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ATENVELDT COLLEGE OF HERALDS 25 March 2013, A.S. XLVII
Letter of Intent Kingdom of Atenveldt


Unto Gabriel Laurel; Juliana Pelican; Emma Wreath; and the commenting Members of the College of Arms,

Greetings from Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy, Brickbat Herald and Parhelium Herald for the Kingdom of Atenveldt!



This is primarily the “first batch” of submissions accepted at the Estrella War (with luck, the rest will be in the April Letter of Intent). Next month I will also include all the fine folks that made the Consultation Table at the War a success...maybe a little too sucessful!


[If you made a submission at the War and don't see it here, don't panic (yet); there are still a number of submissions being worked on. If you have questions, however, please feel free to contact me and ask! It's great to see heraldic clients excited about the progress of their submissions!]


The Atenveldt College of Heralds requests the consideration and registration of the following names and armory with the College of Arms.

Unless specifically stated, the submitter will accept any spelling and grammar corrections; all assistance is appreciated.


1. Aelia Musa: NEW NAME CHANGE from Annora Wallace

The current name was registered October 2005 (via Caid).

The name is Latin. Aelia is the feminine form of the male nomen Aelius. While Mus is an attested cognomen, it appears to be the same for both male and female use (hence, Aelia Mus). Both elements are found on the Nova Roma website, “Choosing a Roman Name,” http://www.novaroma.org/nr/Choosing_a_Roman_name#Nomen. The client desires a female name. If this is registered, the current name should be retained as an alternate name.


2. Alaric Schweikle: CHANGE OF HOLDING NAME from Aodhan of Twin Moons and NEW DEVICE CHANGE

Quarterly argent and vert, a smith's hammer surmounted by a key bendwise wards to base sable.


The original name submission, Aodhan MacKie, was returned by Laurel September 2009 for conflict with Aidan Mackay; he was assigned a holding name so that his armory could be registered.

The replacement name is German. Alaric is a very early name, but in the acceptance for Alaric Wintour: "The given name is documented as the name of a King of the Goths and dated to 410...In this case, documentation was found that lessens the gap in dates. Morlet, Les Noms de Personne sur le Territoire de l'Ancienne Gaule du VIe au XIIe Siecle dates Alaricus to the 12th C. This is a Latin form, but the vernacular would be Alaric. This leaves only a 400 year gap between the names; this is still one step from period practice, but it is registerable." [May 2004 LoAR, A-Caid]

Schweikle appears in IGI Search Results as a family name in Wuerttemberg, Germany several times between 1541 and 1613 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/igi/results#count=20&query=%2Bsurname%3ASchweikle%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1300-1650~%20%2Bsubcollection_id%3A5&igi=%281%202%29), (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/MZQJ-4J4 : accessed 2013-03-06 for Hans Schweikle, b. 1541). There is about a 400-year gap between elements. The client desires a male name.


The hammer and key motif is identical thos that found on the client's device and badge, both registered July 2009, so I would think that the orientation of the charges are grandfathered to him and not affected by SENA. If this submission is registered, the previous registered device Lozengy gules and Or, a smith's hammer surmounted by a key bendwise wards to base sable., is to be retained as a badge.


3. Alesia Thompson: NEW NAME

The name is English. Alesia is a female given name dated to 1200 in Withycombe 3rd edition, pp. 15-16 s.n. Alice.

Thompson is dated to 1349 in Reaney and Wilson 3rd edition, p. 444 s.n. Thompson.

The client desires a female name.


4. Alysaundre de Bordeaux: NEW NAME

The name is French.

Alysaundre is an undocumented variant of the surname Alisaundre, found in Bardsley, s.n. Alexander, dated 1379. The i/y swap is unremarkable in English, so this spelling should be reasonable. Alysaundre appears many times in the MED, both as the name of the herb and the given name Alexander: a1500(?a1400) Chestre Launfal (Clg A.2) 276: Vppon þe toppe an ern þer stod Of bournede golde..Alysaundre þe conqueroure..Ne hadde noon scwych iuell.

Bordeaux is the capital of he Aquitaine region in southwestern France. As part of the inheritance of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Bordeaux, along with the rest of the duchy, became English in 1154 upon the accession of her husband to the English throne as Henry II (http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/73887/Bordeaux). Eastern Crown Herald notes that <Bordeaux> is rendered in a Latin letter of 1199 as Burdegala (http://epistolae.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/letter/1327.html).

The client desires a male name and asks that it be made authentic for the 12th C.


