Lochac LoI dated 2023-06-30

Greetings unto Emma Laurel, Elisabetta Pelican, Iago Wreath, and all the College of Arms, from Lady Sigrith parði, Rocket Herald, deputy to Baroness Annys Blodwell, Crux Australis Principal Herald of the Kingdom of Lochac.

It is our intent to register the following names and armorials which appeared on the May Lochac KLoI (https://oscar.sca.org/kingdom/kingloi.php?...):

1: Ásný in Freknótta - New Name Change (KLoI) (NP)

OSCAR NOTE: the old name was registered in February of 2015, via Lochac.

Old Item: Elena Vesare, to be retained as an alternate name.
Submitter desires a feminine name.
Language/Culture (Culture: Hiberno-Norse or Norwegian Norse) most important.

Consulting Herald Amanda Martel.
Submitter is from Politarchopolis.

<Ásný in Freknóttr>

<Ásný>
Old Norse Women's Names by Gunnvôr silfrahárr, s.n. Ásný.
www.vikinganswerlady.com/ONWomensNames.shtml

Viking Names found in Landnámabók by Aryanhwy merch Catmael, under "Feminine names between 3 and 5 times".
https://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/landnam...

<in Freknóttr>
Cleasby and Vigfusson, "freknóttr" given as an adjective meaning "freckly". Appendix A gives descriptive bynames as standard for Old Norse. Some period examples of people with adjectival bynames describing their appearance include:

hinn bleiki - "the pale"
kámr, kámi - "dark, black-stained"
flekkr - "spot, fleck" possibly referring to a red-blue splotch on the cheek.
valbráð - "port-wine stain" the modern Icelandic term is valbrá.

From "Tilnavne i den islandske oldlitteratur" by Finnur Jónsson
(https://heimskringla.no/wiki/Tilnavne:_Legemet).

Viking Bynames found in the Landnámabók by Aryanhwy merch Catmael gives "in" as the feminine definitive article for forming descriptive bynames.
https://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/vikbyna...

Kingdom Name Notes

-Name changed at Kingdom with submitter's permission to use the feminine form of the adjective, as described in the January 2021 cover letter (https://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2021/01/21-01cl.html#...). The original submitted spelling was "Ásný in Freknóttr".

2: Brick Walle - New Name (KLoI) (NP)

Consulting Herald Ari Egillsdottir.
Submitter is from Innilgard.

Brick is a 16th century surname found in Robertus Brick in 1583 in Lincoln, England via FamilySearch batch M02699-3 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVBR-43D)

Walle is a 16th century English surname found in George Walle in 1557 in London, England via FamilySearch Batch M00134-1 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V529-LS5)

Late period English surnames can be used as given names as per SENA Appendix A.

Kingdom Name Notes

-One commenter found no conflicts.

3: Cheng Weiming - New Badge (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in June of 2016, via Lochac.

(Fieldless) Within and conjoined to a serpent in annulo vorant of its tail sable, a rod of Asclepius argent

Consulting Herald Grete Engelhardtz.
Submitter is from St Florian de la Riviere.

Kingdom Badge Notes

-Emblazon changed at Kingdom with submitter's permission to fit the shape of the badge form. Original emblazon is included below.

-Concerns were raised about whether this design violates SENA A3D1a due to having a snake in each charge group.

- One commenter found no conflicts.

The above submission has images. To view them, see the URLs below:
#1 https://oscar.sca.org/images/cImages/2411/2023-06-30/02-24-31_Wei_Min_Cheng_Badge_ImageOLD.jpg

4: Cristin verch Rys - New Name (KLoI) (NP) & New Device (KLoI)

Per chevron vert and gules, a triquetra and in chief five jasmine flowers argent, in base a ladybug Or marked sable

Submitter desires a feminine name.
The following changes are allowed: change verch to ferch and I accept the appropriate time period for this name
Client requests authenticity for 12th-13th century Welsh.
Language/Culture most important.

Consulting Herald Grete Engelhardtz.
Submitter is from St Florian de la Riviere.

The Welsh Kings, by Kari Mauna. Publisher - The History Press, 2006. Chapter 6 (Llywelyn ap Iorwerth c1194 - 1240) references her with this quote "The most determined cabal was that centred on Owain's widow, Cristin ferch Goronwyn Owain, and her two sons Dafydd and Rhodri".

