Oct 15, 2004
Greetings unto Master Rory mac Feidhlimidh, Dragon,
Mistress Elena de Vexin, Rouge Scarpe, and the commenting members
of the Midrealm College of Heralds; from Lady Ana Linch,
Escutcheon Herald.
Unless noted, clients will accept minor changes and a holding
name. This letter has the first batch of submissions that were
accepted at Pennsic by Mistress Elsbeth Anne Roth, Clarion
Herald, who was in charged of the Point this year. She graciously
did the ILOI for them. All Pennsic Submissions will have a # by
the number. The Pennsic Fee Letter will be separate from regular
fee letter as they paid at the Point. Elsbeth sent one check to
cover all the fees. Laurel has requested that the Pennsic work
sheets not be included in the documentation.
All comments are due by Nov. 25th.
#1) Aédán mac Cáeláin uí Shúileabháin (M)
New name and new device -- Argent, a chevron vert
between three yales rampant azure spotted vert.
(Rivenvale) Submitter will accept all changes except
that she does not want "Aodh\'an." She desires
a name authentic for 8-10th century Irish Gaelic; in
particular, she asks to change uí Shúileabháin to the
early period spelling if it can be found.
[Aédán]: Ó Corráin and Maguire, p 13, s.n.
[Aédán], lists it as the pre-1200 spelling and
notes that the name is "relatively common in
early Ireland".
[mac Cáeáin]: Ó Corráin and Maguire, p 40,
s.n. [Cáelán] cites 2 saints of the name. It was
made into a genitive form per Woulfe, p.451, s.n. Ó
Caoláin uí Shúileabháin: Woulfe, p 648-649, s.n.
Ó Súileabháin notes that in 1192 the family was
moved from Tipperay to Cork Kerry. It was put into
remove genitive according to advice from Mari.
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Submitter notes the precedent from June 2000: "...by the
precedent set in Nov 1995, the spots on a yale can be drawn or
left off at the artist's discretion and thus do not generate
difference." This was used (arguing that the spots are
artistic license) to argue that low-contrast spots should be
acceptable. We were unable to find any precedent either way, but
we were also unable to find any prior case of a yale with low
contrast spots.
#2) Aédán mac Cáeláin uí Shúileabháin
(M) New badge -- (Fieldless) A yale rampant azure
spotted vert
(Rivenvale) See note on prior entry for the issue
about the low contrast spots.
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#3) Ailleann ingen Roibeáird mhic Conchobhair (F) New
name
(Rivenvale)
The submitter wishes an authentic 8th-10th century Irish
Gaelic name. The submitter cares most about the sound of the
first name and the meaning "daughter of Robert" for the
first byname.
[Ailleann]: Ó Corráin and Maguire, s.n. [Ailleann],
dates the name to 943.
[Roibeáird] The name is the genitive form of [Roibeárd],
which is a header form Woulfe and lists it as "one of
the commonest names among the early Anglo-Norman settlers in
Ireland
[Conchobhair]: Woulfe, s.n. Conchobhar, lists it as
"an ancient and very common Irish name". This is
the genitive form.
ingen is the pre-1200 form of "daughter" and
mhic is the genitive form of "son". The name
overall means "Ailleann the daughter of Roibeárd mac
Conchobhair."
#4) Áine ingen Bharddáin (F) New name and
new device -- Per pale gules and argent, a lion
passant counterchanged
(Brendoken) The submitter would like the name made
authentic for pre 10th c. Irish and requesting that
changes be made as necessary to the surname for the
genitive case.
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[Áine]: Ó Corráin and Maguire, pg. 19, s.n. [Áine],
states "as a male name Áine occurred among the
Ciarraige and other peoples but it became obsolete at a very
early period. However, it retains its popularity as a female
name." They also mention a saint by this name.
ingen: "daughter of"; early Irish patronymic
marker for female names
[Bharddáin]: Ó Corráin and Maguire, pg. 29, s.n.
Barddán, notes the name as "not very common in the
early period." The partronymic was formed using the
rules in the article "Quick and Easy Gaelic Names,"
changing the name to the gentive case and leniting it.
# 5)Áine ingen Bharddáin (F) New badge -- (Fieldless)
A lion passant per pale argent and gules
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# 6) Anastasia inghean Súileabhain (F) New
name and new device -- Vert, a dragonfly within a
mascle throughout argent
(Mugmort) The submitter will allow any changes to the
name. She would prefer the form "Anasta_c_ia"
if it could be found.
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[Anastacia]: Withycombe, s.n. Anastacia, lists this
spelling in 1219-1220.
inghean: the post 1200 Gaelic feminine patronymic marker
[Súileabhain]: Woulfe, s.n. Ó Súileabhain, notes a
family of this name in 1197.
