December 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.

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

All comments are due by January 25.

1) Boldewyn Rheinholt (M) -- New Name and Device -- Argent, a chief enarched rayonned sable, a bat displayed gules (Mugmort) [Boldewyn] Deventer Annual Accounts 1337-1393 by Bertus Brokamp [Rheinholt] (Adalard) Rheinholt approved by Middle Kingdom in 1981

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2) Bonnie Bromley (F) -- New Name and Device -- Argent, in pale two bottle nose dolphins embowed fesswise azure and in base a weaver’s shuttle gules (Tree-Girt-Sea) [Bonnie] Mundane name allowance, driver’s license provided [Bromley] A Dictionary of English Surnames by PH Reaney and RM Wilson, Revised 3rd ed. p 67

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3) Gwyneth verch Ieuan (F) -- Device Resubmission -- Per Chevron embattled, sable and azure, in chief three feathers, above a fox passant and regardant, argent (Raven's Lake) Esct. Note: Device returned by Rouge Scarpe March 2007. Client’s name was registered in July 2007.

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4) Hiordís Reginsdóttir (F) -- New Name & Device -- Per pale vert and azure a mullet of nine points within an annulet Or (Templemede) [Hiordís] Lind – Norsk – Isländska Dopnamn ock Fingerade namn frian Medeltiden, col 548 [Reginsdóttir] Lind – Norsk – Isländska Dopnamn ock Fingerade namn frian Medeltiden, col 853, genitive form Regins cited multiply patronymic formed according to rules in Geirr Bussi Haraldsson, Old Norse Name, p 19

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5) Ofra of Norwich (F) -- New Name and Device -- Per pale vert and sable; seme of compass roses Or; a horse rampant to the sinister argent (Alderford) [Ofra] Common Jewish female name. Name found in Old Testament of Bible in the book of Ruth. Variations include Ofrah and Ophra. Myer David Davis, “Hebrew Deeds of English Jews Before 1290 “ Female names of Hebrews were not subject to the same rules as males. Parents could name girls as they wished.” [Norwich] City in England located in the county of Norfolk

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6) Seonaid inghean Domniall (F) -- New Name and Device -- Vert, a Pegasus segreant contourney argent, within a bordure embattled argent (Havenholde) [Seonaid] Sharon L. Krossa, Scottish Gaelic Given Names (http://www.medievalscotland.org/scotnames/gaelicgiven/women/seonaid.shtml) [inghean] Sharon L. Krossa Quick and Easy Gaelic Names 3rd ed (http://www.medievalscotland.org/scotnames/quickgaelicbynames/#simplepatronymicbyname). [Domnaill] Sharon L. Krossa, Scottish Gaelic Given Names (http://www.medievalscotland.org/scotnames/gaelicgiven/men/domhnall.shtml)

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7) William Atherbridge (M) -- Device Change -- Argent, a newt rampant proper over a base barry wavy vert and argent within a bordure purpure (Grey Gargoyles) Esct. Note: Client’s name was registered in August 2006 in the Kingdom of the East. Client will retain previous device as a badge.

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