Æthelmearc LoI dated 2023-09-29
Greetings unto Emma Laurel, Elisabetta Pelican, Iago Wreath, and the College of Arms of the Known World. This is Æ263 letter of intent.
![]() ![]() 1: Alid of Ashwell - New Alternate Name (KLoI)
(NP) & New Device (KLoI)
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in September of 2005, via the East. Ailida of Ashwell Sable, two bendlets Or and in base a cinquefoil argent Submitter desires a feminine name. Pennsic herald of record: Elsbeth Anne Roth Ailida is found in S.L. Uckelman. "Ailith". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Ailith Ailida is dated to 1222 of Ashwell is already registered. Also Watts, s.n. Ashwell, dates Asshwell somewhere in 1291-1595, and Ashwell in 1610. Pennsic herald of record: Koshimain of the Two Seas This conflicts with Ábiorn Hallstenson, Sable, two bendlets Or; however, Ábiorn has granted blanket permission to conflict with his armory. |
![]() ![]() 2: Alid of Ashwell - New Badge (KLoI)
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in September of 2005, via the East. Sable, two bendlets Or overall a cinquefoil argent. This submission is to be associated with Alid of Ashwell Pennsic herald of record: Koshimain of the Two Seas This conflicts with Ábiorn Hallstenson, Sable, two bendlets Or; however, Ábiorn has granted blanket permission to conflict with his armory. |
![]() ![]() ![]() 3: Alonso de Grenada - New Name (KLoI)
(NP) & New Device (KLoI)
Barry dancetty Or and vert, three suns sable Submitter desires a masculine name. Pennsic herald of record: Lillia de Vaux Alonso is a masculine Spanish given name found in "Spanish Names from the Late 15th Century" by Juliana de Luna https://heraldry.sca.org/names/isabella/MensGivenAlpha.html de Grenada is a Spanish locative byname found in _Vida y virtudes del venerable varon... Fray Luis de Grenada,... Luis Munoz_, published in 1639 (https://books.google.com/books?id=Es9cbrbOG58C&pg=PT3&dq=de+grenada). The submitter is interested in a Spanish name from the 12th-14th century, but wants the name as submitted. Pennsic Herald of record: Drasma Dragomira Commentary identified issues with the sun as originally drawn with greater and lesser points. Submitter approved redraw. |
![]() ![]() 4: Angharad verch Morgan ap Morgan - New Name (KLoI)
(NP) & New Device (KLoI)
Vert, a bow fesswise inverted nocked of an arrow Or fletched argent and in base a crescent argent Submitter desires a gender-neutral name. Pennsic herald of record: Jehan de la Marche Angharad is a Welsh feminine given name found in Simple Guide to Constructing 13th Century Welsh Names (https://heraldry.sca.org/names/welsh13.html) verch is the feminine patronymic "daughter of" found in the same article s.v. Byname -- Daughter "verch can be found in documents of similar period" Jones, Simple Guide http:/heraldry.sca.org/names/welsh13.html Morgan is a Welsh surname derived from a patronymic "The name became Morgan in the med. period" s.v. Morgan in Morgan and Morgan, Welsh Surnames ap is a Welsh patronymic meaning "son of" from the same article as above Conflict with registered Morvyth verch Morgan(2/2004) Pennsic herald of record: Drasma Dragomira Close but clear of conflict of: Allan Bluehood of Wood's End (Caid - Aug. 1982) Vert, a longbow fesswise inverted surmounted by three arrows conjoinend in pile Or Per March 2020 upheald presedent, cited here: https://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2021/08/21-08lar.html#199, a bow with one arrow is considered 1 charge, a bow with more than one arrow is considered two charges, granting at least a DC for count of primary if not an SC. |
![]() ![]() 5: Anna da Treviso - New Name (KLoI)
(NP) & New Device (KLoI)
