr O Enwau Lleoedd: A Gazetteer of Welsh Place Names).
Tiffin
is the corporate headquarters and factory location of Ballreich, maker
of potato chips and other snack foods (see attached first page of company
history). It is possible, though somewhat tenuous, to justify our use
of Caer Byrbryd (City of Snacks) as a reference to Tiffin as the home
of the Ballreich Company.”
Documentation:
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“Welsh
Place Names” p.1, general usage in Welsh place names.
http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/about_us/DidYouKnow/placenames/Welsh_place_names.pdf
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Random
House Dictionary of the English Language,
p. 1982, definition of “tiffin”.
The
Welsh Academy English-Welsh Dictionary, p1310, translation of “snack”
as “brybryd”.
Rheister
O Enwau Lleoedd: A Gazetteer of Welsh Place Names, p. 20-23, usage
of “caer” with proper names.
“The
History of Ballreich’s Potato Chips and Snacks,” p. 1, location of the
Ballreich Company http://www.ballreich.com/history.htm.
Clients will NOT accept MAJOR
changes and desire a Welsh name. Petition of Support included.
5) Crispin de la Rochefoucauld. (M) New Name and Device. Per bend sinister gules and argent, in bend a cross patonce argent and a bee sable marked Or.
(Cleftlands)
[Crispin]~ also known as Crispinus, Catholic saint found “Patron Saints Index: Crispin” online at http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintc21.htm
[de la Rochefoucauld]~ found as [La Rouchefoucald, François, Duc de] (1613-1680) French epigrammatist and moralist. Encarta article online at http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761561093
Client cares most about sound
, wants a 15th century name and will NOT accept MAJOR changes.
6) David de Longueville. (M) New Name.
[David]~ found in “A Statistical
Survey of Given Names in Essex Co., England, 1182-1272” by Magistra
Nicolaa de Bracton online at http://members.tripod.com/nicolaa5/articles/names.html and http://members.tripod.com/nicolaa5/articles/men.html 12 occurrences.
[de Longueville]~ town in Normandy,
France.
Client will NOT accept MAJOR
changes, cares most about culture, and wants a name authentic for 12th-13th
century Anglo-Norman.
7) Emmeline de Flandre. (F) New Name.
[Emmeline] found at http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/paris.html
also http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/index_early2.html
http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/index_mid2.html
[Flandre]~ http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/arval/crusades/crusadesLieux.html
Client cares most about language/culture
and wishes a French name preferably 13th-14th
century.
8) Gabriella da Milano. (F) Device Resubmission. Azure, in pale a triple looped riband ends pendant and a rose Or.
Device returned by Rouge Scarpe 09/02 Azure, a knot of three loops and two ribands and a rose Or.
“This is being returned because there is no reason to believe that the “lover’s knot” is a period heraldic or artistic motif. If the client could provide documentation that it is a period design, it would stand a better chance of being registered, but as is the consensus of the commentators was that it could not be registered.”
No documentation was supplied
with this resubmission.
9) Giftollkirsche die Kaiserin von der Wesentlichen. (F). New Name.
No documentation supplied.
Client will NOT accept MINOR or MAJOR changes, cares most about meaning
and wishes a name authentic to German language/culture.
Giovanna Giovannelli. (F). New Name and Device. Purpure, in pile three needles threaded argent, on a chief argent two sprigs of borage vert headed azure respectant.
(Cleftlands)
Both names (or, more specifically,
Giovanna and Giovannell – the list truncates to 10 letters) appear as
Given Names in the Online Catasto of 1427, in the “List of the first
names” section.
http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/catasto/newsearch/first_names.html
And the “discussion of names”
segment of “Florentine Renaissance Resources: Online Tratte of Office
Holders 1282-1532” suggests that a possible name formation would be
(female name) (father’s name, ending in I).
http://ww.stg.brown.edu/projects/tratte/doc/n-names.html
Client will NOT accept MAJOR
changes. Client cares most about sound, language/culture, and wishes
a name authentic for Italian 1500-1600.
