An Tir Internal Letter for February, AS XXXIX / 2005 CE


Baron David of Moffat, Lions Blood Herald
David Hunter of Montlaw
1703 Crosby Ct SW * Tumwater, Washington 98512
360-705-0550 or amoffatamoffat@juno.com

5 February 2005

Unto all the Good Heralds of An Tir does David of Moffat, Lions Blood Herald, send these Greetings.

New Submissions on this letter will be considered at the Lions Blood Meeting to be held on 17 April 2005. Commentary on these submissions must be in my hands by 14 April 2005.

The February 2005 Lions Blood Meeting will be held on 20 February 2005. The meeting will be held at my house, and consider the submissions on the December 2004 Internal Letter. Directions to my house are:
Take your favor route to I-5. Travel I-5 to exit 104 (highway 101) in Olympia, Washington. Take exit 104, and get into the rightmost lane as quickly as possible. Take the first exit off of Highway 101, which is Cooper Point, Auto Mall, Evergreen Parkway, and Crosby Blvd. At the top of the exit ramp, get into the center lane turning left over the freeway. Turn left. Staying in this lane, go through three lights. You are now on Crosby Blvd. Stay on this road until you reach Crosby Court, past the dead end sign. Turn right into Crosby Ct, and turn left into the first driveway.


Letter of Acceptances & Returns

The following actions were taken on the Letter of Acceptances and Returns dated August 2004 from the Laurel Sovereign of Arms, and published in late January 2005:

ACCEPTANCES:

Returns

INTERNAL ACTIONS

The following items were considered and acted upon at the Lions Blood meeting held 2 January 2005. This meeting was convened by special directive of Black Lion Principal Herald to address the backlog resulting from my predecessor’s need to step down unexpectedly, and considered both the August 2004 Internal Letter which had never been acted upon, and some 50 numbered items of materials never included in Internal Letters before the meeting. Because of the nature of the need and life, these items were specially researched with the assistance of most of Black Lions’ senior staff over the course of the last two weeks of December.

My extreme thanks and appreciation go out to those members who provided commentary on the massive backlog, and on the August 2004 Internal Letter that was also considered at the January 2005 Lions Blood Meeting. This includes Frederic Black Lion, Christopher Queue Forchee, Elisabeth Pomegranate, Zenobia Black Stag, Kateryn Be Wayre, Juliana Siren, Gwenlian Sinister Gauntlet, Francesca Aestel, Aryanhwy Boke, Natasha Vox Leonis, Richenda Boar, and Ursula St. Bunstable. If I have omitted any person who provided commentary on these submissions, you have my profound apologies for my fault, and my thanks for your commentary.

The following items were forwarded to Laurel Sovereign of Arms for consideration in the January 2005 An Tir Internal Letter:

The following items it was found necessary to return for further work.

NEW SUBMISSIONS:

These submissions will be considered at the Lions Blood Meeting held 17 April 2005. Comments on these submissions should be provided to Lions Blood Herald, at amoffatamoffat@juno.com on or before 14 April 2005.

1. Alessandra da Montefeltro Aquaterra Badge, New

(Fieldless) A heart voided and a triskele interlaced Or.

The submitter’s name is on the An Tir January 2005 LoI.


2. An Tir, Kingdom of, Ordo Equi An Tir Order Name, New

The submitter will accept minor changes, cares most about meaning (Order of the Horse), does not care about the gender of the name, does not want name changed to be authentic, and will allow a holding name.

Ordo can be found in Cassell’s New Latin Dictionary, s.n. Ordo, page 416, as meaning:

politically and socially, an order, rank, class: senatorius, or amplissimus, the senatorial body, Cic.; equester, the body of knights, Cic.; Liv.; in gen., a class, body of men: publicanorum, cic.

Equi can be found in Cassell’s New Latin Dictionary, s.n. Equus, page 217, as meaning horse. Equi is the singular genitive form of equus.


3. Armatus Kamateros Myrgan Wood Name and Device, New

Azure, a cross of calvary potent argent, three mullets of eight points in chief Or.

The submitter will not accept any changes, cares most about language/culture (unspecified), desires a masculine name, wants name changed to be authentic for 10th century Byzantine, and will allow a holding name.

Both the given name and byname can be found at http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/byzantine/ introduction.html.


