March 2003, A.S. XXXVII

Kingdom of Atenveldt

Unto Francois la Flamme, Laurel King of Arms; Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, Pelican Queen of Arms; Zenobia Naphtali, Wreath Queen of Arms; and the commenting Members of the College of Arms,

Greetings from Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy, Brickbat Herald!

If you have a Consultation Table, they will come (even if it rains). This letter is comprised mostly of submissions accepted at Estrella War. It would not have been possible without the assistance of a number of hard-working, devoted people from throughout the occidental half of the Known World. Sincere gratitude is extended to Shauna of Carrick Point, Sage Herald, for setting up and getting the ball rolling (whether she fesses up to it or not); Seamus McDaid, Corona Herald, who got the physical set-up of the Point up and running (lights! power! furniture!) and who knows that we'll never be really, really happy until we get a work-space the size of America West Arena; Jeanne Marie Lacroix, Sommelier Herald; Yin Mei Li, Golden Pillar; Roger von Allenstein, Ered Sul Pursuivant; Aurore de Flandres;

Honour Greneheart; James of the Lake; Symond Bayard le Gris; Maria Elena Hurtado de Mendoza, Black Boar Pursuivant; Fingall McKetterick, Lowenmahne Herald (until the rain bested him); Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme. Thanks are also extended to the folks of Heraldry Hut, who colored inside the lines for hours on end, preparing the submission packets. If I missed anyone, it certainly isn't intentional-know that I am very appreciative of the time you spent at the table, sharing your knowledge and skills, when you could've been fighting, shopping, doing the arts and sciences class thing, staying out of the rain and dodging mud puddles.

Please note the following correction on the 20 December 2002 Atenveldt Letter of Intent:

1. Alamanda de Claret: NEW NAME

I'd mentioned that there was no documentation provided for de Claret, but the Sala Family Archives: A Hand List of Medieval and Early Modern Catalonian Charters, Joseph J. Gwara, Jr. (http://www.gerogetown.edu/layrinth/professional/pus/sala/ ), which provides documentation for Alamanda also shows a Petrus de Claret of Tarragona, as the notary for item 87 in the Charters found on this site.

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 spelling and grammar corrections; assistance in these areas is appreciated.

1. Áedán Mór Mac Donough: NEW NAME

The name is Irish Gaelic. Áedán is a masculine given name (pp. 13-14, Ó Corráin and Maguire, Irish Names). Mór means "tall, large," and it can be used as a descriptive ("Quick and Easy Gaelic Names Formerly Published as Quick and Easy Gaelic Bynames," 3rd Edition, Sharon L. Krossa, http://www.medievalscotland.org/scotnames/quickgaelicbynames/#rare ).

Mac Donough is an Irish surname (p. 86, MacLysaght, and p. 84 under the header Mac Donagh), but given the Gaelic formation of the given and byname, it is probably more correct to use the Irish Gaelic form of the name, Mac Donnchadha, shown in MacLysaght on p. 84 (for a completely Gaelic name: Áedán Mór Mac Donnchadha).

2. Áedán Mór Mac Donough: NEW DEVICE

Or, a bend sinister sable surmounted by a griffin's head erased gules, in bend two ermine spots sable.

These are an ermine spot variation seen in the Pictorial Dictionary.

3. Alamanda de Claret: NEW DEVICE

Per pale argent and gules, a goblet charged with a lotus flower affronty, a bordure all counterchanged.

The name appears in the 20 December 2002 Atenveldt Letter of Intent.

4. Alamanda de Claret: NEW BADGE

(fieldless) Per pale gules and argent, a goblet charged with a lotus flower affronty counterchanged.

The name appears in the 20 December 2002 Atenveldt Letter of Intent.

5. Alexander Bones: NEW NAME

The name is English. Alexander is a masculine given name dating to 1316 (p. 13, Withycombe, 3^rd edition).

Bones is an English surname dating to 1327 (p. 53, Reaney and Wilson, Revised Edition).

6. Allyne Strangwych: NEW NAME

The name is English. Aline is a common feminine given name 12th-15th C., with other demonstrated spelling forms as Alyna (1346), Alina (1187-1215) and Aline(1428) (p. 16, Withycombe, 3^rd edition, under Aline header). The spelling Alyne is found in 1325 on a monumental brass for Sir John De Creke & wife Alyne ("Monumental Brass Rubbings for England, Cambridgeshire, http://www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/ash/departments/antiquities/brass/counties/Cambridgeshire.html ). The submitter would be grateful for this spelling with the double -ll-.

