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Outlands College of Heralds
May 15, 2011 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 15th day of May, A.S. XLV (2011 CE), does Baron Randal Carrick send greetings on behalf of Sheik Omar Mohammud Mirzazadeh, White Stag Principal Herald. We would once again like to thank Lady Tatiana Moskovskaia for her service in this office; anyone interested in taking over this office should make themselves known to both myself and White Stag.
It would assist Castle Herald greatly in the future if you would e-mail a copy of the documentation summary for name submissions along with the paper copies; It saves having to re-type everything again. Also, please be sure that you include dates of registration and return for armory for previously registered names and resubmissions of any kind. If Castle can't find where an item was returned, it may be pended until the information is provided or payment is made for a new submission.
Here follows the Kingdom of the Outlands Letter of Presentation for May 2011. Your comments and suggestions are always welcome. Errors found herein are my sole responsibility. 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 June 14, 2011, for the decision meeting tentatively scheduled for June 15, 2011. As a reminder, the College of Arms requests commentary on all items, including appeals.
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1. Jourdain Belebouche. Change of Holding Name from Bubba of the Southern Shores.
(Unser Hafen) Gender: Male. Submitter desires a name authentic to the 14th Century. No Language/Culture preference specified.
Submitter's holding name was registered in October 2002 via the West (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2002/10/02-10lar.html)
[Jourdain] 1996 KWHS (Castle note: "French Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438" by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (Sara L. Uckelman) (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/french/paris1423.html) lists 3 instances of this spelling as a masculine given name)
[Belebouche] desc. From OFr bel 'beautiful' + FR bouche 'mouth', for someone who is fine spoken." This is from: Middle English Bynames in Early Fourteenth-Century London by Sara L. Uckelman (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/english/bynames1319.pdf)
2. Alric Godwynson. Change of Holding Name from Dylan of Vatavia.
(Dragonsspine) Gender: unspecified. Submitter will not accept major or minor changes to the name.
Submitter's Holding Name was registered in April 2007 via Calontir (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2007/04/07-04lar.html)
[Alric] "Anglo-Saxon Names" by Ćlfwyn ćt Gyrwum (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/aelfwyn/bede.html) lists this spelling as appearing in Bede's A history of the English Church and People dated to 731AD.
[Godwynson] Submitter cites "A Brief Introduction to Medieval Bynames" by Talan Gwynek and Arval Benicoeur (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/arval/bynames/) for use of this as a patronymic byname, but does not document the name itself. (Castle note: Godwyn is listed in "Men's Given Names from Early 13th Century England" by Talan Gwynek (http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/eng13/eng13m.html?ref=Guzels.TV))
3. Elizabeth of York. New Name and Device. Per chevron azure and argent, in chevron three mullets of eight points and rose counterchanged.
(Dragonsspine) Gender: unspecified. Submitter will not accept major or minor changes to the name.
[Elizabeth] This spelling dates from 1205, "Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames" by Talan Gwynek (http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/reaneyAG.html)
[of York] Submitter cites "A Brief Introduction to Medieval Bynames" by Talan Gwynek and Arval Benicoeur (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/arval/bynames/) for use of this as a patronymic byname, but does not document the name itself. (Castle note: do we seriously have to bother?)
4. Felix Sniumi. New Name and Device. Per fess argent and purpure, a fox courant regardant sinister sable.
(Unser Hafen) Gender: Male. Submitter cares most about the sound of the name, defined as "Sound of Felix, descriptor aspect may be altered as needed" Changes Accepted.
[Felix] submitter cites http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/roman_names.html. (Castle note: the site lists Felix as an example of a cognomen/nickname. "Common Names of the Aristocracy in the Roman Empire During the 6th and 7th Centuries" by Bardas Xiphias (http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/byzantine/early_byz_names.html#name_links) lists the name as a masculine given name appearing 13 times.)
[Sniumi] Adj-ja/Jö rasch, unteründlich - Quick, untiring From: A concise Old Saxon Dictionary, by De Gruyter
5. Gabriella Rizo. Device Resubmission (Kingdom). Argent, three peacock feathers conjoined in base proper, within a bordure purpure mullety of eight argent.
(Unser Hafen) Submitter's name was registered on the January 2007 LoAR, via the Outlands (http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2007/01/07-01lar.html).
