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Outlands College of Heralds

From the office of the Rampart Herald
Lady Alia Marie de Blois
rampart@outlandsheralds.org

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 13th day of April, A.S. XXXVIII (2004 CE), does Lady Alia Marie de Blois, Rampart Herald, send greetings and those commendations which are appropriately due.

This month is the straw that broke Rampart's back. There are thirty-nine (39) items on this letter. Some of them are held over from last month because they got to my house after I had finished the March LoP. Some of them should have been held over to next month because they didn't show up at my house until well after the beginning of the month. Certainly, quite a few of them are also from Heralds & Scribes (I was there, where were you, o local heralds?), but this is an unpleasant state of affairs, to be postponing the release of the LoP because some folks aren't getting their stuff in on time, especially since I've dropped the in-kingdom commentary period to one month.

This has resulted in two things. First, I haven't done much, if anything, in the way of supplemental documentation. If the submission was sent to me with substandard documentation, I've simply summarized it here without doing any research on my part. Sorry, but if I'd done that, this would've been the May LoP instead of April. Second, I'm going to start enforcing a policy which my predecessor had - items postmarked after the first of the month will be delayed until the next month.

Anyone who wants to may send me a letter of comment regarding this Letter of Presentation. I prefer them via email.
Please send commentary to: alia 'at' swcp.com or the address above.
Please have your commentary on this letter to me by early-mid May - the Rampart decision meeting is scheduled for the second Thursday, May 13th.

1. Æthelind of Erbystok. (Hawk's Hollow) New Badge. (Fieldless) A key sable and a ladle Or in saltire.
   Her name was registered in March of 2003 and her device (under a holding name) was registered in November of 2001. On the forms, this is called a spoon, but the emblazon definitely shows a ladle. I'm not sure how to blazon that the ladle is full of vert. "a ladle Or, full of vert"? "a ladle Or, maintaining spinach"? "a ladle proper Outlands"? I'm stuck.
2. Bianca Mantegna. (al-Barran) New Device. Argent, a bend sinister gules between a rabbit contourny and a rabbit sable.
   Her name was registered in August 2000 via Ansteorra.
3. Bianca Mantegna. (al-Barran) New Badge. Argent, two rabbits regardant sable.
   Her name was registered in August 2000 via Ansteorra.
4. Brigit Camshrón. (??) Resubmitted Name (Kingdom - Atenveldt).
   Her previous name submission, Brigit Inghean Uí chumaraín, was returned by Atenveldt in October of 2003 (for unknown reasons). She says that she used MacLysaght's Surnames of Ireland to document Brigit Inghean Ui Chumarain, and that 'Inghean Uí chumaraíin' was the Old Irish for Ó Cumaráin. She says that this is also the documentation for Camshrón, but neglected to give the page number or header where it might be found.
   She cares most about the meaning "Cameron/Chambers" and the language/culture "Irish", she is interested in authenticity for "Irish" language/culture.
5. Cadfarch ap Nir CaerLeon. (Caerthe) Resubmitted Name (kingdom) and Resubmitted Device (kingdom). Per pall Or, gules, and sable all semy of hawk's lures counterchanged sable and Or.
   His previous name submission, Cadfarch of Caer Penrhos, was returned in April of 2003 by Rampart for insufficient documentation, and his previous device submission, Per pall erminois, gules ermined Or, and pean, was returned at that time for conflict.
   Cadfarch is here documented from the Catholic Online Saints website (http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2534), which indicates Cadfarch was a Welsh saint who died in the 6th century and whose feast day is October 24th. Also provided were printouts of a couple webpages referring to the Welsh prince Ynyr ap Cadfarch who built Whittington Castle in 845 (http://www.virtual-shropshire.co.uk/ghosts/006.html and http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/features/halloween/halloween_shropshire_02.shtml), and a webpage about the Church of St. Cadfarch, Penegoes (http://www.cpat.demon.co.uk/projects/longer/churches/montgom/16395.htm). Nir is found in "The First Thousand Years of British Names" by Tangwystl verch Morgant Glasvryn (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/british1000.html) in Appendix V, Given names from the Llandav charters, in the section of Masculine Welsh names. CaerLeon is documented from "Wales at the time of the Treaty of Montgomery in 1267" by John Garnons Williams (http://www.gwp.enta.net/walhist.html), which lists the placename Caerleon (well, all in caps). The entry in full reads:

   CAERLEON / CAERLLION-AR-WYSC (Gwe) Karliun (1254). Earliest Record: Isca (Roman period). Earliest Welsh record: Cair Legeion guar Usic (c. 800). Meaning 'the caer of the llion on the Usk'; from WESH caer 'fort' and Lain legionum 'of the legions'. Called Isca, it was the headquarters of the 2nd Augustinian Legion. The castel was vuilt after 1219.

