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Calontir LoI dated 2023-08-16
Wesaþ hal!
To Emma Laurel, Elisabetta Pelican, Iago Wreath and the commenting Members of the College of Arms comes this missive from Dorcas Whitecap, Acting Saker. I seek your wise counsel on the following submissions, with the intent that they may be registered.
 1: Agnes L'ecrivaine - New Name Change (KLoI)
(NP) & New Device Change (KLoI)
OSCAR NOTE: Filing name should match submitted item for a primary name change. It should be the new name. Agnes L'ecrivaine Purpure, a rapier inverted between flaunches Or, each charged with a quill pen embowed purpure Old Item: FrøygæiRR Fasthaldi, to be released. Agnes: French feminine given name found in "An Index to the Given Names in the 1292 Census of Paris" by Colm Dubh http://heraldry.sca.org/names/paris.html L'Ecrivaine: occupational byname meaning "scrivener" (feminine form) found in "Occupational By-Names in the 1292 Tax Role of Paris" by Colm Dubh http://heraldry.sca.org/names/parisbynames.html |
 2: Aia Gold-Bearer - New Name Change (KLoI)
(NP) & New Device Change (KLoI)
OSCAR NOTE: the old name was registered in July of 2020, via Calontir. Azure, an owl contourny and in chief two torcs Or Old Item: Eyfriðr Gold-Bearer, to be retained as an alternate name. Aia/Aia duxtir: Given name found in "Name Constructions in Gaulish" by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/gaulish/ Also found in "Gaulish Personal Names: An Update" by Eugenio R. Lujan, referencing the original "Gaulish Personal Names" by D. Ellis Evans https://www.persee.fr/doc/ecelt_0373-1928_2003_n... Hard copy attached. Gold-Bearer - Existing Name Registration Allowance - SENA PN1B2G, submitter registered Gold-Bearer in July 2020 via Calontir. Gartirix: Gaulish Personal Names: An Update. (see the above link) Text spells as Cartirix, but submitter prefers this spelling from original 'Gartiris' transcription. Hard copy attached. The above submission has images. To view them, see the URLs below: |
 3: Astriðr Birnudóttir - New Alternate Name (KLoI)
(NP) & New Badge (KLoI)
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in April of 2017, via Calontir. Davina Burgh Or chausee gules, a monster with the head of a maiden argent crined sable and the body of a seal sejant azure Davina: Dictionary of English Christian Names Withycombe 3rd ed. pg 80 Scottish form of David feminine form 1639. Burgh: Surnames of Scotland Black pg 117 s.n. Burgh Gilbert Burgh 1529, also William Burgh 1498, Rober de Burghe of Lanarkshire 1294 |
 4: Aurick Redmark - New Device (KLoI)
OSCAR finds the name on the Calontir LoI of June 07, 2023 as submitted. Azure, a rose purpure en soleil Or, a bordure compony argent and sable Originally submitted on the Calontir ILoI dated 2023-04-05 as Azure, a rose purpure en soleil Or, it was returned at Kingdom for conflict with Tatiana of the Swans, Azure, on a sun Or, a mullet of four points purpure charged with a swan naiant argent. Adding the bordure gives the required second DC. The original emblazon is included below. The above submission has images. To view them, see the URLs below: |
 5: Cedany Saunsaule - New Name (KLoI)
(NP) & New Device (KLoI)
Per pale purpure and argent, two seahorses respectant within a bordure counterchanged Submitter desires a feminine name. Cedany - given name found in "Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames, Part Three: The Names H-Z" by Talan Gwynek. Variant of Sidony, dated 1275. https://heraldry.sca.org/names/reaneyHZ.html Saunsaule - constructed byname meaning "without soul". Saun-: R&W s.n. Sansaver has John Saunbrays, 1332, "without breeches"; Thomas Saunfayle, 1332, "without fail". R&W s.n. Santer has John Sauntere, 1275, "without land", nickname for King John. -saule: R&W s.n. Godsal has Godwin Gotsaule, 12th century, "good soul"; William God saule, 1197, "good soul". R&W s.n. Whissell has Nicholas Whitsaul(e), 1279, "white soul". Jonsjo s.n. Modysaul has Hugh Modisaule, 1314, "brave soul". |
 6: Celeste Sevenstar - New Device (KLoI)
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in December of 2022, via Calontir. Per pale azure and gules, within a stag's massacre an artist's paintbrush, between in fess two birds regardant Or Originally submitted on the Calontir ILoI dated 2022-08-01 as Per azure and gules, an artist's paintbrush within a stag's massacre between two birds regardant between three springs of three holly leaves Or, it was returned at Kingdom for having 4 charge groups on the field, which is not an attested arrangement per SENA Appendix J. Removing the holly leaves makes it "A primary charge group surrounding a secondary charge, with a separate secondary group". The original emblazon is included below. The above submission has images. To view them, see the URLs below: |
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7: Chiaretta da Chachavo - New Name (KLoI)
