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Outlands College of Heralds

27 January 2006

From the Office of Rampart Herald
Furukusu Masahide (John Newton)
rampart@outlandsheralds.org

Unto the Outlands College of Heralds, the esteemed submitters, and all others who come by these letters, on this 27th day of January 2006, A.S. XL, does Furukusu Masahide, Rampart Herald, send greetings.

My deepest gratitude to those who took time to send internal commentary: Aryanhwy Albion, Gwain of Miskbridge (Green Anchor Herald), Knute, and Gunnvor.

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The following items were sent on to Laurel for final determination:

  1. Anne Juste. New Name.
  2. Khalidah bint Yahya'a. New Name and New Device. Per chevron enhanced sable and argent, a scimitar and in chief two tassels counterchanged.
  3. Melodia Shaw. New Device. Azure, argent a double-rose argent and sable within a harpframe.
    Device blazon changed from Azure, within a harpframe argent a double-rose argent and sable, to Azure, a double-rose argent and sable within a harpframe argent to properly order the statement of the co-primary charges blazoning from inner to outer.
  4. Murchadh Mac Diarmada. Administrative Change to Device. Per pale Sable and Or, a cross formy throughout counterchanged.
    Client would like to have his current device Per pale Sable and Or, a cross formy throughout counterchanged changed to a badge.
  5. Murchadh Mac Diarmada. Administrative Change to Badge. Or, a chevron gules overall a legless Wyvern displayed contourny, tail nowed sable.
    Client would like to have his current badge Or, a chevron gules overall a legless Wyvern displayed contourny, tail nowed sable changed to a device.
  6. Ryan de Caergybi. New of Augmentation of Device. Per pale, argent and gules, a griffin between six feathers in annulo counterchanged, and as an augmentation, in fess point on an inescutcheon vert, a wheel and a bordure embattled Or.
    Original device blazon: Per pale, argent and gules, a griffin between six feathers in annulo counterchanged.
  7. Sigurđr Hákonarson. New Name.
    Submitted name changed from Sigurd Hakonson to Sigurđr Hákonarson to comply with clients request for period authenticity.
  8. Siobhán O Tine. New Name.
  9. Tomas Moreno dela Cruz. New Name and Device. Quarterly Or and Gules, a cross of Santiago within a bordure engrailed counterchanged.
    Device blazon changed from A Cross of Santiago Or and gules with an engrailed bordure quartered and counter-changed to Quarterly Or and Gules, a cross of Santiago within a bordure engrailed counterchanged to correct word order
  10. Víga-Víkingr í Horni. New Name and Device. Per bend sinister Gules and Sable, a bend sinister Argent between a ram's horn Or and a dragon's head coupled Argent.
    The closest we could come to the three options the client requested was <Víga-Víkingr í Horni>. This is only a minor change from the requested name of <Viga-Vikingr i Horn>.
    Device blazon was changed from In bend sinister gules and sable between a bend argent a horn Or and a dragon head couped argent to Per bend sinister Gules and Sable, a bend sinister Argent between a ram's horn Or and a dragon's head coupled Argent to correct word order and to specifically blazon the type of horn, which is required according to the Pictoral Dictionary.

The following items were returned for further work:

  1. Anne Juste. New Device. Sable, a fretty Or and on a chief argent four hearts gules.

    Conflict with Padraic MacBrian, registered August of 1983: Sable, a fret Or and on a chief arched argent two mascles sable. Single CD for multiple changes to the tertiaries.
    Device returned for conflict.

  2. Cuinn McEwen. New Name and New Device. Gyronny argent and azure, a double-headed eagle and in base a stag's head cabossed Or.

    Submitter will not accept any changes, major or minor, cares most for the Scottish language and/or culture and desires the name to be authentic. Desired gender is male.
    No summary was submitted for this submission.
    Cuinn documented in the name Conn mac Cuinn mic Neill Uí Domhnaill with a date of 1497. http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Conn.shtml
    McEwen is listed as an alternate spelling for a member of the Clan Macewen. "History of the Clan Macewen", Clan MacLachlan Society, http://clanmaclachlanwesternusa.org/mcewenhistory.htm [Note from Castle: After researching this I have found that the link supplied no longer works. Try this one which appears to be the same page hosted by a different server: http://www.gilcrist.com/clansite/mcewenhistory.htm]

    Commenters indicate that Cuinn is a genitive form of Conn, which is also indicated in the documentation provided. A genitive form indicates a relationship between the noun and another noun. In English this is similar to possession or descriptive prepositions such as "of Chicago." As such a genitive form cannot be used for a given name. It can be used as part of a byname or surname.
    Commenters also indicate that McEwen is an anglicized form of "mac Eoghain." Combining anglicized and Gaelic elements in the same name is considered a weirdness, but not in itself a reason for the name to not be registered. It is suggested that a fully Gaelic form of the name would be "Conn mac Eoghain."