5. Amaris le Fey: NEW NAME

Amaris is the client's legal given name (photocopy of driver's license to Laurel).

le Fey is dated to 1332 in Reaney and Wilson 3rd edition, p. 165 s.n. Fay, Faye, Fey. (It is the client's legal mother's registered SCA name, Dulcia le Fey.)

The client desires a male name and is most interested in the meaning of the name.


6. Annabell Riant: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per chevron throughout sable and azure, two fleurs-de-lys inverted and a butterfly argent.


Anabella c. 1308 and Annabel 1374 are English female given names found in “Feminine Given Names in
A Dictionary of English Surnames: Annabel,” Talan Gwynek, http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/reaney.cgi?Annabel. The shift of one vs. two ls and ns seems reasonable to create other spelling variations, and the client's preference is the Annabell spelling; however, she would accept Annabelle, an English or Scots given name dated to 1589 in IGI if need be. Riant appears as a surname in “French Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael, http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/paris1423.html.

7. Annika Sveinsdóttir: NEW DEVICE

Per saltire argent and azure, in pale two gouttes and in fess two lizards counterchanged.


The name was registered December 2012.


8. Antonia Maria de Montoya: NEW DEVICE CHANGE

Per bend sinister wavy Or and pean, in chief three cinquefoils in bend sinister Or.


The name was registered July 2013.


If the change is registered, the client wishes to retain her current device, Per chevron vert and sable, on a chevron throughout per pale Or and argent three cinquefoils gules., as a badge.


9. Arianwen Sweet : NEW NAME

Arianwen is a Welsh female name found in “A Welsh Miscellany: Compleat Anachronist #66,” Heather Rose Jones. (I'm fairly sure this source is considered obsolete.) However, in September 2011, Arianwen was ruled registerable as a later documentary form of an 8th century Welsh name. An 8th century Welsh name is Old Welsh; this language overlaps with Old and Middle English, and as such may be combined with either. Therefore, this name may be combined with Middle English without a step from period practice, as with other Welsh names.

Sweet is an English byname; this spelling is undated, but those which are and would be almost always pronounced correctly are le Swete 1327 and the OE female version swete (Reaney and Wilson, 3rd edition, p. 436 s.n. Sweet, Sweett).

The client desires a female name and is most interested in the meaning and language/culture of the name (Welsh).


10. Arnóra hnappraz: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Argent, an acorn vert and on a chief double-arched purpure two pretzels argent.


The name is Old Norse. Arnóra is a female given name in “Viking Names found in Landnámabók,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael, http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/landnamabok.html.

The byname means “button-arse” (which makes her husband laugh and laugh :) and is found in “Viking Bynames found in the Landnámabók,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael, http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/vikbynames.html.

The client desire a female name and is most interested in the language/culture of the name (Norse).


The use of a chief double-arched is a SFPP.


11. Belle Drake: NEW NAME

The name is English. Belle is dated to 1279 in “Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames: Bele,” Talan Gwynek, http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/reaney.cgi?Bele.

Drake is dated to 1066 and 1185 in Reaney and Wilson 3rd edition, p. 141 s.n. Drake, Drakes.

The client desires a female name and is most interested in the sound of the name.


12. Beverly FitzAlan de Stirkelaunde: NEW BADGE

(Fieldless) A pigeon maintaining a lily slipped argent.

The name was registered August 2010.


13. Bríán Hróbjartsson: NEW NAME

The name is Old Norse. Bríán and Hróbjartr are both male given names found in “The Viking Answer Lady: Old Norse Men's Names,”www.vikinganswerlady.com/ONMensNames.shtml#h. “A Simple Guide to Creating Old Norse Names,”by Aryanhwy merch Catmael, http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/sg-viking.html, shows that a name ending in -r > -s, so Hróbjartr >>Hróbjartsson.

The client desires a male name.


13. Brighid ní Sheachnasaigh: NEW JOINT BADGE, with Aldric of Galway

Azure, a pithon involved in annulo contourny Or.


The names were registered May 1996 and July 1993, respectively.


This is clear of Elijah al-Talhi: Sable, a pithon involved in annulo gules., found on the East Kingdom ILOI, dated 2013-03-04. https://oscar.sca.org/index.php?action=100&loi=1766 ; there is a DC for for field tincture and a DC for tincture of the primary.


14. Cael Robertson: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per pale argent and sable, a dolmen counterchanged.