   He cares most about the sound.
6. Christian Woayde. (Drygestan) New Name and New Device. Quarterly vert and azure, a catamount's head cabossed Or.
   Christian is found in Withycombe, Oxford English Dictionary of Christian Names, 3rd ed, on page 61, dated to 1379. Woade is found in Woulfe on page 247, Woayde from middle English "atte Wode", a rather common surname in early Anglo-Irish recors, but it is now impossible to distinguish it from the many Irish surnames that have been anglicised Wood or Woods.
   She cares most about the language/culture, and is interested in authenticity for "14th-15th century Irish" language/culture.
7. Dalia d'Auria. (al-Barran) New Name and New Device. Per pale sable and gules, two chevronels Or.
   Dalia is found in Morlet, volume 1, on page 64, dating to the 11th century and before. d'Auria is found in de Felice's Cognomi, under the header Doria, where it is listed as a Neapolitan variant (no page number given).
   She cares most about the sound.
8. Diana Kellye. (al-Barran) New Name.
   Diana is found in Withycombe's Oxford English Dictionary of Christian Names on page 79 under the header Diana, dated to the 16th century. Kellye is found in Reaney and Wilson on page 262 under the header Kelly, with this spelling dated to 1601.
   Is this too close to her legal/use name of Kelley Diane Stubbs?
   She has no requests.
9. Fína ingen Chionaith. (Caerthe) New Device. Gules, a cross sable fimbriated argent between in bend two needles bendwise sinister Or threaded and in bend sinister two hands appaumy argent.
   Her name (submitted as Fína Mac Kenna and changed by Rampart to Fína ingen Chionaith) was sent to Laurel on the February 2004 Letter of Intent.
10. Fíne Binnech. (al-Barran) New Name and New Device. Argent, a triquetra purpure interlaced with an annulet within a bordure wavy gules.
    Fíne is found in O'Corrain and Maguire's Irish Names, on page 99 as a header form, being the name of an abbess of Kildare who died in 805. Binnech is found in 'Feminine Names from the Index to O'Brien's "Corpus Genealogiarum Hiberiae"' (http://www.itd.umich.edu/~zimenez/s.gabriel/docs/irish-obrien.html).
    She has no requests.
11. Gwilym Sais. (Hawk's Hollow) New Badge. (Fieldless) A dove volant argent, sustaining a scroll gules.
    His name was registered in October 2001.
12. Jayne Barber. (al-Barran) New Name and New Device. Azure, a man and a woman dancing aversant argent and a chief ermine.
    Jayne is found in a Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames by Bardsley on page 163, under the header Carver, with this spelling dated 1565. Barber is found in the same source on page 77 as a header form, dated to 1273.
    She has no requests.
13. Jentien Van der Roet. (Caerthe) New Name and New Device. Argent, a pale sable, overall a triskele of tulips slipped and leaved counterchanged.
    Jentien is documented from Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch by Wilifried Seibicke, page 524, Band 2 F-K, which gives the header form Jantien as a female form, with the notation "Bel.: Ostfriesld. 1589, Raveling 1985, 127". (I believe that this means it is a name originiating from Ostfriesland, with a dated citation in 1589 found on page 127 of a book written by Raveling in 1985.) The form also states that there is support for the 'a'/'e' swap, but none was provided. Van der Roet is a constructed byname meaning "of the soot", similar to van de Weyden ("of the meadow") and van der Zee ("of the sea"). van der Weyden is documented from the WebMuseum website entry for the 15th Century painter Rogier van der Weyden (http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/weyden/), with the given meaning of "of the meadow". van der Zee is documented from the Rootsweb entry for Van Der Zee (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~legends/bradt.html), which lists one Storm Albertse Van Der Zee who was born at sea on November 2, 1636, 'thus his name which means "storm from the sea"'.
    She cares most about the sound.
14. John Armor. (??) New Name and New Device. Or, two dragons combattant [unknown tincture], [a bordure sable?].
    John is found in Withycombe's Oxford English Dictionary of Christian Names on page 178-9 dated as early as 1550. Armor is found in Reaney and Wilson's A Dictionary of English Surnames, 3rd Ed. on page 14 under the header Armer.
    He cares most about the "occupational surname" meaning and is interested in authenticity for "English" language/culture.
    No color copies of the device were received. The outline copies had no blazon, just these notes: "1) Gold base, 2) Dragons outlined in black, 3) black border to shield edge". From this, I've taken a couple shots at what he might have meant. The outline copy does not indicate any kind of bordure at all, other than the shield outline on the form which indicates the boundaries of the shape. It looks like the submittor lives in a remote area, relatively far from heralds, so if there's anyone with heraldic drawing skills who wants to try a redraw or two to give him some options, that might be nice. Let me know, and I'll try to get you in touch.
15. Katrine van Deventer. (al-Barran) New Device. Per chevron ployé purpure and argent, a mullet of eight points issuant, in base a magpie sable marked argent.
    Her name was registered in May 2003.
16. Katrine van Deventer. (al-Barran) New Badge. Per chevron ployé purpure and argent, a mullet of eight points issuant.
    Her name was registered in May 2003.
17. Melchior auf die Missen. (Blaiddwyn) New Name and New Device. Per pale argent and azure, an ermine spot counterchanged.