Strangwych is an English surname, dated to 1467 (p. 336, Reaney and Wilson, under Strangeway header).

7. Allyne Strangwych: NEW DEVICE

Per bend sinister purpure and azure, an oak leaf and a chief embattled argent.

8. Alwyn MacQuill: NEW NAME

Alwyn is the Scots form of the OE masculine given name Aelfwine (p. 27, Scottish Forenames, Donald Whyte, Edinburgh: Berlinn Ltd., 1996).

MacQuillan appears as a Scottish surname in Black, p. 560, and (O) Quill is seen as an Irish surname in MacLysaght, 6^th edition, p. 251. We couldn't find a period demonstration of MacQuill, although a search of the net shows this at least as a modern surname; the submitter would prefer having MacQuill registered, and we would appreciate any assistance that the CoA could provide.

9. Alwyn MacQuill: NEW DEVICE

Per bend sinister sable and vert, a mullet Or and a pegasus salient argent.

10. Annalies Katerain Schneider: NEW NAME

The name is German. Annalies is a feminine given name, used with this spelling in 1634, within our Grey Period (Seibicke, Historishes Deutsches Vornamenbuch, Band 1, A-Z," Walter de Gruyter: Berlin, 1996).

Katerina is dated to 1350 in "Medieval German Given Names from Silesia Women's Names," Talan Gwynek ( http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/bahlow/bahlowFehm.html ).

Schneider is a German occupational surname, "tailor." The modern spelling is undated but it is seen with some variant spelling as early as 1270 (Bahlow, Dictionary of German Names, translated by Gentry, 1997, under Schenider header; Brechenmacher, Etymologisches Worterbuch der Deutschen Familiennamen, K-Z, Starkeverlag: Limburg, 1957, under Schneider header).

11. Antoinette Joaliere: NEW NAME

The name is French. Antoinette is found in Dauzat's Noms de Famille et Prenoms, p. 10, under Antoine, the feminine form of that masculine given name. It is also her mundane middle name.

Joaliere, "jeweler" (feminine form), is found in "Occupational By-Names in the 1292 Tax Role of Paris," Colm Dudh ( http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/parisbynames.html ).

12. Antoinette Joaliere: NEW DEVICE

Sable, two roses in pale and a bordure argent.

13. Arthur Daniels the Instigator: NEW NAME

The name is English. Arthur is a masculine given name, dated to the Domeday Book 1086 (p. 33, Withycombe, 3^rd edition).

Daniels is an English surname, an unmarked patronymic (p. 125, Reaney and Wilson, Revised Edition). Instigator is dated to 1598, according to the Compact Oxford English Dictionary.

Although this is at the time when English names have been standardized (it's now John Baker rather than John the Baker), an individual with a solid "given name + surname" construction might be graced with an additional epithet. Instigator is the important element in this name to the submitter.

14. Arthur Daniels the Instigator: NEW DEVICE

Gules, a chevron and in dexter chief a fleur-de-lys Or.

15. Ásta Þorvaldsóttir: DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Laurel, February 2001

Purpure, a chevron couched from dexter interlaced with a chevron couched from sinister Or, overall three arrows in fess inverted argent.

The name was registered February 2001.

The original submission, Purpure, a chevron couched from dexter interlaced with a chevron couched from sinister Or between two arrows, overall an arrow inverted argent., was returned for violating the ban on depiction of the same charge in two different sizes on the field. This redrawing has solved the problem.

16. Atenveldt, Kingdom of: NEW ORDER NAME, Order of the Pilgrim

The name is English. The name patterns itself after period Order names that designate specific individuals, such as Saint Michael, or a group of individuals, such as La Orden de la Jara (the Knights of the Tankard), following the guidelines seen in Rules for Submission III.2.b.ii. Names of Orders and Awards. A pilgrim, one who goes from place to place, or who makes a journey, is dated to 1200 in the COED. The Order is to recognize historical authenticity in the recreation of the Current Middle Ages.

17. Atenveldt, Kingdom of: NEW BADGE for the Order of the Pilgrim

Azure, in pale an escallop shell argent and a demi-sun issuant from base Or.

18. Atenveldt, Kingdom of: NEW BADGE for the Order of the Pilgrim

Azure, in pale an escallop shell and a demi-sun issuant from base Or.