Cael is a male Irish Gaelic name, undated but found in Ó Corrain and Maguire, p. 40, as an early period name. Cáel may be period as a personal name as it appears fairly clearly in at least one middle Irish poetic context cited as "Cáel Praises Créide's House" in Early Irish lyrics, eighth to twelfth century edited by Gerard Murphy (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956, pp. 140-146) as cited on line at http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G400048/index.html. The citation there suggests very strongly that the normal nominative form would be Cáel: "Do Cháel chétghuinech úa Neamhnainn, do mac rígh Laigen an-air'. `Do-chúalamar a scéla', ar an ingen, `gengu facamur é; & in bh-fuil aigi mu dhúan damsa?' `A-tá imorra', ar Cáel. & do éirig & do ghabh a dhúan. . ."
By the same token there is an anonymous lament for Cáel placed in the mouth of Créide that is dated to 1175 that clearly shows the name as a given name in several forms (http://lepo.it.da.ut.ee/~axel/celtica/lyr.html).

Robertson is a patronymic, “son of Robert,” an undated spelling in Reaney and Wilson 3rd edition, p. 80 s.n. Robertson, Roberson.

The client desires a male name.


15. Ceridwen merch Deykin: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per pall inverted vert, azure and argent, in base a frog sable.


Ceridwen is the client's legal given name (photocopy of driver's license to Laure).

Deykin is a male given name found in “A Simple Guide to Constructing 13th Century Welsh Names,” Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn, http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/welsh13.html.

The document from which these names are taken uses the familial particle verch rather than merch.


16. Christine atte Wode: NEW NAME CHANGE from Þórdís Hrefnudóttir and NEW DEVICE

Or, an owl's head cabossed between three roses purpure and a bordure wavy azure.


The name is English. Both elements (yay!) are found in “Feminine names from 14th C Exeter,” Sara L. Uckelman, http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/english/exeterfem14thc.html.

If this is registered, the currently-registered name is retained as an alternate.

The client will not accept Major changes to the name.


17. Christopher Ravenhill: NEW NAME

The name is English. Christopher is a male given name, after the saint; the spelling Christofur is dated 1513 (Withycombe 3rd edition, pp. 65-66 s.n. Christopher). Ravenhill is an undated spelling, a locative meaning of Ravenhill (NRYork) or some other “raven-hill,” Reaney and Wilson 3rd edition, p. 372 s.n. Ravenhall, Ravenhill. The client desires a male name and is most interested in the spelling; he will not accept Major or Minor changes to the name.


18. Clara Makkynnay: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Purpure, a wildcat sejant gardant and chief potenty argent charged with three pansies purpure.


Clara is a female Scots given name dated to 1576 in “Index of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue,” Sara L. Uckelman, http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/scots/dost/. Woulfe dates the Anglicized Irish forms M'Queyn and M'Quine to temp. Elizabeth I-James I, p. 409 s.n. Mac Shuibhe. Black dates the form Makkynnay to 1593, p. 571 s.n. MacWhinnie. (Her legal son's SCA name is registered as Blaise Makkynnay.) This seems like all sorts of a lovely late period Scots name.


Clear of Osanna Katzgraw von der Tann: Purpure, a winged cat sejant wings close licking its sinister forepaw, on a chief wavy argent three roses proper., with DC's for the wings and the tincture of the tertiaries.

Although the facial tufts could be a little more prominent and the stumpy tail a little more stumpy, this is a reasonable wildcat; wildcat or domestic, they'd still be checked against one another, and the blazon of wildcat is the one the client prefers.
There were some comments that the pansies were hard to identify. Pansies have an unusual arrangement of petals, and the fifth petal is often shoved to the back, so that the upper rim is at times the only portion of the petal showing.


19. Collette Marion Cooke: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Sable, on a cross argent five mullets azure, a bordure engrailed argent.


The name is English. Collette is a given name a dated to 1379 in Reaney and Wilson 3rd edition, s.n. Collette. (I'm not quite sure if Collete is meant to be a female given name or a female surname in this source, not that the client has a gender preference.)

Marion is a given name (Marion Lambert) dated to 1379 s.n. Marion, in the same source.

Cooke is found in “An Index to the 1523 Subsidy Roll for York and Ainsty, England,” Karen Larsdatter, http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/york16/.


20. Daniel Evelgest: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Sable, on a fess between three hourglasses argent, a roundel between an increscent and a decrescent sable.


The name is English.

Daniel is a male given name dated to 1121-48 as Eudo filius Daniel, in Reaney and Wilson 3rd edition, p. 25 s.n. Daniel et al. It is also the client's legal name.