4. Armatus Kamateros Myrgan Wood Badge, New

Azure, a cross potent argent within an annulet of six mullets of eight points Or.
The submitter’s name is submitted above.


5. Ashley Little False Isle Name and Device, New

Per pale Or and argent, a crow displayed head to sinister sable sustaining in pale an annulet gules.

The submitter will not accept any changes, did not indicate what she cared most about, desires a feminine name, does not want name changed to be authentic, and will allow a holding name.

Ashley is the submitter’s legal given name. She has enclosed a copy of her birth certificate as proof.

Little is documented from The Clan Little Web site ( http://www.tartans.com/modules.php?op=modload &name=News&file=article&sid=228&mode=thread &order=0&thold=0). The web site cites a Nicol Little from 1398, a Martin Litill from 1351, a Simon Litill from 1426 and Clement and William Litil as involved in the University of Edinburgh (founder of the library and provost, respectively) in the 16th century. Copies of documentation were included.


6. Baltasar Cordero Fire Mountain Keep Name and Device, New

Or a pheon inverted in bend sinister gules, on a border gules a semi of boat shuttles Or.

The submitter will accept any changes, cares most about language/culture (unspecified), desires a masculine name, wants name changed to be authentic for Iberian, and will allow a holding name.

Baltasar can be found in Juliana de Luna’s Spanish Names from the Late 15th Century, s.n. Baltasar, at http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/isabella/ MensGivenAlpha.html.

Cordero can be found in The Oxford Spanish Dictionary, s.n. Cordero, page 192. The submitter argues this name is an occupational byname that means “lamb.” Correspondence with Juliana Siren provides documentation from Diez Melcon that this byname was in use in Spain in 1215 (Johan Cordero) and 1231 (Roy Cordero). She also notes that the word cordero continued in use in 1556. In addition, the byname Cordero can be found in Patrick Hanks, A Dictionary of Surnames, s.n. Cordero page 123, as a metronymic occupational byname for shepherd.

Copies of all documentation were included.


7. Beatriz Tejedora Fire Mountain Keep Name and Device, New

Gules, in pale a boat shuttle or, on a border or a semi of pheons inverted to bend sinister gules.

The submitter will accept any changes, cares most about language/culture (unspecified), desires a feminine name, wants name changed to be authentic for unspecified, and will allow a holding name.

Beatriz can be found in Diego Mundoz’s A Partial List of Leonese and Castilian Given Names 1050-1200, s.n. Beatriz, at http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/diego/reilly.html.

Tejedora can be found in The Oxford Spanish Dictionary, s.n. Tejedor page 712. Tejedora is provided as the feminine form of the word tejedor. The submitter argues that this is an occupational byname meaning weaver or knitter. Correspondence with Juliana Siren indicates that Tejedor/a was in use between 1000 and 1600, and that the form Tejedor continued as an inherited surname into the 19th century. Dated forms provided by Siren include: from Diez Melcon – Tejador 1275, texedor 1150, Textetor 1150; from CORDE (http://www.rae.es) tejedora 16th century, tejedor 1234.

Copies of documentation were included.


8. Branwen Miles Druim Doineann Name, New

The submitter will accept any changes, cares most about language/culture (unspecified), desires a feminine name, wants name changed to be authentic for Welsh, and will allow a holding name.

Branwen is documented in Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn’s Problem Names article at http://www.medievalscotland.org/problem/names/branwen.shtml. The submitter provides an additional citation from Mike Campbell at http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=branwen. Copies of documentation were not included.

The submitter’s maiden name is Miles (no evidence provided).


9. Brianna Wulfbeald Glymm Mere Device change, Resubmission in kingdom

Per pale purpure and vert.

The submitter’s previous device change, Per saltire vert and sable , was returned at kingdom in March 2004 for conflict with Rivka Vladimirovna Rivkina, September 2000, Per pall Or, vert, and sable. Brianna’s device change received 1 CD from the change of per pall to per saltire, but did not change half the tincture of the field, thus missing a second CD. This new design addresses those issues.

The submitter's name was registered in May 2003.

Disposition of former Device?


10. Crickstow-on-Sea, Port of Crickstow-on-Sea Device, New

Or, on a pale between two laurel wreaths azure a beacon Or enflamed proper.

A petition of support from the group has been signed by the seneschal, herald, deputy seneschal, exchequer, and baron and baroness of Seagirt. In addition, four other members have signed the petition.