19. Birgir Bjórnson: NEW NAME

The name is Old Norse. Birgir is a masculine given name found in Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (The Dictionary of Norse Runic Names), Lena Peterson, p. 31 ( http://www.dal.lu.se/runlex/pdf/lexikon.pdf ).

Bjórn is a masculine given name, and its patronymic appears to merely add -son (hence, Bjórnson; The Old Norse Name, Geirr Bassi).

20. Birgir Bjórnson: NEW DEVICE

Per fess wavy sable and azure, a drakkar reversed, sails furled, argent, and a bezant

21. Bjorn Krom von Hakenberg: NEW NAME

The name is Danish. Bjorn is a masculine given name with many spellings; while the source cited doesn't show Bjorn standing alone, it demonstrates Bjørnss dated 1432 (Knudsen, Kristensen and Hornby, Danmarks Gamle Personnavne, A-O, Dansk Historisk Håndbogsforlag, København, 1980, under Biorn header).

Krom is a Danish surname, dated to 1467 (Knudsen, Kirstensen, and Hornby, Danmarks Gamle Personnavne II. Tilnavne, L-O, Dansk Historisk Håndbogsforlag, København, 1980, under Krum header).

Hakenburg is a Danish surname from a placename, and this spelling is dated to 1429 (second citation).

von is our attempt to the Danish word for "of/from."

22. Bjorn Krom von Hakenberg: NEW DEVICE

Vert, on a bend sinister argent between a sheaf of three tulips slipped and a sheaf of three arrows inverted Or, a demi-bear affronty palewise, paws outstretched, sable.

23. Brian Sigfridsson von Niedersachsen: NAME RESUBMISSION Laurel, June 2002

His original name submission, Brian macSeyfang, was returned for violation of RfS III.1.a, which requires linguistic consistency in a single name phrase. It combines mac, which can be viewed as Gaelic, Anglicized Irish, or Scots, with Seyfang, which is a German byname. Removing mac from the byname would not make this name registerable since the earliest date provided for Seyfang was 1864.

Brian is an English masculine name, possibly of Irish origin (p. 53, Withycombe, 3^rd edition); it is also the submitter's legal given name, and the Legal Name Allowance is best applied here.

Sigfrid dates to 1310 in "Medieval German Given Names from Silesia, Men's Names," Talan Gwynek

( http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/bahlow/bahlowMasc.html ); I don't know if early Germanic names involved the -son patronymic ending that Scandanavian names did, or if an unmarked patronymic is more accurate (A Grey Area paper, "New Sweden Settlers, 1638-1664," shows Sigfridsson as a family surname, http://www.genealogia.fi/emi/3d41indexe.htm ).

von Niedersachsen means "of/from Lower Saxony ( http://www.expo.hannoer.de/english/tourist.htm ). The submitter wants the name to mean (in German) " Brian, descended from Sigfrid from Lower Saxony."

24. Brian Sigfridsson von Niedersachsen: DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Laurel, June 2002

Argent, three bendlets azure each charged with a mullet of six points Or.

His first device submission, Azure, three chevronels argent between three mullets of six points Or., was returned for conflict; this is a complete redesign.

25. Cadhla Ultachan: NEW NAME

The name is Irish. Cadhla is a feminine given name, found among County Munster populations (p. 40, Ó Corráin and Maguire, under Cadlae header).

Ultachan is a diminutive of Ultac, meaning "the Ultonian," a descriptive name given to members of the family of O Duinnrleibhe from their place of origin, and which in some instances supplants the real surname (p. 682, Woulfe, Irish Names and Surnames, under Ultachan header).

26. Connor Elphinstone: NEW NAME

Connor is the Anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic masculine given name Conchobar (p. 57, Ó Corráin and Maguire).

Elphinstone is a region in the parish of Tranent, Midlothien (p. 244, Black, The Surnames of Scotland).

27. Connor Elphinstone: NEW DEVICE

Per pale sable and argent, a winged domino mask and a bordure dovetailed counterchanged.

28. Diana Ygraine Lylywythe: NEW NAME

The name is English with an Welsh element. Diana is an English feminine name exampled by Diana Luttrell, b. 1580 (pp. 83-4, Withycombe, 3^rd edition).

Ygraine is an SCA-compatible feminine Welsh name (determined acceptable in LoAR October 2001, Artemesia acceptances, Ygraine ferch Rhun).