Submitter's previous device, Argent, a sheaf of peacock feathers proper within a bordure purpure, was returned on the September 2010 Outlands LoR (http://rampart.outlandsheralds.org/2010-08-lop/1009-lor.html), stating:
RETURNED for conflict: Versus Adelicia Marie d'Argent, reg. 8/97 via the Middle: Argent, a sheaf of three peacock feathers proper, tied Or, we see but one CD, for the bordure.
Submitter has added mullets to the bordure.
6. Guene filia Medrod. Name and Device Resubmission (Kingdom). Per saltire purpure and azure, a unicorn's head couped ermine.
(Unser Hafen) Gender: Female. Submitter cares most about the spelling of the name, defined as "Guene". Changes Accepted.
Submitter's previous name and device, Gwynvieve Duibher, was returned on the March 2011 OUtlands LoR (http://rampart.outlandsheralds.org/2011-02-lop/1103-lor.html), stating:
Documentation provided supports the name Geneveive, not Gwynvieve. We need to have a source with a dated spelling to support this name. The device is RETURNED for lack of a name to send it up with.
[Guene] - probably pronounced GWEN. This appears to be the same as the Welsh Feminine name Gwen. "10th Century Cornish Women's Names" by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn (http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/cornishwomen.html)
[Medrod] - M. Bartum has two examples of the name as Medrod. It may be the same as Redon's Madrot (This is the name that became the Arthurian Mordred.) The Bodmin entry is identified as someone's son, so the gender identification is clear. "Cornish (and Other) Personal Names from the 10th Century Bodmin Manumissions" by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn (http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/Bodmin/index.html)
"The Latin ones place filius (son - it would be filia for daughter in swomen's names) before the father's name,…" "10th Century Cornish Women's Names" by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn (http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/cornishwomen.html)
Guene + filia + Medrod = Guene filia Medrod
The device is re-submitted unchanged with the new name.
7. Hélčne Boudin. Device Resubmission (Kingdom). Per chevron purpure and argent, two chalices argent and a cornucopia sable fruited proper.
(Unser Hafen) Submitter's name was registered on the September 2006 LoAR, via the Outlands (http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2006/09/06-09lar.html)
Submitter's previous device, Argent, horn of plenty proper, in chief a chape purpure with two chalices argent and Or, was returned on the September 2010 Outlands LoR (http://rampart.outlandsheralds.org/2010-08-lop/1009-lor.html), stating:
There is no "proper" tincture defined for the cornucopia in the Rules for Submission. (The one registered dates from 1973.) As drawn, it's mostly argent, and on an argent field, there is insufficient contrast between the charge and the field. Blazon-wise, there is no such thing as "a chapé". The correct blazon here would be "argent chapé purpure". It is also not good practice (and may not be allowed) to charge the sides of the chapé. This could be done were this a pile inverted throughout, which would need to be drawn narrower. But the two chalices should both be argent or both be Or in that case. RETURNED for multiple problems.
Submitter has removed the chapé and changed the tinctures of the goblets and the horn.
8. Hélčne Boudin. New Badge. Argent, a bull statant gules maintaining a lantern sable, a chief checky sable and argent.
(Unser Hafen) Submitter's name was registered on the September 2006 LoAR, via the Outlands (http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2006/09/06-09lar.html). Submitter desires to associate this badge with the Smiling Bull Tavern.
9. Ildaria de Zaragozza. Name and Device Resubmission (Kingdom). Per bend sinister engrailed purpure and argent.
(Villaleon) Gender: Female. Submitter cares most about the language/culture of the name, defined as "13th Century Spain". Changes accepted.
Submitter's previous name and device, Ildaria de Saragossa, Per bend engrailed purpure and argent, were returned on the April 2011 Outlands LoR (http://rampart.outlandsheralds.org/2011-03-lop/1104-lor.html), stating:
The name is returned for lack of a dated period reference of the surname in this spelling. From what we can determine, the period spelling of the name begins with a Z, and submitter does not allow sufficient changes to make this change at Kingdom. The Device must therefor be Returned for lack of a name to send it up with. We found no conflicts with the device at this time
[Ildaria] - A partial List of Leonese and Castilian Given Names 1050 - 1200, by Diego Mundoz (Robert Huff)
http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/diego/reilly
[Zaragozza] - Locative byname.
Submitter spelled the surname with Z's, but did not provide any other documentation. However, changes are freely accepted this time around. Device is re-submitted unchanged.
10. Liepa Jonaskaite. New Name and Device. Per chevron argent and vert, a linden leaf vert and a crescent moon argent.
(Villaleon) Gender: Female. Submitter cares most about the spelling and meaning of the name, defined as "Spelling of the FIRST NAME ONLY; meaning in Lithuanian." No Major changes accepted.