Per bend sinister purpure and vert, a domestic cat sejant guardant argent and a bordure Or Submitter desires a feminine name. Pennsic herald of record: Jehan de la Marche Anna is an Italian feminine given name found DMNES s.v. Anne Italy: Latin● 964 Anna (nom) skinner p. 120; 1366 Annam (acc) Livi 51; 1369 Anna (nom) ibid. 241; 1370 Anna (nom) ibid. 259; 1449 Anna (nom) VitAs2 V; 1527 Anna (nom) Rome1527 p. 87 Italian ● 1513x1521 Anna LeoX p. 21 https://dmnes.org/name/Anne da is the standard Italian locative byname form in north and central Italy SENA Appendix A. Treviso is a well-known Italian Italian city. da Treviso is a locative byname found in 14th Century Venice. "Fourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names" by Arval Benicoeur and Talan Gwynek (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/arval/venice14/). Pennsic herald of record: Elisabetta Tommaso di Carduci |
![]() ![]() ![]() 6: Arias Beltran del Valle - New Badge (KLoI)
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in June of 2011, via Æthelmearc. Gules, a hammer bendwise within a snake vorant of its own tail, head to base Or Pennsic herald of record: Michael Langley As originally drawn, possible conflict with Duncan Bruce of Logan, registered October 1990, Gules, a mallet within a two-headed serpent in orle, heads at either end and respectant Or. Submitter approved redraw to clear conflict. |
![]() ![]() 7: Atrox of Hibernia - New Name (KLoI)
(NP) & New Device (KLoI)
Or, a gladius inverted and in base manacles fracted sable No holding name. Pennsic herald of record: Lillia de Vaux Atrox A single name was usual for slaves and this person as a gladiator began his (Roman) career as a slave For single names for slaves: Vindolanda Tablets Online Names: Slaves vindolanda.csad.ox.ac.uk/reference/names.shtml. See also "Most Famous and Legendary Ancient Roman Gladiators" https://oscar.sca.org/s.php?u=531 [ historyplex.com ] . Atrox is an adjective embodying qualities appropriate to a gladiator: Lewis and Short define it as "dark, gloomy, frowning, horrible, hideous, frightful, dreadful; and trop., savage, cruel, fierce, atrocious, harsh, severe, unyielding" There is a pattern of attested cognomina with similar meanings (including negative connotations) on p. 66 pf Dean, <i>Study of Cognomina of Soldiers in Roman Legions</i>: Ferox: wild, fierce Acer: violent, vehement, passionate, consuming Audax: bold, courageous, spirited; audacious, rash, presumptuous, foolhardy Tenax: Holding fast, stubborn of Hibernia "of" standard lingua societatis locative : An example of a votive tablet on the Vindolanda site (above)includes the identification "ex Italia" "from Italy." "Hibernia, in ancient geography, one of the names by which Ireland was known to Greek and Roman writers....Irish pirates seem to have been an intermittent nuisance, and Irish emigrants may have settled occasionally in Wales." Michael Ray, "Hibernia" article in Britannica online https://www.britannica.com/place/Hibernia See Alisoun Metron Ariston for further documentation on gladiatorial names. She believes there was a historical (but not "too" famous) gladiator named Atrox. Pennsic herald of record: Seraphina Delfino |
![]() ![]() 8: Ayla Tröst - New Name (KLoI)
(NP) & New Device (KLoI)
Per fess vert and azure, a natural sea-otter statant erect argent , maintaining a drop-spindle Or. No holding name. Pennsic herald of record: Lillia de Vaux Ayla is a 15th century feminine given name found in Talan Gwynek, "15th-Century German Women's Names" (https://heraldry.sca.org/names/germ15f.html). Tröst is a byname found in Aryanhwy merch Catmael, "German Names from 1495" (https://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/german/surnames1495t-z.html). Trôst 'help/assistance or helper/comforter' (where the circumflex indicates a long vowel) is a header form in Brian Scott, "Some Early Middle High German Bynames with Emphasis on Names from the Bavarian Dialect Area" (https://heraldry.sca.org/names/Early_German_Bynames.html), with the attested form Trost dated 1200. The header forms in this particular article are either normalized Middle High German or dated forms, and are registerable [Eberhart Stürmære, December 2013, A-Ansteorra]. The submitter prefers to have the form Tröst, with an umlauat, but will accept the name without it if it cannot be justified. There is a Fraw Tröstin (actually an e over the o) in 1608 - "Christliche Leichpredigt bey der Begräbnuß des Weyl...", Anton Bochröder, https://books.google.com/books?id=1ExJAAAAcAAJ, which supports the desired Tröst. Pennsic herald of record: Shoshanah bas Nachman |