Lylywythe is an English surname, with this spelling dated 1398 (p. Reaney and Wilson, 3^rd edition, under header Lillywhite).

29. Diana Ygraine Lylywythe: NEW DEVICE

Azure, an owl and on a chief argent three fleurs-de-lys azure.

30. Diego Ramos de la Sangre Lobo: NEW NAME

The name is Spanish. Diego is a masculine given name ("16th Century Spanish Names Masculine Given Names," Elsbeth Anne Roth http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~kvs/heraldry/spanish16/ ).

Ramos is a descriptive byname also found in this article, exampled by Jorge Ramos, 1560

( http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~kvs/heraldry/spanish16/bynames-alpha.html#Ramirez ).

This article also demonstrates descriptive bynames such as del Aguila (of the eagle); de Lobo seems to be a reasonable variant of such a naming practice. Nothing shown is quite as extravagant as de la Sangre (del) Lobo, nor can I locate the use of Sangre (blood) as a name element. However, the submitter is willing to drop Sangre if needed.

31. Diego Ramos de la Sangre Lobo: NEW DEVICE

Vert, a wolf rampant contourny and on a chief invected argent three crosses of Santiago gules.

32. Duncan Silverwolf McTyre: BADGE RESUBMISSION from Laurel, July 1999

Per fess azure and vert, a boar statant to sinister argent within an orle of oak leaves Or.

The name was registered July 1999.

The original submission, Per pale vert and azure, a boar statant contourny argent., was returned for conflict with Muireann ni Riordain, A boar passant to sinister argent. This is a redesign to resolve the conflict.

33. Fáelán Mac Cuinneagáin: NEW NAME

The name is Irish Gaelic. Fáelán is a masculine given name and is also the name of three Irish saints (pp. 92-3, Ó Corráin and Maguire).

Mac Cuinneagáin is an Irish family name, a Sligo sept (p. 70, MacLysaght, 6^th edition, under Mac Cunnegan header).

34. Fáelán Mac Cuinneagáin: NEW DEVICE

Sable, a saltire and a bordure argent.

35. Felice Throkemarton: NEW DEVICE

Per pale azure and gules, a seahorse erect within an orle Or.

The name was registered October 2002.

36. Franz der Schmidt: NEW NAME

The name is German, "Francis the Smith." Franz is found in "Late Period German Masculine Given Names--Names from 14th Century Plauen," Talan Gwynek ( http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/germmasc/plauen14.html ).

The German word for "smith" appears to be Schmied rather than Schmidt, but the extensive entry under Schmidt in Bahlow (p. 453), citing a number of smith-associated occupations (Goldschmidt, Kupferschmidt, etc.) suggests that this is a synonym, and that it could be used as an occupational byname with the article der.

37. Franz der Schmidt: NEW DEVICE

Per pale sable and gules, on a pale argent a sinister bat wing sable.

38. Friðrekr berserkr: NEW DEVICE

Per saltire azure and sable, in pale two mullets and in fess two Maltese crosses argent.

The name was registered January 2002.

39. Gabriel Kenrick: NEW DEVICE

Vert, a bend sinister Or between a bird close and an arrow bendwise sinister inverted argent.

The name was registered March 2002.

40. Gudrun Elizabeth Johansdottir: NEW NAME

The name is Anglicized Norse. Gudrun is the Anglicized form of the feminine Norse given name Guðrún (Geirr Bassi, "The Old Norse Name").

Elizabeth is the Anglicized version of feminine given name Elizabet, used in Finland in 1551 ("Vanhat nimityyppimme (Finnish Names)" http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/FinnishNamesArticle.htm ); the submitter wants to use Elizabeth, but will accept Elizabet if necessary, and will only agree to having it dropped if the name will not be registered otherwise.

Johansdottir, "daughter of Johann," a masculine given Norse name (Geirr Bassi, "The Old Norse Name," under Johann).

41. Gudrun Elizabeth Johansdottir: NEW DEVICE

Per bend sinister gules and argent, a mill wheel Or and a wyvern erect contourny, wings displayed, gules.

42. Gwenhevare Easter: NEW NAME

The name is English. Gwenhevare appears as a feminine given name in Shropshire in 1431 (pp. 140-1, Withycombe, 3^rd edition, under Guenvere header).

Easter is an undated form of an English surname, with a dated period form as de Estre (p. 149, Reaney and Wilson, Revised edition, under Easter header); I attest that I have seen the submitter's driver's license, and Easter is her legal surname as well.

