April 15, 1998

Greetings unto Master Dmitrii Volkovich, Dragon and the commenting members of the Midrealm College of Heralds; from Lord Paul Wickenden of Thanet, Escutcheon.

Here are the March 1998 submissions for your consideration and commenting. All commentary should be sent to Rouge Scarpe Herald, Alan Fairfax, early enough to arrive by June 1, 1998, with copies to Dragon and myself. Unless otherwise stated, all name submissions will accept minor changes to grammar and/or spelling.

Please Note: My temporary address is listed below. My old Platteville address will still work until May 8th, but after that, all correspondance with this office will need to be sent to my new address (which will appear in the next ILoI) or the P.O. Box listed below. Do not expect the post office to forward your letters to me, because my local P.O. is not prone to honoring forwarding orders.

1) Aine inghean Cillin. New Name and Device. Vert, an angel's wing Or, a bordure argent semé of shamrocks vert.

(F) Rokkehealdan.

The client wishes to be known as "Aine, daughter of Kilian." To support this, she has a rather long letter from the Academy of Saint Gabriel (hopefully, now that one of them is Rouge Scarpe we can convince Gabriel to write documentation which is concise enough to reproduce! ) Aine is documented from Ó Corráin & Maguire (19). Killian is an anglicized form of Cilléne or Cillíne but the letter notes that "The anglicized form might have been used in English records late in our period." Thus the client has chosen one of these earlier forms, found in Ibid (52). Cillín is also found in MacLysaght (181). The client cares most about meaning.

2) Bronwyn Angelina of Rivenwood Tower. New Name and Device. Azure vetu ploye Or, a Lacy knot purpure.

(F) Nordskogen.

Bronwin is dated to 1392 in Jones, Given Names from PC Bartram (69). Bronwen is in Withycombe (55) and undated. The client's preferred spelling is undocumented but she will accept Bronwen or Bronwin. Angelina is in Withycombe (24) as the name of an Italian saint who lived in the 13th century. Rivenwood Tower is the name of an SCA branch (reg. 3/88). The client is most concerned with spelling.

3) Cera mac Ewen. New Name and Device Resubmission. Purpure, a chevron between two suns and an annulet surmounted by three crescents Or.

(F) Kalamazoo, MI.

This client's device was previously submitted on the 9/97 ILoI without a registered name (the client was erroneously advised that this was acceptable). The client is now resubmitting the device with a name for registration. The client would like to actually be Kara MacEwen. This was the closest registerable name that I could find.

Cera is in Ó Corráin & Maguire (50). mac Ewen is in Black (491). The client cares most about sound and notes that the "first name may be changed entirely" but that the spelling of the last name is important.

4) Clarissima Falconieri. New Name.

(F) Hawkland Moor.

Clarissima is given as a variant of Clara in Mittleman, "Feminine Given Names from Thirteenth Century Perugia." Falconieri is given in the "Online Catasto of 1427" as a surname. The client cares most about sound and wants the spelling and grammar corrected for Italian.

5) Duccio di Alighieri. New Name and Device. Per pale vert and gules, a cubit dexter arm proper maintaining a quill and brush in saltire argent, a bordure embattled Or.

(M) Midewinde.

Duccio is documented to c1318 as the name of a famous Italian painter according to Britannica Multimedia Encyclopedia. Alighieri is the surname of the famous poet Dante who lived 1265-1321 according to Ibid. The "di" means "of," of course, but did not appear in Dante's name. The client will NOT permit changes to spelling or grammar.

6) Erc mac Ewen. New Name and Device Resubmission. Per pale sable and argent, a theatrical mask, a bordure, counterchanged.

(M) Kalamazoo, MI.

This client's device was previously submitted on the 9/97 ILoI without a registered name (the client was erroneously advised that this was acceptable). The client is now resubmitting the device with a name for registration. The client would like to actually be Eric MacEwen. While this is almost certainly an acceptable TSCA name, I was able to talk him into a marginally better Gaelic name. If I advised him poorly, however, it would be a great service if his name could be registered as he wanted it originally.

Erc is in Ó Corráin & Maguire (88). mac Ewen is in Black (491). The client cares most about sound and notes that the "first name may be changed entirely" but that the spelling of the last name is important.

7) Falcon's Keep, Shire of. Badge Resubmission. (Fieldless) A falcon close per pale argent and azure.

(Central WI) {Name reg. 8/92}

This was originally submitted as (Per fess embattled azure and argent, a peregrine falcon displayed guardant argent) and returned for conflict by RS on 1/98. The conflict has been addressed.

8) Firmin Sewell for Selkie's Rest. New Household Name and Badge. Azure, a seal regardant Or, in chief three compass stars elongated argent.

(M) Rockwall. {Name reg. 4/96}

No documentation for the household name was provided. The client cares most about meaning.

The compass stars do not look very elongated (maybe we should drop that part of the blazon?).

