Last modified July 26, 2004

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

UNTO Shauna of Carrick Point, Laurel Queen of Arms, Margaret MacDuibhshithe, Pelican Queen of Arms, Evan da Colleuro, Armory King of Arms, Daniel de Lincoln, Laurel clerk, and the College of Arms, upon this 27th day of May, A.S. XXXVII (2004 CE),

DOES Lady Alia Marie de Blois, Rampart Herald, send kind thoughts and wishes for a non-burning summer.

On behalf of Lady Sorcha MacLeod, White Stag Principal Herald, I offer the following submissions for registration. (Unless otherwise noted, all submittors will accept all changes, have no authenticity requests, and wish a name with the "common sense" gender, based on the submitted name.)

1. Bianca Mantegna. New Device. Argent, a bend sinister gules between a rabbit contourny and a rabbit sable.
   Her name was registered in August 2000 via Ansteorra.
2. Bianca Mantegna. New Badge. Argent, two rabbits regardant sable.
   Her name was registered in August 2000 via Ansteorra.
3. Brigit Camshrón. Change of Holding Name from Brigit of Tir Ysgthir.
   Her previous name submission, Brigit Inghean Uí chumaraín, was returned by Laurel in October of 2003 for a lack of documentation that Ó Cumaráin (of which inghean uí Chumaraín was intended to be a feminization of) existed in period, and her armory was registered under the holding name Brigit of Tir Ysgthir. Brigit is found on pages 36-7 of O'Corrain and Maguire's Irish Names. Camshrón is found on page 35 MacLysaght's Surnames of Ireland under the header Cameron.
   She cares most about the meaning "Cameron/Chambers" and the language/culture "Irish", she is interested in authenticity for "Irish" language/culture.
4. Cadfarch ap Nir Caerleon. New Name and New Device. Per pall Or, gules, and sable all semy of hawk's lures counterchanged sable and Or.
   Cadfarch is 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. 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, and from Morgan & Morgan's Welsh Surnames, on page 65 under the header Caerleon, although this particular spelling is not dated.
   He cares most about the sound.
   Submitted as Cadfarch ap Nir CaerLeon, the capital L in the byname was lowercased to match the documentation.
5. Cristiane Woayde. New Name.
   Cristiane is found in Withycombe, Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, 3rd ed., on page 61 under the header Christian(e), with this spelling 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 records, but it is now impossible to distinguish it from the many Irish surnames that have been anglicized Wood or Woods.
   She cares most about the language/culture, and is interested in authenticity for "14th-15th century Irish" language/culture.
   Submitted as Christian Woayde, the given name was changed to Cristiane to match the spelling that was actually dated to 1379, since that was the date referred to on the form.
6. Dalia d'Auria. New Name and New Device. Per pale sable and gules, two chevronels inverted Or.
   Dalia is found in Morlet's Dictionaire Étymologique de Noms de Famille, volume 1, on page 64, dating to the 11th century and before and in De Felice's Dizionario dei Nomi Italia on page 120, although it is undated. d'Auria is found in de Felice's Cognomi, under the header Doria, where it is listed as a Neapolitan variant, on page 116, although it is undated.
   She cares most about the sound.
7. Diana Kellye. New Name.
   Diana is found in Withycombe's Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names on page 79 under the header Diana, dated to the 16th century. Kellye is found in Reaney and Wilson's A Dictionary of English Surnames, 3rd Ed. on page 262 under the header Kelly, with this spelling dated to 1601.
8. Fíne Binnech. 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 mentioned in Academy of S. Gabriel Report #2065 (http://www.s-gabriel.org/2065):

   <Binnech> "sweet-sounding" is recorded as part of an early-medieval Gaelic masculine name [3].
   ...
   [3] Jones, Heather Rose (aka Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn), "Early Irish Feminine Names from the Index to O'Brien's 'Corpus Genealogiarum Hiberniae'" (WWW: J. Mittleman, 1999; WWW: Academy of Saint Gabriel, 1996). http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/tangwystyl/obrien/

9. Jayne Barber. New Name.
   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.
10. John Armor. New Name.
    John is found in Withycombe's Oxford Dictionary of English 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 as an undated secondary header.
    He cares most about the "occupational surname" meaning and is interested in authenticity for "English" language/culture.
11. Katrine van Deventer. New Device. Per chevron ployé purpure and argent, a mullet of seven points issuant from the line of division argent, in base a magpie sable marked argent.
    Her name was registered in May 2003.
12. Melchior auf Missen. 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), which says "one of the three holy kings (Kaspar, Mechior, and Balthasar); did not become popular as a f.n. until around 1500". The byname is found on page 332 under the heading Misselhorn, which says "means 'swampy corner', ... also in Wurt; die Missen (wooded swamps)".
    He cares most about the sound.
    Submitted as Melchior auf die Missen, "die" was dropped in kingdom based on commentary that that the "die" in Bahlow ("die Missen") was an inadvertent untranslated "die" (thus should have read "the Missen"), and therefore, in a byname it would have been "auf Missen", "of the wooded swamps".
13. Michael of Ravenskeep. 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.
14. Óengus ua Faeláin. New Name and New Device. Argent, between two pithons erect addorsed, a wolf's head cabossed sable, fanged argent.
    Óengus is found in O'Corrain and Maguire's Irish Names on page 148-9 as a header form, with Óengus dated to 932. O' Faeláin is found in "Index of Names in Irish Annals" by Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O'Brien) on the page titled "Faelán / Faolán" (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Faelan.shtml), which lists Faeláin as the appropriate genitive spelling for both Old and Middle Irish Gaelic, and ua is the clan connector for that time period.
    He will not allow major changes.
    Submitted as Œngus O' Faelan, the given name was changed to a dated form (for which I had a copy of the documentation) and the byname was changed to a fully Gaelicized version (instead of a partially anglicized version). I hope this is not so different as to be a major change.
15. Pettronella of Caer Galen. New Name and New Device. Per fess Or and azure, in pale a peacock in its pride 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).
16. Philippe de Gilbert. Blanket Permission to Conflict (device).
    Phillippe de Gilbert's name and device (Argent, a palm tree couped sable between in base two fleurs-de-lys, on a point pointed flory at the point gules, a fleur-de-lys argent.) were registered in June of 1992. As he is not currently active in the SCA, he wishes to give a blanket permission to conflict with his device. A signed letter (following the standard format in the Administrative Handbook) was received.
17. Rafi'a al-Zarqa'. New Name (See the returns section for the device).
    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).
18. Sajah al-Tayyibah. 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 or al-Tayyibah would be the feminine form.
    She cares most about the language/culture, and is interested in authenticity for "Arabic" lnguage/culture.
    Submitted as Sajah Al-Tayyiba, the byname was changed to al-Tayyibah to have proper capitalization (namely, lack thereof for al-) and to match in transliteration with Sajah.
19. Thomas Winterbourne of Kent. 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.
20. William Sutherland. New Name and New Device. Per bend sinister sable and vert, in dexter chief an acorn leaved bendwise sinister 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". There was some concern that this name might conflict with one of the Earls of Sutherland, but lacking a copy of a printed general reference encyclopedia, I was unable to determine conclusively if this might be the case.
    He has no requests.

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