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Minutes of the March, 2020 Heralds Meeting

Minutes Page Main Herald's Web Page

Latest LoAR Info Submissions to Laurel from this Meeting Returns from this Meeting

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MINUTES OF THE HERALDS MEETING – March 8, 2020
(11:05 am to 2:05 pm)

ATTENDEES:

The March meeting was held at the home of Danaë FitzRoberts in Tracy, CA. Alizan De la Fontaine, Vesper; Edith of Swanesdale, Matins; Danaë FitzRoberts, PaL; Hirsch von Henford, Golem; Astrið of Swansvale, PaL; Gwenhwyfaer ferch Gwilym, Baldric; Frederick of Holland, PaL.

In remote attendance: Domamir vlatko Syn, Seawolf; Ari Ella; Green Cloak; Aasa Thorvaldsdottir, Green Banner; Na’arah bat Avraham, Pinnacle Pursuivant; Ommadan inigena Ru, Cornet; Siggi of Bearhaven, Rivenoak Pursuivant.

COLLEGE OF HERALDS MEETINGS
Heralds' Meetings for 2020: May 17, July 26, September 20, and November 15. For 2021: January 10th (at Twelfth Night). Meetings usually begin at 11:00 AM and will be held at the home of Danaë FitzRoberts unless otherwise noted (see also: When/Where Are the Next Meetings?).

The DEADLINES for submission forms and documentation are: May 6, July 15, September 9, and November 4. Submission forms must be complete and received either via EMAIL or hardcopy by the deadline date at midnight to be considered at the next meeting (which is about 11 days later, except December due to holidays and the roadshow meeting prep time needed). If the forms are EMAILED, then payment must arrive by the meeting day. WALK-IN submissions will only be considered if there is time, but in most cases will be delayed until the next meeting so that each submission can be reviewed fully.

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REPORTS

Vesper (Alizan): 2021 meeting dates need to be selected and submitted to the Seneschal for inclusion on the calendar. (Possibly: March 14, May 16, July 18, September 19, November 7, and January 9, 2022.)

Meetings have moved to a new location: the home of Danaë FitzRoberts in Tracy, California.

Vesper received the sealing wax shipment but misplaced her receipt! As soon as she gets a new one she will email it to the exchequer.

Vesper is working on a "bulletin banner" for use at Kingdom events. This will be a non-obtrusively-modern setup, to serve as a place to post copies of the event schedule and any additional information that would be disseminated in a Town Cry. It should make its debut soon.

The Known World Heraldic and Scribal Symposium, scheduled for July 2020 in Lochac, has been cancelled. The SCA College of Arms is looking into virtual options.

The silent heralds have chosen to separate themselves from the auspices of the College. They are now known as Muted Emissaries, operating under the Principality of Cynagua’s Accessibility and Inclusivity Officer. These Gentles have been encouraged to work with our court heralds to facilitate their participation and signing for courts. There have been discussions of them signing for tournaments but the logistics are still being reviewed.

The office of Green Trumpet Herald (town cry) remains vacant: volunteers are urgently sought. Any interested parties should contact Vesper with their resumes (herald@westkingdom.org).

Seawolf (Domamir): His report related to Spring Coronet.

Sable Swan (Moira): No report received.

Stellanordica (Bianca): No report received.

Exchequer (Domamir): The College remains solvent. Domesday report has been submitted and accepted by Kingdom Exchequer.

Matins (Edith): Deputy (Hannah): Submissions continue to get processed, including Wreath and Pelican both reaching out to offer alternatives in an attempt to avoid returns.

Palimpset has a Letter open for comments for the suggestion of increasing the allowed maximum number of registrations per individual from 6 names & 6 armory to 10 names and 10 armory. Please review and comment, if you feel so moved. Comments can be sent in via email.

Digital Storage has been approved and purchased. Watch for changes to the website, as the West will now accept digital-only forms (fees must still be mailed in or brought in-person to meetings).

Green Crown (Eilis): No report received.

Baldric (Gwenhwyfaer): She ventured down to Darkwood, was able to teach someone who travelled up from Tarnmist. The new recruit plans to work at an event soon!

Arts and Sciences will be in May, Collegium was moved from November to June. She is looking for people to teach a variety of heraldic classes at Collegium. Please reach out to Gwen to volunteer.

Brachet (Kean), Leveret (Ræv): Commenting continues to happen, and some consulting too.