    All parts of this name are documented from the Dictionary of German Names by Bahlow (Edda Gentry transl.). The given name is found on page 326 under the heading Melcher(t). The byname is found on page 332 under the heading Misselhorn.
    He cares most about the sound.
18. Michael of Ravenskeep. (al-Barran) Resubmitted Device. Argent, a pile sable and overall a chevron counterchanged argent and vert.
    His name was registered in July 2002 and his previous, identically blazoned device was returned at that time for improperly rendering the pile as issuing from the corners of the shield. This resubmission has the pile drawn properly.
19. Niamh nic Moirreach. (al-Barran) Change of Registered Name from Amanda Murray.
    Her current name, Amanda Murray, was registered in March 1998. Niamh is found in A Dictionary of Irish Mythology by Peter Berresford Ellis on pages 182-183, which list three Niamhs, the daughter of Celtchair, the wife of Conall Cearnach, and of the Golden Hair (though none of the citations are dated). Moirreach is found in The Scots Book of Lore and Folklore by Ronald MacDonald Douglas on page 184, which lists the header/modern form as Murray and then the forms "Mac Mhuirich, Moirreach" (again, no dates). She's using nic instead of Mac, since she's not Moirreach's son.
    She will not allow major changes, cares most about the unspecified language/culture, and is interested in authenticity for "Scottish" language/culture. If this name is registered, she would like to keep her old name as an alternate name.
20. Œngus O' Faelan. (al-Barran) New Name and New Device. Argent, between two pithongs erect addorsed, a wolf's head cabossed sable, fanged argent.
    Œngus is found in Irish Names and Surnames by Woulfe on page 170. O' Faelan is found in the Surnames of Ireland by MacLysaght on page 245 or in the Surnames of Scotland by Black on page 1251, dated to 1316.
    He will not allow major changes.
21. Pettronella of Caer Galen. (Caer Galen) New Name and New Device. Per fess Or and azure, in pale a peacock in its pride azure with tail feathers proper and a wheel Or.
    Pettronella is found in "Hungarian Feminine Names" by Walraven van Nijmegen (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/magfem2.html) under the header Petróna, with this spelling dated to 1556. Caer Galen is a barony in the SCA and their name was registered in May 1980.
    She is interested in being authentic for "16 Century" (unspecified).
22. Rafi'a al-Zarqa'. (Unser Hafen) New Name and New Device. Sable, a paint brush and an ostrich quill in saltire argent between in chief a crescent and in base three mullets of eight points all within an orle Or.
    Rafi'a is found in "Jewish Women's Names in an Arab Context: Names from the Geniza of Cairo" by Juliana de Luna (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/geniza.html). al-Zarqa' is found in "Arabic Naming Practices and Period Names List" by Da'ud ibn Auda (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/arabic-naming2.htm), where it is found as a feminine cognomen.
    She cares most about the unspecified language/culture (presumably arabic or jewish).
    Blazoned on the forms as a bordure, this is clearly an orle.
23. Ram's Keep, College of. (Ram's Keep) New Name and New Device. Vert, a ram's head cabossed within a bordure embattled Or.
    No documentation was provided for this name.
    This should be fairly easy to document as a constructed placename using such sources as A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of English Place Names and some of the items listed in "Names of Places, Things, and Animals" (http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/nonhuman.shtml) at the Medieval Names Archive.
    They will not allow any major changes.
24. Sajah Al-Tayyiba. (Hawk's Hollow) New Name.
    Sajah is found in "A List of Arabic Womens' Names" by Da'ud ibn Auda (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/daud/arabicwomen.html), in this spelling. Al-Tayyib is found as a masculine cognomen in "Period Arabic Names and Naming Practices" by Da'ud ibn Auda (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/arabic-naming2.html) with the meaning "the good, good-natured, generous" and Al-Tayyiba would be the feminine form.
    She cares most about the language/culture, and is interested in authenticity for "Arabic" lnguage/culture.
25. Thomas Winterbourne of Kent.(al-Barran) New Name.
    Thomas is found in Withycombe's The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names on page 279, dated to 1086. Winterbourne and Kent are found in A Dictionary of English Surnames by Reaney and Wilson, with Winterbourne dated to 1341 on page 496 and Kent dated to 1185 on page 263.
    He will not allow major changes, cares most about the sound, and is interested in authenticity for "12th-14th C. English" langauge/culture.
26. William Sutherland. (al-Barran) New Name and New Device. Per bend sinister sable and vert in dexter chief an acorn slipped and leaves bendwise within a bordure engrailed argent.
    William is found in Black's Surnames of Scotland on page 816 under the header William, mentioning one "William the Lion (1165-1214)". Sutherland is also found in Black's Surnames of Scotland, on page 756 under the header Sutherlan, Sutherland, which says "From the name of the shire ... Alexander Sutherland ... 1441".
    He has no requests.

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Anyone who wants to may send me a letter of comment regarding this Letter of Presentation. I prefer them via email.
Please send commentary to: alia 'at' swcp.com or the address above.
Please have your commentary on this letter to me by early-mid May.