The articles "Lithuanian Names" [W. Schmalsteig] and "Pre-Christian Name Giving in Lithuania" [K. A. Girvilas] have been referenced in other submissions in the recent past, and are used as primary documentation for this name. Schmalsteig is listed as a recommended source on the Academy of St. Gabriel Medieval Names Archive, along with "Medieval Latvian Given Names" [Uckelman], which I have relied on due to the lack of available sources on Lithuanian female names and the linguistic, cultural, and geographic closeness of Lithuania and Latvia.
On the given name, Liepa (meaning "Linden"):
Liepina (a Latvian variant) is dated to 1599 in Uckleman. It is attributed as masculine in the article, but I believe this to be in error; masculine names ending in -a are almost unheard of in Latvian and Lithuanian, and -ina further suggests a diminutive feminine form.
No specific documentation of the name Liepa has been located; however, compelling evidence exists for 1.) the use of plant and other natural phenomena names in period in the feminine usage, and 2.) the specific usage of Liepa as a post-period feminine given name.
The Latvian forms of the following names are dated in Uckleman::
Birute (snow): 1549
Gegute (Latvian Dzeguze) (cuckoo): 1464
Apse (Latvian Ape) (aspen): 1582Schmalsteig hypothesises the origins of modern Lithuanian surnames from existing given names or nicknames during a period including the later part of the SCA period, from the end of the 13th century to the middle of the 17th. Modern names which commonly occur as both given names and surnames may be assumed to have been used as given names or nicknames during this differentiation period. Evidence of the frequency of Liepa as both a modern given name and modern surname is abundant.
On the surname, Jonaskaite (patronymic derived from Jonas, "John"):
The masculine given name Jonas is dated to 1383 [Wikipedia; Schmalsteig].
The construction of the name is attested in the Academy of St. Gabriel article "Feminine Names from the Gediminid Line of Lithuania" [Speer]:
Feminine bynames in the same data include patronymics. These are bynames formed from the given name of the father, so a woman named Anna Gediminait{e.} would be the daughter of a man named Gediminas. Based on the preliminary findings, it seems likely that a Lithuanian woman living in Lithuania would have used a patronymic byname.
- Algirdait{e.} [patronymic of Algirdas]
- Gediminait{e.} [patronymic of Gediminas]
- Kestutait{e.} [patronymic of Kestutis]
- Traidenyt{e.} [patronymic of Traidenis]
On the combination of Christian and pagan name elements:
Girvilas says,
[T]the Lithuanian nation received Christianity very late, one of the last nations in Europe to receive it, and received it very slowly, that is, over a period of 400 years, and the receiving of the new religion was yet circumstantially irregular as the clergy did not know the Lithuanian language. Because of such conditions the inventories of the people, compiled as late as the XVI-XVIII centuries, were entering the personal names into the nomenclature by a single name (unum nomen). [9] The Two-name system (dua nomina) came about when a person knew his Christian name and was able to say it when using it as the first name, the second and last one being a pagan name or a patronyn [sic] of either pagan or Christian origin. Thus the Lithuanian anthroponymical material of that time attests to the wide variety of such material, both structurally and semantically. And it also tends to prove the rule that no rigid system or ritual of the giving of the name was established in pagan Lithuania and the nomenclature has indeed been a casual one and it has been free rather than dependent on definitely established categories.
The conclusion to that is that Christianity in Lithuania had actually no ancient Lithuanian cultural giving of a name tradition to contest and did not have to conquer one, which reality indeed conditioned the process of the introduction of the new religion. Neither has there been a struggle for the abolishing of the usage of the old pagan names; the Christian name was simply added to the pagan one, making a new dua nomina system, as it has been interpreted above. Therefore the Lithuanian anthroponymic material on the whole remained pagan, and the Christian nomenclature functioned as an additional element, used for the Catholic Lithuanians in the position of the first name, of which in due time numerous Christian patronyms had developed and were used in the position of the surname.
Elsewhere in the paper, particularly in the section "The Changing of Names of Sons of King Algirdas," Girvilas gives a number of examples where preferred naming conventions within a given family shifted from pagan to Christian, back to pagan, and back to Christian again, over the course of several generations. Therefore the presumption of a pagan given name generationally following a Christian given name is credible for the period 1300-1600 AD.