7) Aoki Kentarou Tadamitsu (M) New
Name and Device - Azure, in a pale three triquetras
each within and conjoined annulet argent
(Sternfield) He cites "Name Construction in
Medieval Japan," Revised ed. by Solvieg Throndottir.
[Aoki] (family/clan) p. 159, 184, 315 c. 1568
meaning "Tree"
[Kentarou] (zokumyou), p. 211, meaning "first
son"
[Tadamitsu] (nanori) p. 181, 300, 357, c. 1183
meaning "bright/shining; faith/loyalty."
According to Solvieg Throndottir's "Japanese Formal Masculine Given Names,"
(http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/solveig/nanori/) "A nanori is a given
name. Members of the noble class in period Japan used
three-part names, consisting of a family name, a yobina,
and a nanori." The client used the term
"zokumyou," I can't find a reference for
it.
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#8) Ayla Volquin (F) New name
(Falcon's Quarry)
The submitter *will not* allow any changes.
[Ayla]: found in the article "15th-Century German
Women's Names".
[Volquin]: Bahlow (English version), pg. 527, s.n.
Volkwein dates Volquin in 1372.
#9) Berengiers de Viennois (M) New name and
new device -- Barry azure and argent, a dolphin
haurient gules
(Flame) The submitter will allow all changes and would
like the name to be made authentic for 14th century
Savoi.
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[Beregiers]: The article "French/Occitan Names from
the XII and XIII century lists this name as the Occitan from
found in the period documents.
[de Viennois]: Morlet, _Noms de Famille_, pg. 964, s.n.
Vienna, notes the name as "de localité d'origine...Dér
ethnique Viennois. I suspect this actually means that
[Viennois] is the ethnic descriptive form (i.e, German vs.
Germany), so the "de" may not be appropriate.
The device is clear of Ivar Hakonarson (September 2002), Barry
azure and argent, two pike haurient gules. There is a CD for
the number of primary charges plus a CD for type (fish to
heraldic dolphin) as per the following precedent:
We grant a CD between a dolphin and a generic fish.
(Deirdre of Shadowdale, September, 1992, pg. 18)
#10) Brenda of Rivenvale (F) New name and new
device -- Azure, a wolf's head erased between three
maple leaves argent
(Rivenvale)
[Brenda]: Withycombe, s.n. [Brenda], notes that
the name was used in England until the 12th century.
[Rivenvale]: A branch in the Midrealm; the name
was registered in October 2002.
Against George of Glen Laurie, Azure, a St. Bernard
dog's head couped at the neck bearing a cask at its neck,
all proper, I was able to check the original emblazon
(since the scanned archive was at Herald's Point) and
George's dog is mostly brown, so there is a CD for adding
the leaves and a second CD for the tincture of the
primary charge.
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#11) Bríghid inghean Chonmhaoil (F) New name
and new device -- Per saltire vert and azure, four
dragonflies argent
(Cleftlands)
[Brighid ]- Ó Corráin and Maguire, pg. 341, s.n.
Brigit, notes this as the name of a saint. By current
policy (see the September 2001 cover letter), the
name is thus registerable.
[Chonmhaoil] - Woulfe, pg. 341, s.n. Mac
Conmhaoil, shows [Conmhaoil] to be the genitive form.
Chonmhaoil is the lenited gentive form.
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#12) Castell Gwent, Shire of , Resubmission of
name and new device -- Vert, a garb and on a chief Or
three laurel wreaths vert
The former name, Shire of Caer Byrbyrd, was returned
by Laurel in March, 2004 with the following comments:
Castell Gwent: Gelling, The Names of Towns and
Cities in Britain (photocopies included), pg. 71,
s.n. Chepstow, cites the name
"Castell-gwent" as an early Welsh place
name (meaning "castle in Gwent") and dates
the form "castell guent" in 115- and
"Kastell gwent" to 1566; the submitted form
should be an acceptable interpolated variant.
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This submission has multiple problems.
First, no evidence was presented that either element was
dated to period. While evidence was presented of modern Welsh
placenames beginning with Caer 'fort', the College looked and
could find no evidence that Byrbryd (meaning 'snack' or
'luncheon') was used in period.
Second, no evidence was presented that the construction
was plausible. The justification presented referred to modern
English placenames and local industries, not to period Welsh
placenames. To be registerable, the submitters would need to
demonstrate that Byrbrid was used in Welsh placenames in
period and could be reasonably combined with Caer. Barring
such evidence, this name cannot be registered.
The group *will* allow all changes. They included separate
petitions for the name and device.
