Sable, two chevronels and in chief an arrow fesswise argent

The submitter will not accept major changes, cares most about language/culture, desires a female name, wants her name changed to be authentic for 12^th to 14^th century Irish/Scottish and will accept a holding name.

Áine can be found in Mari Elsbeth nic Brien's "Index of Names in Irish Annals: Áine" at http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/ AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Aine.shtml. Mari dates this name to 1169, 1171, 1316, 1319, 1325, 1329, 1381, 1382, 1386, 1405, 1419, 1427, 1431, 1441, and 1468. Copies are provided.

inghean is cited as meaning daughter according to Sharon Krossa's web site http://www.medievalscotland.org/ scotnames/quickgaelicbynames. Copies are provided.

Steele is found at http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/ asp.c/qx/steele-coat-arms.htm. This site states that the Steeles were Lords of Giddy Hall and were granted lands by the Duke of Normandy in 1066. Copies are provided.

No black and white line drawing was submitted with this name.

Per Chevron azure and sable, two Tygers and a Dragon argent

The submitter will accept any changes, does not care about meaning/sound/language/culture, doesn't care about gender, does not want his name changed to be authentic, and will allow a holding name.

Alexander is found in E.G. Withycombe's The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, s.n. Alexander. Withycombe dates Alexander to 1189, 1273, 1284 and 1316.

Selyngier is found in Reaney and Wilson's A Dictionary of British Surnames, s.n. Salingar. Reaney and Wilson dates John Selyngier to 1423-1466.

Per bend sinister Azure and/Or, 5 mullets of 4 greater and 4 lesser points Or, 5 mullets of 4 greater and 4 lesser Azure

The submitter will accept any changes necessary to register his name. If changes are required, he cares most about the language and culture (unspecified). He wants a male names, and is interested in a name authentic for the language and culture. He will allow creation of a holding name.

Antoine is found in Colm Dubh, "An Index to the Given Names in the 1292 Census of Paris," http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/ names/paris.html where one Antoine le porchier is listed.

The documentation for le Gallic is stated to be "Le Gallic would be considered a geographical name or as an Appelette. Document is Attached." The attached document is a print from "French Surname Meanings & Origins - Last Names from France" at http://genealogy.about.us/cs/surname/ a/french_surnames.htm but no entry for a Le Gallic was noted on the pages provided.

[Note: above URL is incorrect; correct one is http://genealogy.about.com/cs/surname/ a/french_surnames.htm - Online IL Ed.]

(Fieldless) A yale's head erased contourny

The branch name was registered in the February 2003 LoAR.

The head is red.

No proposed blazon was provided. The tinctures are: field: red. Primary charge: yellow; band on primary: black; bordure: dexter black, sinister white.

The submitter will accept neither major or minor changes to his name. He expresses no preference if changes must be made. He wants a male name. He expresses no interest in an authentic name, but will not allow creation of a holding name.

Drosten is found in Black, Surnames of Scotland, sn Drostan, where it indicates "the name also occurs on the St. Vigeans stone (8^th century) near Arbroath as Drosten." The entry further indicates that Drostan was the name of the saint to whom the Abbey of Deer was dedicated.

Sutherland is documented from Black, sub Sutherlan, where the name David de Sothirlandae is dated to 1332, Nicolas of Sothyrland to1360, Maurice de Sotherland to 1364, and Nicholaus de Suthirlandia to 1389. Alexander Sutherland is dated to 1441.

The submitter will accept any changes, does not care about meaning/sound/language/culture, doesn't care about gender, does not want his name changed to be authentic, and will allow a holding name.

Fionnghuala is found on the St. Gabriel Medieval Names Archive in Mari Elspeth nic Bryan at http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Fionnghuala.shtml. (Commenters please double-check the URL). The submitter states that this web site cites Donnchadh Ó Corrain & Fidelma Maguire, Irish Names, s.n. Finnguala, no date cited.

Lochlainn is found on the St. Gabriel Medieval Names Archive in Mari Elspeth nic Bryan at http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Fionnghuala.shtml. (Commenters please double-check the URL). The submitter states that this web site cites Donnchadh Ó Corrain & Fidelma Maguire, Irish Names, s.n. Lochlainn, no date cited.

inghean is cited as meaning daughter according to Sharon Krossa's web site http://www.medievalscotland.org/scotnames/quickgaelicbynames.

Per chevron sable and plumity vert and Or, in chief an acorn slipped and leaved Or

The submitter will not accept major changes to her name. She states no preferences if changes are required. She wants a female name, and is interested in a name authentic for 12^th-14^th century. She will allow a holding name.