Additional notes:
Included for reference is a recent relevant submission from An Tir. As there is a great deal more documentation available for pre-Christian Lithuanian masculine names than for feminine, the submitter respectfully suggests that the precedents with regard to linguistic patterns and conformity to SCA rules offered in the An Tir submission may be broadly applicable to this submission.
"3: ?žuolas Radmantaitis - New Name & New Device
Per fess wavy argent and sable, a tree blasted and eradicated counterchanged
Submitter desires a masculine name.
Sound most important.
Language (Lithuanian) most important.
Culture (Lithuanian) most important.
This name was submitted as Azoulas Radmantas. However, there was no solid documentation provided for either element. The submitter allowed all changes and indicated a preference for Lithuanian language and culture. During the commentary process, documentation was found for the given name ?žuolas and the constructed given name Radmantas. The same article indicated a patronymic construction that Lithuanian names ending in <-as> change to <-aitis>. We have made the changes as instructed by the article to make this name suitable for registration.
<?žuolas> was found in "PRE-CHRISTIAN NAME GIVING IN LITHUANIA" by K. A. Girvilas (http://www.lituanus.org/1978/78_3_02.htm).
<Radmantas> is constructed on the dithemic names in the article; <Rad-> is found in <Radvilas>, (names like Ginvilas and Norvilas make the nature of the deuterotheme clear). It's also found in <Radys>, which is a monothemic name. The deuterotheme <-mantas> is found in Žymantas, Algimantas, Dirmantas, and Narimantas. This name is also found at http://www.thelithuanians.com/names/name2r.html, though this database may be modern forms. It is at the very least evidence that the name did come into use in Lithuania at some point, possibly constructed from the two themes as demonstrated above. This source as well as the more scholarly article above are, we feel, enough to give the submitter the benefit of the doubt.
The formation of the patronymic is as described in "PRE-CHRISTIAN NAME GIVING IN LITHUANIA" by K. A. Girvilas (http://www.lituanus.org/1978/78_3_02.htm) which says, "Not so common would be the patronymic derivatives of the pagan Lithuanian upper class society (pagan nobility) personal names where rather involved compounds were mostly applied, e.g. Algirdas--Atgirdaitis, Skirgaila,--Skirgailaitis, Žygimantas--Žygimantaitis, etc. Morphemically those derivatives are conceivable, however, practically they would be rare."
As we do not register single-element names as pre-Christian Lithuania appears to have done, we have borrowed the rare practice of creating a patronymic from a 'pagan' personal name and corrected the name to conform to SCA rules." An Tir LoI dated 2010-04-29.
Sources:
Academy of St. Gabriel Medieval Names Archive. Academy of St. Gabriel, 1997-2009. Web. <http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/slavic.shtml>. 12 September, 2010.
An Tir, Kingdom of. "Letter of Intent Dated 2010-04-29." SCA Laurel Sovereign of Arms Online System of Commentary and Response. 29 April 2010. Web <http://oscar.sca.org/index.php?action=100&loi=784>. 12 September, 2010.
Girvilas, K. A. "Pre-Christian Name Giving in Lithuania." Lituanus: Lithuanian Quarterly Journal of Arts and Sciences, V. 24, No. 3, Fall 1978. Electronic <http://www.lituanus.org/1978/78_3_02.htm>. 12 September, 2010.
Schmalsteig, William R. ""Lithuanian Names." Lituanus: Lithuanian Quarterly Journal of Arts and Sciences, V. 28 No. 3, Fall 1982. Electronic <http://www.lituanus.org/1982_3/82_3_01.htm>. 12 September, 2010.
Walraven van Nijmegen (Brian R. Speer). ""Feminine Names from the Gediminid Line of Lithuania." 20 August 2006. Web <http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20090621214740/http://www.geocities.com/Athens/1336/gediminidfem.html>. 12 September, 2010.
Aryanhwy merch Catmael (Sara L. Uckelman). "Medieval Latvian Given Names."Vita sine literis mors est. 2006. Web. <http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/other/latvian.html>. 12 September, 2010.
Wikipedia. "Jonas Goštautas." 2010. Web <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Go%C5%A1tautas>. 12 September, 2010.
11. Nicholas Kenington. Device Change Resubmission (Kingdom). Sable, an annulet enflamed argent.
(Dragonsspine) Submitter's name and device, Gules, on a fess indented argent a brown ferret passant proper, were registered on the September 1997 LoAR (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/loar/1997/09/lar.html) via the Outlands.