9) Gareth Aldershaw. New Name and Device. Per bend embattled gules and sable, on a chief Or, three roses gules, barbed and seeded vert.

(M) Far Reaches.

Gareth is dated to 1593 by "the Academy of Saint Gabriels [sic]." Aldershaw, according to the same source, is a Middle English surname based on Ealdsceaga. No sources or page numbers are provided. The client cares most about language and sound.

Gareth is dated to 1593 in Withycombe (125).

10) Geoffrey de la Brugge. Device Resubmission. Sable, in pale two fleurs-de-lys argent.

(M) Caer Anterth Mawr. {Name reg. 7/96}

The client's previous submission (Sable, a chevron between two fleurs-de-lys and a unicorn rampant argent) was returned by Laurel on 6/97 for conflict. This is a complete redesign.

11) Julia Argent. New Name and Device. Per pale sable and azure, a semy of step-cut gemstones palewise argent.

(F) Jararvellir.

Julia is in Reaney & Wilson (403) under Shaper, dated to 1332. Argent is in Ibid (13) dated to 1180. The client cares most about meaning and sound.

Blazon help??

12) Juliane Hebert. Device Resubmission. Azure, on a lozenge argent an acorn slipped and leaved vert, a chief argent.

(F) Iron Oak. {Name reg. 10/97}

The original submission (Argent, a saltire gules between in pale a fleur-de-lis azure and a thistle proper and in fess an anvil in trian aspect proper and a catamount sejant guardant Or) was returned by RS on 6/30/97 for a variety of reasons. This is a complete redesign.

13) Kolfinna Fitzsimon. Device Resubmission. Sable, between two bendlets argent, three cinquefoils Or.

(F) Greyhope. {Name reg. 10/96}

This same submission was returned by Laurel (10/96) for depicting the flowers in trian aspect. This problem has been addressed. It was resubmitted in 10/97 but never reached this office.

14) Margaret Fitzwilliam of Kent. New Name and Device. Azure semy of candles proper, on a bend sinister argent, three Latin crosses crosslet palewise vert.

(F) Nordskogen.

Margareta is dated to 1204 in Stenton, Great Roll of the Pipe (183). Fitz William is documented to 1203 in Archaeologia Cantiana (III: 222 and 236). Kent is documented to 1221 in The Great Roll of the Pipe (52) through the name Hugo de Kancia. The client cares most about language and meaning and wants the grammar and spelling corrected for the indicated language.

Withycombe (206) notes the existence of several period (and pre-period) saints named Margaret.

15) Mykhailo Zavadivskyi. Name Resubmission and Appeal of Returned Device. Per fess Or and gules, in chief a demi arrow inverted sable conjoined in base to an eagle's tail gray.

(M) Petrea Thule.

The history to these submissions is very long (as is the documentation supporting them). The client originally submitted as Mikhailo Zavadovsky on the 10/94 ILoI but the submission became a "lost sheep." It appeared next on the 9/96 ILoI and the name was sent to Laurel but the device was returned in kingdom on the 12/5/96 ILoAR (details below). The name was returned by Laurel on 4/97 for an improbable construction (Zavodov would mean "factory town" -- a point made in internal commentary but disregarded). The device was returned for lack of necessary documentation to meet the criteria of regional style variation criteria (RfS VIII.6).

Name: "Mykhailo is Ukrainian for Michael" and is documented to c1240 by Subtelny, Ukraine: A History (39) and other sources. The name Zavadivs'kyi is documented as early as 1662 in Gajecky, The Cossack Administration of the Hetmanate. There is a rather extensive discussion of how these names are locative bynames based on the city name of Zavadiv. The client cares most about language.

I will personally comment on this name at this point (and repeat my comments to the College of Arms -- as I did last time -- if need be). First of all, I support this name (even without the apostrophe). Despite the rather late documentation of the byname, it is usually true that locative bynames that were in use in the late 17th century in Western Russia were in use earlier as well. While I cannot document that the town in question existed in period, the client has provided extensive documentation (which I am not reproducing but passing along to RS) that it is based on period concepts and themes and thus (in conjunction with the existence of the locative bynames) probably existed.

On an aside (that I encourage Vladimir Blahuciak to relay directly to the client), I will make some points about "Ukrainian" in period that are in response to the client's documentation. First of all, there was no such thing as a Ukrainian name in the 13th century. The land was run by the Rus' and Ukrainian nationalist sentiment aside, there was no Ukraine until very late period. You will NOT find a single period reference in a primary source to Mykhailo or Zavadiv. In period, these names would have been spelled in Polish, Russian, or Lithuanian (take the oppressor of your choice). Secondly, Ukrainian and Russian are far closer linguistically than Ukrainian and Polish (the proof is that I can read and understand Ukrainian while Polish is just a mess to me). In period, the two languages were even closer and their naming practices identical. As I noted above, I will accept Mykhailo Zavadivskyi as a TSCA name, but Mykhailo must understand that his notions of the Ukraine are unsubstantiated by primary sources. The only people who would actually "date" a Ukrainian to the 13th century have a nationalistic axe to grind (there was an excellent article about this some years ago in Slavic Review that I would direct lord Mykhailo to).