43. Gwenhevare Easter: NEW DEVICE

Per bend sinister vert and argent, a threaded needle bendwise sinister and a frog sejant affronty counterchanged.

44. Hallbjorg hin Miskunnarlausa: NEW NAME

The name is Norse, with documentation provided by the Academy of Saint Gabriel (copy forwarded to Laurel). Hallbjorn is an uncommon feminine given name, but it was used in Iceland at the end of the 10^th C. (E.H. Lind, Norsk-Isländska Dopnamn oc Fingerade Namn från Medeltiden, Uppsala and Leipzig: 1905-1915).

hin Miskunnarlausa, "the ruthless," has not been shown itself as a byname, but similarly-construct words were certainly used (R. Cleasby et al., An Icelandic-English Dictionary, Oxford: At the University Press, 1975); incorporating miskunn with attested bynames ending in -lauss (for terms such as noiseless, godless, beardless). The full report can be seen at http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/showfinal.cgi/2400.txt .

45. Helena the Fair of Ravenglass: NEW NAME

The name is English. Helen(a) is a Greek name which came into use in England during the Renaissance (p. 148, Withycombe, 3^rd edition).

Fair is a descriptive epithet, from Old English fager, "fair, beautiful," also used occasionally as a personal name: Johannes filius Fair dates to 1203 (p. 160, Reaney and Wilson).

Ravenglass is an undated form of the earlier Reynglas, c. 1250, and Ravenglas, 1297 (p. 381, Ekwall, 4^th edition). The locative should prevent any mistaken identity between the submitter and the other Helen, whose beauty launched a thousand ships and caused a great deal of trouble for Troy.

46. Helena the Fair of Ravenglass: NEW DEVICE

Per chevron azure and argent, in base an escallop vert.

47. Ignazio James: NEW DEVICE

Argent, a chevron embattled azure, in chief a wooden arrow proper, fletched gules, bendwise sinister inverted, and a wooden bow bendwise proper.

The name was registered March 2002.

48. Jurik of Novgorod: NEW NAME

The name is Russian. Jurik is a masculine given name, with this spelling dated to 1189 ("A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (and some of their Slavic roots)," Paul Wickenden of Thanet, under Iarik header, http://www.sca.org/heraldry/paul/ ).

Novgorod was founded In the 10th C. by the Rus, on the Volkhov River

( http://www.dur.ac.uk/~dml0www/variagi.html ). The submitter would like the locative rendered into Russian.

49. Katherine of 'Akka: NEW NAME

Katherine is the header spelling of a popular feminine given name and saint's name used in various spellings throughout period (pp. 186-7, Withycombe, 3^rd edition).

'Akka is a city in Palestine (now northern Israel), known to the Crusaders as St. Jean d'Acre or Acre (Philip K. Hitti, History of the Arabs, 10^th edition, New York, St. Martin's Press, p. 34). The submitter allows no minor changes.

50. Katherine of 'Akka: NEW DEVICE

Argent, a winged cat sejant contourny sable and a bordure engrailed azure.

51. Katja the Forthright: NEW NAME

Katja is cited as a Russian version of Katherine (p. 272, Bahlow, under Katharina header); in recent registrations, it appears to be acceptable as a Norse feminine given name as well.

Forthright, meaning "outspoken," comes into the English language in the mid-19th C.; however, its earlier definition of being straight forward or unwavering, appears closer to c. 1000 A.D., according to the COED. This might be an example how the definition of a word has changed over several centuries (cf. obnoxious or mischievous).

52. Katja the Forthright: NEW DEVICE

Per pale argent and gules, four wolfs teeth issuant from dexter gules.

53. Lavinia Betteresse: NEW DEVICE

Argent, a chevron sable between three lizards statant contourny per pale vert and gules.

The name was registered March 2002.

54. Magnus Ragnarson: NEW NAME

The name is Norse. Magnus is a masculine given name. Magnus I of Norway and Denmark died in 1047; his popularity led to the widespread use of his name by kings and the populace in these countries (p. 203, Withycombe, 3^rd edition).

Ragnarr is a masculine given name, found in Geirr Bassi's The Old Norse Name; the construction follows the pattern demonstrated in that work.

55. Magnus Ragnarson: NEW DEVICE

Gules, two flanged maces crossed in saltire Or surmounted by a sword inverted proper.