Second source is:

A History of Wales by John Davies, published 2006 (original edition 1993). Chapter 4 (800 - 1282), page 113 quotes "... that the rules of Gwynedd was Dafydd, the son of Owain by his second wife (and cousin), Cristin."

[DMNES] Rys is dated to 1454-57, 1497 and 1559-62 (https://dmnes.org/name/Rhys).

Kingdom Name Notes

-As it is unclear whether these books are using period or modernised spellings, commenters provided the following documentation:

[DMNES] The Latinized Cristina in England dated to 1189, 1222, 1279-80, and 1300 (https://dmnes.org/name/Christina). Cristin is a plausible vernacular given that it becomes that form later (as shown in the DMNES forms for Early Modern English).

Alternatively, Crystyn (https://dmnes.org/cite/Crystyn/1539/Barnstap...) may be used to construct Cristin using an i/y letter swap.

For the authenticity request, the following spellings are dated to the requested time period:

Ris (1198), Res (1200) - https://s-gabriel.org/names/constanza/ystradmarc...

Reys, Reis, Res (1292-3) - https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/welsh13.html

Kingdom Device Notes

- One commenter found no conflicts.

- Some concerns were raised about the small size of the flowers.

The above submission has images. To view them, see the URLs below:
#1 https://oscar.sca.org/images/cImages/2411/2023-05-25/06-48-32_Cristin_verch_Rys_Name_Docs1.jpg
#2 https://oscar.sca.org/images/cImages/2411/2023-05-25/06-48-33_Cristin_verch_Rys_Name_Docs2.jpg

5: Cristin verch Rys - New Badge (KLoI)

OSCAR is unable to find the name, either registered or submitted.

Vert, a triquetra and in base three jasmine flowers argent

Consulting Herald Grete Engelhardtz.
Submitter is from St Florian de la Riviere.

Kingdom Badge Notes

-Emblazon changed at Kingdom with submitter's permission to fit the shape of the badge form. Original emblazon is included below.

- Two commenters found no conflicts.

The above submission has images. To view them, see the URLs below:
#1 https://oscar.sca.org/images/cImages/2411/2023-06-30/02-07-32_Cristin_verch_Rys_Badge_ImageOLD.jpg

6: Eryl the beehyrde - Resub Name Change From Holding Name (KLoI) (NP) & New Badge (KLoI)

OSCAR NOTE: the old name was registered in June of 2022, via Lochac.

Or, a bee and an orle sable

Old Item: Gwyn of Gildenwick, to be released.
No changes.

Consulting Herald Sigrith parði.
Submitter is from Gildenwick.

Martin Eryl, Male, christened 28 February 1607, Tattershall, Lincoln, England, C03202-4.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J9RQ-Z3G

Late-period English surnames may be used as given names.

"beehyrde" is an occupational byname using a term for a beekeeper dated to 1475.

[MED] https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionar...

The original submission, "Eryl of Gildenwick", was returned on the June 2022 LoAR due to the similarity of the given name to the title "Earl". The use of an occupational byname instead of a locative removes the appearance of a title (SENA PN4B1). http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2022/06/22-06lar.html#...

Kingdom Name Notes

- One commenter found no conflicts.

Kingdom Badge Notes

- One commenter found no conflicts other than the submitter's own badge.

7: Eydís Ragnarsdóttir - New Device Change (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in May of 2007, via Lochac.

Sable, on a pile between six estoiles of five rays Or, an estoile of five rays gules

Old Item: Sable, on a pile between six mullets Or, an estoile of five rays gules, to be released.

Consulting Herald Grete Engelhardtz.
Submitter is from St Florian de la Riviere.

Kingdom Device Notes

- Two commenters found no conflicts other than the submitter's own device.

8: Gavriil Slotkovich - New Name (KLoI) (NP) & New Device (KLoI)

Gules, a frog sejant and on a chief invected argent a scorpion fesswise sable

Consulting Herald Fiora Vespucci.
Submitter is from Barony of Mordenvale.

Gavriil

Given name; masculine Russianization of Gabriel, found from the 14th century onwards.

