(Caerthe) Branch name [Caerthe, Barony of] originally registered January 1973 via Laurel.  This Order Name was returned by Laurel on the March 2009 LoAR (http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2009/03/09-03lar.html)for conflict:  

This is returned for numerous conflicts: Keystone Pursuivant, Order of the Keystone (both registered to Æthelmearc, Kingdom of), and Order of the Keystone of Lions Gate (registered to Lions Gate, Barony of). The addition of the branch name reference, of Caerthe, provides sufficient difference only in conjunction with a letter of permission to conflict. While the Barony noted that they were trying to obtain such letters, these letters had not been received by the Laurel office at the time of the publication of this LoAR.  

Letters of permission to conflict have been included with this resubmission.

A summary of other documentation is included for convenience:
[keystone]: OED header [Keystone] under the common sense definition states the form [key-stone] used in 1637, and the form [keystone] used from 1703 on. While this does not fall specifically within period for our chosen spelling, several [keystone] names have been registered by Laurel, with the most recent being in 2006.
The form [object] + [place] follows the common pattern [thing + place] as defined by "Project Ordensnamen" by Meradudd Cethin located at http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/order/. This order name also follows the Laurel meta-patterns of "Orders named for heraldic charges" and "Orders named for places" as defined on the August 2005 LoAR Cover Letter (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2005/08/05-08cl.html).

Please associate the badge [Sable, a keystone within a bordure embattled Or] (registered July 2006 via the Outlands, http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2006/07/06-07lar.html) with this order name.

6. Cera ingen Rónáin. New Badge.  Fieldless, a dragon segreant vert.

(Caer Galen) 

7. Charles Robert Blackstone. Badge Resubmission. Fieldless, a lion passant-guardant erminois wearing a baronial coronet Or.

(al-Barran) Submitter's previous submission, (Fieldless) a lion passant guardant erminoiswearing a pearled coronet Or lined with a chapeau gules, was returned on the August 2008 LoAR (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2008/08/08-08lar.html), stating:

"This is a lovely badge. However, this uses a reserved charge to which the submitter is not entitled: chapeaus are reserved for members of the Order of the Pelican. The red chapeau inside the pearled coronet was used to signify baronial status in Scots crests. This is one place where SCA and real-world usage collide - we reserve this 'baronial' indicator for the Order of the Pelican. Remove the chapeau and the coronet will not violate our reservation."

Submitter has removed the chapeau as requested.

8. Conall Óg mac Dabhidh. New Device.  Vert, three chevronels braced Or, on a chief indented argent, a salmon naiant gules.

(Dragonsspine) Submitter's name was registered on the January 2005 LoAR (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2005/01/05-01lar.html) via the Outlands.

9. Elena of Glastonbury. Device Resubmission. Or, a chief  triangular sable, overall a rapier inverted proper entwined of two roses gules slipped and leafed vert, all within a bordure gules.

(Unser Hafen)  Submitter's name was sent to Laurel on the January 2009 LoR (http://rampart.outlandsheralds.org/2008-12-lop/0901-lor.html) via the Outlands. Submitter's previous device, Sable, a rapier inverted argent entwined of two roses gules, slipped and leafed vert, a bordure gules, was returned on the same letter, stating:  "This device has been returned for contrast issues: there is poor contrast between the flowers and the field (colour-on-colour), and the stems are very thin. Additionally, the silvery-colour used to paint the rapier is unneeded, white is more easily recognised and the silvery-colour is a very dark grey which faded into the field. Artistic notes: the term 'garden rose' is unnecessary, a Rose is still a Rose; proper colouring for rapiers and swords is "argent, a hilt Or."

This device was redrawn to address the stated objections.

10.  Jehannete la Picarde.  New Name and Device.  Argent, three cups and a bordure purpure.

(Caerthe)  Gender: Female.  Submitter cares most about the spelling of the name, and will not accept major changes.

[Jehannete]: "An Index to the Given Names in the 1292 Census of Paris" by Lord Colm Dubh (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/paris.html) lists [Jehannete (une) filatre] as part of the census under the header J.  

[la Picarde]: "An Index to the Given Names in the 1292 Census of Paris" also indicates that [Erembour la Picarde] was also part of the census under the header E. 