Evelgest, “evil guest/stranger,” is dated to 1199 and is found in '"Misplaced" Names in Reaney & Wilson - Sorted By Name,” Jeanne Marie Lacroix, http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/misplacednamesbyname.htm.

The client desires a male name.


There is a SFPP for the use of a roundel between an increscent and a decrescent. There was also a comment that "Evil Guest" plus the hourglasses and moon phases as markers of time passing suggest a claim to be Death. It may be, although I pass this on for further comment, if any, and say that Death is not necessarily an evil guest, unless he claims that you've eaten the salmon mousse and you swear that you haven't.


21. Donndubán mac Eógain: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per chevron sable and vert, a chevron between two compass stars and a sword inverted argent.


The name is Irish Gaelic.

Both Donndubán and Eógan are Middle Irish Gaelic male given names; Eógain is the genitive form of the name. Both are found in “Index of Names in Irish Annals: Masculine Given Names,” Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/.

The client desires a male name. He will not accept Major changes to the name.


22. Duncan Saint Claire: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Or, an axe and a sword in saltire sable, a bordure rayonny azure.


Duncan is a male given name, more associated with Scotland than England; however, the form Donecan is found in the Domesday Book (Withycombe 3rd edition, p. 90 s.n. Duncan).

A discussion of the byname Saint Claire is found in Academy of Saint Gabriel report 2760, http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/showfinal.cgi/2760.txt: Saint Claire is demonstrated in Dauzat, s.n. St-Clair.

The client will not accept Major changes to the name.


23. Eilidh MacMurtrie: NEW ALERNATE NAME, Clarisse Savoir

The primary name was registered March 1985.

Clarisse is an English female given name, from the French form of Clara; this spelling was not uncommon in the 13th-145h C., Withycombe 3rd edition, pp. 67-68 s.n. Clarice.

Savoir is a French surname dated to 1321 in IGI: Jeanne de Seville Savoir Dame de Droisy, https://familysearch.org/pal:/mm9.2.1/94RC-N4T. (Unfortunately, this link doesn't appear to go to this name.)

The client desires a female name and is most interested in the meaning of the name (none given).

If registered, this alternate name is to be associated with the badge submission Per fess gules and sable, an open book argent and a lantern Or., found in the 30 November 2012 Atenveldt Letter of Intent, under 6. Eilidh MacMurtrie.


24. Elza Scarlet: NEW NAME

The name is English. Elza is a female given name date to 1590 in IGI: Elza Wightman, christened 31 Jul 1590 (https://familysearch.org/search/record/results#count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AElza%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1590-1591~).

Scarlet is dated to 1185 in Reaney and Wilson 3rd edition, p. 394 s.n. Scarlet, Scarlett; the name persists later, in various spellings.

The client desires a female name and is most interested in the sound of the name.


25. Gabriel Boyle: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per bend sinister gules and argent, three beehives Or and a badger rampant sable.


The name is English. Gabriel is a male given name dated 11 through 1316 with this spelling, Withycombe 3rd edition, pp. 122-123 s.n. Gabriel. Boyle is a surname dated to 1340 in Reaney and Wilson 3rd edition, p. 58 s.n. Boyle, Boyles. (The client's legal surname is Boyles.) The client desires a male name.


Dolphin believes that even with the white markings, the beast is still identifiable as a badger: “Details like tail tips can have no contrast with the field so long as the critter is still identifiable.”


26. Gwenfrewi of Abergavenny : NEW NAME and DEVICE

Argent, in pale three arrows inverted bendwise sable and on a chief azure three hearts argent.


Withycombe states that the Welsh form of Winifred is Gwenfrewi, and St. Winifred/Gwenfrewi was a Welsh princess murdered by King Caradoc; her well is said to have miraculous qualities (p. 294 s.n. Winifred). Withycombe is a poor source for non-English names.

Goutte d'Eau Herald finds similar given English names in familysearch.org:

<Guenefrida Stettaforde> married 1592, England. Batch number M05006-1
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NKYQ-SPF
<Guinnefrida Yong> christened 1613, England. Batch number C02136-2
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NL2C-9VK
<Genifrid Dicker> christened 1618, England. Batch number P00275-1
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N511-DJL
<Guinifritha Chapman> christened 1624, England. Batch number C04513-1
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NYK8-XQK
<Gweenyfrid Meyrick> christened 1626, England. Batch number C13571-6
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NKCR-63K
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JW2P-3JK
<Gynnifaire Arrnndell> christened 1626, England. Batch number P00276-1
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NRM8-188
<Gwenefreda Angell> married 1647, England. Batch number M16869-1
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N67N-R58
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NKN4-PPR

Most of the Welsh records link to findmypast.co.uk, who want money to view their records. The remainder don't seem to have records that include batch numbers at all, except for: <Gwenffrid Edward> christened 1616, Wales. Batch number C04949-1
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V5FH-QKR Some are fairly close, but the form Gwenfrewi might be a post-period English/Welsh form. Many thanks to Goutte d'Eau for the digging.