Gwyneth is documented from Academy of St. Gabriel Report 2022, http://www.s-gabriel.org/2022 , where the report states "The first examples of the Welsh name <Gwyneth> that we found were in the late 16^th and early 17^th centuries: Gwineth 1577, Gwenett 1629, Gwinne 1630. While it is possible that the names were used earlier than this, we have found no evidence that they were. If you want an earlier period persona, we recommend that you not use this name." The Academy cites Morgan & Morgan, Welsh Surnames, p. 118 for this information.

Gower is documented by reference to http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/ names/york15/surnames-alphabetical.htm , but no information from this site is provided.

Sable, an Ostrich feather between in bend sinister two mullets Or

The submitter will not accept major changes to his name. He states no preferences if changes are required. He expresses no preferences as to the gender of the name, or as to the authenticity of the name. He will allow a holding name.

Ieuan is documented from Academy of St. Gabriel Report 2799, http://www.s-gabriel.org/2799, where one Ieuan Scoleyk is dated to 1292-93.

Gower is documented by reference to http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/ names/york15/surnames-alphabetical.htm, where this name is included in a list of Surnames in 15^th Century York.

Per Pale Gules and Vert, on a Chief Indented Or, a Dog Couchant Sable, Gorged of a Collar Argent

The submitter will not accept major changes to her name. She states no preferences if changes must be made. She wants a female name, and states no preference for authenticity. She will allow a holding name.

Inga is documented from Geirr Bassi, The Old Norse Name, p. 12.

In is the feminine definite article in defining epithets or definite noun phrases, citing Zoëga, A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, p. 228.

Hraustliga is the feminine weak inflexion of Hraustligr, meaning Dauntless, Valiant, Bold, from Zoëga, p. 208.

Per chevron argent and vert in chief a pair of lace bobbins crossed proper, in base a closed book proper.

The submitter's name was registered in the February 2003 LoAR.

The lace bobbins in the full colour emblazon are light brown/tan. The book is white.

The submitter will accept any changes, does not care about meaning/sound/language/culture, desires a male name, does not want his name changed for authenticity, and will accept a holding name.

Lucian can be found in P.H. Reaney and R. M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames, s.n. Lucian, dating it to 1212 (Lucianus de Seille).

de Brus can also be found in P.H. Reaney and R. M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames, s.n. Bruce, with Richard de Brus in 1274-75.

Gules, a crab argent, within a border argent.

The submitter will not accept major changes to his name. If changes are required, he is interested in the language or culture (unspecified.). He wants a male name, and is interested in a name authentic for the time period and language/culture of 905 AD Faeroe Islands. He will allow a holding name.

He submits no documentation for Magnus with this submission.

His documentation for Torshavn is that "Torshavn is the capital of the Faeroe Islands. Records of Torshavn stretch back to before the Landnam period (870-930)."

His prior name submission, Magnus Olafsson, was returned by Laurel in the January 2005 LoAR, for conflict with Magnus Olafsson, King of Norway, 1037-1047.

His prior device submission, Gules, a crab disjointed argent within a border argent, was returned by Lions Blood in July 2004 due to the fact that the disjointing of the crab rendered it unidentifiable, and the gules was depicted in a non-heraldic magenta color. Both of these issues have been addressed in this resubmission. 

The submitter will not accept major changes to her name. If changes are required, she is interested in the language or culture (unspecified), but notes the word "shepherdess" in the line following what the name means. She expresses no preference as to the gender of the name, and is interested in a name authentic for the language/culture an unspecified area. She will allow a holding name.

The name is documented from Academy of St. Gabriel Report 2579, http://www.s-gabriel.org/2579, where it indicates that Nicole is an appropriate name for a woman living in the northern two-thirds of France during the late Middle Ages, and cites to Academy Report 2479, which allegedly discusses the name Nicole and lists many dated examples.

La Bergère is discussed in this same Academy Report 2579, where it dates male forms of the name Bergere to 1402 le Berger, and 1460 le Bergier. The report notes that the French Berger means shepherd, and that "the feminine forms of bergere and bergiere would have been standard in many parts of northern France." Dauzat, Dictionaire Etymologique des Noms de Famille et Prenoms de France.

Per pale azure and vert a fox mask argent and on a chief Or a roundel between an increscent and a decrescent sable

Piera is found in "Italian Names from Florance, 1427" http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/ferante/catasto/ names.txt, where one entry for this name is listed.

[Note: Above URL is incorrect; correct one is http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/ferrante/catasto/ - Online IL Ed.]

Sartore is found in Arval Benicoeur & Talan Gwynek, "Fourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names" (no URL provided), where the entry indicates that this name is an occupational surname meaning 'tailor.'

[Google search on the article title provides http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/arval/venice14/; is the the desired reference? - Online IL Ed.]

Gyronny gules and Or, a raven reguardant contourny and an orle sable.

The submitter will accept neither major nor minor changes to his name. He expresses no preferences as to changes, gender or authenticity of the name, but will accept a holding name if necessary.

