1: Bridge, Barony of the - New Badge (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in August of 1979, via the East.

Azure, a twin-towered three-arched bridge and a bordure Or

The Barony's previous badge submission, (Fieldless) On a delf azure, a twin-towered three-arched bridge Or, was returned on the East Kingdom Letter of Decision of October 2021 (https://bth.eastkingdom.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10...):

Unfortunately, this badge must be returned because long-standing precedent prohibits fieldless badges that use charged delfs...Placing the bridge on the delf makes the delf appear to be the field, rather than the primary charge, which is prohibited by the 9/93 Letter of Acceptances and Returns.

This redesign addresses the reason for return. As a kingdom-level return, this item is new to Laurel and payment will be due.

Kingdom commenters identified the badge of Aldric of Stonebridge as a potential conflict: Purpure, a double arched bridge and a bordure Or; there is a DC for change in tincture of the field, but it is unclear whether there is an additional DC for the number of arches in the bridge.

Precedent from June 2007 (Iain Cinnsealach, R-Atlantia) states that "we do not grant a CD for the number of arches in a bridge," but this precedent pre-dates SENA and should be revisited. Additionally, a Sep 2007 precedent similarly dealing with bridge conflict (9/2007 CL, "On Bridges") - "[c]urrent policy grants no difference in Society armory between a castle and a [single-arched] bridge" - was explicitly overturned in January 2023 (Chonne de la Ronde, A-Aethelmearc), so it seems reasonable to ask Wreath to consider the rest of the question of bridges.

We therefore forward this for Wreath's consideration, and request assistance from the College in determining how bridges were depicted in period, and whether the number of arches were consistent or left up to artist whim.

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2: Grímólfr Skúlason - New Release of Household Name (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in November of 2013, via the East.

Spak-Hrafn Hus

Release letter dated May 3, 2023

I, <Legal Name>, know in the SCA as Grimolfr Skulason hereby release my registered name "Spak-hrafn Hus." I understand that release of registration is permanent.

(Signed) <Legal Name>

3: Grímólfr Skúlason - New Household Name (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in November of 2013, via the East.

Ulvesby Militia

Submitter desires a gender-neutral name.
Meaning (Unspecified) most important.

Ulvesby is an English place-name found as Vlvesby dated 1195-1375 in Watts s.n. Ousby.

Militia is an acceptable designator for a household found in SENA Appendix E, Section 4.

The pattern Place Name + Militia is found in period, with examples including the Militia of London, Militia of the Citie of London, and London Militia [1,2], the Militia of Middlesex [3], and the Militia of Southwark [4], all from the 1640s.

[1] April 1647: Ordinance to settle the Militia of London, &c., in Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660, ed. C H Firth and R S Rait (London, 1911), pp. 924-925. (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/acts-ordinances-...).

[2] January 1646: An Ordinance enabling the Militia of London to Press Soldiers., Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660 (1911), pp. 821-822. (https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/acts-ordinances-...).

[3] August 1648: Ordinance to settle the Militia of Middlesex, Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660 (1911), pp. 1177-1179. (https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/acts-ordinances-...)

[4] September 1647: Ordinance to settle the Militia of Southwark, in Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660, ed. C H Firth and R S Rait (London, 1911), pp. 1010-1011. (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/acts-ordinances-...).

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4: Grímólfr Skúlason - New Release of Badge (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in November of 2013, via the East.

Gules, three drinking horns fretted in triangle mouths inward and on a chief argent a valknut between two ravens respectant sable

Release letter dated May 3, 2023

I, <Legal Name>, know in the SCA as Grimolfr Skulason hereby release my registered badge "Gules, three drinking horns fretted in triangle mouths inward and on a chief argent a valknut between two ravens respectant sable." I understand that release of registration is permanent.

(Signed) <Legal Name>

5: Gwenhoivar of Lindley - New Badge (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in December of 2014, via Atlantia.

Argent, on a pale purpure an escallop Or

6: Lavinia the Ethiopian of Saint George - New Name (KLoI) (NP) & New Device (KLoI)

Argent, in saltire two shotels between in pale two human heads couped and in fess two lion's heads cabossed sable

Submitter desires a feminine name.
The following changes are allowed: All changes necessary to make the name grammatically correct and registerable without changing the meaning
Meaning (Lavinia who is of Ethiopian descent and from Saint George) most important.

