Last modified: February 8, 2008
Outlands College of Heralds
February 8, 2008
From the Office of the Castle Herald
Baronessa Francesca di Pavia, OP, OL
castle@outlandsheralds.org
UNTO the Outlands College of Heralds, our respected friends and
colleagues who give freely of their time to provide commentary, and all
others who come by these letters, on
this 8th day of February A.S. xxxxii (2008 CE), does Maestra
Francesca
di
Pavia
send greetings on behalf of The Honourable Lady Marie de Blois, White
Stag Principal
Herald.
Here follows the (very short!) Kingdom of the Outlands Letter of
Presentation for February 2008. Your comments and suggestions
are always welcome. Errors found herein are
undoubtedly mine.
Anyone may comment upon the items found herein, and e-mail
commentary to the herald's commentary list is encouraged. Please have
comments
on items contained herein to the White Stag Principal Herald
by March 8, 2008, for the decision meeting tentatively
scheduled for March 9, 2008.
It is my intention to retire from the office of Castle Herald at the
conclusion of my term this spring. Lady White Stag is accepting
applications for my successor. Details will be forthcoming from her
soon.
February
2008 Letter of Presentation
March
2008 Letter of Response
March
2008 Letter of Intent
July
2008 LoAR Results
Return to the
Rampart home page.
1. Ælfwynne of the Wood. Name
resubmission.
(Plattefordham) Gender:
Female. The submitter cares most about the meaning of the name, defined
as "a traveling, free aire/free-spirited". She requests a name
authentic for 1050 CE - no culture/language stated. Changes accepted.
The previous submission, Ælfwynne
the Wanderer, was returned on the September
2007 Letter of Response: "[the Wanderer] is an SCA-compatible
byname, but recent precedent [Wulfwyn æt Mældun, 01/2004,
A-Ansteorra] indicates that the combination of Middle and Old English
is no longer a weirdness, and instead violates RfS. III.1.a. As the
byname is a compatible name without a period equivalent (as stated in
the 'compatiblity' list, we are unable to make any changes to make this
registrable."
Ælfwynne: Academy of St. Gabriel, "Anglo-Saxon Women's Names from
Royal Charters" by Marieke van de Dal (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/marieke/anglosaxonfem/):
"Ælfwynne - S-535, 948; Latin".
of the Wood: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/medieval_surnames.htm.
Nothing more specific about what to look for on this site is given on
the submission form.
2. Séamus MacRae. Name
resubmission.
(Dragonsspine) Gender: Male.
Changes accepted.
The first submission, Séamus
MacDhùghaill, was returned on the October
2006 Letter of Acceptance and Response for conflict with Seamus
mac Dubhghaill, registered June, 2006. The next submission, Seamus MacCrae, was returned on the June
2007 Letter of Response: "Commenters state that O'Corrain &
Maguire indicates that the form [Séamus] is a pre-12th C form.
Please note the accent. Commenters also indicate that Black shows that
the spelling [MacCrae] was not used until 1684, and beyond our cutoff
and "gray area" for documentation. Under [MACRAE] Black lists lots of
forms from the 13th C. onwards. While Rampart could adjust the surname
to a period form using an allowed major/minor change, it is felt that
the client would be better served by reviewing Black and selecting a
form that they will be happiest with, as opposed to potentially
registering something the client is not happy with and requiring an
addition a submission fee to change it. Name returned for rework." The
most recent submission, Seamus Macrae,
was returned on the November 2007 Letter of Response: "The spellings
found in the Irish Annals are as follows: "Semus", "Séeamus" and
"Semas". The spelling found in O'C&M is "Séamus". Any of
these items, using the proper accents will be accecptable, but using
the anglicised and post period "Seamus" is not registerable.
Additionally, neither Reany & Wilson nor Black has a dated spelling
of "McCrae" that matches the submitter's wishes. Header forms are not
dated, and frequently contain modern spellings of the items listed
below them."
Séamus: O'Corrain and Maguire, Irish
Names (1990), p. 163.
Mac: Black, Surnames of Scotland (1996), p. 447-448.
Rae: Black, Surnames of Scotland (1996), p. 679, header RAE, REA, REE.
Thus ends the March 2008 Letter of
Presentation.
Your servant,
Francesca di Pavia
Castle Herald
February
2008 Letter of Presentation
March
2008 Letter of Response
March
2008 Letter
of Intent
July
2008 LoAR Results
Return to the
Rampart home page.