The flame of the beacon is Or and gules, the Or primarily surrounded by the gules.


11. Ekarius Von Madgeburg Grimwith Name and Device, New

Per pall inverted, gules, azure and sable:a wolf rampant to dexter, a wolf rampant to sinister, a scallop shell and a pall inverted Or.

The submitter will not accept any changes, cares most about language/culture (unspecified), desires a masculine name, wants name changed to be authentic for 16th century German, and will allow a holding name.

The submitter provides no documentation of his desired name.


12. Fionnuala of Anglesey Glyn Dwfn Name and Device, New

Per chevron sable and gules, two mullets argent, in base a swan naiant wings elevate argent.

The submitter will accept any changes, does not indicate what she cares most about, desires a feminine name, does not want name changed to be authentic, and will allow a holding name.

The submitter has provided the following documentation:
Finnuala comes from an Irish legend “The Children of Lir.”
Anglesey is an island in Northern Wales.


13. Giovanni Orseolo Lions Gate Name and Device, New

Argent, a thistle proper within two crocodiles tergiant in annulo vert.

The submitter will accept minor changes, cares most about language/culture (unspecified), desires a masculine name, wants name changed to be authentic for unspecified time and place, and will allow a holding name.

Giovanni is documented from an Academy of St. Gabriel report (#2939, found at http://www.s-gabriel.org). Giovanni was a common Renaissance Florentine name found in Ferrante LaVolpe’s Men’s Names from Florence, 1427 ( http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/ferrante/catasto) and David Herlihy et al. Florentine Renaissance Resources: Online Tratte of Office Holders 1282-1532 ( http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/tratte). Copies of the St. Gabriel report were included.

Orseolo is documented from “Historical Profile on the Festa della Sensa” The History of Venice ( http://www.ryanair.com/dest/venice_tourism.html). Doge Pietro Orseolo is reported to have left for Dalmatia on May 9, 1000. Copies of documentation were included.


14. Gwenlian Catharne Glymm Mere Badge, Resubmission

(Fieldless) An awl argent.

The submitter’s previous badge submission, (Fieldless) a lozenge sable, was returned at kingdom March 2004 for conflict with Solveig Gunnadóttir ór Úlfey, April 1997, Per pale Or and argent, a lozenge sable. There was 1 CD for the change to the field. This resubmission is a complete redesign.

The submitter's name was registered in July 2002.


15. Isolda Throkmorton of Foxley Stromgard Name - new, Change from Isrið in glaða

The submitter will accept minor changes, cares most about language/culture (English), desires a feminine name, wants name changed to be authentic for 14th century English, and will allow a holding name.

Isolda can be found in Talan Gwynek’s Web site Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames, http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/index_mid.html, to 1200, 1273, 1314-16, 1317,1346, 1379, 1430. Isolda can also be found in Mari neyn Bryan’s Feminine Given Names Found in the 1332 Lay Subsidy Rolls for Lincolnshire, England, at http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/ mari/LincLSR/GivenFeminineAlpha.html. Copies of documentation were not included.

Throkmorton can be found in Our Folk – Resource Materials: Throckmorton at http://www.aritek.com/hartgen/resources/throckmorton.htm. In addition, the Leeds University Library provides online access to court rolls about the manor of Throckmorton at http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ library/spcoll/handlists/100MS336Purvis.pdf. Copies of documentation were not included.

Foxley is a town in Wiltshire dating back at least as far as 1334 (spelled as Foxlege), according to the St. John the Baptist, Foxley, Wiltshire Web site ( http://www.oodwooc.co.uk/ph_foxley.htm). Copies of documentation were not included.

The submitter would like to retain her registered name as an alternate name.


16. Lucrezia da Carrara Druim Doineann Name, Resubmission, and Device, New

Argent, three dragonflies within an orle vert.

The submitter’s previous name submission, Lucrezia da Farrara , was returned at Laurel in April 2004 for conflicting with Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara. By longstanding precedent, the SCA does not register Name X of Kingdom Y, when Name X is identical to one of the rulers of Kingdom Y. The Italian city/states were ruled important enough to benefit from this precedent in April 2004.

The submitter will accept any changes, cares most about meaning (Lucrezia from Carrara Township), wants name changed to be authentic for 13th-15th century, and will allow a holding name.

