CAMeL

October 1998

Those wonderful people who helped.

Lady Katerina da Brescia and Lord William Forrester de Blacwode.

Sunday 7th November, 2pm. Meetings will usually be on the first Sunday of the month at 2pm. Call first if you are bringing a submission to the meeting.

Alan Ogden

Hund Herald: þorfinn Hrolfsson. External commentary franchise and heraldic publications. [Steven Roylance] 1592 Malvern Road, Glen Iris VIC 3146. Ph (03) 9885 6348.

Cannon Pursuivant: Haos Windchaser. Precedence and Gentry list. [Danny Bartel] PO Box 1623 Kersbrook SA 5231. Ph (08) 8389 3404.

Baryl Pursuivant: position vacant

Bombard Pursuivant: þorfinn Hrolfsson. Ceremonies deputy.

Drop Dead Deputy and Sydney Regional Mentor: Giles Leabrook [Braddon Giles] 58/122 Saunders St Pyrmont NSW 2009. Ph (02) 9660 3865

Positions vacant:Field/voice deputy; regional mentors.

C.A.M.(e).L. is available from Crux Australis at $20 per year. Make cheques payable to "SCA Inc. College of Heralds". Laurel's Letter of Acceptance and Return is available from the SCA College of Arms, C/O Mistress Sionyn Muirgen niDhomnall, Pelican Queen of Arms, Jackie Watson, 3532 Winding Wind Cove, Bartlett, TN 38135-3044, USA for US$25 per year. Make cheques payable to "SCA Inc. - College of Arms".

Please note that everything of relevance to Lochac will be published in the CAMeL.

Remember, all submissions must be on the new forms by the end of the year. Please colour the metals in white or yellow, not gold or silver. Using a metallic paint or pen makes it harder to discern the actual tincture at Laurel's meeting.

I had several goals when I took on the job of Crux. One of them was to update the PE test. I have some drafts and suggestions from Master Gereint and Lord Decion's times as Crux. I hope to have a new test ready in the new year. I hope to have the test cover voice and court, as well as book heraldry. If you have any suggestions on how the test can be improved, please let me know.

Make yourself accessible
Some of the submissions that have had the most problems come from people who have not consulted with a herald. Some people just won't consult, or won't take your advise. However, a few people have said that they are unable to find their local herald. This is not good enough. Make yourself available and publicise it in your local newsletter. For example, have an "at home" once a month, bring your consulting books to a shire or baronial meeting, or to tourneys. Heralds have a reputation for "bouncing" devices unnecessarily. This is undeserved, and our job is to help submitters to be successful. Our clients will be more satisfied if we take the time to explain the rules and process as it applies to them, and to guide the towards names and devices that are likely to be registered.
The Roster
I have received queries about people's current rank. The current roster is attached to this Camel. If you have any corrections, let me know. There are a lot of Acting PEs who probably should be PEs. If you would like to discuss promotion, write or speak to me further.

Quarterly reports are due from all groups on the 14th of October (one month before Coronet). Castellum Montanum has a few active heralds in training. Apart from some voice work, things have been fairly quiet.

Master (Thorfinn) þorfinn is the Australian Agent for Free Trumpet Press. As the Australian dollar is plunging in value, I have not included a price list as it will already be out of date. Contact þorfinn directly for the latest prices. I also recommend that groups acquire some name resources, in particular Reaney, P.H. & Wilson, R.M. A dictionary of English Surnames and Withycombe ,E.G. The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names.

The Crux Australis web page at http://www.sca.org.au/herald contains useful information for heralds, and links to the SCA Heraldry page, and other general SCA pages. If you have web access, I recommend that you take a look. Many interesting heraldic links can be found through the SCA Heraldry web page at http://www.sca.org/heraldry including the Laurel home page, on-line armorial and ordinary search, and the Academy of St. Gabriel (an heraldic consultation service).

Cost: $20 per name, and $20 per device or badge. No cost for resubmissions. Make cheques payable to "SCA Inc College of Heralds". Copies required for submissions:

• Names: 4 copies of Name form and ALL documentation, including title page of each book.
• Devices/Badges: 5 COLOUR copies and one BLACK & WHITE copy. The colour copies should be accurately coloured, preferably in felt tip pen. e.g.. Crayola Classic Colours. Faint colour printers or faint coloured pencil is not acceptable. The colours must be visible across a crowded Herald's meeting!

