Æthelmearc LoI dated 2023-08-29

Greetings unto Emma Laurel, Elisabetta Pelican, Iago Wreath, and the College of Arms of the Known World. This is Æ262 letter of intent.

1: Æthelmearc, Kingdom of - New Order Name (KLoI) & New Badge (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in January of 1998, via Æthelmearc.

Award of the Crowns Heart

(Fieldless) Conjoined in pale a demi escarbuncle Or and a heart gules

Meaning (Crown's Heart) most important.

Herald of Record: Jorundr

Using the order name pattern of Saint's Object, from "Medieval Secular Order Names: Standard Forms of Order Names" by Juliana de Luna (Julia Smith). https://heraldry.sca.org/names/order/new/ListingOfS...

Crown is a header in Reaney & Wilson: Thomas Crown 1327.

FamilySearch lists numerous records of people with surname 'Crown' (e.g. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NK3P-5PV : 22 March 2020), Henrie Crown, 1605. Batch # C13826-1.) By precedent, late period English surnames can be used as given names, making 'Crown' a plausible saint's name.

Heart herte n. 1a. (a) The heart of a human being or of an animal; (b) anat. the human heart considered medically or scientifically; https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionar...?...

Preference for modern English spelling

2: Æthelmearc, Kingdom of - New Order Name (KLoI) & New Badge (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in January of 1998, via Æthelmearc.

Award of the Irons Quill

(Fieldless) A demi-escarbuncle of pens sable tipped Or

Meaning (Iron Quill) most important.

Using order name pattern of Adjective + Thing

Iron' Iron is a late-period English surname that can be used as a given name per SENA Appendix A. From FamilySearch: George Iron married 1630 Canterbury, Kent, England, batch, M01253-3, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKLM-M5M

The quill is found in the canting arms of Coupens c.1312 (http://mistholme.com/dictionary/pen/).The OED's oldest citation of the spelling "quill" is: "1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 331 The seconde kinde of Teynte which fretteth the principals of a Hawke to the verie Quill."

Preference for modern English spelling

Where do polar bears keep their money? In a snowbank.

Alianora Garnet

OSCAR counts 2 New Order Names and 2 New Badges. These 4 items are chargeable, Laurel should receive $16 for them. There are a total of 4 items submitted on this letter.