The congratulations of the College to Kean, who was Commended by Wreath in the January 2020 LoAR Cover Letter: “From Wreath: Commendations to Sir Kean de Lacy, Brachet Herald, who has been stepping up in recent months and providing consistent and useful commentary.”

Green Cloak (Ari Ella): Much of her report related to Spring Crown. She is seeking a deputy successor. For further information on the position see http://heralds.westkingdom.org/SeniorStaffDescriptions/GreenCloak.php. Please send resumes to greencloak@heralds.westkingdom.org.

Green Trumpet (vacant): Deputy Support: Juliana of Sunset Shire. New Senior Staff position.

This position will oversee Town Cry (formerly called Duty Shout) and Heralds Point (information). If interested in this position, please contact Vesper.

The duties of this position include: for Kingdom events: staff and manage information point out of Heralds Point, staff and manage town cries. Store, transport, and arrange set-up & pack-down of Heralds Point to all Kingdom events, specifically: Crown Tourneys (Spring, June, Fall), Beltane, and Purgatorio Coronations in coordination with Green Cloak. Additionally, for West v. An-Tir War every other year when the Host of the war is The West.

Green Banner (Aasa): She has plans to attend events with the Table, and is looking into the cost of a tablet, so that the boxes of books are not always necessary.

Golem (Hirsch): He has heard nothing about the Heralds website, so assumes all is working well. Work continues on the Awards site, as always. There may be some outstanding Court reports, but most are coming in on-time and getting approved quickly.

Pinnacle (Na’arah): She would like to thank all the wonderful heralds that came and helped at White Shield. Specifically Gwenhwyfer, Ari Ella, Diana, Telynor, and Jared (who had no choice). And thanks to Flieg for the flags.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS / Other Business

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

Facebook Page: The West Kingdom Heralds' have their own page on Facebook, announcements, help with consultation, and more are often done there:

      https://www.facebook.com/groups/302970543102065/

MAILING LIST: The West Kingdom College of Heralds has a mailing list for internal communication. NOTE that we are only using this for announcements and we may eventually phase it out. Any herald is welcome to join by request. To join the list, please subscribe at wkheralds-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.

There are also individual mailing lists on Yahoo for the Principalities, but the traffic has gone to announcements only, and again these may be phased out in preference to the Facebook page noted above. Details can be found at the bottom of this page: I Need to Contact a Kingdom or Principality Herald

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES: Many interesting heraldic links can be found through the SCA Heraldry web page at http://www.sca.org/heraldry, including the Laurel home page, the on-line Armorial and Ordinary (with search capabilities) and The Academy of St. Gabriel (an onomastic and heraldic consultation service). The West Kingdom Heraldry site and the West Kingdom Awards List can be accessed through the West Kingdom site, http://www.westkingdom.org. Heraldic queries may also be addressed to Vesper at herald@westkingdom.org -- answers may take a few days.

BRACHET MEETINGS

Contact brachet@heralds.westkingdom.org for external commenting participation. A central Cynagua external commenting meeting may begin soon, so watch this space!

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EXCERPTS FROM THE LOARS

The cover letters, acceptances and returns for the past can be found at http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/. If you are interested in responding to some of the calls for commentary put out by the Laurel Sovereign of Arms, please be sure to visit the site.

November 2019 LoAR (printed January 24, 2020) (West - No LOI)

Cover Letter

From Laurel: Call for Applications for Wreath Sovereign of Arms

Wreath is an unpaid position, currently requiring approximately 20 hours a week. Some knowledge of period heraldry is useful; knowledge of SCA heraldry is essential. The position requires considerable tact and patience, research and reasoning ability, a clear understanding of the Standards for Evaluation of Names and Armory and past Laurel rulings, the ability to write clearly and succinctly, the ability to work within tight deadlines and coordinate closely with Pelican, Laurel and other staff to produce a Laurel Letter of Acceptance and Return monthly, computer literacy and word processing skills, reliable e-mail and telephone access, and time and ability to travel. Given the current structure of the office, a high-speed internet connection is required.

Resumés must be sent electronically to Laurel at bids@heraldry.sca.org. Resumés must be received by April 1, 2020, with an expected start date of summer 2020, to be determined with the Laurel staff.

From Pelican: Household Names Referenced in Early Registrations

This month, we addressed a conflict call against a household name that had been referenced in connection with a badge registration in 1984, but apparently not "registered" at that time. The College's treatment of household names has not been consistent over time. There was a period in time when household names were not registered as distinct items but merely referenced in related armory registrations. This practice creates ambiguity when later household name submissions potentially conflict with merely "referenced" items. To resolve this ambiguity, both for this month's submission and for future submissions, as of the date of this Letter, all "referenced" household names prior to January 1987 are hereby considered to be registered. We ask Morsulus to update the database accordingly.