    As the client will not allow major or minor changes, the name is being returned for rework.

    The device appears to be clear of conflict. Device is being returned for lack of name to send it forward with.

  3. Killian MacKenzie. New Badge. (Fieldless), a cross of Toulouse argent voided azure.

    Name passed in February 1998 LoAR. http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/1998/02/lar.html
    Device passed in July 2001 LoAR. http://sca.org/heraldry/loar/2001/07/01-07lar.html

    Conflict with Antonia Ruccellai, registered January 1998: Azure, a cross of Toulouse argent. Single CD for fieldlessness.
    Badge returned for conflict.

  4. Mabel Francesca McEwen. New Name and New Device. Purpure, a lily flower Or between three fleurs-de-lys argent.

    Submitter will not accept major/minor changes to name, desired gender is female and desires name to be authentic for French/Scottish language/culture.
    Mabel - Faire Names for English Folk: Late 16th C. English Names. http://www.s-gabriel.org Chris Laming (SCA:Christian de Holacombe) [No documentation is included for this item.]
    Francesca - http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/arval/catasto/
    McEwen - Listed as an alternate spelling for a member of the Clan Macewen. "History of the Clan Macewen", Clan MacLachlan Society, http://clanmaclachlanwesternusa.org/mcewenhistory.htm [Note from Castle: After researching this I have found that the link supplied no longer works. Try this one which appears to be the same page hosted by a different server: http://www.gilcrist.com/clansite/mcewenhistory.htm]

    Commenters indicate that as documented there is one weirdness (a step from period practice) for combining Italian and Scots in the same name (per the August 1999 LoAR), one for combining English and Italian in the same name (per the September 1999 LoAR), and another for the use of two given names in a Scots name (per the September 2001 LoAR). This results in three weirdnesses for the name. Any more than one weirdness is grounds for return (per January 1996 LoAR). Dropping of "Franchesca" would result in a registerable name with slight changes. "The Surnames of Scotland" by Black under the entry of "Macewan" has spellings of "McEwin" dated to 1581, however, not of the per-1600 citations had a spelling of "McEwen" and as such it may not be registerable. "Mabell" is found as a variant of "Annabell" in 1509 according to Effrick's "Early 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names" located at http://www.medievalscotland.org/scotnames/lowland16/ so "Mabell MeEwin" is a wholly Scots name that could be registered.
    Name returned for rework.

    Device appears clear of conflict.
    Device returned for lack of name to send it forward with.

  5. Maredudd Angharad ferch Gwenhyfar. New Badge. (Fieldless), a lion rampant Or ermine azure langued and armed azure.

    Name passed December 1990 LoAR. http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/1990/12/lar.html
    Device passed January 1992 LoAR. http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/1992/01/lar.html

    Commenters indicate that the ermine spots are too small to allow their tincture to be identifiable. They tend to look sable in the images and paperwork. This is a violation of RfS VIII.3 which states "Elements must be used in a design so as to preserve their individual identifiability" and further explains "Identifiable elements may be rendered unidentifiable by significant reduction in size…" In this case it is effectively impossible to determine the tincture of the spots.
    Badge returned for rework.

  6. Sigurd Hakonson. New Device. Gules, a bend sinister, a Thor's hammer and an anvil Or.

    Conflicts with Aubrey de Vaux, registered June of 2000: Gules, a bend sinister between a cat sejant and a cros crosslet saltirewise Or. Single CD for change of type of secondaries.
    Conflicts with Ulrich Jarman, registered October 1991: Gules, a bend sinister between two mounted knights courant Or. Single CD for change of type of secondaries.
    Device returned for multiple conflicts.

Thus ends my Letter of Response.

In service and duty,

Furukusu Masahide
Rampart Herald

Line Emblazon Sheet
Color Emblazon Sheet
December 2005 Letter of Presentation
January 2006 Letter of Response
January 2006 Letter of Intent
May 2006 LoAR Results
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