Lavinia is an English literary name, taken from the Aeneid, where she is a human character, the daughter of Latinus, who eventually marries the hero, Aeneas. An English translation known as The Thirteene Bookes of Æneidos was published in 1607 and Lavinia appears at several places in this book (https://books.google.com/books?...#...). The name Lavinia is also mentioned as though she were an actual person at p. 500 of Sir Walter Raleigh's The Historie of the World, published in 1614 (https://books.google.com/books?...).

the Ethiopian is the lingua Societatis form of the Middle English descriptive "blewman(e)" used to describe black-skinned people or people of Ethiopian descent. The MED s.v. bleu-man n. gives the following examples of the period terms:

(a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.207 : Þat is acounted byʒonde þe side of Ethiopia, blew men londe [L Æthiopiæ]
(a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)6.379 : Þe Blewman [vr. Bloman; Higd.(2): a man of Ethioppe] chaungeþ nouʒt liʒtliche his skyn
(1468) Acc.Howard in RC 57578 : Richard Fyrthyng, a blewmane

The MED s.v. blō-man n. also gives the following examples:

(a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)28a/b : Ethiopia, blomen lond
(a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)178a/b : Ethiopia, bloo mennes londe, had first þat name of colour of men

of Saint George is a locative byname following the pattern of naming places in England after saints. For example, Watts has the following period places named for saints:

St Agnes (1599), Sancte Agnetis (1327-47) - Watts s.n. St Agnes
Seint Auban (1400), Seynt Albones (1420) - Watts s.n. St Albans
Sancta Ewa (1282), St Tewe alias St Ewe (1610) - Watts s.n. St Ewe
St Martin by Loo (1516), S. Martyn (1610) - Watts s.n. St Martin
St Laurence (1235), S. Lawrence (1591) - Watts s.n. St Lawrence

Saint George is England's patron saint, well known in period. The MED s.v. dai contains the following quote dated to 1389: "On ye day of seynt George in ye worshepe of seint George."

The place name has been submitted as Saint George, as the College does not register scribal abbreviations for "saint" by longstanding precedent. [Guillaume de Saint Jacques, 7/2000 LoAR, A- Æthelmearc]

The swords drawn by the submitter do not appear to be shotels based on the examples in the British Museum (image below) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotel). We request assistance documenting these swords as period artifacts.

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7: Martha Allgood of Smoking Rocks - New Device (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in February of 2022, via the East.

Or vêtu ployé azure, a domestic cat sejant erect maintaining a sewing needle threaded from a spool sable

The submitter's previous device submission, Azure, on a saltire nowy Or a domestic cat sejant erect maintaining a sewing needle threaded from a spool sable, was returned on the East Kingdom Letter of Decisions of November 2021 (https://bth.eastkingdom.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11...):

Unfortunately, this device must be returned. Appendix I.C of SENA states: "A single charge group may only have one tertiary charge group on it." Here, the saltire nowy has three types of tertiary charges on it (cat, needle, spool). Additionally, commenters had difficulty identifying the charges due to a lack of internal detailing. We are therefore returning the device for a redesign.

This redesign addresses the reason for return. As a kingdom-level return, this item is new to Laurel and payment will be due.

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8: Octavia Valeria - New Name (KLoI) (NP) & New Device (KLoI)

Sable, in pale a bee and a crescent Or

Submitter desires a feminine name.

Octavia is the feminine form of Octavius, found as a nomen in "A Simple Guide to Imperial Roman Names" by Ursula Georges (https://heraldry.sca.org/names/roman.html#...).

Valeria is the feminine form of the Roman cognomen Valerius found in the second century CE on p. 56 of A Study of the Cognomina of Soldiers in the Roman Legions by Lindley Richard Dean (https://books.google.com/books?...).

The pattern nomen + cognomen is the typical naming pattern for Imperial Roman women, per Ursula Georges' "A Simple Guide to Imperial Roman Names" (https://heraldry.sca.org/names/roman.html#...).