Last modified May 23, 2003
Outlands College of Heralds
From the office of the Rampart Herald
Lady Alia Marie de Blois (Lillith Lesanges)
1223 Fruit Ave. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
alia@swcp.com - (505) 244-9525
UNTO the members of the College of Heralds of the Kingdom
of the Outlands, and all others who generously give of their time and talents
in commentary on this Letter of Presentation, upon this 25th day of April, A.S.
XXXVII (2003 CE),
DOES Lady Alia Marie de Blois, Rampart Herald, send greetings
and those commendations which are appropriately due.
On behalf of Mistress Tatiana Pavlovna Sokolova, White Stag Principal
Herald,
I present the following items for your consideration:
April 2003 Letter of Response
April 2003 Letter of Intent
August 2003 LoAR Results
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- Caerthe, Barony of. New Badge. Or, a lyre vert and a bordure embattled
sable.
This barony's name was registered in 1973.
- Charles Robert Blackstone. Name Resubmission.
Laurel returned his previous submission, Charles Roberts, in December of
1999 for conflict. Charles is found, dated to 1585, on http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/brasses/men.html.
Robert is found in http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/eng16/eng16alpha.html
Bardsley's A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, on page 107 under
the header 'Blackston' lists a "James Blakestone, or Blackstone" dated to
1625. This male client marked on the forms an interest in an authentic 16th
C. English language/culture name, but upon consultation said that he truly
prefers to keep the double given names.
- Charles Robert Blackstone. New Device. Sable, a cross raguly between
four lions passant guardant Or.
- Margaret Hepburn of Ardrossan. New Device. Ermine, a fess cotised
fleury on the outer edge azure.
Her name was registered in July 2001, via Drachenwald. In commentary, the
following precedent from Elsbeth (Roiberd Mor Barra, 05/00), was cited:
"... we know of no examples of cotising where only one side of the cotises
have a special line of division." The submitter pointed out that page 188
of Neubecker's Heraldry: Sources, Symbols, and Meaning shows this motif
as belonging to Lower Alsace. (this was the inspiration for her arms)
- Margaret Hepburn of Ardrossan. New Badge. (Fieldless) A marguerite
proper charged at the center with the capital letters M and H conjoined
azure.
Her name was registered in July 2001, via Drachenwald. This was submitted
as a "marguerite proper", and the precedent of Da'ud (Ardena Wildflower,
9/94) supports the proper of daisies as "argent seeded Or". However, upon
perusal of the online O&A, I found marguerites and similar flowers blazoned
both with explicit tinctures (including a 9/97 registration of "argent,
seeded Or") and as "proper". Given this mishmash, I request that Laurel
revisit this "proper" and/or make some reblazons. The submitter obviously
prefers to keep the canting term "marguerite", but is fine with explicitly
blazoning the tinctures. Commentary was made at the meeting regarding the
use of the letters. All precedent I could find on the matter (going back
to Wilhelm) indicated that the ban was upon single letters/monograms - this
item has the letters upon another charge, which seems to avoid that trouble.
Of course, the conjoining of the two letters may be a separate issue.
- Seuilla de Cordoba. New Name.
The client provided Academy of St. Gabriel report 2500 (http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/showfinal.cgi?2500+0),
which is in response to a request from this very client. In this report,
they mention Seuilla as being dated to 1353. They also mention that the
locative byname "de Cordoba" appears "several times in this spelling in
the 15th century". (The source is Juliana's 15th C. article (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/isabella/)
This female client is interested in a name authentic for Spanish language/culture.
Submitted as Seuilla de Córdoba, it was changed in kingdom to match the
submitted documentation.
- Simon Montgumery. New Name.
Black, The Surnames of Scotland, under the heading 'Preston' on page 672,
lists "Sir Simon Preston of Craigmillar, provost of Edinburgh in 1557."
Black, The Surnames of Scotland, under the heading 'Montgomery' on page
609, dates "Montgumery" to 1559. This male client is interested in a name
authentic for 1570's Lowland Scotland time period and language/culture.
"Spot on, I'd say."
- Simon Montgumery. New Device. Per pale gules and argent, a boar
rampant within a bordure crusily counterchanged.
- Tyrfingr von Wolfsberg. New Name.
Geirr Bassi's "The Old Norse Name" lists Tyrfingr on page 15. Brechenmacher's
Etmologisches Wuurterbuch der Deutschen Familiennamen lists Wolfsberg under
the heading 'Wolfsberg", dated to 1311. This male client has no authenticity
preferences.
Line Emblazon Sheet
Color Emblazon Sheet
April 2003 Letter of Response
April 2003 Letter of Intent
August 2003 LoAR Results
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Rampart home page.
Anyone who wants to may send me a letter of comment by e-mail
regarding this Letter of Presentation.
Please have your commentary on this letter to me by the end of March.
Please send commentary to: alia 'at' swcp.com