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Complete Set of Kingdom
Ceremonies
This file contains all of the Kingdom Ceremonies, except for Coronation and the appendices.
NOTE: As of June, 2026, these are the new, revised, and reformatted ceremonies for the West Kingdom.
Please see page v in the notes about the fonts used, these are important for the Court Herald to understand.
Using the PDF of the full ceremony book: Table of Contents -- click (or tap) the title or page number of a ceremony and you will be taken directly to it. Click (or tap) the footer and you will be taken back to the Table of Contents. If you see a cross reference (Page nnn), clicking (or tapping) the page number will take you to that page ... All of this makes for faster navigation, which for a document of this size is useful.
Below is a list of all of the individual parts of this portion of the ceremony book. You can either view in your browser or download each ceremony you are interested in, it will have a ".pdf" extension, and you can then view using the Acrobat Reader (or other software) as described earlier in this page.
Updates:
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September 19, 2026
Cut & Thrust Champion -- new Ceremony added.
The West Kingdom Ceremony Book
Go to the Coronation Ceremony
Go to the Appendices
TABLE OF CONTENTS and NOTES ABOUT THE WEST KINGDOM CEREMONIES
Table of Contents and Notes
Schedule of Business
Information of Use to the Royalty
Opening and Closing Courts ("Cheat Sheets")
CROWN TOURNAMENTS (Spring, June, Fall)
Invocation of the Crown Lists
Investiture of the Crown Prince and Princess
(Includes notes)
CORONATION EVENTS (Beltane, Purgatorio, Twelfth Night)
Final Court of the Outgoing King and Queen
(Includes Release of the Child(ren) Royale and Releases from the Royal Court)
Go to the Coronation Ceremony Part of the Book
First Court of the New King and Queen:
Duke and Duchess Ceremonies
Count and Countess Ceremonies
(Includes Order of the Rose)
AWARDS
Peerages:
In-Court Offer to a Peerage Candidate
Order of Chivalry
Order of the Laurel
Order of the Pelican
Order of Defense
Order of the Mark
Grants of Arms:
Royal Missile Company
Western Gold Scarf
Grant of Arms
Order of the Scarf of Merit
Order of the Scarf of the Ash Leaf
Order of the Scarf of the Rose Leaf
Awards of Arms:
Order of the Western Lily
Order of the Ash Leaf
Order of the Leaf of Merit
Order of the Rose Leaf
Court Barony
Award of Arms
Augmentations of Arms:
Order of the Bards of the West
Order of the Boar of the West
Augmentation of Arms
Non-Armigerous Awards:
Order of the Acorn
Order of the Banneret
Order of the Cardinals of the Crown
Commendabilis
The Crown's Favor
Defenders of the West
Order of the Golden Acorn
La Goutte d’Encre Noire
Western Order of Loyal Friends
The Muckin' Great Clubbe
Order of the Noble Manor
The Old Battered Helm
The Pied d'Argent
Pillars of the West
Order of the Queen's Arrow
Queen's Cypher
(Includes Short Form)
Queen's Order of Grace
Queen's Order of Maintenance
Order of the Queen's Treasure
Roll of Western Heroes
Royal Page of the West
The Order of the Silver Mantle
The Order of the Silver Nib
Order of the Sovereign's Lance
Order of Valor
West Kingdom Paragons of Merriment
Order of the Western Centurions
(Includes First Spear)
The Western Roll of Honor
Order of the Western Shore
The Order of the Wooden Spoon
The Wreath of Athena
Wreaths of Valor and Chivalry
TEMPORARY TITLES AND HONORS
Archery Champion of the West
Arts and Sciences Champion
Banner Bearer
Bard of the West
Child(ren) Royale
Consort's Champion
Consort's Guard
Cut & Thrust Champion of the West (and Ordo Della Scherma)
Equestrian Champion of the West
General of the Western Armies
Rapier Champion of the West (and Western Prima Spada)
Royal Artisans
Royal Court
Royal Scribal Corps
Sovereign's Huscarls
Western Artificer
Youth Champions
FEALTY/OFFICERS OF STATE
Fealty
(Principality Coronets, Great Officers, Barons/Baronesses, Peers of the Realm)
Succession of Office for Officers of the Crown
LANDED BARONS AND BARONESSES
Ceremonies For Landed Baronies
(Retiring of Baron/Baroness, Creation of a New Barony,
and Confirmation of an Existing Baron/Baroness)
The West Kingdom Coronation Ceremony
Go to the Main Ceremony Book
Go to the Appendices
The Coronation Ceremony Book
Includes everything shown below.
CORONATION EVENTS (Beltane, Purgatorio, Twelfth Night)
Final Court of the Outgoing King and Queen
(Includes Release of the Child(ren) Royale and Releases from the Royal Court)
Coronation Court
Includes:
Coronation Court Notes and Herald's Checklist
Notes on Coronation Ceremony that may need to be considered,
a checklist for the herald(s) running Coronation)
The Coronation Ceremony
Also includes: Child(ren) Royale, Consort's Guard, Royal Artisans, Royal Scribal Corps,
Royal Court, Consort's Champion, Rapier Champion, Archery Champion, Arts and Sciences Champion,
Equestrian Champion, Banner Bearer, General of the Western Armies, Sovereign's Huscarls,
and Homage of the Populace
If you need the County or Duchy ceremonies, please go to the main ceremony book above.
The Appendices to the West Kingdom Ceremony Book
Go to the Main Ceremony Book
Go to the Coronation Ceremony
The appendices include the New Peer Packets, and Non-English fealty oaths.
The Appendices Table of Contents/Links
Appendices
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