#13) Cathal mac an Phearsoin (M) New name and
new device -- Per chevron argent and sable, three
bull's heads caboshed counterchanged and a chief
embattled gules
(Marshes) The submitter will allow all changes.
[Cathal]: Ó Corráin and Maguire, pg. 47, s.n
Cathal, note a Cathal in the 13th century.
Black, s.n. Cathal, cites the Scots form Kathil
mac Murchy in 1239.
[Mac an Phearsoin]: Would, pg. 316, lists a mac
an Phearsúiin and a mac an Phearsain as
Irish Gaelic forms. Black, s.n Macpherson lists Mac
a' Phearsoin as the modern Gaelic form and lists
a Donaldus M'Inpersuyn in 1355.
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14) Cleftlands, Barony of, New Order -- Order
of the Lodestone
(Cleveland)
[Lodestone]: Oxford English Dictionary, p 1066 s.n. loadstone
lists [Lodysshetone] c. 1548 [lodestone] c. 1579
This is all that was send me was a photocopy of the page in
the OED. Also no petition was sent. According to the Handbook
this is optional anyways.
#15) Collette de St. Angela de Helleville (F) New name
change from Cerridwen of Crowford (registered January 1994)
(Red Spears)
The submitter will accept all changes and requests a name that
is a "spoof on Collette the angel from hell."
[Collette]: The article "French Names from Paris,
1421, 1423, 1438" lists Collette as a feminine
give name.
[St. Angela]: Noted as a feminine form of St. Angelo.
Dauzat and Roistang, s.n. St. Angelo, dates St.
Ange-et-Torçay in 1184.
[Helleville]: Dauzat and Roistang, s.n. Helleville list Herardivilla
in 1000, Hetrevilla in 1020, and Herrevilla in
1100.
#16) Conláod MacUilliam (M) New name and
device -- Gyronny arrondy of six gules and argent, on
a chief sable two triquetras argent
(Andelcrag) The submitter allows only minor changes
and cares most about having an "11th century
Celtic" name.
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[Conláod]: Ó Corráin and Maguire, pg. 58, s.n.
Conláed, notes the name as belonging to a saint.
[MacUilliam]: Ó Courráin and Maguire, pg. 174, s.n.
Uilliam, notes Uilliam as a name brought by the
Normans from Englang. Woulfe, pg. 414, s.n. MacUilliam, lists
the genitive form.
The post-1200 form of Conláed is Conláodh; the
submitter probably got Conláod from
that form (which is written with dots instead of h's in Woulfe).
A likely pre-1200 form should be Conláed mac Uilliam.
#17) Cristobal Corvacho (M) New name and
device -- Or, a winged monkey rampant sable winged
maintaining a skull and on a chief invected vert three
mullets argent
(Vanished Wood) Submitter allows all changes and cares
most about sound.
[Cristobal]: The article "Spanish Names from
the Late 15th Century" lists the name as a male
given name.
[Corvacho]: The same article lists Corvacho
in the category "Other Surnames."
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The submitter originally wanted a brown winged monkey but
changed it to a monkey sable winged vert when it was
pointed out to him that we do not registered monsters in proper
tinctures.
#18) Damian d'Acheron (M) New name and device
-- Argent goutty de sang, on a point pointed sable a
fleur-de-lis argent
(Flame) The submitter will accept only minor changes
and cares most about the sound and being a French
crusader.
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[Damien]: Morlet, Noms de Personne sur le Territoire de
l'Ancienne Gaule du VIe au XIIe Siecle, vol II, pg. 39, s.n.
Damianus lists the name as a male give name (dated to sometime
before the 12th century).
[d'Acheron]: Constructed to mean "from the plain of
Acheron," based on names like d'Acre (a place in the
Holy Land) in the 1292 Census of Paris. Acheron is a plain just
south of Nicopolis in Greece; the 4th crusade (1204) as well as
the Burgundian crusade (1396) went through the area, so it seems
to be a plausible byname for a French crusader.
#19) Dana Grochenydd (F) New badge-- Gules
estencely argent
(Talonval)
(Name reg'd Aug '00)
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#20) Desiderata del Rio () New badge -- Azure,
a wolf's head ululant erased winged elevated and addorsed
Or
Her name was on the March 2004 ILoAR.
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#21) Elsa du Kleine (F) New name and new
device -- Per chevron azure and argent, two musical
notes and a mouse statant counterchanged
(Caer Byrbyrd) The submitter will allow minor changes
to the byname only and cares most about the sound of the
name.
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[Elsa]: Bahlow, Unsere Vornamen im Wandel der
Jarhunderte, pg. 28, s.n. Else, lists Elsa as a
variant form. The article "15th Century Cerman Women's
Names" by Talan Gwynek lists two instances of Else.