11. Seóan mac Ruaidhri Ui Ceallachán. Name Resubmission.

(al-Barran) Gender: Male. Submitter cares most about the meaning and language/culture of the name, defined as 14th C. Irish.  Submitter will not accept major changes to the name, but does request authenticity for 14th C. Ireland circa. 1325.

Submitter's previous submission, Sean MacRuaidhri O'Ceallachan, was returned by Kingdom on the September 2006 LoR (http://rampart.outlandsheralds.org/2006-08-lop/0609-lor.html), stating: 

Submitter has re-submitted the name in the requested spelling, and provided the following summary of his additional documentation:

The name being submitted is based on my personal affinity for Irish history and mundane family names. It is my intention to have an SCA name that reflects Irish naming conventions of the early 13^th Century. This goes along with my intended persona of a de-frocked Irish monk who makes his living as a Chirurgeon and healer.

Seóan

The Irish Gaelic form of my mundane first name, John.

http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Sean.shtml

“Standard forms of this name (based on spelling systems of different periods) would be:

 Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) nominative form:    Seán (Seóan)”

This places the name in the desired time frame for my persona and shows 2 variants of the spelling.

Ruaidhrí

Gaelic for “red king”. My mundane Father’s first name was “Rufus”, Latin for “red”. “mac Ruaidhrí” would be “son of the red king”. This is intended as a tribute to my late Father.

http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Ruaidhri.shtml

“Standard forms of this name (based on spelling systems of different periods) would be:

 Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) nominative form:    Ruaidhrí”

This places the name in the desired time frame for my persona and with my intended first name.

Ceallachán

When my friends and I formed an unofficial household, we called ourselves “Callahan’s Inn”. Since I suggested the group name, it was considered proper that I should be “Callahan”. I then began researching more period versions of that name ans so have come up with “Ceallachán” based on information found on the Academy of Saint Gabriel web page. Specifically:

http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Cellachan.shtml

“Standard forms of this name (based on spelling systems of different periods) would be:

 Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) nominative form:    Ceallachán”

This places the name in the desired time frame for my persona and with my intended first and second  names.

Seóan mac Ruaidhrí Uí Ceallachán

This complete form of my intended name is based on information found on the “Quick and Easy Gaelic Names: web page under the sub heading “Irish Simple Patronymic with Clan Affiliation Bynames”.

http://www.medievalscotland.org/scotnames/quickgaelicbynames/#patronymicwithclan

“The standard way to form a name using combined simple patronymic and Irish clan affiliation bynames for men is:

    <single given name> mac <father's given name (in genitive case & sometimes lenited)> Uí <eponymous clan ancestor's name (in genitive case & always lenited unless starting with a vowel)>

which means

    <given name> son <of father's given name> (of) male descendant <of eponymous clan ancestor>

For example, Donnchadh who is the son of Fearchar mac Domhnaill Uí Conchobhair would be:

    Donnchadh mac Fearchair Uí Chonchobhair

which means

    Donnchadh son of Fearchar male descendant of Conchobhar (or, fully Anglicized, Duncan son of Farquhar male descendant of Connor)”

Thus “Seóan mac Ruaidhrí Uí Ceallachán” would mean: “Seóan son of Ruaidhrí  male decendant of Ceallachán”

I feel that this summary explains the origin of my intended name, the spellings and time frames of the elements of that name and the sources from which that information was obtained.

12. Slaine inghean Ui Sheanain. Device Resubmission. Quarterly argent and sable, a thistle and a bordure counterchanged.

(al-Barran)  Submitter's name was registered on the September 2002 LoAR (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2002/09/02-09lar.html) via Caid.  Submitter's previous submission, Quarterly sable and argent, a thistle counterchanged, was returned by Laurel on the February 2008 LoAR (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2008/02/08-02lar.html) for conflict, stating: "This device is returned for conflict with the device of Sym Gilchrist of Fraser, Quarterly sable and argent, in sinister chief a thistle, slipped, leaved, and embowed sable. There is a CD for changing the tincture of the thistle, but nothing for its placement as Sym's thistle cannot be in the center of the field. Upon resubmission, please advise the submitter to draw the thistle in a more heraldic matter to improve its identifiability; as drawn, many commenters found it too similar to a stag's attires."

Submitter has re-drawn the device and added a bordure counterchanged to clear the conflict.

Thus ends the July 2009 Letter of Presentation.

Your servant,

Randal Carrick
Castle Herald