Submitter's previous device submission, Sable an annulet argent enflamed gules, was returned on the July 2010 Outlands LoR (http://rampart.outlandsheralds.org/2010-06-lop/1007-lor.html), stating:
RETURNED for identifiability and lack of contrast. This depiction of flames is not accurately blazonable, as it is neither rayonny nor enflamed (which would require flames around the entirety of the annulet). Further, the gules flames have poor contrast with the sable field, and violate the rule against color-on-color.
Submitter has changed the tincture of the flames from gules to argent to avoid the color-on-color issue.
12. Rammes Keep, College of. Device Resubmission. Vert, a ram's head cabossed and in base a laurel wreath argent, a bordure embattled Or.
(Unser Hafen) Submitter's name was registered on the May 2010 LoAR (http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2010/05/10-05lar.html).
Submitter's previous device submission, Vert, a ram's head cabossed argent, within a bordure embattled Or, and in base a laurel wreath argent, was returned on the November 2009 Outlands LoR (http://rampart.outlandsheralds.org/2009-10-lop/0911-lor.html), stating: "Device returned for lack of a name with which to submit it. Submitter is also advised to make the laurel wreath larger in a resubmission."
Submitter is re-submitting the device essentially unchanged.
13. Samantha Mears. New Name and Device. Per pale purpure and gules, an escallop argent.
(Dragonsspine) Gender: Female. Submitter cares most about the sound of the name. Submitter will not accept Major changes to the name.
[Samantha] - this is submitter's mundane first name (driver's license provided)
[Mears] - submitter provides a page from the National Archives showing a case between Augustine Cavendish and William Moore, where one of the parties referenced is a John Mears. the case appears to be dated to "35 &36 Eliz". The url provided with this reference is incomplete. (Castle Note: for completeness of commentary, submitter's legal last name is Mear)
14. Sebastiaen Bastoen. Device Resubmission (). Gules, a fleur-de-lis Or and a bordure embattled sable.
(Caerthe) Submitter's name was registered on the June 2010 LoAR (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2010/06/10-06lar.html).
Submitter's previous device submission, Quarterly Sable and Gules, a fleur-de-lis Or, a bordure embattled counterchanged, was returned on the March 2010 Outlands LoR (http://rampart.outlandsheralds.org/2010-02-lop/1003-lor.html), stating: "While the sable and gules field is fine, adding the counterchanged bordure violates RFS VIII.2.b.i requirement of good contrast. RETURNED for re-draw."
Submitter has removed the quarterly field division and attendant counterchanging.
15. Una Ossardottir. New Name and Device. Per saltire argent and sable, a mullet of six points azure and a pawprint sable.
(Dragonsspine) Gender: Female. Submitter will not accept Major changes to the name.
[Una] - Geirr Basi, p. 15: Found in Old Danish as Una, and in in Old Swedish and OW.Norse as Una, Unna. The runic examples should be interpreted as Una, from the OW.Norse verb una "to enjoy, be happy with, be content". Runic examples include the nominative form una and the accusative form unu.
[Ossardottir] - Geirr Basi, p. 17, header "Andsvarr": Derived from Primitive Scandinavian *and-swaruR "one who gives answer, avenger" (the first element and- "to, against" + the verb svara, "answer"). Found in Old Danish as Azur, Old Swedish Ansvar, Azur, OW.Norse Özurr. Runic examples include the nominative forms ansuar, [ansua...], asur, a[s]ur, a[su]r, [asur], atsir, atsor, atsur, ontsuar, [osuar], osur, [osur], [usur], [usurR], the genitive case forms ansuars, osuraR and the accusative case forms [asr], asur, [as]ur, [asur], ausr, onsur, osmr, osur, [usur].
16. Unser Hafen, Barony of. Badge Resubmission. Per pale vert and Or, a portcullis counterchanged.
(Unser Hafen) Submitter's name was registered on the February 1991 LoAR (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/loar/1991/02/lar.html).
Submitter's previous badge submission,Vert, a portcullis within a bordure embattled Or, was returned on the June 2009 Outlands LoR (http://rampart.outlandsheralds.org/2009-05-lop/0906-lor.html), stating:
Returned for conflict: Atenveldt, Kingdom of (01/96, Atenveldt) "Vert, a portcullis Or," with one CD for adding the bordure; and with Malcolm MacLeod of Caer Adamant (05/05, East), "Sable, a portcullis and a bordure embattled Or," with one CD for changing the field tincture.
