April 15, 2007

Greetings unto Master Thorvald Redhair, Dragon Herald, Lady Phebe Bonadeci, Rouge Scarpe Herald, and the commenting members of the Midrealm College of Heralds; from Lady Fiona ni Chiardubhain, Escutcheon Herald.

The technical glitches that plagued last month's Letter of Intent have been solved. It turned out to be a matter of case sensitivity. If there are any issues with viewing this Letter of Intent, please notify myself and the Dragon Herald immediately.

Unless noted, clients will accept minor changes and a holding name.

All comments are due by May 25.

1) Balthasar Kolhupfer (M) -- New Name and Device -- Per fess chervonelly sable and argent, chevronelly inverted sable and argent. (Mugmort) [Balthasar] is documented from “Late Period German Masculine Given Names” (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/germmasc.html) by Talan Gwynek (Brian Scott). The name is listed in the section titled, “Names from 16th Century Plauen” and is found in the subsection, Christian 1501-1550. [Kolhupfer] is documented from “Some Early Middle High German Bynames with Emphasis on Names from the Bavarian Dialect Area” (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/Early_German_Bynames.html) by Talan Gwynek (Brian Scott). Esct. Note: Client notes if name must be changed he cares most about meaning – Grasshopper.

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2) Clare of Monkswell (f) -- New Name and Device -- Azure, a clarion Or within a bordure embattled argent. (Grey Gargoyles) [Clare] 1379 p. 67 Withycombe, Oxford dictionary of English Christian Names, under Clara. [Monkswell] This place name appears on 115r of Great Domesday Book as “Macheswelle” in Devonshire.

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3) Gerard Montague -- New Device -- Azure, a griffin sergeant Or, on a chief vert fretty Or. (Ravenslake) Esct. Note: Client’s name was submitted on March 2007 ILoI, this device was accidentally left off March ILoI.

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4) Godfrey Thacker of Northumberland -- New Device -- Barry Nebuly of five, argent and vert, a pale counterchanged. (Red Spears) Client’s name was registered June, 1988

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5) Jacobus Venator (M) -- New Name and Device -- Quarterly Sable and Vert, two weasels statant Argent, all within a Bordure counterchanged. (Ravenslake) [Jacobus] is documented from “Yorkshire Given Names from 1379” (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/yorkshire.html) [Venator] is documented from “Bynames Found in the 1296 Lay Subsidy Rolls for Rutland England” (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/Rutland/bynamesalphabetically.htm) Esct. Note: The client notes, if name must be changed would like a Latin name.

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6) Jacobus Venator -- New Badge -- A weasel statant argent and a die azure atop a banner argent with the phrase “ALEA IACTA EST” azure counterchanged. (Ravenslake)

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7) Jane the Tall of Carlisle (F) -- New Name and Device -- Azure, a chevron rompu and in base an arrow reversed argent. (Tree Girt Sea) [Jane] Withycombe page 81 [Carlisle] The Origins of English Place Names by PH Reaney, page 254.

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8) Leal d’Avignon -- New Device -- Per bend azure and vert, a lozenge argent. (Mugmort) Client’s name was registered October, 2006.

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9) Phillippa Montague -- New Name -- Vert, a pall reversed argent between three acorns, slipped and leaved, Or. (Ravenslake) Esct. Note: Client’s name was submitted on March 2007 ILoI, this device was accidentally left off March ILoI.

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10) Pierre de Montereau -- Device Resubmission -- Vert, a dolphin naiant to sinister and a base urdy argent charged with a rose gules. (Starleaf Gate) Client’s name was registered in March, 2004. Esct. Note: Client is withdrawing Laurel appeal from January 2007 ILoI.

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11) Vukasin od Tirnewydd (F) -- New Name and Device -- Checky, gules and argent, a yale rampant sable armed Or. (Tirnewydd) [Vukasin] is documented from the name Vukasin Mrnjavcevic (1365-1371) a figure from the Serbian empire who held several imperial offices and became king in 1365. (http://www.serbianunity.net/culture/history/Serb_History/Rulers/Vukasin_Mrnjavcevic.html) Esct. Note. Desired gender of client’s names is male.

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13) Wolfram von Waldersbach (M) -- New Name and Device -- Ermines, a saltire vert, a wolf’s head erased Argent. (Grey Gargoyles) [Wolfram] is documented from the name Wolfram von Eschenbach (c.1170 c.1220) a Bavarian Knight and Minnesinger who wrote “Parzival”. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfram_von_Eschenbach) [von Waldersbach] is a name of a town in the Alsace region in France, and was part of the Duchy of Swabia until the 1600’s. The town is documented back to the 11th century per “Rediscovering Oberlin” by Carol Ann Aicher, (http://www.oberlin.edu/alummag/oamcurrent/oam_may99/rediscovering.html) stating the church dates back to the 11th century. Further documentation presents a town of Waldersbach in Bavaria from the Monastery of Pielenhofen website (http://www.klosterwirtschaft.de/12609/43399.html) stating in 1239AD the abbots of Aldersbach and Waldersbach came to Pielenhofen as supervisors. Esct. Note: Client will NOT accept major or minor changes to name.

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Yours In Service,

Lady Fiona ni Chiardubhain