Rasmus is dated to 1473 in Janzén, Nordisk Kultur VII Personnamn, p. 214.

Ravn- is a personal name found in Janzén, p. 207, but no dates are attached, although the chapter heading appears to translate as "Fornames in Denmark in the Middle Ages."

-sen is asserted to be the patronymic marker in Danish name formations.

The submitter will accept any changes necessary. He cares more about the language and culture if changes are required. He wants a male name, and a name authentic for the time period, language and culture of 16^th Century England. He will allow a holding name.

Hobbe de Conyers was registered in October 2002. If this change is accepted, he wants to retain Hobbe de Conyers as an alternative persona name

Robert is documented from "Masculine Given Names in King's Stanley Marriages 1573-1600", http://www.s-gabriel.org/mari/kingsstanley/MasGivenNamesAlpha.html but no copies of this documentation are provided.

[Note: above URL is incorrect; correct one is http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/kingsstanley/MasGivenNamesAlpha.html - Online IL Ed.]

Conyers is from "Bynames found in the 1523 Subsidy Roll for York and Ainsty" http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/york16/bynamesalphabetically.htm.

(Fieldless) a Norse comb Or, fess[wise]

If this submission is registered, her prior badge, Per pale sable and Or, in cross four birds migrant beaks conjoined counterchanged, registered in the October 2000 LoAR, is to be released.

In suppport of this form of the comb, the submitter provides the following documentation:

http://www.arkeodok.com/Vikingcombs/pages/ C.10221-162.html, described as a "composite single comb made from antler" dated to the 9th-10th century, and

http://www.ourpasthistory.com/viking/ viking_comb.htm on which page the third and fourth pictures show combs with slight "barbs" at the end of the handle.

(Fieldless) On a sun azure, a talbot salient argent

The previous submission, Azure, on a sun or a talbot's head erased affronty azure, was returned for multiple conflicts. This badge is a total redesign.

Sable field Argent Flame Argent Flanges

The submitter will not accept major changes to her name. If changes are required, she cares most about the meaning (unspecified). She wants a female name, and is interested in a name authentic for 600-800 AD Norse/Viking. She will allow a holding name.

Sylva is document from http://saints.catholic.org/saints/sylvia.html where it indicates that St Sylvia was the mother of St. Gregory the Great, an early pontiff. She is believed to have died between 592 and 594 AD. In addition, at http://magnificat.ca/cal/engl/03-12.htm indicates that the mother of St. Gregory the Great was Saint Silva.

Silfri is found in Geirr Bassi, The Old Norse Name, p. 27, as an epithet meaning 'silver.' 

No blazon is provided. The top center section of the field is white, the dexter side black, the sinister side purple. The charges are white on the color sections and black on the white section.

The submitter will not accept major changes to his name. If changes are requires he cares most about the meaning and sound, and indicates the following: "Sound is most important for the first name. Sounds like Talon. For the last name, it is meaning, I think it means Claw of Iron, a nickname." The submitter makes no indication of the intended gender of the name. He is interested in a name authentic for 14^th -16^th century Italian time period, language and or culture. He will allow creation of a holding name.

His documentation is "http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/pisa/ pisa.html"

The submitter will not accept major changes to her name. If changes are required, she cares most about the language/culture of Irish Gaelic. She wants a female name, and expresses not preference for authenticity. She will allow creation of a holding name.

Úna is found in Ó Corráin & Maguire, Irish Names, sub Úna, where it indicates that this name was "an extremely popular name especially in later medieval Ireland."

Fhionn is a lenited form of Fionn, a descriptive byname meaning 'fair' found in Woulfe, p. 287, sub Fionn. It is also found in Index of Names in Irish Annals, http://www.s-gabriel.org/ names/mary/IrishAnnals in Masculine Descriptive Bynames: Fionn. 

[Note: above URL is incorrect; correct one is http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/index.shtml - Online IL Ed.]

Inghean Mhic Fhionnghaile is "daughter (or female descendant of) Mac Fhionnghaile" Woulfe, p. 421, sub Mag Fionngaile dates the Anglicized Irish forms M'Gennowlie, M'Gynnillye and M'Gennely to temp. Elizabeth I-James I.

Purpure, a lion rampant contourny queue-forchy, within a orle of chain Or

The submitter will not accept major changes to his name. He expresses no preferences if changes are required. He wants a male name, and does not express a preference as to authenticity. He will allow a holding name.

Vikarr is found in Geirr Bassi, The Old Norse Name, p. 16.

Vikingsson is from Geirr Bassi, pp 16 and 17, where Geirr Bassi indicates that the given name Víkingr (p. 16) becomes Víkingsson in the patronymic.

It is worth noting that Geirr Bassi has both Vikarr and Víkarr, but only Víkingr as given names.

The submitter was knighted in June 1996 in An Tir.