From Pelican: Considering Potential Changes to PN3C2

This month we were presented with the question of whether Úlfrún Bergsdóttir conflicts with the registered Úlfrún Biornsdóttir. Under PN3C2 as currently written, the two names conflict. PN3C2 states: "If a vowel and the consonant or group of consonants on one side of this vowel is different between the two names, we consider a syllable to be substantially changed." Further PN3C2 gives the following example:

Margerie Clutter is not substantially different in sound from Margery Catter, because the given names sound identical and, although the first syllables of the bynames are different, the cl and c groups of consonants share a sound and the other consonant group is identical.

During the Pelican decision meeting, there was a lengthy discussion of whether this result made sense. Therefore, we are pending the name for discussion of whether PN3C2 should be changed to allow a single syllable to be clear of conflict if both the vowel and any part of the consonant cluster on either side of the vowel is different. Please comment on this proposal under the item for Úlfrún Bergsdóttir in this month's Letter of Pend and Discussion.

From Pelican: Data from Genealogical Websites

Several requests have been made in commentary recently to prohibit reliance on data from ancestry.com and other genealogical sites such as findmypast. Other commenters have requested that we treat data from ancestry.com as presumptively acceptable, similar to how we treat names from the FamilySearch Historical Records. Neither of these suggestions is being adopted.

Certain batches of the FamilySearch Historical Records are treated as presumptively good documentation because they are compiled via a refereed extraction program. Batches compiled in this way (and thus presumptively acceptable as documentation) are those beginning with B, C, J, K, M (except M17 and M18), or P. Batches beginning with I are acceptable only on a case-by-case basis and depend on whether or not the individual microfilm extracted is a period record or not. Batches that are all digits, begin with M17 or M18, D, F, H, L, or T are not acceptable. Batch numbers not listed here are evaluated on a case by case basis.

The website ancestry.com currently uses a similar referred extract action program. Because that program started at a later date than that used by FamilySearch, more of the names appearing in ancestry.com's indices are questionable. Therefore, extracted names from ancestry.com are not acceptable documentation. However, ancestry.com remains useful because many of the indices refer directly to images of primary source period documents.

Scanned images of primary sources are acceptable documentation, even if they are accessed through sites such as ancestry.com or findmypast. Images from post-period sources are evaluated in the same way as any other source, such as academic articles, and may be acceptable on a case-by-case basis.

Extracted data from other genealogical sites, for which we have no information on their extraction methodology or organization, are not acceptable name documentation. User-submitted records from FamilySearch, ancestry.com or other genealogical sites are not acceptable documentation unless they have links to scanned primary source documents. Even in that case, the scanned documents themselves, not the record on the website, is the documentation.

We thank Jeanne Marie Noir Licorne for her assistance with this item.

From Pelican: Anglo-Norman Equivalent Titles

In her July 2, 2019 Letter, Palimpsest proposed a series of equivalent titles in the Anglo-Norman dialect, based on research work done by Maister Iago ab Adam. We hereby accept the following as official alternate titles and direct Palimpsest to update the List of Alternate Titles (under both the English and French language groups) accordingly.

• Daunt and variants for Award or Grant of Arms (male)
• Donna and variants for Award or Grant of Arms (female)
• Seigneur and variants for Award or Grant of Arms (male)
• Seignouresse and variants for Award or Grant of Arms (female)
• Baron and variants for Barony (male)
• Baron(n)esse and variants for Barony (female)
• Prince and variants for Coronet (male)
• Princess(e) and variants for Coronet (female)
• Conte for County (male)
• Contesse for County (female)
• Erle for County (male)
• Duc for Duchy (male)
• Duc(h)esse for Duchy (female)
• Rei and Roi for Crown (male)
• Rei(g)ne and Royne for Crown (female)
• Chival(i)er for Knight (male)
• Chivailieresse and Dame for Knight (female)
• Mestre and variants for Peerage Order (male)
• Me(i)stresse and Dame for Peerage Order (female)
• Visconte and variants for Viscounty (male)
• Vicontesse for Viscounty (female)

From Pelican: Gender and Name Forms

Although the present individual name submission forms contain check boxes for the gender of the submitter, heralds and submitters should know that we do not need that information to process a name submission. If submitters would rather not provide that information, they do not have to do so.