Submitter has changed the field and counterchanged the portcullis across it.
17. Vilém Artur Láník III. New Name and Device. Quarterly azure and Or, in bend a chalice and a fleur-de-lis, and in bend sinister two eagles displayed counterchanged.
(Dragonsspine) Gender: Male. Submitter cares most about the language/culture of the name, defined as 14th. C. Moravian. Submitter will not accept Major changes to the name.
[Vilém] http://www.behindthename.com/name/ville10m, http://www.behindthename.com/name/william
[Artur] http://www.behindthename.com/name/artur, http://www.behindthename.com/name/arthur
[Láník] http://zlimpkk.tripod.com/Genealogy/czechsurnames.html, section I.b.: "
The second expressive distinguishing feature was the connection to land-owners. Besides the serfs (subduted people) there were free, independent yeomen or freeholders among the rural population. Thus he was given a surname SVOBODA (a free man) or DVORAK (a farmer having his free farm - DVUR = court, yard) . The farmer who had a big piece of a land was called SEDLAK, a smaller one SEDLACEK, in Moravia the equivalent was LANIK. Who, according to his social status owned only a small house without scarcely any land, was called CHALUPA, CHALUPNIK, CHALOUPKA (the same as cottager) or ZAHRADNIK (from zahrada - a garden).
Also, http://www.answers.com/topic/lanik references the Oxford Dictionary of Family Names to state: "Czech (Moravian; Láník): status name from Czech láník ‘comparatively weathy farmer’, from lán, a comparatively large measure of land. A láník, the Moravian equivalent of the western Czech sedlák (see Sedlak), was a farmer who farmed one or more lán."
(Castle Note: for completeness of commentary, submitter's legal name is William A Lanich III)
18. Vilém Artur Láník IV. New Name and Device. Quarterly azure and Or, in bend a chalice and a fleur-de-lis, and in bend sinister two dragons passant counterchanged.
(Dragonsspine) Gender: Male. Submitter cares most about the language/culture of the name, defined as 14th. C. Moravian. Submitter will not accept Major changes to the name.
[Vilém] http://www.behindthename.com/name/ville10m, http://www.behindthename.com/name/william
[Artur] http://www.behindthename.com/name/artur, http://www.behindthename.com/name/arthur
[Láník] http://zlimpkk.tripod.com/Genealogy/czechsurnames.html, section I.b.: "
The second expressive distinguishing feature was the connection to land-owners. Besides the serfs (subduted people) there were free, independent yeomen or freeholders among the rural population. Thus he was given a surname SVOBODA (a free man) or DVORAK (a farmer having his free farm - DVUR = court, yard) . The farmer who had a big piece of a land was called SEDLAK, a smaller one SEDLACEK, in Moravia the equivalent was LANIK. Who, according to his social status owned only a small house without scarcely any land, was called CHALUPA, CHALUPNIK, CHALOUPKA (the same as cottager) or ZAHRADNIK (from zahrada - a garden).
Also, http://www.answers.com/topic/lanik references the Oxford Dictionary of Family Names to state: "Czech (Moravian; Láník): status name from Czech láník ‘comparatively weathy farmer’, from lán, a comparatively large measure of land. A láník, the Moravian equivalent of the western Czech sedlák (see Sedlak), was a farmer who farmed one or more lán."
(Castle Note: for completeness of commentary, submitter's legal name is William A Lanich IV. Likewise, no permission to conflict has be granted by or to either submitter)
19. Villaleon, Incipient Shire of. Device Resubmission (Kingdom). Argent a lion passant purpure, in chief sinister a sun Gules surrounded by a laurel wreath vert.
(Villaleon) Submitter's name was submitted on the March 2011 Outlands LoP (http://rampart.outlandsheralds.org/2011-03-lop/1103-lop.html), and pended for lack of a sufficient petition on the April 2011 Outlands LoR (http://rampart.outlandsheralds.org/2011-03-lop/1104-lor.html)
Submitter's previous device, Argent a lion passant purpure, in chief sinister a sun Or surrounded by a laurel wreath vert, was returned on the same LoR, stating: "This device must be RETURNED for insufficient contrast. The Or sun on the argent field violates R.F.S VIII.2.b."
Submitter has changed the tincture of the sun from Or to gules. Submitter has also provided a sufficient petition for both the pended name and this device.
Thus ends the May 2011 Letter of Presentation.
Yours in Service
Baron Randal Carrick
Castle Herald (again)