11) Helen ni Gorman. (F). New Name and Device. Argent, a bend sinister sable between in bend a longbow drawn and nocked and a sword inverted purpure, a bordure sable.
[Helen]~Book of Irish Names by Ronan Coghlan, Ida Grehan, P.W. Joyce, p. 22.
[ni Gorman]~Clare Local Ireland (dead link) http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/surname/nam01.html p. 9.
Annals of Loch Cé AD. 1014-1590 (dead link) p. 1653
Go ireland .com http://www.goireland.com/genealogy/scripts/family.asp?familyID+153&submit=check+y
Client will NOT accept MAJOR
changes, cares most about language/culture, and wants a name authentic
for 14th century Irish.
12) Helmut von Reineck. (M). Device Resubmission. Per pale gules and Or, a cross crosslet fitchy counterchanged engraved sable, a bordure embattled sable.
Device returned by Rouge Scarpe 6/03. Per pale gules and Or, a cross crosslet fitchy counterchanged engraved sable.
“This is being returned for conflict with Eleanor FitzPatrick (1/98), Per pale gules and Or, a cross quadrate couped counterchanged. There is only 1CD for changing the type of cross”
Client has added a bordure.
13) Jocelyn Alexandra Axstall of Mordav. (F). New Name.
(Illiton)
[Jocelyn] [Alexandra] listed at the Hundred Years War game site at http://www.hyw.com/books/history/Legitima.htm
[Axstell]~ found in “Surnames of Chesham:A-C, 1538-1600/1” by Mari Elspeth nic Bryan dated to 1540.
Client cares most about sound.
14) Katerin ferch Gwenllian. (F). New Name and Device. Quarterly argent and azure, on a lozenge sable between four roses counterchanged a phoenix argent.
(Cleftlands)
[Katerin]~Dated to 1540 in Gloucestershire, England in the article “Feminine Given Names is the Register of the Church of St. Mary’s, Dymock” by Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, online at http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/dymock/dym_women.html
[ferch]~welsh “daughter of” common name element.
[Gwenllian]~Found in online
article “Women’s Names in the First Half of 16th Century
Wales” by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn online at http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/welshWomen16/ . The same article indicates that
metronyms, while very rare, are not unheard of..
Client will NOT accept MINOR
changes, and is interested in an English/Welsh name.
15) Katerin ferch Gwenllian. (F). New Badge. (Fieldless) A double rose argent and azure barbed and seeded proper.
(Cleftlands)
{Name submitted this letter
item #14}
16) Klaus von Eisenstein. (M). New Name and Device. Counter vairy sable and argent, in pale a cross crosslet fitchy Or and a monkey rampant regardant.
(Cleftlands)
Bahlow’s
Deutsches Namenlexikon (Copyright 1967, Keryserche Verlagsbuchhandlung
GmbH, Munchen) lists [Klaus] on p. 280. Eisenstein is client’s legal
surname, copy of driver’s license included. Client is interested in
a German name.
17) Madyn Hir ap Wilim. (M). New Name and Device. Per pale vert and purpure, an opinicus passant argent.
(Tree-Girt Sea)
Names found in The Merioneth Lay Subsidy Roll 1292-3, by William-Jones, Keith. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1976 and referenced in the article “A Simple Guide to Constructing 13th Century Names” by Heather Rose Jones online at http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/welsh13.html#merioneth
Client wishes a 13th-14th
century Welsh name.
18) Muirne Caitlin Maguire. (F). New Name.
(Dearborn, MI)
[Muirne]~ http://www.irelandunveiled.com/myths/cycle_fenian.cgi
http://www.ucc.ie/celt/online/G402144/
http://www.odyssy.net/users/erica/wicca/tuatha.htm
[Caitlin]~ http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/DescriptiveBynames/Ruadh.shtml
[Maguire]~ http://www.concentric.net/~Maguire/Maguire1.html
http://members.tripod.com/irishbbq/IrishBBQ/MaguiresHistory.html
Client cares most about language/culture
and wants a name authentic to Northern Ireland 1590.