I will reject submissions without a black and white copy as I need to scan it to produce the Letter of Intent for Laurel. Please check that submitters have ALL documentation. Remember, they have to present their submission in a way that makes registration easy. Name documentation should be as accurate as possible, and copies supplies unless the reference is standard such as Reaney and Withycombe. Even then, the page and edition should be quoted. I know that some of you have few name resources. There is a lot of help available if you ask for it. I or someone overseas may well be able to help with that tricky name. If you cannot document a name well, you can still submit it, BUT submitters should be made aware that if they check the 'make no changes' box, their name will be returned even if ONE letter is incorrect.

1. Cainnear Rúad
Mundane name: Suzanne Hanna
Consulting herald: Aislinn de Valence
Group: Innilgard

Resubmission of name and device. Gules on a pale Or between in chief two flames proper, a dragon's head couped gules.

Her previous name Caínnear an Ruad was returned by Laurel in June 1998 for incorrect construction. Gaelic doesn't use an in names. The submitter has also corrected the placement of the accent. Cainnear is in O Corrain and Maguire p43as a variation on Cainder, and Rúad is in the same book, p157 meaning "red-haired". The submitter will not allow any changes. She originally resubmitted Cainnear na Rúad but Gaelic names do not contain a definite article, and she modified her submission after further consultation.

Her previous device had a sable bordure and was otherwise identical. It was returned for breaking the rule of contrast. The submitter has removed the bordure.

2. Khalil al-Jili
Mundane name : David Lundquest
Consulting herald: Chris Strusz
Group: Politarchopolis

Resubmission of name to Crux. The submitter's previous name Jili Cano was returned for lack of documentation of Jili as a personal name. The given name and byname appear in Da'ud ibn Auda's article "Arabic Naming Practises and Period Names List". Now there is an acceptable name, his device Per fess rayonny sable and gules in chief a mullet of seven between horns of a crescent argent can now be submitted also.

3. Raoul d'Avignon
Mundane name: Michael Kenner
Consulting herald: William Forrester de Blacwode
Group: Innilgard

Resubmission of name to Laurel. His previous name André Davignon was returned for an aural conflict with Ambré d'Avignon. Raoul is in Dauzart "Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille et prénoms de France" , Albert Dauzat (1951) at p509. d'Avignon is a locative. Dauzart p18 gives this variation. References in another book by Dauzart ,"Dictionnaire étymologique des Noms de lieux en France" , p42. The submitter device was in my June LoI.

1. Wilfred de Ackelonde
Mundane name: James Agland
Consulting herald: none
Group: Parvus Portus

Resubmission of device to Crux. Name registered August 1998. His previous device Chequy sable and argent on a bend gules three oak trees proper. His new submission is Chequy sable and argent a fess gules. This conflicts with the badge of Belarus (Dec 1994) Argent a fess gules.

Appleton, D (Da'ud ibn Auda) Arabic Naming Practises and Period Names List Dauzat, A Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille et prénoms de France (1951)
Dazaut, A Dictionnaire étymologique des Noms de lieux en France
Ó Corráin, D and Maguire, F Gaelic Personal Names Dublin, 1981

Registrations
Foxwood, Canton of. Name change from Armandie, Canton of.

Returns - NONE!
Other Comments from Laurel
Aoibheall an Sionnach. Name and device. Or, in fess a fox sejant regardant sable between two branches palewise proper leaved vert. Note this is one of the few documented occasions where the Gaelic byname incorporates the definite article.

Herein are corrections to assorted Letter of Acceptances and Returns and to the Armorial.

April, 1997

Calontir
Aston Tor, Canton of. Device. Per chevron enhanced Or and vert, a flame within a laurel wreath Or. The LoAR used a capital "L" in laurel wreath.

May, 1997

Drachenwald
Nordmark, Principality of. Badge for Gyllene bandets orden. The LoAR used a capital "B" in bandets and "O" in order.

June, 1997

Caid
Damian von Baden. Badge for Company of Saint Oswald. The household name failed to spell out Saint.