Listed in A Dictionary of Period Russian Names by Paul Wickenden of Thanet

https://heraldry.sca.org/names/paul/g.html - no photocopy source

Slotkovich

A Dictionary of Period Russian Names gives <Slotko> as a masculine given name.

http://heraldry.sca.org/names/paul/si.html - no photocopy source

Per the 'Grammar' section of the same source, when forming patronymic bynames: "If the father's given name ended in "-a" or "-ia," the basic patronymic ending is "-in" or "-yn," respectively (with the "a" or "ia" dropping out). Otherwise, the patronymic ended in an "-ov" or "-ev." http://heraldry.sca.org/names/paul/zgrammar.html

This gives the patronymic <Slotkov> from the given <Slotko>.

The source gives a patronymic variation of <Slotkov> in the form of <Slotkovskii> (the patronymic <Slotkov> with the addition of the masculine possessive suffix <-skii>), dated 1611-2.

Bynames ending in <-vich> are formed by adding: "an "-ich" to the basic patronymic construction... in most cases, with the exception of given names that end in "-av" (in which case, the "ov" used in construction #1 drops out to ease pronunciation)."

Using this construction, the patronymic byname <Slotkov> becomes <Slotkovich>.

Kingdom Device Notes

- One commenter found no conflicts.

9: Grete Engelhardtz - New Name Change (KLoI) (NP)

OSCAR NOTE: the old name was registered in March of 2007, via Lochac.

Old Item: Margarete Clare Engelhardtz, to be released.
Submitter desires a feminine name.
The following changes are allowed: Engelhardt, and the time period is flexible
Client requests authenticity for 13-16th century German.
Spelling (Spelling of Grete is important, surname can be updated as you see fit) most important.

Consulting Herald Margarete Clare Engelhardtz.
Submitter is from St Florian de la Riviere.

Grete can be found from the list of 15th German Names from Mecklenburg here:

https://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/german/grete-...

Engelhardt can be found from the list German Names from Nürnberg, 1497 here:

https://heraldry.sca.org/names/german/nurnberg1497....

When I completed my initial submission for Margarete Clare Engelhardt - the heralds decided it should have a z at the end to make it feminine - I am happy for this to continue to be the case or to remove the z.

10: Isabella Semeonova - New Name (KLoI) (NP) & New Device (KLoI)

Sable, on a fess Or a rose proper, overall a dragon in annulo breathing flames argent

Submitter desires a feminine name.
Language/Culture (Russian - 12th-14th century) most important.

Consulting Herald Isabella de Bordeaux.
Submitter is from Rowany.

Isabella - using legal name allowance. Submitters legal name is Isabella

Documentation provided.

Semeonova

Wickenden sn. Semen, has the following patronymic example:

Semeonova (Princess Aleksandra Semeonova). 1405.

https://heraldry.sca.org/names/paul/sa.html

Paul Goldschmidt's Dictionary of Period Russian Names - Section SA

HERALDRY.SCA.ORG

Kingdom Device Notes

- One commenter found no conflicts.

11: Katrina of Alkmonton - New Name (KLoI) (NP) & New Device (KLoI)

Azure, on a chevron between three swans close argent, five acorns proper

Submitter desires a feminine name.
No holding name.
No changes.

Consulting Herald Magdalena de Narbonne.
Submitter is from Southron Gaard.

Given name: [Withycombe] p.187; s.n. Katharine, dates Katrina HR 1273.

Byname: Alkmonton is a town in Derbyshire, attested back to the 1000's, used here as a locative byname:

https://opendomesday.org/place/SK1838/alkmonton/

Kingdom Name Notes

The spelling of the place-name in the Domesday Book is "Alchementune". It is also found in Ekwall (s.n. Alkmonton) as "Alcmunton". "of Alkmonton" should be able to be registered as a lingua Societatis form of the name (SENA PN1B2c).

Kingdom Device Notes

- One commenter found no conflicts.

12: Maria Swietiska - New Badge (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in April of 2021, via Lochac.

(Fieldless) A cinquefoil between and conjoined to five mullets, all within and conjoined to an annulet argent

Consulting Herald ffride wlffdotter.
Submitter is from Krae Glas.

Kingdom Badge Notes

- Two commenters found no conflicts.