Aberbgavenny is a Welsh city only a few miles from the English border; Abergavenny castle's was first built in the late 12th C and has been rebuilt and added to over the centuries (http://www.castlewales.com/abergav.html).

The client desires a female name.


27. Isabelle de Calais: DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Laurel, September 2010

Azure, on a pile argent a lily purpure.


The name was registered September 2010.

The original submission, Lozengy Or and azure, a lily purpure., was returned for lack of identifiability of the primary charge. “Section VIII.3 of the Rules for Submission requires that "Elements must be used in a design so as to preserve their individual identifiability. While the lily is based off the drawing of a lily in the Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry, the identifying features are both drawn smaller than they are in that resource and nearly all of them lie against the low-contrast azure portions of the field. Commenters were unable to recognize the lily.” This is a redesign.

28. Ivar of Elsinore: NEW DEVICE

Per pale gules and argent, a cross throughout barbed at the foot counterchanged, a chief sable.


The name appears in the February 2013 Atenveldt Letter of Intent.


While Orle was concerned that the barbing of the foot of the cross might be confused for a base (since it is drawn very large in the emblazon), this would not be the case if the device were rendered on a tabard or a square/rectangular banner or shield; the client will be advised to barb with a little less enthusiasm on an escutcheon.


29. Josselyn the Red: NEW DEVICE

Per fess azure and Or, a lion dormant and a butterfly counterchanged.


The name was registered July 2012.


Yes, the artist is aware that the charges could be more centered in their compartments. ;)


30. Kára Kaladóttir: NEW NAME

The name is Old Norse. All documentation comes from “The Old Norse Name,” Geirr Bassi Haraldsson. Kára is a female given name, p. 12; Kali is a male given name, p. 12. When creating a patronymic, a name ending in -i > -a.

The client desires a female name and is most interested in the sound of the name. She will not accept a Major change to the name.


31. Katrín Andsvarsdóttir: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Argent, a brown bear proper and on a chief azure four mullets argent.


The name is Old Norse, and most information comes from “The Old Norse Name,” Geirr Bassi Haraldsson. Katrín is a female given name, p. 12. Andsvarr is found in The Viking Answer Lady's website (http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ONMensNames.shtml) as a primitive Scandanavian male name (in ON, it's actually Özurr, Geirr Bassi p. 17). Orle (the Viking Answer Lady herself!) notes that <Andsvarr> comes from Lena Peterson's Nordiskt runnamnslexikon s.nn. <An(d)svarr/Ansurr/Assurr/Ǫssurr> (http://www.sofi.se/servlet/GetDoc?meta_id=1472). A couple of the cited runic inscriptions support this spelling, particularly U276 ontsuar from Uppland, Sweden ca. 1010-1040. If it can be maintained in the former form, the patronymic -rr > -rs, hence Andsvarsdóttir.

The client desires a female name and is most interested in the language/meaning of the name, Norse Icelandic 9th-10th C.

She would like the name to be authentic for this language/culture. She will not accept Major changes to the name.


32. Layla bint Sulieman al-Nahral-Urduni (Tir Ysgithr): NEW NAME CHANGE from Genevieve Gabrielle Plubel d'Avon

The name is Arabic. Layla, a female given name/ism, and Sulieman, a male given name/'ism are both found in “Period Arabic Names,” Da'ud ibn Auda, http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/arabic-naming2.htm, along with the patronymic particle bint, “daughter of.” Wikipedia notes that the Arabic name for the Jordan River is Nahr al-Urdun, and we think that the locative might be al-Nahr al-Urduni or even simply al-Urduni (i.e., the residence of her father Sulieman). The client desires a female name and is most interested in the sound of the name; she wants a reference to the Jordan, something like Urduni or Jordani.

If the new name is registered, the current name should be retained as an alternate.


33. Livid le Coi (Sundragon): NEW NAME, DEVICE and BADGE

(device) Azure, a coi haurient argent marked Or and a base wavy argent.

(badge) (Fieldless) A polypus Or annulety azure.