For the purposes of grammar and name construction, however, it's very helpful to know the desired gender of the name being submitted (which does not have to match the gender of the submitter). The current options are for male, female and "don't care." If the submitter explicitly desires a gender neutral name (as opposed to "doesn't care") please so state in the body of the documentation and we will do our best to document such a form.

From Pelican and Morsulus: Two new characters {D_} and {Sh_}

This month we registered the Arabic name M{a-}lik ibn {Dj_}inn{i-} al-{Sh_}ayb{a-}n{i-}. The Encyclopedia of Islam transliteration scheme required the creation of Da'ud notation for two new characters.

{Dj_} is "Dj" with an underline that indicates that these represent one Arabic letter. In other transliterations, it is {Gv}. {dj_} is the lower case version of the same character.

{Sh_} is "Sh" with an underline that indicates that these represent one Arabic letter. In other transliterations, it is {Sv}. {sh_} is the lower case version of the same character.

As with other letters that are not in Latin-1, the fully Da'ud encoded form will be shown in the Ordinary and Armorial.

From Wreath: Revisiting Couped and Erased Body Parts

For the past few years, we have received submissions that do not meet the stringent guidelines that current precedent sets for erased body parts; namely that there be between three and eight jags, and that they take up 1/6 to 1/3 the overall height of the charge. We have usually declined to invoke said precedent as a grounds for return, as the intent of the submitter is clear and there is no DC for couped vs. erased.

To bring precedent into line with policy, we will explicitly state that while the guidelines laid out in the November 2001 Cover Letter are good to follow, they are not required. We also explicitly invoke the January 2011 precedent which states: "We will not be returning armory which is clearly meant to be erased unless the number of jags is overwhelming or the jags are too small to be clearly seen as erased." [Algar MacBlane, 1/2011 LoAR, A-An Tir]

West Acceptances - November LoAR

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West Returns - November LoAR

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December 2019 LoAR (printed February 24, 2020) (West - September 2020 LoI)

Cover Letter

From Laurel: KWHSS 2021 Bids Requested

It's that time again! For those considering bidding on the 2021 Known World Heraldic and Scribal Symposium, the deadline to have your bid entered into OSCAR is May 1, 2020. This will give the College of Arms time for consideration so that we can announce the bid's award at the 2020 KWHSS in the Barony of Stormhold in Lochac, on July 8-10, at the Road Show.

Please remember that bids posted to OSCAR are publicly readable. Because of this, any personal information, such as legal names, addresses, phone numbers, and email, should not be included in these bids without signed written permission. Such information as is necessary for the entire College of Arms to see should be posted as a comment after the bid is finalized; any identifying information that the Sovereigns might need should be included as a Sovereign Note.

Please send a copy of the full unredacted bid to Laurel at laurel@heraldry.sca.org.

As a reminder, there is a KWHSS domain and web hosting space available on the SCA's servers. Please do not register a new domain.

Please see http://heraldry.sca.org/kwhss/ or contact Laurel if you have any questions.

Open Position - Laurel Sovereign of Arms

The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) is seeking candidates for the position of Laurel Principal Sovereign of Arms (Laurel).

Laurel is the principal heraldic officer of the Society and the head of the College of Arms, and is responsible for fostering the study and practice of heraldry, supervising the processing of submissions, and overseeing the heraldic activities of the Known World.

Laurel is an unpaid position, currently requiring approximately 20 hours a week. The position requires considerable tact and patience, armory and onomastic knowledge, supervisory ability, the ability to work within tight deadlines and coordinate closely with Wreath, Pelican, and other staff to produce a Laurel Letter of Acceptance and Return monthly, computer literacy and word processing skills, reliable e-mail and telephone access, and time and ability to travel.

A more detailed position description will be posted on the Society website in the near future.

Interested applicants should send a letter of interest, together with modern and SCA qualifications, hardcopy to:

Renee Signorotti
Society for Creative Anachronism
Box 360789
Milpitas CA 95036-0789

with courtesy copies to resumes@sca.org. The deadline for applications is May 1, 2020.

From Laurel: Call for Applications for Pelican Sovereign of Arms

Pelican is an unpaid position, currently requiring approximately 20 hours a week. Some knowledge of period onomastics and how we use that information in the SCA is essential. The position requires considerable tact and patience, research and reasoning ability, a clear understanding of the Standards for Evaluation of Names and Armory and past Laurel rulings, the ability to write clearly and succinctly, the ability to work within tight deadlines and coordinate closely with Pelican, Laurel and other staff to produce a Laurel Letter of Acceptance and Return monthly, computer literacy and word processing skills, reliable e-mail and telephone access, and time and ability to travel. Given the current structure of the office, a high-speed internet connection is required.