13: Razin al Basir Namir bin Jafar bin Ma'bad - New Name (KLoI) (NP) & New Device (KLoI)

Razin al Basir Namir bin Jafar bin Ma'bad

Gules, two scimitars in saltire Or, in chief a natural tiger's head cabossed argent marked sable

Submitter desires a masculine name.
No major changes.
Client requests authenticity for Late 15th century Ottoman-Turkish.
Language/Culture most important.

Consulting Herald Ari Egillsdottir.
Submitter is from Innilgard.

Most of the name elements may be found in "Period Arabic Names and Naming Practices (2nd edition)" by Da'ud ibn Auda (https://heraldry.sca.org/names/arabic-naming2.htm)

"Razin" is given as a masculine ism (given name).

"al-Basir" is given as a masculine cognomen that can be used as a laqab/nisba (byname).

"Ja'far" and "Ma'bad" are both given as masculine isms for use in a nasab (lineage)

"Namir" is found as a nasab in "From al-Andalus to Khurisan: Documents from the Medieval Muslim World", ed. various (https://books.google.com/books?...) in the chapter "An Early Arabic Business Letter" by Alia Hanafi, on pages 154, 155, and 158 (see https://books.google.com/books?...#...).

Kingdom Name Notes

-"bin" should be "ibn" for patronymics, both in the source given and in SENA appendix A.

-Commenters suggested the following name constructions:

Razin al-Basir ibn Ja'far ibn Ma'bad (dropping "Namir" from the name)
Razin ibn Namir ibn Ja'far ibn Ma'bad al-Basir (moving al-Basir to the end of the name and including Namir as part of the nasab)

However these would both require major changes to the name.

Kingdom Device Notes

- One commenter found no conflicts.

14: Robert De Mar - New Household Name (KLoI) & New Badge (KLoI)

OSCAR thinks the name is registered as Robert de Mar in September of 2008, via Lochac.

House of Lenore

Argent chaussé vert, a raven regardant sable.

Meaning (House called Sinte Lenore) most important.

Consulting Herald Maerwynn.
Submitter is from Krae Glas.

House of "X" - Documented in https://heraldry.sca.org/names/households.html By Mistress Alys Mackyntoich, OP, OL, OD From Alys's Simple Guide to Household Names Article.

Lenore

Lenore Hudlies; Female; Christening; 9 May 1613; Melksham, Wiltshire, England; Batch: C15341-1 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N1BL-KZK)
Lenore Whitbie; Female; Christening; 13 Aug 1620; Baldock, Hertford, England; Batch: C07210-1 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NRWD-7JT)

Kingdom Badge Notes

- Two commenters found no conflicts.

15: Thomasina Mariscotti - New Badge (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in May of 2007, via Lochac.

Azure, a pale argent fretty azure between four heartsease flowers argent

Consulting Glynyhvar Aquarius.
Submitter is from River Haven.

Kingdom Badge Notes

- One commenter found no conflicts.

16: William of Heselburn - New Name (KLoI) (NP) & New Device (KLoI)

Gules, a chevron vert fimbriated argent between two bears rampant Or and two swords in saltire proper

Submitter desires a masculine name.
No holding name.
No changes.

Consulting Herald Magdalena de Narbonne.
Submitter is from Southron Gaard.

Given Name: "Masculine Given Names Found in the 1296 Lay Subsidy Rolls for Rutland" by Karen Larsdatter (Karen Harris). http://heraldry.sca.org/names/Rutland/given-masc-f...

Byname: Locative byname, and alternative spelling on Haslingbourne, as described in the "Survey of English Place-Names", from 1279:
https://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/Sussex/Petworth/532...

Kingdom Device Notes

- One commenter found no conflicts.

Also appearing on the May KLoI was the following item:

Brick Walle, Device. Gules, a stone castle of two towers proper and in chief a sun Or, a bordure vert

This submission must be returned due to insufficient contrast between the vert bordure and the gules field.

I remain,
Sigrith parði
Rocket Herald

OSCAR counts 7 New Names, 2 New Name Changes, 1 New Household Name, 6 New Devices, 1 New Device Change and 6 New Badges. These 23 items are chargeable, Laurel should receive $92 for them. OSCAR counts 1 New Holding Name Change. OSCAR counts 1 Resub Name Change. These 2 items are not chargeable. There are a total of 25 items submitted on this letter.