![]() ![]() 9: Bianca di Tomasi - New Name (KLoI)
(NP) & New Device (KLoI)
Per pale vert and gules, a hammer and a lyre argent and on a chief triangular bellows fesswise azure Submitter desires a feminine name. Pennsic herald of record: Konrad Mailander Bianca - Late Period Italian Women's Names: Florence by Juliana de Luna https://medievalscotland.org/jes/Nuns/Florence.shtml Feminine Given Name di - article indicating relationship Tomasi - Names from 15th Century Naples by Sara L. Uckelman (Aryanhwy merch Catmael) https://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/italian/naples.html Given name, Latinized form Tomasius Tommasi - Surnames from a 16th-Century Italian Armorial http://www.coblaith.net/Names/ItSur/default.html http://www.coblaith.net/Names/ItSur/TOM.html Allows all changes, Bianca Tomasi, Bianca Tommasi, or Bianca di Tommasi specifically acceptable to submitter. Pennsic herald of record: Elisabetta Tommaso di Carduci |
![]() ![]() 10: Birgir at Fljoti - New Name (KLoI)
(NP) & New Device (KLoI)
Or, two chevronels couped and braced between in chief a mullet purpure and in base a fountain. Submitter desires a masculine name. Pennsic herald of record: Sisuile Butler Birgir - masculine given name found in Geirr Bassi. The submitter wants "at Fljoti" meaning "from near the river," and is open to any changes needed to make it accurate to 10th-century Norse. Oluf Rygh, Norwegian Farm Names ( https://oscar.sca.org/s.php?u=532 [ www.dokpro.uio.no ] ), notes that fljót is 'river', used in Icelandic and Norway. The term Fljótar (s.n. Fløter) is a place near a confluence of several streams, with attested examples i Fliotom (c. 1400) and Fløtter (1574-7). Orle notes that the expected formation for 'at the river' would be i Fljóti. Run this by the submitter. Pennsic herald of record: Michael Langley |
![]() ![]() 11: Blackstone Mountain, Barony of - New Badge (KLoI)
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in September of 1993, via the East. (Fieldless) On an anvil sable a hammer argent This submission is to be associated with White Hammer, Order of the Herald of record: Alianora Bronhulle Order name submitted on Æthelmearc LoI AE258 dated 2023-04-20. |
![]() ![]() 12: Brendan Brisbone - New Device Change (KLoI)
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in April of 1992, via the East. Per pale argent and vert, a chevron rompu between two oak leaves counterchanged Old Item: Azure, a chevron rompu inverted in chief three candles in candleholders argent, to be released. Herald of record: Alianora Bronhulle |
![]() ![]() 13: Daniel Of Blackthorn - New Device (KLoI)
OSCAR finds the name on the Æthelmearc LoI of May 23, 2023 as Daniel of Blackthorn. Or, three oak leaves in fess vert, on a chief gules a boar passant Or Pennsic herald of record: Michael Langley |
![]() ![]() 14: Eamonn na Laimhe - New Device (KLoI)
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in January of 2023, via Æthelmearc. Per bend sinister azure and argent, a gauntlet aversed sable holding a hammer Or. Pennsic herald of record: Seraphina Delfino |
![]() ![]() 15: Edith of Winterton - New Badge Change (KLoI)
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in April of 2013, via Æthelmearc. (Fieldless) A lighthouse per pale azure and Or flamed Or Old Item: Azure, a polypus and a chief Or, to be released. Pennsic herald of record: Drasma Dragomira |
16: Edward Harbinger - New Alternate Name (KLoI)
(NP) OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in November of 2005, via Æthelmearc. William Boge Walker Meaning (bow walker in Dutch) most important. Pennsic herald of record: Lillia de Vaux William The name can be found in the DMNES under <William> (https://dmnes.org/name/William). The typical spelling in Dutch is <Willem> or <Guillame> Since the original spelling is most wanted, note that <William> is found in late period England with the DMNES citation <William> in 1548. Boghe/Booge `bow' in Dutch, with the spelling Boge- found in compound terms (like Boge-Schutter 'archer' and Boge-maecker 'bowmaker'), is found