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This is the Middle Kingdom Letter of Acceptances and Returns for Escutcheon's August 2000 letter. Comments in braces {} were removed from the Letter of Intent sent to Laurel and the College of Arms. Names, devices, or badges in braces have been returned or pended; general comments or replies to commentary are also placed in braces.
Many thanks to Lord Arnbjorn of Burning Stone, THL Richard Morgan of Cumberland, THL Moraig Drummond, THL Friedrich Eric Helmut von Rheinhausen, Lord Etienne de Clermont, Lord Leolin Gofar, Lord Wilhelm Schatzgeyer, Lord Etienne de Claremont, Mistress Elena de Vixen, Lord Dominic Durant of Marlborough, Lord Mikhail of Lubelska, Lady Ælfreda æt Æthelwealda, Ysfael ap Briafael, and Lady Senta of Jararvellir for their comments this month.
I think the last of the black holes left over from when I took over the office have finally been filled. On this letter are a number of unpended pends; unfortunately, some of them I am returning even though there are no problems with them, simply because the paperwork has evaporated, and I do not have the information needed to reconstruct the forms. I sincerely apologize to those submitters whom this happens to, and all I can offer is my hopes for a speedy resubmission.
{*) Agnes van Kouwenhoven. Device Resubmission.
Per pale azure and vert, on a cross formy throughout argent, a rose gules, leaved vert.
The client's name was returned on the 7/00 LoAR. We are returning this device for lack of registered name.
To Polaris & Crew: A Latin cross formy and a cross formy throughout are the same thing.}
1) Artemus of Grimsby. New Name
{This was pended on the 8/00 ILoAR}. <Artemus> is found in Hanks and Hodges, and is undated. The spelling <Artemas> is found in the King James version of the Bible, Titus 3:17; while this makes <Artemas> registerable, it is not necessarily authentic. <Grimsby> is found in Foster, Dictionary of Heraldry (101), and is a place name discussed in Gillett, A History of Grimsby. Mills (149) dates it to 1086 in variant spellings. Ekwall (205) does the same to c.1115. The client cares most about sound and wants an authentic "9th to 14th century Saxon-Norman name" but will NOT permit MAJOR or MINOR changes. We pended this submission to contact the client about his wishes; we have not heard back from him, and so are sending this forward with trepidation.
2) Ashby Turley. Device Resubmission.
Per bend sinister wavy purpure and vert, two wolves statant Or.
Name reg'd 6/00
The client's previous submission (Per bend sinister clovery purpure and vert, two wolves statant Or) was returned by Rouge Scarpe on 2/00 for use of the undocumented division of clovery and for use of a complex line of division between two low contrast tinctures. The client has substituted a wavy line of division.
{Please advise the submitter to draw the waves more boldly in the future.}
{*) Black Dragon, Shire of. New Group Name and Device.
Sable, on a pale argent, a dragon's head couped contourny sable, overall a laurel wreath counterchanged.
(Portsmouth, OH)
This is being returned for lack of documentation that this name follows period naming practices. There are many places in England that have the element <Blac-> or <Blak-> in them; however, <Dragon> seems to be a very unlikely word to be found in a place name. According to Reaney & Wilson, s.n. Dragon, it appears that the word <dragon> is from the Old French <dragonier>, 'standard-bearer.' The more usual English word for the mythical beast is <wyrm> or <worm>. However, there is no evidence that English cities were named after mythical animals. Based on this, we are returning this name for further work.
If the submitters are interested in a German name that has the same meaning, a hypothetical <Schwarzdrachen> might be reasonable. If this is a possibility that interests them, they should contact me directly and I'll see what I can find for support of this.
The device is being returned because the name is being returned.}
3) Caitríona inghean Aoidh. New Name and Device.
Vert, on a bend Or between two wolves' heads erased argent, three oak leaves vert.
{This was pended on the 05/99 ILoAR.}
<Caitríona> is found in Mittleman, "Some Scottish Gaelic Feminine Names," (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/arval/ scotgaelfem/). <Aodh> is found in O'Corrain & Maguire, s.n. Áed. <Aoidh> is the correct genitive formed from <Aodh>. The client cares most about language and would like her name to be authentic for [unspecified but most likely Scottish Gaelic] language/culture.
4) Caitlin MacAlpin Wood. New Device.
Argent, a decrescent, an increscent, and a crescent azure.
Name reg'd 11/92
A couple of the commenters felt this was poorly and improperly balanced, and while I agree with them to some extent, without a rule or a precedent to cite, I can't return this. So we're sending it up to see what the CoA thinks.
5) Connor Fiddis Wood. New Device.
Azure, on a bend sinister Or, between two stags trippant argent, three Maltese crosses palewise gules.
Name reg'd 11/92
6) Constanza de Sevilla. New Name.