Uggedei Mighan Nidun. The LoAR misspelt the middle name.

August, 1997

Atlantia
Peter Shove. Name and device. Or, a popinjay rising contourny wings displayed within an orle vert. The LoAR misspelt contourny.

Saint Johns Marsh, College of. Name and device. Or, a portcullis sable enflamed gules, on a chief sable, three laurel wreaths Or. The LoAR misspelt enflamed.

Lochac
Francesca Lucia Sammicheli. Name and device. Purpure, a Bowen cross within a tressure Or. The LoAR had "an" instead of "a" tressure.

West
Kenrick Robilard. Name. The LoI misspelt the given name *Kendrick* and the LoAR accidentally used the misspelling.

Tristan Falstaff. The LoAR misspelt the name of the crosses; they are crosses bottony.

September 1997

An Tir
Morgaine Essex. Device. Gules, two needles inverted in saltire argent threaded and on a chief Or a domestic cat couchant sable. The LoAR omitted position of the needles.

Ansteorra
Jennifer of Middleford. The LoAR misspelt decrescent.

February 1998.

Middle
SkallaGormr Berserkr. Name and device. The LoAR failed to note what was registered. It was the name and the device.

May 1998

An Tir
Magnus Draca. Name. The LoI misspelt the byname.

Caid
Magnus le Dragonier. Device change. Per fess purpure and Or, a cross counterchanged. The LoAR omitted the fact that this was a device change, and his former device *Or, on a pale azure a unicorn's head erased to sinister Or, armed and crined argent* is to be released.

Viviana le Pryce. Device. Argent, a peacock pavonated to base proper a bordure purpure semy-de-lys Or. The LoAR misspelt pavonated.

William James. Device change. Argent, a stag's head couped affronty between in fess two thistles proper. The LoAR omitted the fact that this was a device change, and that his previous device *Per bend gules and sable, a hand mirror argent* is to be retained as a badge.

June 1998

Lochac
Sibán nic Ghiolla Phádraig. Name. The LoAR misspelt the given name as Sibón.

Armorial

Fredrick of Woodlyn. Device. Argent, a heart gules debruised of an olive branch bendwise sinister proper. The blazon omitted the posture of the branch.

Helena Gabrielle the Fortunate. Device. Per chevron argent and azure, in chief a natural rainbow proper clouded of two roses azure and in base a rose Or. The position of the rainbow had been omitted.

Karl von Elfstein der Schmuckmacher. Device change. When this was registered in 12/96 the LoAR failed to note that his former device *Per pall inverted arrondy vert, Or, and argent, a bordure engrailed purpure.*, was now a badge.*

Kevin of Thornbury. Device. Per pale vert and azure, a dragon passant contourny Or. Kevin is listed in the armorial as having two devices, one of which being *Per pale vert and azure, a dragon passant contourny Or.* That is not his device, but rather *Or, on a chevron gules between three crosses crosslet fitchy azure, three mullets argent*, is his device. The one with the dragon was a submission for an entirely different person, whose submission was returned for conflict.

Roger fitzRolf Le Normand. Device. Quarterly gules and checky sable and argent, a bear's head erased Or. This was accidentally left off the May 1997 Atenveldt acceptances.

Valeran do Pico. Device. Quarterly embattled gules and Or, in the first quarter a cross formy Or charged with a cross pointed gules, and in the fourth quarter a mountain couped with four peaks Or. The fact that the mountain was couped was omitted from the blazon.

Roster of Heralds in Lochac

Lochac
Crux Australis Herald
Aislinn de Valence (Megan Dansie)
Personal rank: Pursuivant

Deputies

Bombard Pursuivant
Thorfinn Hrolfsson (Stephen Roylance)
Personal rank: Pursuivant
Rostered Date: 23 February 1996

Canon Pursuivant
Haos Windchaser (Danny Bartel)
Personal rank: Pursuivant
Rostered Date: 1 January 1993

Groups

Agaricus, Incipient Shire of
Acting P.E.
Lyssandre le Téméraire (Brendan Lloyd)
Personal Rank: Cornet
Rostered Date: 8 February 1998

Aneala, Barony of
Black Wing Pursivant
Kane Greymane (Chris Colyer)
Personal Rank: Pursuivant
Rostered Date: 19 January 1998