The name is English. Livid is a female given name, a variant of Levith and dated to the 14th C. in “Feminine Given Names in
A Dictionary of English Surnames: Levith,” Talan Gwynek, http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/reaney.cgi?Levith. le Coi is a surname deater to 1203 in Reaney and Wilson 3rd edition, p. 114 s.n. Coy. The client desires a female name. She will not accept Major changes to the name.

I suspect that the fish is more accurately blazoned as a carp/catfish haurient embowed counterembowed (to borrow a popular dolphin posture).


34. Mary de la Bere: NEW NAME

The name is English. Mary is a female given name dated to 1271-1307 in “Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames: Mary,” Talan Gwynek, http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/reaney.cgi?Mary. de la Bere is a surname dated to 1263 in Reaney and Wilson 3rd edition, p. 34 s.n. Bear.


35. Mathghamhain Drake: NEW NAME

Mathghamhain is an Early Modern Irish Gaelic (1200-1700) male name.

Drake is dated to 1066 and 1185 in Reaney and Wilson 3rd edition, p. 141 s.n. Drake, Drakes.

The client desires a male name and is more interested in the sound of the name.

Given the earlier period of the byname, using the Middle Irish Gaelic (900-1200) form of the given name, Mathgamain, might be more accurate.


36. Mathias MacCooel: DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Laurel, September 2011

Per bend sinister gules and sable, three hearts in bend sinister between two tygers combatant in bend argent.


The name was registered September 2011.


The original device, Per bend sinister gules and sable, three hearts in bend sinister between two tygers combatant in bend argent., was returned “for blurring the distinction between primary and secondary charges. The way the submitted emblazon is drawn, it is not clear whether this is a group of three primary charges between two secondary charges, or a single group of five primary charges in saltire, and so it must be returned. Please advise the submitter that if the hearts are intended to be the primary charge group then they should be drawn larger and the tygers smaller.” The tygers have been reduced in size and the hearts made a little larger.


37. Morgan Fabell: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Argent, two axes in saltire azure and in base a gunstone and a chief azure.


Morgan is a male Welsh given name dated to c. 1562 Morgan ab David and c. 1540 Morgan Wolfe (IGI, https://familysearch.org/search/collection/).

Fabell is a surname dated to 1329 as Fabel; this is an undated spelling (Reaney and Wilson 3rd edition, p. 160 s.n. Fabell, Fable.

The client desires a male name.


38. Morgan MacDuff : NEW DEVICE

Sable, a death's head within a dragon involved in annulo biting its tail argent.


The name was registered July 2008.


The client wishes to use a death's head (a skull missing the jaw/mandible) to match that one found on his registered badge, Sable, in fess a death's head enflamed in chief between and conjoined to a pair of hands inverted, a base rayonny argent. Orle notes that all period skulls she has found thus far have their jawbones attached. It seems that since the death's head appears in his registered armory, he should be permitted to use it.

39. Mstislav syn Volui: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Argent, a manticore gules, headed maned and winged sable.


The name is Russian.

Mstislav is a male given name dated to 1130.

Volui is a male given name datd to 1380; both are found in “A Dictionary of Period Russian Names,” Paul Wickenden of Thanet, heraldry.sca.org/paul.zgrammar.html.

syn, “son of,” is an alternate means of showing a familial relationship, and is found in “Grammar of Period Russian Names,” Paul Wickenden of Thanet, heraldry.sca.org/paul/; according to the article, syn can follow or precede a father's name, and the spelling of the father's name remains unchanged.


40. Qara Keiije: NEW NAME CHANGE from Hrefna Gandalfsdottir

The name is Mongolian, “Black Raven.” The elements are found http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/etymology.cgi?single=1&basename=/data/alt/altet&text_number=+816&root=configIf registered, her current registered name should be retained as an alternate.


41. Raimundus Castellano: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Gules, a cross of Santiago and a bordure denticulata Or.


The name is Catalan.

Raimundus is a male given name in “Catalan Names in Latin Contexts: the late 12th century,” Juliana de Luna, http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/catalan12/.

The byname, meaning “person from Castile, is found in “Spanish Names from the Late 15th Century,” Juliana de Luna, http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/isabella/index.html.

The client desires a male name. He also prefer a name that is in/closer to the 12th C.