<Constanza> is found in two instances in Roth, "16th century Spanish Women's Names" (http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~kvs/fnames.html). Juan de Sevilla was one of the passengers on the Pinta, according to The Olive Tree Genealogy (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/colship.htm). She will NOT accept MAJOR or MINOR changes.
7) Freydís in tryggva Sigurðardóttir. Device Resubmission.
Or, a chevron between three ravens close sable.
Name reg'd 5/00
The client's previous submission, identical to this, was withdrawn by Rouge Scarpe in 5/00 because the Pennsic worksheet specified three ravens close, but the final form had the top two ravens respectant. We have corrected the submission and are sending it on back up.
8) James Barkley. Device Resubmission.
Argent, an oak tree eradicated purpure, on a chief embattled sable, three gouttes argent.
Name reg'd 5/00
The client's previous submission, identical to this, was withdrawn by Rouge Scarpe in 5/00 because the Pennsic worksheet specified gouttes, but the final form had flames. We have corrected the submission and are sending it on back up.
9) Kriemhilt von Ebersberg. New Name.
<Kriemhilt> is a compound German name (helmet + battle) and discussed in Jones, German-American Names (16), which gives the spelling as Kriemhild. The same source (58) then explains that the <d> is "sometimes interchangeable with" <t>. <Kriemhilt> (in the client's preferred spelling) is also found in Das Nibelungenlied (no page number given). <Ebersberg> means "boar mountain" (or steep hill, rocky outcropping). The client notes that there is a historical Ebersberg in Bavaria but believes the name is generic enough to avoid any sort of presumption. She will NOT accept MAJOR changes and cares most about having a Middle High German name. She would like to have a 12th-13th century southern German (Swabia) name.
10) Leolin Gofar for Olchú mac Eircc. New Alternate Name and Badge.
Per saltire argent and vert, a tree eradicated between four mullets of eight points counterchanged.
Name reg'd 7/99
<Olchú> is found in Bannerman, Studies in the History of Dalriada (64) and is undated. <Eircc> is the genitive of <Ercc> and is found in Jones, "100 Most Popular Names in Early Medieval Ireland," (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/ tangwystyl/irish100/). The client cares most about having an 8th-10th century Irish or Scots Gaelic name and would like the name to be authentic for one of those languages.
The badge is to be associated with this alternate name.
{*) Maeve Caldwell Sayers. New Name and Device
Argent, a fret vert between in fess two fleurs-de-lys gules and in base a rose azure, barbed vert, seeded Or.
This item was pended on the 8/99 ILoAR. Unfortunately, in the transition of the Rouge Scarpe office from Fairfax to me, the paperwork for this submission has completely evaporated. We are therefore returning this for lack of paperwork, and apologize greatly to the submitter for what has happened. }
{*) Marion de Wodehauene. New Name and Device
Vert, a branch bendwise between two estoilles in bend sinister Or.
This item was pended on the 8/99 ILoAR. Unfortunately, in the transition of the Rouge Scarpe office from Fairfax to me, the paperwork for this submission has completely evaporated. We are therefore returning this for lack of paperwork, and apologize greatly to the submitter for what has happened.
11) Marjory Ayson de Dundee. Device Resubmission.
Per fess vert and Or, two cats couchant respectant argent and a cat sejant affronty sable.
Name reg'd 5/00
The client's original submission, identical to this, was withdrawn by Rouge Scarpe on 5/00, because the submitted drawing did not match the Pennsic worksheet. However, the client has decided that she prefers the design this way, so we are sending it on up again.
{*) Phillip Sayers. New Name.
This item was pended on the 8/99 ILoAR. Unfortunately, in the transition of the Rouge Scarpe office from Fairfax to me, the paperwork for this submission has completely evaporated. We are therefore returning this for lack of paperwork, and apologize greatly to the submitter for what has happened.}
12) Robert mac Cormaic. New Name and Device.
Vert, a stag trippant argent and a chief argent fretty sable.
<Robert> is found in 1170 in the Annals of the Four Masters, ed. Donnchadh Ó Corráin & Mavis Cournane, (WWW: CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork, Ireland, 1997). (http://www.ucc.ie/celt/online/G100005B), and the Annals of Tigernach, ed. Donnchadh Ó Corráin, (WWW: CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork, Ireland, 1996) (http://www.ucc.ie/celt/online/G100002/). <Cormac> (and its genitive form Cormaic) is found in Krossa, "A Simple Guide to Constructing 12th Century Scottish Gaelic Names" ( http://www.medievalscotland.org/scotnames/simplescotsgaelicnames12.shtml). The client will NOT permit MAJOR changes.
Done by my hand this 8th day of October,
Aryanhwy merch Catmael, Rouge Scarpe
Sara L. Friedemann
213 N. Paterson
Madison, WI 53703
sfriedemann@students.wisc.edu