(NP) Submitter desires a feminine name. Chiaretta: Venetian woman's given name dated 1615 in "Names from Sixteenth Century Venice," by Juliana de Luna (Julia Smith): https://s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/16thcvenice.... da Chachavo: locative byname. Place name from The Morosini Codex. Hard copy attached. Per SENA Appendix A, Northern Italian locatives use "da X". The above submission has images. To view them, see the URLs below: |
 8: Coney March, Shire of - New Branch Name (KLoI)
& New Device (KLoI)
Purpure, a coney's head erased within a laurel wreath Or, a bordure checky Or and vert Spelling (Coney March) most important. Coney - English surname found in Family Search Historical Records. John Coney, Male, Event Type Marriage, Date 17 Jun 1596, Place Earls Colne, Essex, England, Batch M04336-1 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLC5-NL2 March - generic toponym. Middle English Dictionary [MED] has march(e n.(2) - The boundary of a country; border district; pl. borderlands, frontiers; the surrounding areas of a town or castle. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionar...?... (1316) SMChron.(Roy 12.C.12)378 : The kyng of Merkyneriche..hade Gloucestreschire, Wyrcestreschire, Warewikeschire..Staffordschire, Derbeschire & Schropschire & Chesterschire, Al the march and Herefordschire, [etc.]. (1472-3) RParl.6.21b : Thomas..shuld..forfet unto You all the Castelx, Manoires..within Englond, Irelond, Wales or Caleis, or the Marches therof. "Compound Placenames in English" by Juliana de Luna (Julia Smith) gives evidence of the pattern of Family Name + Generic Toponym for place names, including Fygmershe and Coanie hatch. http://medievalscotland.org/jes/EnglishCompoundPlacena... Shire - branch designator per SENA Appendix E. |
 9: Eilo de Castil - New Name (KLoI)
(NP) & New Device (KLoI)
Gules, a sea-nettle argent Submitter desires a gender-neutral name. Eilo: feminine Spanish given name dated 1097-1101 found in "Medieval Spanish Names from the Monastery of Sahagun, The Names, Second Group" by Antonio Miguel Santos de Borja (Tony Borning) http://s-gabriel.org/names/miguel/sahagun/sahag... de Castil: Locative surname found in "Spanish Names from the Late 15th Century" by Juliana de Luna (Julia Smith) |
 10: Elias de Jaye - New Name (KLoI)
(NP) & New Device (KLoI)
Gules, two lion's jambes erased bendwise, claws to base Submitter desires a masculine name. Elias - masculine given name found in "Names from 13th Century Northumberland: Raw Data" by Sara L. Uckelman (known in the SCA as Aryanhwy merch Catmael) https://heraldry.sca.org/names/english/rawdatanorth... de Jaye - locative byname dated 11 Edward I (1283) in 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 36', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 2, Edward I, ed. J E E S Sharp (London, 1906), pp. 295-300. British History Online. The given names are normalized, the bynames and locatives are not. BHO is a no-photocopy site. "Inq. Sunday after St. Mary Magdalen, 11 Edw. I. Jaye and Bedeston. The fee of Walter de Hopton, Walter de Bockenhull, Roger de Hauberdin, John de la Sunede and Walter de Jaye were (sic) assigned to the said Maud in dower, in recompence of other fees, and the said Maud has no recompence for the said fee." https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol2/pp... |
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11: Gabrielle des Chats Noirs - New Name Change (KLoI)
(NP) OSCAR NOTE: the old name was registered in July of 1984, via Calontir. Old Item: Christine des Chats Noirs, to be released. Gabrielle: Gabrielle can be found 15 times dated between 1503 and 1618 in Uckelman, Sara L., "Late Period French Feminine Names" http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/latefr... Also found dated to 1585 in "English Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records from Somerset" by Sarah L. Uckelman http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/english/somer... Combines with French per SENA Appendix C. des Chats Noirs: This portion of name previously registered in July 1984 (via Calontir). Retain this byname per ERA. |
 12: Katerine du Bois - New Name (KLoI)
(NP) & New Device (KLoI)
Azure, a pale argent and overall a domestic cat passant Or Submitter desires a feminine name. Katerine: "An Index to the Given Names in the 1292 Census of Paris" by Lord Colm Dubh has <Katerine la pastoière> https://heraldry.sca.org/names/paris.html#... Dated to 1420 and 1431 in "Names from Paris, 1408-1449" by Sara L. Uckelman, known in the SCA as Aryanhwy merch Catmael https://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/paris1... du Bois: Dated to 1411 in "Names from Paris, 1408-1449" by Sara L. Uckelman, known in the SCA as Aryanhwy merch Catmael https://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/paris1... Dated to 1453, 1454, 1455, 1456 in "French Names from Chastennay, 1448-1457" by Sara L. Uckelman, known in the SCA as Aryanhwy merch Catmael https://heraldry.sca.org/names/french/chastenay.html |
 13: Margery of Penrith - New Device (KLoI)
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in February of 2013, via Calontir. Argent, a pine tree eradicated purpure and a chief urdy azure |
 14: Maria di Salvatore - New Name (KLoI)