19) Ogar Dracon. (M). New Name.
(Carraig Ban)
[Ogar]~ The Three Tribes, (Koestler 1976 pp. 20-21) meaning arrows. http://originofnations.org/HRP_Papers/asssyria_information.htm
and http://www.edessa.com/history/turlock.htm Eusebius tells of correspondence between Ogar, king of Urhai, and Jesus, who sent a disciple to visit Ogar, thus according to tradition leading to the rise of the Eastern Church.
[Dracon]~ 7th century
BC Athenian statesman who founded the so called Draconic laws which
were very strict and applied the death penalty to almost all crimes.
Client will NOT accept MAJOR
changes and cares most about sound.
20) Petyr of Turnberry. (M). New Name and Device. Quarterly purpure and azure, a winged cat passant wings elevated and addorsed argent.
(Cleftlands)
[Petyr]~Withycombe header [Peter]. [Petyr] is found in the alliterative “Morte Arthure” (c.1355) p.243
[Turnberry]~ castle birthplace
of Robert the Bruce: ref. “the Brus” by John Barbour 1375, book 5 line
188 [Turnberys castell] . Full text online at http://www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/SESLL/STELLA/STARN/poetry/BRUS/contents.htm
Client wants a Scottish name
any year and wishes to retain Turnberry regardless of any other changes.
21) Ragna Eyverska. (F). New Name and Device. Azure, in fess a trident between two seahorses rampant addorsed Or.
[Ragna]~Lindh, E.H. Norsk-Islandska Dopnamn ock Fingerade Namn fran Medeltiden (Uppsala & Leipzig: 1905-1915, sup. Oslo, Uppsala and Kobenhavn: 1931) s.n. [Ragna] found as [Ragna i Rinansey] dated to the 1130’s.
[Eyverska]~ byname meaning “Orkney-woman”
Client cares most about meaning
and wishes to have a name appropriate for a woman from Orkney living
sometime between 1200 and 1350.
22) Rhys Morgan Owain. (M). New Name.
[Rhys]~
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/NamesPersonal/Price.html
http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/~cm1822/item7.htm#1.1
[Morgan]~
http://www.geocities.com/pgwenlan/history.htm
http://www.data-wales.co.uk/morgname.htm
[Owain]~
http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/~cm1822/item7.htm#1.1
http://www.castlewales.com/glyndwr.html
Client cares most about language/culture
and wants a name authentic to 1590 Wales.
23) Sabin Lorand Axstall of Mordav. (M). New Name.
[Sabin] listed at the Hundred Years War game site at http://www.hyw.com/books/history/Legitima.htm
[Lorand]~ [Lorand Lepes} a duke or prince of Transylvania 1415-1438 found at http://www.friesian.com/perifran.htm
[Axstell]~ found in “Surnames of Chesham:A-C, 1538-1600/1” by Mari Elspeth nic Bryan dated to 1540.
Client cares most about sound.
24) Séadna Lách. (M). New Name.
[Séadna]~O’Corráin and Maguire’s Irish Names given under the heading [Sétna] p.165
[Lách]~descriptive byname meaning “friendly”. Construction found at “Quick and Easy Gaelic Names online at http://medievalscotland.org/scotnames/quickgaelicbynames/index.shtml#descriptivebyname
definition of [lách] found at http://www.ceantar.org/cgi-bin/grmqsearch.cgi/Irish?lách Gramadach Lexicon.
Client cares most about meaning
and desires a 9th to 10th century Irish Celtic
name.
In Service to the Dream,
Angharad Rhos Tewdwr of Pembroke
Escutcheon:
Angharad Rhos Tewdwr of Pembroke
Anne Krone
3846 S Wayne Dr.
La Porte IN 46350
ladyfiresilk@yahoo.comDragon:
Elena de Vexin
Joann E. Peek
306 Lively Lane
Burns Harbor IN 46304
jesstibb@gte.netRouge Scarpe:
Rory mac Feidhlimidh
Kevin L. Conlin
820 E Monroe
Bloomington, IL 61701
klconlin@ilstu.edu