Device: The client will NOT allow the tinctures of his blazon to be changed. Grey is grey and NOT argent. The use of grey is documented as per the requirements of RfS VIII.6. This requires that "(1) The submitter explicitly requests an exception to the other sections of Part VIII (Compatible Armorial Style) on the grounds that the submitted armory exemplifies a specific regional style. (2) Documentation is adduced to show that exceptional design element was not uncommon in the regional style in question. (3) Documentation is adduced to show that *all* elements of the submitted armory can be found in the regional style in question."

(1) The client has enclosed a request to register this device under the regional style allowance. (2) The use of grey is found in the arms of Marcin of Wrocimowice, according to Heath, Armies of the Middle Ages (192) and Zbigniew of Brzezle, according to Ibid (194). (3) The arrow and the eagle's tail are found in numerous cases cited in Ibid. Thus, it would appear that all of the necessary documentation of this device is in order for it to be registered under the regional style allowance.

16) Osanna d'Argentan. New Name.

(F) Far Reaches.

Osanna is dated to 1160 in Scott, "Feminine Given Names." d'Argentan was the name of a knight that accompanied William the Conquerer, according to Schulze, "Olive Tree Genealogy." The client cares most about language and sound.

17) Roland d'Argentan. New Name.

(M) Far Reaches.

Roland is undocumented. d'Argentan was the name of a knight that accompanied William the Conquerer, according to Schulze, "Olive Tree Genealogy." The client cares most about language and sound.

According to Withycombe (256), Roland is a modern spelling. The Domesdaye spelled it Rolland and Rouland or Rowland are the more period spellings.

The client also submitted a device but asked that it be withdrawn.

18) Rowena ni Troghthigh. New Name and Device. Paly sable and argent, a unicorn rampant Or.

(F) Midewinde.

While Rowena is undocumented, the forms note that the 2/98 LoAR wrote that Rowena "is an 'SCA-compatible' Latinization of a name used by Geoffrey of Monmouth for a fictional character." [I will note here my objection to using off-the-cuff comments by Laurel in lieu of hard documentation --PWT] The client also notes some 81 prior registrations of the given name. Troighthigh is from MacLysaght, Irish Families (153) under Ó Trehy. The client wants the grammar and spelling for the language of "Gaelic."

Help! The blazon is mine and rather problematic. The field is sable-argent-sable-argent-sable and probably does not have enough field divisions to be true "paly."

19) Siâni Glendower. New Name and Device. Azure, two palets argent, on a chief sable, three crosses flory argent.

(F) Far Reaches.

Siani (without the accent mark) is documented from the Encyclopedia Britannica Online as the feminine form of Sian. Siôn Gwent was a poet who lived in the late 14th century. Glendower is an anglicization of Glyndwr (Owain Glyndwr lived in the late 14th century). The client cares most about language and sound.

Gruffudd (85) indicates that the feminine name is spelled Siani or Siân (the client appears to have made a mistake). We suspect that Siani Glyndwr (without mixing English and Welsh) would be a preferable name.

The device is color on color and thus must be RETURNED. The client should also be instructed to draw a bolder chief.

20) Thorhalla Carlsdottir Broberg. New Badge. Purpure, a lur Or.

(F) Fort Wayne, IN. {Name reg. 8/90}

The charge is a bronze-age Danish item, according to attached documentation.

21) Wilhelm von dem Ambor. New Name and Device. Per pale wavy azure and argent, a horse currant contourney counterchanged.

(M) Rivenwood Tower.

This item was pended on the 1/98 ILoI for insufficient funds. The problem has been rectified and we are pleased to present it to you now. Wilhelm is allegedly found in Withycombe (293) under "William" but I could not locate it. No documentation of the rest of the name is provided. The client wants the grammar and spelling corrected for the (non)indicated language and meaning.

Wilhelm is in the English version of Bahlow (613) dated to 1171 or before.

22) Yehudit Bat Rina. New Device. Per bend sinister gules and sable, a semy of cornstalks in saltire Or.

(F) Caer Anterth Mawr. {Name reg. ??/??}

According to the kingdom database, her name appeared on the 6/94 and 12/94 ILoIs but no further mention of it is made. There is no evidence that her name was ever registered.

The following submission has been PENDED and the client notifed:

P1) Madeline de Valois. New Name and Device. Azure, a sun in splendor Or, on a chief embattled argent, three fleurs de lys azure.

These items were pended for insufficient funds.

Yours In Service,

Paul Wickenden of Thanet

c/o Paul Goldschmidt
P.O. Box 259277
Madison WI 53725-9277
608-348-6209
goldschmidt@uwplatt.edu

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