56. Magy Blackmore (Atenveldt): NEW NAME

The name is English. Magy is found in "A List of Feminine Personal Names Found in Scottish Records, Part E, Post-1400 Names," Talan Gwynek

( http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/scottishfemlate.html ).

Blackmore is dated to 1567 in Reaney and Wilson, 3^rd edition, p. 47.

57. Magy Blackmore: NEW DEVICE

Azure, a cat sejant contourny and on a chief argent an oak tree proper.

58. Maine of Galway: NEW NAME

Maine is a popular Irish masculine given name shared by many legendary warriors and St. Maine, whose feast day is September 2 (pp. 132-3, Ó Corráin and Maguire).

Galway is a county in western Ireland ( http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlgal/Galway.html ).

59. Maine of Galway: NEW DEVICE

Azure, a tree blasted and eradicated and on a chief Or, three equal-armed Celtic crosses azure.

According to the Pic-Dic, the charges on the chief should be explicitly blazoned as equal-armed Celtic crosses, as the usual Celtic cross uses a Latin cross as its basis.

60. Maria Isabel Falcón de la Sierra: NEW DEVICE

Per bend sinister wavy sable and argent, a decrescent argent and a garden rose bendwise sinister azure, slipped and leaved vert.

The name appears in the 20 August 2002 Atenveldt Letter of Intent.

61. Marya Tatiana Zvesdina: NEW NAME

The name is Russian. Marya, the Russian form of the feminine given name Mary, is recorded in 1552 (Paul Wickenden of Thanet, "Dictionary of Period Russian Names," 3^rd edition, under Mariia header).

Tatiana is a variant form of the feminine name Tati'iana; this spelling is recorded in 1500 (ibid, under Tat'iana).

Zvesdina is an attempt to construct a feminized patronymic form of Zvezda, a masculine given name (ibid, under Zvezda; construction follows the commentary in the article cited below). Double given names appear to have occured in period following the adoption of Christianity, usually with a traditional Russian name used in combination with a Christian/Canonical name (Paul Wickenden of Thanet, "Paul Goldschmidt's Dictionary of Russian Names - Grammar," http://www.sca.org/heraldry/paul/zgrammar.html )

62. Marya Tatiana Zvesdina: NEW DEVICE

Per chevron sable and argent, two mullets and a swan naiant counterchanged.

63. Moira O'Droogan: NEW DEVICE CHANGE

Per pale purpure and vert, a dragonfly within an orle Or.

The name was registered July 2000.

If registered, the submitter requests that her currently-held device, Per pale vert and argent, two dragonflies counterchanged., registered in July 2000, be maintained as a badge.

64. Nicolette d'Avanches: NEW NAME

The name is French. Nicolette is a feminine form of the given name Nicholas and is dated to the 12^th C. (pp. 450-1, Larousse, Des Noms de famille, under Nicholas header).

Avanches, France, is on a hill overlooking the See Estuary, and it has a close connection to the renowned site of Mont-St-Michel, which is situated on a rocky outcrop in the bay. The abbey on Mont-St-Michel was built at the direction of the Bishop of Avranches; the bishop's skull, bearing a hole believed to be a result of St. Michael's divine touch, is on display at the treasury of Avranches' church of St-Gervais ( http://www.2hwy.com/fr/a/avranche.htm ).

65. Nicolette d'Avanches: NEW DEVICE

Per bend sinister vert and argent, two fleurs-de-lys and a bordure, all counterchanged.

66. Osanna Schauenengel: NEW NAME

The name is German. Osanna is found in Bahlow's Dictionary of German Names, p. 396, as a feminine given name, with an Osanna Reumesattel found in 1526.

Schauenengel is exampled as a German surname with a Thomas Schauenengel in 1533 (p. 116, Bahlow, under Engel header).

67. Osanna Schauenengel: NEW DEVICE

Argent, an annulet sable between three oak leaves bendwise sinister vert.

68. Paul O'Flaherty: NEW NAME

The name is Anglicized Irish. Paul is the submitter's legal given name, and it is dated in England to 1200 (pp. 239-40, Withycombe, 3^rd edition).

O'Flaherty is an element of her father's registered SCA name (Arthur O'Flaherty); (O) Flaherty is a sept of Iar-Connacht (p. 110, MacLysaght, 6^th edition).

69. Paul O'Flaherty: NEW DEVICE

Azure, three triangles conjoined, one and two, Or.