Consider Damiana al-Andalusiyya: Gules, a Latin cross clechy within a bordure rayonny Or. This is clear with 1 DC for cross type and 1 DC for bordure line. Coblaith's Crosses identifies the Cross of Santiago in the "Cross Flory" family along with the Cross Clechy, but "A cross clechy is significantly different from a cross fleury (July, 1990 LoAR) and from a Cross of Santiago (November, 2005 LoAR)."
Consider Calontir, Kingdom of:, Augmentation: Purpure, a cross of Calatrava and a bordure Or. This is clear with 1 DC for cross type and 1 DC for bordure line.


42. Remy Riant: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per bend sinister sable and azure, a fleur-de-lys inverted argent.


The name is French.

Both elements, the male given name Remy and the surname Riant, appear in “French Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael, http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/paris1423.html.

The client desires a male name and is most interested in the meaning and language/culture of the name.

He will not accept Major changes to the name.


43. Robert MacNair: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Erminois, three rams rampant sable.


Robert is an English male given name, popular through period; the Latinized form is seen 1186-1220 and 1273, Withycombe 3rd edition, s.n. Robert. MacNair is an Anglicized Scottish surname dated to 1452, Black, p. 548 s.n. McNair. The client desires a male name and is most interested in the meaning and the spelling. He want the same name as his legal wife's.


44. Rosa Duvanova doch' Sychevna (BoAtenveldt): NEW NAME CHANGE from Rose Ella Duvanovicha doch' Sychevna and DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Laurel, December 2010

Per pale argent and sable, two harpies close addorsed counterchanged.


Rosa is a female Hungarian name dated to 1234 and found in Academy of St. Gabriel report 2854 (http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/showfinal.cgi/2854.txt).

Duvan is a masculine given name dated to 1521 in “A Dictionary of Period Russian Names,” Paul Wickenden of Thanet (http://heraldry.sca.org/paul/ ). -ov is the most commonly-used suffix to create a masculine patronymic, “son of Duvan” (“Paul Goldschmidt's Dictionary of Russian Names – Grammar,” http://heraldry.sca.org/paul/zgrammar.html ), hence Duvanov. The feminine versions would be Duvanova Additionally, modern (and very late period/grey area) feminine forms can take -ovna/-evna endings.

In late period, the familial form appears (patronymic + doch'), and a father's byname can proceed after this construction. 'doch Sychevna is already registered to the client.

If registered, the old name should be released.


The original device submission, Per pale argent and sable, two harpies close addorsed counterchanged., was returned “because, from any distance, the charges are not recognizable as harpies. Most commenters thought they were hawks, at least one thought they appeared to be parrots. This is a violation of section VII.7.a of the Rules for Submissions, which requires that "Elements must be recognizable solely from their appearance." Period heraldic depictions of harpies close showed them guardant, often with flowing tresses; both of these would aid in identifying the charges. The submitter might consider such a depiction upon resubmission.” Redrawing was done, and hopefully additional hair and breast enhancement will assist in identification. The body/skin of the sable harpy has been lightened very slightly to show details of the human portion of the monster.

45. Rosa Duvanova doch' Sychevna: NEW BADGE

Per fess argent and azure, three trees blasted and eradicated sable and an owl argent.


46. Rosa Duvanova doch' Sychevna: NEW BADGE

Per fess argent and vert, three trees eradicated proper and an owl Or.


47. Rylan MacLean: DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Laurel, March 2012

Quarterly gules and argent, on a sun counterchanged a fleur-de-lys Or.


The name was registered March 2012.


The original submission, Quarterly gules and argent, on a sun eclipsed counterchanged a fleur-de-lys Or., was returned for violating section VIII.1.c.ii of the Rules for Submissions, which “requires that "All charges should be placed either directly on the field or entirely on other charges that lie on the field." Per precedent, "Eclipsing the sun has long been considered the equivalent of adding a tertiary charge" [Yaasamiin al-Raqqasa al-'Ala'iyiyya,­ R-Artemisia, Nov 2004 LoAR], which makes the fleur-de-lys a fourth layer, and thus unregisterable.” Quartering the sun alone rather than counterchanging the sun and its disc eliminates this problem.


48. Sabiha bint Yuhanna al-Dimashqi: NEW NAME

The name is Arabic and all elements come from “Period Arabic Names,” Da'ud ibn Auda, http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/arabic-naming2.htm. Sabiha is a female given name/'ism, Yuhanna is a male given name/'ism used as a patronymic with the bint, “daughter of,” particle, and al-Dimashiqi is a geographical byname/nisba that gives the birthplace or residence of the client's father (Damascus).


49. Seonaid inghean Mhuireadhaigh (Mons Tonitrus): NEW JOINT BADGE with Randolph Caparulo

(Fieldless) A sheaf of five arrows inerted sable banded with a knotted belt gules.