(NP) & New Device (KLoI)
Per pale azure and Or, a bend counterchanged surmounted by a badger's head caboshed argent marked sable Submitter desires a feminine name. Both names are documented in "Names from 15th and 16th Century Pisa" By Juliana de Luna (Julia Smith) http://heraldry.sca.org/kwhss/2014/#... Maria - feminine given name found 773 times between 1457 and 1557. di - Italian patronynic marker, per SENA Appendix A. Salvatore - masculine given name found 118 times between 1463 and 1556. |
 15: Miyazaki Atsutaka - New Alternate Name (KLoI)
(NP) & New Badge (KLoI)
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in March of 2014, via Calontir. Thomas Foulmoth Or, on a moth azure four plates, a base vert Thomas: Withycombe - Thomas (m), 1086, 1199-1220, p 279 Foulmoth: "Middle English Nicknames" by Jon Jonso, p 91 Foulmoth 4: Roy Foulmoth 1286 |
 16: Roger Warwick - Resub Device Change (KLoI)
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in April of 2016, via the Outlands. Per saltire argent and gules, a saltire sable, overall a rose argent barbed and seeded proper Old Item: Argent, a palm tree couped sable and two roses proper one and two, on a point pointed fleury gules a rose argent barbed and seeded proper, to be released. Originally submitted as Per saltire sable and gules, a saltire and overall a rose argent, it was returned on the 09-2016 LoAR. This badge is returned for having a "barely overall" charge. SENA Appendix I, Charge Group Theory, in defining overall charges states "An overall charge must have a significant portion on the field; a design with a charge that has only a little bit sticking over the edges of an underlying charge is known as "barely overall" and is not registerable." Here, more of the rose is on the saltire than on the field. This submission has a larger rose and a smaller saltire, and changes the tincture of the saltire. The original emblazon is included below. The above submission has images. To view them, see the URLs below: |
 17: Torquil MacGruder - Resub Device (KLoI)
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in February of 2022, via Calontir. Sable, a wolf's head caboshed argent and three wolf's teeth issuant from base gules Original submitted as Sable, in chevron a wolf's head cabossed between two stags combattant argent and issuant from base three wolf's teeth gules, it was returned on the March 2023 LOAR: This device is returned per SENA A3b2, which requires that charges have good contrast with their fields. The gules wolf's teeth have poor contrast with the sable field. The submitter attempted to submit an IAP to demonstrate the use of low-contrast charges in similar designs; however, none of the provided examples match the submission in style and complexity, as required by SENA A4B. This submission has a complexity count of 6 while none of the provided examples have a complexity higher than 5, and even the most complex of the provided examples only has 2 types of charge while this submission has 3. This submission removes the stags and resizes the remaining charges to clearly delineate the charges groups. All examples in the attached IAP are from Siebmacher. There are examples of high contrast wolves' heads couped, other animal heads caboshed, wolves' teeth, both not alone on the field and issuant from base, sable fields with gules charge groups, and arms with high contrast primary and low contrast secondary. A wolf's head caboshed is unremarkable, but I couldn't find one in Siebmacher. The bracketing examples show that German heraldry caboshed animal heads. 1 - Wolf's head Von Erlbach 2 - Critter's head caboshed Uri 3 - Wolf's teeth Die Senfftel 4 - Sable field with gules charge group Die Stadler 5 - High contrast primary with low contrast secondary Von Trotta The above submission has images. To view them, see the URLs below: |
 18: Úlfkell Hrafnhauss - New Name (KLoI)
(NP) & New Device (KLoI)
Per chevron purpure and azure, two plates and a vulture displayed argent Submitter desires a masculine name. Úlfkell - GB pg 15 masculine first name noted 1 time Hrafnhauss - GB pg 23 nickname meaning "raven's skull" |
 19: Zacharias Haukyn - New Name (KLoI)
(NP) & New Device (KLoI)
Azure ermined Or, a cross crosslet quarterly argent and Or Submitter desires a masculine name. Zacharias - masculine English given name dated 1585 in "Names in Chesham, 1538-1600/1" by Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchada (Kathleen M. O'Brien) http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/Chesham/masculine.shtml Haukyn - English byname dated 1297 in R&W s.n. Hawkin |
Iċ þancie ēow for your kind attention.
Dorcas, in Calontir
OSCAR counts 8 New Names, 3 New Name Changes, 2 New Alternate Names, 1 New Branch Name, 11 New Devices, 2 New Device Changes and 2 New Badges. These 29 items are chargeable, Laurel should receive $116 for them. OSCAR counts 1 Resub Device and 1 Resub Device Change. These 2 items are not chargeable. There are a total of 31 items submitted on this letter.Site News | LoIs | KLoIs | SENA | Prec | AH | Track | Sub Status ]