in Cornelis van Kiel, Kilianus auctus, seu Dictionarium Teutonico-Latino-Gallicum, p. (https://books.google.com/books?id=ra-yBS5OaVoC), published 1642. Boghe is a Dutch surname found in FamilySearch: IJda Jans Boghe, sex unknown, 10 Apr 1608, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, no batch but image available [Archiefnaam: Notariële archieven Breda, Bron: akten, Deel: 0019, Periode: 1606-1608, archive , inventory number 0019, record number , folio 114v, https://www.openarch.nl/brd:60d77a66-ec89-4bb2-8cfe-5b526dd45842 - assistance confirming the name is appreciated) The spelling Boge is also an English surname found in FamilySearch, which can be used as a given nameper App A of SENA: Isabell Boge, female, 12 Jan 1647, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, batch P00435-1 Walker is a Dutch surname found in FamilySearch: Jacob Walker, male, marriage, 08 Apr 1646, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, batch M90060-1 Double given names are used in both English and Dutch. Dutch and English can be combined per App C of SENA. |
![]() ![]() 17: Eleanor Dunbar Morland - New Name (KLoI)
(NP) & New Device (KLoI)
Sable, a phoenix and on a point pointed Or a heart gules No holding name. Pennsic herald of record: Rhiannon Morgaine Eleanor Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names; Withycombe; P.96; s.n. Eleanor(a), Elinor. states "First introduced into England by Eleanor of Aquitane (1122-1204), wife of Henry II, but its popularity was rather due to Eleanor of Castille (died 1290). A number of dated alternate spellings are also given in this source, which states that "From the 12th to the 15th C the name usually appears as Alienor, Eleanor, Elianor." Dunbar appears as a surname in "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYSC-VZV : 11 February 2020), James Dunbar, 1650. Batch M11125-2 Dunbar also appears in Black, sn Dunbar, dated to 1425 Moreland - English surname found on pg. 610 of, "The Surnames of Scotland," by George F. Black R&W, 3rd ed., p.314, s.n. Moreland shows a William de Moreland 1327 "England Marriages, 1538-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLD4-TPD : 13 March 2020), John Morland, 1649. Batch M00316-1 Pennsic herald of record: Elisabetta Tommaso di Carduci |
![]() ![]() 18: Etienne Renault - New Name (KLoI)
(NP) & New Device (KLoI)
Azure, a chevron between five six-pointed mullets three and two argent overall a phoenix Or No holding name. Pennsic herald of record: Elsbeth Anne Roth Etienne is in DMNES, s.n. Stephen dated to 1431 https://dmnes.org/cite/Etienne/1431/MHCG2 Renault is a surname found in the Burial record of Estienne Renault (image available at link) "Registres paroissiaux et d'état civil, Côtes-d'Armor, France, 1467-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FQ3-Q7TH : 20 April 2022), Estienne Renault, 1650. Pennsic herald of record: Richenda du Jardin The above submission has images. To view them, see the URLs below: |
![]() ![]() 19: Gwyn Pennant Melangell - New Device (KLoI)
OSCAR finds the name on the Æthelmearc LoI of July 11, 2023 as submitted. Or, on a pile inverted ployé purpure in chief two bee skeps and in base a hare courant all counterchanged Pended at Kingdom level for redraw to make the curve of the pile inverted ployé. Submitter approved redraw. Name submitted on Æthelmearc LoI - 2023-07-11 |
20: Ludovica di Corda - New Name (KLoI)
(NP) Submitter desires a feminine name. Ludovica a feminine name found in Lloyd, Karen J. "Baciccio's Beata Ludovica Albertoni Distributing Alms" Getty Research Journal no 2, 2010, pp 1-18. JSTOR, http://jstor.org/stable/23005405 Holian, Heather L. Sale. "Family Jewels: The Gendered Marking of Medici Women in Court Portraits of the Late Renaissance" Mediterranean Studies Vol. 17 (2008), pp. 148-182 https://www.jstor.org/stable/41167396 di Corda a matronymic found in "Women's names in the patronymic field" by Juliana de Luna https://s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/condado/matro.html The above submission has images. To view them, see the URLs below: |
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