Resumés must be sent electronically to Laurel at bids@heraldry.sca.org. Resumés must be received by June 1, 2020, with an expected start date of October 2020.

From Laurel: Limitation on Name and Armory Registrations

In the January 2009 revision of the Administrative Handbook, the limit of name and armory slots for individuals and groups below the Baronial level was increased from four to six. In commentary on the rules change, some raised concerns that increasing the limit would lead to individuals and groups pushing up into the limit and beyond, filling up valuable onomastic and heraldic real estate. Over ten years later, 31 individuals have six pieces of armory (not including augmentations) registered to them, and no SCA branch subject to the limit has reached the limit on armorial bearings. The increase in the name registration limit has seen similar restraint by submitters.

Given the lack of widespread abuse of the expanded registration capability, we propose expanding the limit of name and armory registrations from six to ten, and welcome commentary from the College of Arms on this. A letter from Palimpsest will follow shortly.

Commendations to Commenters

From Pelican: This month I would like to thank two hard-working newer commenters, Ellisif in kristna and Lilie Dubh inghean ui Mordha. Not only are they diligent and always learning, they are brave enough to dive in with the "big kids" and occasionally make mistakes. This is exactly how someone learns to be a good commenter! In addition, I can always count on Ellisif or Lilie to ask a question that I may have taken for granted. I encourage more of our newer heralds to follow their examples and try out commenting at the Society level or attending decision meetings.

From Pelican: Reliable Sources

We have noticed recently in commentary some confusion about what is a reliable source. For example, this month it was asserted (mistakenly) that three sources are necessary to document a name element. This is a misunderstanding of what we expect. A single, reliable source is sufficient to attest to a name element. "Reliable" means a period manuscript or an academically-sound source. This does not mean the source has to be published by a university but that it is well researched and well documented, gives dates for name elements (rather than simply stating it is traditional) and does not appear to modernize spellings of the relevant name element. Appendix H of the Administrative Handbook is simply a list of some reliable sources that are broadly owned, so that copies of the documentation do not need to be provided to Laurel with the submission. Appearing in Appendix H does not make a source "better," it merely means that it is very common.

From Pelican: Letters of Attestation and When You Need What

This month we had a submitter who wished to use her legal father's entire full name as part of her registered name. To do so, the submitter provided a letter of permission from her father claim a relationship with him by using his full name as part of her name. However, the submitter did not include one other necessary piece of evidence: a letter attesting to the real world legal/blood relationship between herself and her father. A letter attesting to that relationship is necessary in order to use the Existing Registration Allowance.

(Remember, only real world legal relationships, whether of blood or marriage or adoption, allow for the use of the Existing Registration Allowance. SCA household or fealty relationships do not.)

As there seems to be some confusion on the paperwork required to use the Existing Registration Allowance, we reiterate the requirements, all in one place.

1. To use the Existing Registration Allowance, the submitter needs to prove a legal relationship with the person who originally registered the name element. The required letter is an attestation in the following form from the person who originally registered the name element:

"I, [Legal name], known in the Society as [Society name], hereby attest that [Legal name of submitter], known in the Society as [Society name of submitter] is my legal [son/daughter/child/spouse/grandchild, etc.]. I declare [or certify, verify, or state] under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct." Dated and signed with the legal name of the person giving the attestation.

Permission to presume/claim a relationship IS NOT required if the submitter is using only part of the other person's name.

For example, Violet de Luna is the legal child of Olalla de Luna. Violet needs to use the Existing Registration Allowance to document her name because de Luna is Spanish and Violet is English or Scots, which cannot be combined with Spanish. Violet needs to submit a letter from her parent attesting to the legal relationship. However, because the only part of the name she is using is de Luna, she does not need to submit a letter of permission to presume.

2. Berto di Guido Paletta is a claim to be the son of Guido Paletta. Whether or not Berto and Guido are related, Berto needs permission from Guido to claim to be his son in the Society. The letter should take the following form:

"I, [Legal name], known in the SCA as [Society name], give [Legal name of submitter], known in the SCA as [Society name of submitter], permission for my Society name to be used in part of [his / her / their] Society name in order to indicate a relationship. I understand that this permission cannot be withdrawn once [Legal name of submitter]'s name is registered." Dated and signed with the legal name of the person giving the attestation.