Lucrezia can be found at http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/rhian/italian.html. Copies of documentation were not included.

Carrara is a town in modern Italy, located a few hundred miles from the Mediterranean Sea and north of Massa. Copies of a Mapquest map demonstrating its existence and location were included.

The dragonfly bodies and orle were initially tinctured as sable, but have been overcolored by a green marker.


17. Marina la Pica Ravensley Device, New

Purpure semy of quatrefoils Or, a jacculus displayed argent langued and orbed vert.
The submitter’s name was registered in November 2000.


18. Patrekr Kórason Glymm Mere Device, Resubmission

Per pale sable and gules, a plate between two snakes erect glissant argent.

The submitters previous device, Per pale sable and gules, two snakes erect glissant argent, was returned at Laurel in July 2004 for conflict with Shire of Eikdal, Gules, two serpents erect glissant respectant argent supporting in chief a laurel wreath Or. There was 1 CD for the change to the field, but no CD for the removal of the maintained laurel wreath. This redesign changes primary charges.

The submitter's name was registered in July 2004.


19. Robert of Clan Gunn Myrgan Wood Name and Device, New

Argent vêtu ployé vert, a roundel gules.

The submitter will accept any changes, did not indicate what he cared most about, desires a masculine name, wants name changed to be authentic for 16th century Scottish, and will allow a holding name.

The submitter provided no documentation for his name beyond “Both parts of name were found in the main ‘Name Book’ brought to the Kingdom Heraldic Symposium held April 2004 in Myrgan Wood.”

The armory was colored in using light crayons so the vert is a pale green.


20. Tausius Valgas Wyewood Device, New

Per chevron purpure and argent, in base a ragged staff sable.

The submitter’s name was registered in January 1994.


21. Tausius Valgas Wyewood Badge, New

(Fieldless) A ragged staff sable.

The submitter’s name was registered in January 1994.


22. Tristan de Ver Wyewood Name and Device, New

Per chevron sable and vert, a coney sejant guardant maintaining a spear argent and in chief two fleur-de-lys Or.

The submitter will accept any changes, cares most about language/culture (unspecified), desires a masculine name, wants name changed to be authentic for 14th century French, and will allow a holding name.

Tristan can be found in Albert Dauzat’s Dictionnaire Etymologique des Noms de Famille et des Prénoms de France, s.n. Tristan. Tristan was an old baptismal name that was found frequently in the late 13th century.

Ver can be found in Albert Dauzat, Dictionnaire Etymologique des Noms de Famille et des Prénoms de France. Ver is a place in Calvados and La Manche.


23. Uilliam mac Ailéne mhic Seamuis Seagirt Badge, New

Argent within a bordure rayonny azure a ferryboat sable.

The submitter’s name change from William the Mariner is on the An Tir Letter of Intent dated 21 January 2005. William the Mariner was registered in March 1987.


24. Vanyev Betzina Glyn Dwfn Name, Resubmission and Device, New

Sable, on a bend sinister gules fimbriated Or between two crosses barbed, three crosses barbed palewise argent.

The submitter’s previously submitted name, Vanya Betsina, was returned in kingdom in Fall 2005, but the paperwork was misplaced during the Lions Blood transition. Therefore, the reason for return is unclear. The submitter would like for us to try to document Vanyev Betsina if possible.

The submitter will accept minor changes, cares most about language/culture (Russian/Romany), desires a masculine name, wants name changed to be authentic for 16th-17th century Grastori/Lovari Romany/Russian, and will allow a holding name.

Vanya can be found in Tatiana Nikolaerna Tumanova’s The Complete Russian Names Book, s.n. Vanya. No copy of this documentation was provided. The submitter provides the following precedent as additional support for this name:

[Vanya Shakhmatnikov] Submitted as Vanya Shakhmatistov, Shakhmatistov was glossed to mean the chessplayer. According to Escutcheon the submitted form is probably out of period. More importantly he was able to provide us with a dated form, used as a name, from his dictionary. We have made the necessary change. (Jaelle of Armida, LoAR August 1998)

The submitter would like to use the Legal Name Allowance to register his byname, Betzina. The submitter provided a photocopy of his driver license as proof of his legal name.


25. Wenyeva atte grene Wyewood Badge, New

(Fieldless) A ladder bendwise vert.

The submitter's name was registered in December 2002.


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