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Outlands College of Heralds

September 12, 2008
From the Office of the Castle Herald
Baron Randal Carrick
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 12th day of September A.S. xxxxiii (2008 CE), does Don Randal Carrick send greetings on behalf of The Honourable Lady Marie de Blois, White Stag Principal Herald.

Here follows the Kingdom of the Outlands Letter of Presentation for September 2008. Your comments and suggestions are always welcome. Errors found herein are undoubtedly the fault of my predecessor.

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 Rampart Herald by October 18, 2008, for the decision meeting tentatively scheduled for October 19, 2008.

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1. Adam Mathyson. New Name and Device. Gules, a bend sable fimbriated, in chief a bear pawprint argent.
(Caer Galen) Gender: Male. Submitter cares most about the sound of the name.  Changes accepted.

Adam: Withycombe, Concise Dictionary of English Christian Names, 3rd edition, P.3, header "Adam" - dated to before the Conquest.  One of the most common names of the 13C - especially popular in Scotland.

Mathyson: Reany & Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames, P. 302, header "Mathieson".  Dated in submitted spelling to 1392.

 

2. Alrik Boleslavov. Device Resubmission. Per chevron sable and argent, two lions rampant combattant and a tree blasted and eradicated within a bordure counterchanged.

(al-Barran) 

The previous device submission, Per chevron sable and argent, two lions combatant and a tree blasted and eradicated counterchanged, was returned on the February 2008 Letter of Acceptances and Returns: "This device is returned for conflict with the device for Courtney of Houghton, Per chevron sable and argent, two lions double-queued combattant argent and a Bowen cross gules. There is a single CD for changes to the bottommost charge. While the bottommost charge does differ in type and tincture, the Glossary of Terms (s.v. Half) notes: "The bottommost of three charges arranged two and one, either alone on the field or surrounding a central ordinary such as a fess or chevron, is defined as half of that charge group. However, no more than one difference may be obtained by making changes to that bottommost charge. There was also an issue with the per chevron field: as drawn, it only comes up to the center of the shield, as though it were the bottom portion of a field per saltire. Please instruct the submitter to draw the per chevron field with its point farther to chief, upon resubmission."  The current resubmission re-draws the per chevron and adds a bordure counterchanged.

 

3. Clare de Chepyng Campedene. New Name.

(Caer Galen) Gender: Female.  Submitter cares most about the language/culture of the name, defined as 14C English. Changes Accepted.

Clare: Withycombe, Concise Dictionary of English Christian Names, 3rd edition, P. 67, header "Clara/Clare": "although never common, [Clare] is found in every century from the 13th onward." Example in this spelling cited: Poll Tojo 1379.

de: Norman-French "of" - common locative particle for post-Conquest English locative surnames. (Reany & Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames, 3rd edition, Introduction p. XV.)

Chepyng Campedene: A.D.Mills, A Dictionary of English Place-Names. (Oxford University Press, 1991), P. 65, header "Campden, Broad & Chipping": Chipping Campden is the modern spelling of this market town. The desired spelling is dated to 1287.

 

4. Gwenhevare Leopard. New Name and Device. Argent, a dianthus flower seeded proper and chief engrailed purpure.

(Readstan) Gender: Female. Submitter cares most about the sound of the name. Changes accepted.

Gwenhevare: English surname form of Guenevere (Dictionary of English Surnames, documented by St. Gabriel).

Leopard: registered surname of parent "Schawn Sterling Leopard", documented in P.H. Reaney, the Origin of English Surnames, (Routledge & Kegan Paul), P.264.

 

5. Christopher Devereux. Name Change from Kieran Blake

(Citadel) Gender: Male.  Submitter will not accept major or minor changes.  Submitter desires to retain the original name as an alternate.

Christopher: Masculine given name, found in article "Names found in Cam, Glouchestershire, Marriage Registers 1569-1600" by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (Sara L. Friedemann).

Devereux: Surname. Will of Sir Edward Devereux, 1st Baronet of Castle Bromwich, Member of Parliament for Tamworth 1588-1589, died 22 September 1622.  The will shows the name "Edward Devereux", and bears a date of July 1622.  Scanned copy obtained from UK national Archives Documents Online, Catalogue Reference number PROB 11/140 Image Reference numbers 271 and 272, Saville Quire numbers 63-115, covering the year 1622.

 

6.Leonor Ruiz de Lisón. New Name and Device. Or, a bend sable between four pomegranates gules, slipped and leaved vert, seeded or.

(Caer Galen) Gender: Female. Submitter cares most about the language/culture of the name, defined as 16C Spanish. Changes accepted.

Leonor: A feminine given name found 16 times in Catálogo de Pasajeros a Indias (Catalog of passengers to the New World), a 16th century catalog of Spanish passengers to the New World (Van Stone, Kathy (Elsbeth Anne Roth). 2002. “16th Century Spanish Names.”  Academy of St. Gabriel Medieval Names Archive).  Leonor also appears 21 times in the late 15th century household accounts of Isabel of Castilla (Smith, Julia (Juliana de Luna). 2000. “Spanish Names from the Late 15th Century.” Academy of St. Gabriel Medieval Names Archive), and is a popular feminine name throughout several centuries of Spanish history.