The names were registered January 2011 and June 2011, respectively.


While blazoned as a belt, several commenters were unable to identify the banding as such. If worse comes to worse, I suspect this could blazoned as (Fieldless) A sheaf of five arrows inverted sable bound gules.


50. Simon de Rouen: NEW BADGE

(Fieldless) A demi-maiden vested, maintaining a lyre and a rose slipped and leaved Or.

The name was registered December 2005.


51. Tanne Atzler: NEW DEVICE

Sable, a pall inverted Or cotised erminois.


The name was registered July 2011.


52. Tirion syn Khorliazh: NEW NAME

The name is Russian.

Tirion is a male given name, a variant of Tirun (15th C.) and Tiron (1566).

Khorliazh is a male given name dated 1557. Both are found in “A Dictionary of Period Russian Names,” Paul Wickenden of Thanet, heraldry.sca.org/paul.zgrammar.html.

syn, “son of,” is an alternate means of showing a familial relationship, and is found in “Grammar of Period Russian Names,” Paul Wickenden of Thanet, heraldry.sca.org/paul/; according to the article, syn can follow or precede a father's name, and the spelling of the father's name remains unchanged.

The client desires a male name and is most interested in the sound. He will not accept Major changes to the name.


53. Tommaso Navarre de Verdello: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Quarterly purpure and sable, within a decrescent Or between two mullets in pale a third mullet argent.


The name is French and Italian.

Tomasso is the Italian form of Thomas, a male given name found in “First names appearing  in the Catasto of 1427,” http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/catasto/newsearch/first_names.html.

Navarre is dated to 1421 in “French Surnames from Paris, 1421, 1423 & 1438,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael, http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/paris1423surnames.html.

There's a <Zanetus de Verdello> in col. 876 of Rerum Italicarum Scriptores ab anno aerae Christianae (vol. 19), (http://books.google.de/books?id=xqo-AAAAcAAJ), which is dated to 1393 (starting point of the individual's entry is on col. 862). There is also a town by the name of Verdello, in the province of Bergamo, Italy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdello).

As the name has a French surname, the overall name might be considered French, hence the de particle.

The client desires a male name and is most interested in the language/culture of the name (French and Italian). He would like it to be authentic for the 12th-15th C. He will not accept Major changes to the name.


54. Wade Greenwall: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per pale vert masoned Or and argent masoned sable, a tower per pale argent and vert.


The name is English.

Wade is the client's legal given name, but is is also found with Wade le Fol 1297 in Reaney and Wilson 3rd edition, pp. 470-471 s.n. Wade. Greenwall is a coined locative, suggesting one living in a place with green walls (covered with vines or moss). There a several “Wall” bynames (Wall, Walls, Walle, R&W p. 473) and many “Green” bynames (Greenfield, Greengrass, Greenhouse, R&W pp. 204-205). Names such as Greenhouse and Greenstreet suggest that man-made constructions, not just naturally-occurring things, might have a “color” name linked to them.

The client desires a male name.


55.Zoryna Venitsa: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Purpure, a sickle between three mullets Or.


The name is Russian.

Zoryna is a male given name dated to 1167 in “A Dictionary of Period Russian Names,” Paul Wickenden of Thanet, heraldry.sca.org/paul.zgrammar.html.

Venitsa is a surname, “of Venice,” found in “Dictionary of Period Russian Names – List of Cities,” Paul Goldschmidt, http://heraldry.sca.org/paul/zcities.html; the only date here is the comment “founded in the 12th C.”.

The client doesn't care about the gender of the name and is more interested in the sound of the name.





I was assisted in the preparation of the Letter of Intent with Commentary provided by Alys Mackyntoish, Aryanhwy merch Catmael, Ásfríðr Úlfvíðardóttir, Brenna Lowri o Ruthin, Dreux d'Anjou, Etienne Le Mons, Gawain of Miskbridge, Gunnvor silfraharr, Jeanne Marie Lacroix, Seamus mac Riain, and Taran Wayward.


There are 34 New Names, 5 New Name Changes, 1 New Alternate Name, 28 New Devices, 2 New Device Changes and 7 New Badges. These 77 items are chargeable, Laurel should receive $231 for them. There is 1 New Holding Name Change, 1 Resubmission Name Change and 3 Device Resubmissions. These 5 items are not chargeable. There are a total of 82 items submitted on this letter.


Thank you again for your great indulgence and patience, your expertise and your willingness to share it.



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