November 15, 2006

Greetings unto Master Thorvald Redhair, Dragon, Lady Phebe Bonadeci, 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.

All comments are due by December 25th.

1) Cian mac Segdai hui Niell (M) -- New Name and Device -- Sable, on a bend sinister between two roundels argent each charged with a weasel statant guardant four goulles gules. (Rivenvale) Client will accept all changes and cares for an Irish name. The client submitted for documentation his report from Academy of St. Gabriel -- Report #3184 (http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/showfinal.cgi/3184.txt): [Cian] -- ". . . masculine name <Cian> in 867, 1012, 1014, and 1090, so it's a fine choice for your given name."

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[Segdai] -- ". . . <Se/gdai> is the genitive (possessive) form of the name <Se/gdae>, where the slash represents an acute accent over the previous letter. <Se/gdae> was a relatively rare name, though we found an example of <Se/gdae> in 939, and of the clan byname <hua Se/gdai> in 1095-6. [1,3,4] However, <hua Se/gdai> is not the correct byname meaning 'son of Se/gdae'. The appropriate byname is <mac Se/gdai>. "

[ hui Niall] -- "Surnames that indicated clan membership came into use in Ireland in the late 10th century and became common in the 11th. [6] We have examples of this clan surname in the 10th and 12th centuries: [5] . . . Domnall H. Neill 963 Muircertach h-Ua Neill 1160"

Photocopies of the report is included.

2) Ellice de Montgomeri (F) -- Name Resubmission

(Washington CH, OH)

Client will accept all changes.

The client submitted the email from the Incunabula Pursuivant as documentation. According to the email:

"<Elise is a French form of <Elizabeth>; Withycombe s.n. Elizabeth gives no evidence that <Elise> was used in England during our period. . . . While several spellings of <<Mongomery> (sic) can be found in period, via Black, none are spelled <<Montgomerie.>>"

Photocopies of the email is included.

3) Haukr Mÿrkjarten (M)-- Name Change from "James le Hauke of Sterling"

(Amherst OH)

Client will *not* accept major changes and cares for Viking/Celt (Viking occupying Dublin in 971-1006)

Geirr Bassi Haraldsson, "The Old Norse Name," p. 11 s.n. Haukr; p. 13 s.n. Mÿrkjarten

4) Raphael Delchambre (M)-- New Name and Device -- Tierced per pairle gules, argent, and azure, in chief a cross espada Or, Lions combatant counterchanged. (White Waters) Client will *not* accept *any* changes. According to the paperwork: "Delchambre as per mundane surname. Raphael from early Hebrew." No photocopies were included.

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5) Thomas Edmund de Montgomeri (M) --- Name Resubmission

(Washington CH, OH)

Client will accept any changes.

The client submitted the email from the Incunabula Pursuivant as documentation. According to the email:

"In order to use a mundane name allowance, you must include a photocopy of your driver's license.

[Edmund] -- "Oxford Doc. of English Given Names, Withycombe, p. 93

While several spellings of <<Mongomery> (sic) can be found in period, via Black, none are spelled <<Montgomerie.>>"

Photocopies of the email and driver's license is included.

6) Vasilii Vochoco Zuba syn -- New Device -- Per pale vert and sable, three chevronels ermine. (Painesville, OH) (name reg'd Apr '04 Outlands)

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7) Vreile Payensdochter -- New Name

(Cleftlands)

Client will *not* accept major changes and cares for authentic 13th century Flanders.

[Vreile] -- "Academy of St. Gabriel -- Report #2906," (http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/showfinal.cgi/2906.txt) cites: "As you had noted, we have one example of <Vreile> as a feminine given name from the town of Ghent, in Flanders, recorded between 1250-1300. . ."

"Given Names in the Lowlands Eigennamen in de Lage Lande 1250-1300," (http://www.keesn.nl/name13/en4_list_f.htm)

[Payensdochter] -- "Given Names in the Lowlands Eigennamen in de Lage Lande 1250-1300," (http://www.keesn.nl/name13/en4_list_m.htm) s.n. Bad

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In Service to the Dream,

Lady Ana Linch