The article "Medeival Given Names from Silesia",
dates Else to 1374. Socin, pg. 53, s.n. Elsa, cites Elsa
Tochter des Gartnerto 1299.
[die Kleine]: Brechenmacher, pg. 55, s.n. Klein, dates a Herolf
der Kleine to 1185 and a Waltham der Kleine to
1209. The byname der Kleine is the masculine form; the
feminine from is die Kleine
#22) Enoch Mustelis (M) New name and new
device -- Sable, a weasel salient reguardant contourny
Or between in bend an axe reversed and a rapier both
bendwise sinister argent
(Three Hills) The submitter wants a name for a 14th
century Byzantine mercenary, with the meaning "Enoch
the weasel(-like)."
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[Enoch]: from the Old Testament (Genesis 5:18-24). Enoch
was also registered without comment in October 2002. The
letter of intent for that submission found Enoch in
the article "Late Sixteenth Century English Given
Names."
[Mustelis]: The submitter, based on his background in
zoology, states that mustelis means 'like a weasel.'
He wants a byname with this meaning. The New College
Latin-English Dictionary, pg. 189. lists 'mustellinus'
with the mean 'of a weasel' and is an acceptable alternative
to the submitter. The submitter was told by a senior herald
(not identified) that Latin bynames were used in "that
region of the world". The submitter would also accept a
byname with the meaning 'energetic' since he received his
nickname ('weasel') for be an energetic person. The submitter
(and the point) request help documenting the byname.
23) Ephraim ben Shlomo (M) -- New
Badge -- Per bend sinister nebuly azure and vert, in
bend two lions couchant Or
(Cleveland, OH)
(name reg'd Nov. '94, Middle)This is actually a
resubmission. He submitted (Fieldless) A lion
couchant Or in '94. Nothing is known that happened
to that badge. It is listed in the March '94 LOI
according to Ary but can't find anything after that.
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24) Leta da Padova (F) --New
Name and Device -- Gyronny argent and azure,
a cross clechy vert
(Cleftlands)Client cares for Italian 13th/14th
century.
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[Leta] "Feminine Given Names from Thirteenth
Century Perugia," by Arval Benicoeur http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/arval/perugia/perugiaFemAlpha.html
[da Padova] "Fourteenth Century Venetian Personal
Names" by Arval Benicoeur http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/arval/venice14/venice14sur.html
cites "da Padova locative. Padova or Padua
is 30 miles W of Venice."
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25) Marion Forester (F) New Name and
Device --Vert, semy of dragonflies argent
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[Marion]: Talan Gwynek, "Feminine Given Names in _A
Dictionary of English Surnames_" http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/reaney.cgi?Mary
cites "13° Bowerman; 1379 Marion"
[Forester]: Mari neyn Brian, "An Index to the 1332 Lay
Subsidy Rolls for Lincolnshire, England" http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/LincLSR/BynF.html
cites many instances of [Forester] or [le Forester]."
26) Tura Struffaldi (M) -- New Name
and Device -- Gules, a harp between three Syrian
knives in annulo Or
(March of Three Towers)Client cares more for Italian
12th-15 century.
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[Tura] "Italian Names from Florance, 1427," by
Ferrante LaVolpe from online castasto of 1427 (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/ferrante/catasto/names.txt)
(*Esct. Note: you can also access the site at: "http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/catasto/newsearch/first_names.html")
[Struffaldi] -- Herlihy, R. Burr Litchfield and Anthony Molho
"Florence Renaissance Resource: Online Tratte of Office
Holders 1282-1532," "List of Family Names": http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/tratte/doc/TLSURNAM1.html
27) Waryn de Ashley (M) -- New Name
and Device --Per pale argent and sable, a griffin
segreant and on a chief vert three mullets argent
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[Waryn] "Court Rolls of the Lordships, Wapentakes, and
Demesne Manors of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster in the County of
Lancaster, 1323-4 AD," edited by Wm Farrer. c. 1901, p. 62
lists "John, son of Warine"
I checked online and found: "An Index to the 1332 Lay
Subsidy Rolls for Lincolnshire, England," by Mari Elspeth
nic Bryan (mka Kathleen M. O'Brien) http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/LincLSR/GivV.html
lists [Warin] several times
[Ashley] "A History of the County of Cambridge and the
Isle of Ely," vol X edited by A. F. Wareham and A. P. M.
Wright, c. 2002, p. 29, "Ashley cum Silverly, usually called
Ashley .... 1066"
The client submitted photocopies of his sources. The client
wants "Waryn" but submitted "Warine" in the
documentation. He will allow for minor changes in his name for
authentic 14th century English.
In Service to the Dream,
Lady Ana Linch
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