If Berto is actually the legal son of Guido Paletta and does not want to re-document his father's name, then he needs BOTH an attestation of legal relationship letter AND a letter of permission to claim a relationship. These two letters can be combined in a single document. For example:

"I, [Legal name], known in the Society as [Society name], hereby attest that [Legal name of submitter], known in the Society as [Society name of submitter] is my legal [son/daughter/child/spouse/grandchild, etc.]. I declare [or certify, verify, or state] under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

I further give [Legal name of submitter] permission for my Society name to be used in part of [his / her / their] Society name in order to indicate a relationship. I understand that this permission cannot be withdrawn once [Legal name of submitter]'s name is registered." Dated and signed with the legal name of the person giving the attestation.

This two-part letter is required ONLY when submitters are using the entire name of a relative and not otherwise documenting that name (i.e., relying on the Existing Registration Allowance).

West Acceptances - December LoAR

Alric Ælles sunu. Device. Vert, a goat's head erased between flaunches argent, each charged with a compass star vert.

This device was pended for redraw on the August 2019 LoAR.

There is a step from period practice for the use of compass stars.

The depictions of animals with exaggeratedly long necks are found in period German and Italian rolls of arms.

Brynhildr Marðardottir. Name and device. Per pale purpure and sable, a sword inverted between in chief a pair of wings, an orle argent.

Artist's note: Please draw the orle wider.

Christiana of Danegeld Tor. Device. Per chevron purpure and gules, a chevron between a sun and three hearts Or.

This device was pended for redraw on the August 2019 LoAR.

Christopher of York. Device change. Sable, a natural tiger rampant contourny Or striped sable, a bordure ermine.

The submitter's previous device, Counterermine, a natural tiger's head cabossed Or marked sable, a bordure ermine, is retained as a badge.

There is a step from period practice for the use of a natural tiger.

Ihala Kettuinen. Name and device. Per fess with a left step Or and gules, in dexter chief three musical notes two and one sable.

There is a step from period practice for charging a field divided per fess with a step, either left or right.

Miriam Petchey. Name and device. Argent, a domestic cat rampant contourny purpure and a bordure potenty vert.

Nice late 16th century English name!

Owen Owenson. Badge. Or, a heart gules winged azure.

Nice badge!

Ragnarr Walrichsson. Name (see PENDS for device).

Submitted as Ragnarr Walerichsson, this spelling of the byname could not be documented. The Letter of Intent proposed constructing Walerichsson from the 12th century French Walericus, but French and Scandinavian elements cannot be combined unless both elements are dated prior to 1100, which was not the case here. In addition, French did not use -son to construct patronymic bynames.

In commentary, ffride wlfsdotter constructed Walrichsson from 15th century Norwegian elements. We have made this change for registration.

Richard Dean. Name and device. Per chevron inverted Or and azure, an eagle sable, in base two drakkars Or.

Nice 16th century English name! In fact, a person with this exact name was christened in Cambridge, England in 1563.

Artist's note: Please draw the eagle and drakkars larger to fill the available space.

Sitti bint Isa. Device. Ermine, a wolf sejant contourny, on a chief sable three coneys courant contourny argent.

Talan Penkarou. Name change from Úlfarr veiðimaðr Eysteinsson.

Submitted as Talan Pencarrow, this spelling of the byname is an interpolated 16th century form. The submitter requested the earliest spelling of the byname that we could document. To meet that request we have changed the byname to the attested Penkarou, dated to 1306.

The submitter requested authenticity for Cornish language and/or culture. Although both elements are Cornish, this name is not authentic because the elements are too far apart in time. Talan is from the 10th century, but the byname could not be dated that early. Names with this large a time gap are registerable if the elements are in the same language, as here, but we do not consider them authentic.

The submitter's previous name, Úlfarr veiðimaðr Eysteinsson, is released.

Talan Penkarou. Release of alternate name Angelo Sidoti.

West Returns - December LoAR

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West Pends - December LoAR

Ragnarr Walrichsson. Device. Argent, a wolf's head cabossed per chevron sable and gules, in base five gouttes in chevron inverted, a bordure gules.

This device is pended for redraw due to problems commenters had in identifying the primary charge, and to more properly depict the gouttes. Wreath staff has redrawn the artwork which has been accepted by the submitter.

This was item 6 on the West letter of September 20, 2019.

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In Service,
Edith of Swanesdale, PaL,
Matins Herald

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SUBMISSONS – March (2020)

ITEMS SENT TO LAUREL

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