At the Consultation Table, a number of heralds were concerned that this might look too much like the civil defense symbol used to indicate fallout shelters. This is indeed clear of that symbol, which could be blazoned as Or, three triangles conjoined at center sable.

( http://www.orau.com/ptp/articlesstories/radwarnsymbstory.htm ), in addition to a second symbol, Sable, three triangles inverted, one and two, conjoined at center, Or.

( http://www.epa.gov/radiation/students/symbols.html ). These are both clear of conflict with the gentleman's submission.

70. Ragnarr Gunnarsson: NEW DEVICE

Per pale sable and gules, a bear rampant contourny and on a chief Or three Thor's hammers sable.

The name appears in the 20 October 2002 Atenveldt Letter of Intent.

71. Richard Ironsteed: NEW BADGE

(fieldless) A European elk's head affronty erased azure, gorged with a county coronet Or.

The name was registered January 1973.

The submitter received his county accolade on 22 June 1971.

72. Richard Steavenson: NEW NAME

The name is English. Richard is a masculine given name, common throughout the Middle Ages (p. 253, Withycombe, 3^rd edition).

Steavenson is demonstrated under the header Stephenson, "son of Stephen," in Reaney and Wilson, 3^rd edition, p. 426).

The submitter will accept no major or minor changes to his name, nor will he accept a holding name.

73. Richard Steavenson: NEW DEVICE

Azure, a bend sinister between four lozenges, two and two, argent.

74. Robert McGuiness: NEW NAME

Robert comes from the OE Hreoderht, introduced in the British Isles via the Norman Conquest (pp. 254-5, Withycombe, 3^rd edition).

MacGuinness is the Anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic family name Mag Aonghusa (p. 140, MacLysaght, 6^th edition). The submitter would prefer Mc- to Mac-, and the spelling of the family name with a single -n-, if there aren't problems arising from this.

75. Robert McGuiness: NEW DEVICE

Per pale purpure and vert, in bend sinister two millrinds Or.

76. Rowan of Galway: NEW NAME

Rowan has been determined an SCA-compatible feminine given name (LoAR December 1999, West acceptances, Rowan of Hakesleah; Elsbeth's Precedents, http://home.earthlink.net/~mranc/sca/name.html#N_ComS ).

Galway is a county in western Ireland ( http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlgal/Galway.html ).

77. Rowan of Galway: NEW DEVICE

Per fess gules and vert, a fess between three trees couped and a stag salient Or.

78. Rowan Katerina O'Flaherty: NEW NAME

The name is Anglicized Irish. Rowan has been determined an SCA-compatible feminine given name (LoAR December 1999, West acceptances, Rowan of Hakesleah; Elsbeth's Precedents, http://home.earthlink.net/~mranc/sca/name.html#N_ComS ); it is also the submitter's legal given name (her parents provide a copy of her birth certificate to Laurel).

Katerina is one of many forms of Katharine, and it is found with this spelling in England in Curia Rolls 1196-1215 (pp. 186-7, Withycombe, 3^rd edition, under Katharine header).

O'Flaherty is an element of her father's registered SCA name (Arthur O'Flaherty); (O) Flaherty is a sept of Iar-Connacht (p. 110, MacLysaght, 6^th edition).

79. Rowan Katerina O'Flaherty: NEW DEVICE

Argent, a chevron throughout sable between two garden roses gules, slipped and leaved, and a trefoil slipped vert.

The charge in base follows the blazon of the same charge used in Arthur O'Flaherty's armory.

80. Rowan O'Bannon: NEW NAME

Rowan has been determined an SCA-compatible feminine given name (LoAR December 1999, West acceptances, Rowan of Hakesleah; Elsbeth's Precedents, http://home.earthlink.net/~mranc/sca/name.html#N_ComS ).

O'Bannon is the name of several distinct septs (p. 12, MacLysaght, 6^th edition, under header (O) Bannon).

81. Rowan O'Bannon: NEW DEVICE

Argent, on a pale between a decrescent and an increscent vert a rowan tree couped argent.

This is a rather stylized depiction of a rowan tree, but it does appear that these trees have "clumps" or "clusters" of leaves with a certain amount of branch showing between the clusters

( http://www.treesforlife.org.uk/tfl.rowan.html ), rather than a thick, solid crown.