Ruiz: A patronymic surname found 30 times in Catálogo (Van Stone, Kathy (Elsbeth Anne Roth). 2002. “16th Century Spanish Names.”  Academy of St. Gabriel Medieval Names Archive).  The corresponding male name would be Ruy.  Alternate spellings Ruis and Ruyz appear in the household accounts of Isabel of Castilla (Smith, Julia (Juliana de Luna). 2000. “Spanish Names from the Late 15th Century.” Academy of St. Gabriel Medieval Names Archive).

de Lisón: A 16th century locative surname (of Lisbon, in Portugal) found in Catálogo (Van Stone, Kathy (Elsbeth Anne Roth). 2002. “16th Century Spanish Names.”  Academy of St. Gabriel Medieval Names Archive).  

16th century Spanish names sometimes consisted of the form <given name><patronymic> de <locative byname> (Van Stone, Kathy (Elsbeth Anne Roth). 2002. “16th Century Spanish Names.”  Academy of St. Gabriel Medieval Names Archive).  This form makes up 6.6% of names in a list of 541 family members from Jaén in 1495, so it is not vanishingly rare (Uckelman, Sara L. (Aryanhwy merch Catmael). 2006. “Spanish Names from Jaén, 1495.” Academy of St. Gabriel Medieval Names Archive).  It was used for feminine names, e.g. Leonor García de Baena (1560) (Van Stone, Kathy (Elsbeth Anne Roth). 2002. “16th Century Spanish Names.”  Academy of St. Gabriel Medieval Names Archive). 

 

7. Magge Magnus. New Name and Device. Purpure, on a bend or three butterflies bend-sinisterwise purpure, between two hummingbirds reversed or.

(Caerthe) Gender: Female. Submitter cares most about the sound of the name. Changes accepted.

Magge: "Feminine Given Names in a Dictionary of English Surnames" by Talen Gwynek, header "Margaret" dates "Magge" to 1246.

Magnus: Reany & Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames, 3rd edition, P.294, header "Magnus": "Hugh Magnus C1114 Burton (St.)"

 

8. Meliore Gimigna Fioravanti. Name change fromYsabeau Anais Roussot du Lioncourt.

(Readstan) Gender: Female. Submitter cares most about the sound of the name. Submitter will not accept major changes of the name.

Meliore: "Feminine Given Names from Perugia" by Arval Benicoeur (Josh Mittleman), Academy of St. Gabriel Medieval Names Archive

Gimigna: "Italian Names from Imola, 1312" by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (Sara L. Uckelman), Academy of St. Gabriel Medieval Names Archive

Fioravanti: Fioravanti is the surname of famed Italian architect Aristotele Fioravanti (1415-1486). Documentation from Wikipedia.

 

9. Milesha Kulikova. New Name.

(Ravenhyrst) Gender: Female. Submitter will not accept major or minor changed to the name.

Milesha: "A Dictionary of Period Russian Names" by Paul Wickenden of Thanet dates the name to 1451.

Kulikova: "A Dictionary of Period Russian Names" by Paul Wickenden of Thanet

The article also explains that feminine patronymics were generally created by adding an "a" to the end of the standard masculine patronymic, hence "Kulikova"

 

10. Nathaniel Hayes.  Device Resubmission. Per chevron or and argent, a grenade sable enflamed gules.

(Caerthe)

The previous device submission, Per chevron Or and argent, a grenade sable enflamed gules, was returned on the April 2008 Letter of Response: "Unfortunately, this is not per chevron, nor is it a point argent; the client is urged to draw the chevron line-of-division to be closer to half the field."

Submitter has re-drawn the device as requested.

 

11. Robert Magnus. New Device. Or, a raptor's foot couped gules, taloned sable, a chief dovetailed and on a champagne sable a mullet of four greater and four lesser points Or.

(Caerthe)

 

12. Salomea Toruńska. Name and Device Resubmission. Argent, a chevron engrailed gules between three bats sable within a bordure engrailed gules.

(al-Barran)Gender: Female. The submitter cares most about the language/culture of the name, defined as 14C Polish. No major changes accepted.
Salomea: Salomea of Berg (ca 1093-1144) was a Polish princess (Wikipedia). The name is also documented in "Medieval German Given Names from Silesia: Women's Names" by Talan Gwynek (Brian M. Scott), Academy of St. Gabriel Medieval Names Archive. and also at the following websites: Travel Guide for Krakow, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L Archives re: Bela IV, and Female Heads of State of Poland.
Toruńska: The UNESCO World Heritage website (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/835) describes the medieval town of Toruń, Poland, which dates to the 13th Century. "Antykwa Toruńska" ("Antiqua of Toruń") (http://www.nowacki.strefa.pl/torunska-e.html) indicates that Toruńska is a Polish locative meaning "of Toruń". "Jewish Records Indexing-Poland" (http://www.jewishgen.org/jri-pl/psa/psa_mstowsurn.htm) lists the surname Toruńska as found in the civil records of the town of Mstów, Poland, in the 19th Century.

 

The previous device submission, Argent, a chevron engrailed gules between three bats sable within a bordure engrailed gules, was returned on the April 2008 Letter of Response: "The name is returned because Rampart was unable to find sufficient documentation to back up the client's sole source of wikipedia for the given name. If the client can provide better docs, this will most likely go forward. The device, while odd at first, is very properly engrailed; however, it must be returned for the lack of a name to associate with it."  Submitter has provided additional documentation as requested



Thus ends the September 2008 Letter of Presentation.

Your servant,

Randal Carrick
Castle Herald

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