82. Sarah nic Leod: NEW NAME

Sarah is found in England as a feminine given name from the 12^th C., usually in the form Sarra (p. 251, Withycombe, 2^nd edition, under Sara(h) header).

Leod de Brechin was a witness to King David's grant of Rindelgros to the Abbey of Reading, co. 1143-47 (p. 425, Black, under Leod header).

nic is a Gaelic particle indicating "daughter of," although it is suggested that it is a very late use (after 1600), with nic being a contraction of inghean mhic ("Quick and Easy Gaelic Names Formerly Published as "Quick and Easy Gaelic Bynames, 3rd Edition," Sharon L. Krossa http://www.medievalscotland.org/scotnames/quickgaelicbynames/#niandnic ).

83. Sarah nic Leod: NEW DEVICE

Vert, a dove volant, wings addorsed, Or.

84. Sorcha inghen Cú Mara: NEW NAME

The name is Irish Gaelic. Sorcha dated to 1500 and 1530 ("Index of Names in Irish Annals: Sorcha," Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Sorcha.shtml ).

Cú Mara is dated as late as 1483 ("Index of Names in Irish Annals: Cú Mara / Cú Mhara," Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/CuMara.shtml ), although from that article, it seems that the Early Modern Irish Gaelic (which Sorcha is) form of the name is more likely Cú Mhara, and that the genitive form is Con Mhara. The submitter is most interested in having Sorcha as an element of her name.

85. Sorcha inghen Cú Mara: NEW DEVICE

Or, five wooden drop spindles in annulo, handles to center, proper, threaded azure.

86. Taliesin Flynn: NEW DEVICE

Per pall inverted embattled gules, sable and Or, two winged lions passant respectant Or and a harp vert.

The name was registered June 1998.

87. Taran the Wayward: NEW BADGE

Gules, a fess between three delfs, all within a bordure argent.

The name was registered July 1999.

88. Thomas Godefroy: NEW NAME

Thomas is a Biblical and saint's name; it is exampled in England to 1086 (pp. 279-80, Withycombe, 3^rd edition).

Godefroy is found in "An Index to the Given Names in the 1292 Census of Paris," Colm Dubh

( http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/paris.html#G ), as Godefroy de Huy and can be treated as an unmarked patronymic.

89. Thomas Godefroy: NEW DEVICE

Per fess gules and sable, in chief two griffins segreant addorsed, between them a chalice, and in base a Maltese cross argent.

90. Tristam McFarland: NEW BADGE

Vert, a castle between in fess two wolves rampant addorsed, each maintaining a sword argent.

The name was registered in September 1999.

91. Uilliam Ó Cléirigh: NEW NAME.

The name is Irish Gaelic. Uilliam is found as a masculine given name on p. 175, Ó Corráin and Maguire.

Ó Cléirigh is an Irish family name (p. 46, MacLysaght, 6^th edition, under the (O) Clery header).

92. Uilliam Ó Cléirigh: NEW DEVICE

Argent, in pale a cypress tree couped and a brown otter statant, all proper.

This is more like a tall Italian cypress rather than the flat-crowned, gnarly forms found along the northern California coastline.

93. William Hazell: NEW NAME

The name is English. William is a masculine given name used from the 11^th C. (pp. 293-4,Withycombe, 3^rd edition).

Hazell is the submitter's legal surname and is a header spelling for an English surname used in various spellings from the 12^th C. (Reaney and Wilson). The submitter will accept no major or minor changes.

94. William Hazell: NEW DEVICE

Sable, five talbots statant two, two and one, argent.

This letter contains 34 new names, 2 new name changes, 1 new household name, 1 new order name, 25 new devices, 1 new device change, 12 new badges, and 2 device resubmissions. This is a total of 78 items. A check to cover fees will be sent separately.

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

I remain,

Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy

c/o Linda Miku

2527 East 3rd Street; Tucson AZ 85716

bagbaazai@nexiliscom.com

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Commonly-Cited References

Black, George F. The Surnames of Scotland.

Geirr Bassi Haraldsson. The Old Norse Name.

MacLysaght, E. The Surnames of Ireland. Dublin, Irish Academic Press, 1991.

Ó Corráin, Donnchadh and Fidelma Maguire. Irish Names.

Reaney, P.H. and R. M. Wilson. A Dictionary of English Surnames, 2^nd Edition, 1976, reprinted 1979.

Withycombe, E.G., The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, 3rd Edition. London, Oxford University Press, 1977.