Bacchus Wood, Incipient Canton of, (River Haven)
Proposed Acting P.E.
David of Galloway
Personal Rank: Cornet
Rostered Date:

Blessed Herman the Cripple ,College of (Innilgard)
Proposed Acting P.E.
Gruffydd ap Cynan (Gareth Hodges)
Personal Rank: Cornet
Rostered Date

Castellum Montanum, Canton of, (River Haven)
Acting P.E.
Melyor the Elusive (Melissa King)
Personal Rank: Cornet
Rostered Date: 14 August 1998

Dismal Fogs
Proposed Acting P.E.
Louise Hollingbery (Elswyth of Bery)
Personal Rank: Cornet
Rostered Date: 20/8/98

Drakkers Fjord, Incipient Canton of (River Haven)
Acting P.E.
Aldric Gerybeard of Wolfden (Ian Hall)
Personal Rank: Cornet
Rosstered Date: 14th August 98

Foxwood, Incipient Canton of (Innilgard)
Acting PE
Tanya of Shoreham (Tania Shore)
Personal Rank:Cornet
Rostered Date:3 March 1998

Hunter's Isle, Incipient Canton of, (Ynys Fawr)
Proposed Acting PE
Darius of Drogheda (Darren West)
Personal Rank: Cornet
Rostered Date:

Innilgard
Acting Frette Rouge Pursivant
Armand de Rochefort (Alan Ogden)
Personal Rank: PE
Rostered Date: 27 January 1995

Kraé Glas, Incipient Canton of, (Stormhold)
Proposed Acting P.E.
Cormac Lenihan (Conrad Leviston)
Personal Rank: Cornet
Rostered Date: 12 Febuary 1996

Mordenvale
ProposedActing P.E.
Fergus of Falkirk (Nigel Armstrong)
Personal Rank: Cornet
Rostered Date:

Parvus Portus, Canton of, (River Haven)
Proposed Acting P.E.
Steven of Parvus Portus (Steven Read)
Personal Rank: Cornet
Rostered Date:

Politarchopolis
Acting Frette Rouge Pursuivant
Sigmund Spelmam (Christpher Strusz)
Personal Rank: Cornet
Rostered Date: 1 August 1996

River Haven
Aquarius Pursuivant
Siona of the Eagle's Nest (Karen MacDonald)
Personal Rank: Pursuivant
Rostered Date: 10 August 1997

Rowany, Barony of,
Acting Cinquefoil Pursuivant
Caterina del Vino (Adrienne Waters)
Personal Rank: Cornet
Rostered Date: 9 March 1998

St Aldhelm , College of (Politarchopolis)
Proposed Acting P.E.
Morag Freyser (Helen Whitchurch)
Personal Rank: P.E.
Rostered Date:

St Bartholomew, College of, (Stormhold)
Proposed Acting P.E.
Aron Paul
Personal Rank: Cornet
Rostered Date:

St Cecelia, College of, (Stormhold)
Proposed Acting P.E.
Eleanora de la Birche (Fiona Heale)
Personal Rank: Cornet
Rostered Date:

Saint-Florian-de-la-Riviere, Incipient Shire of
Acting P.E.
Catrin of Kilkenny (Susan Hobbs)
Personal Rank: Cornet
Rostered Date: 19 January 1998

St Gildas, College of, (Ynys Fawr)
Proposed Acting P.E.
Hal the Archer (Paul Saunders)
Personal Rank: Cornet
Rostered Date: 1 October 1993

St Monica, College of, (Stormhold)
P.E. Daniel Marshall
Personal Rank: Cornet
Rostered Date:

St Ursula, College of, (Rowany)
Acting P.E. Nicolo
Personal Rank: Cornet
Rostered Date: 22 August 1997

Schoental, Incipient Canton of, (Ynys Fawr)
Proposed Acting P.E.
Rhodri of Gwynedd (Paul Harris)
Personal Rank: Cornet
Rostered Date: 27 January 1996

Stormhold, Barony of
Acting Goutty d'Eau Pursuivant
Drogo von Königsburg
Personal Rank: Pursuivant Extraordinary
Rostered Date:

Torlyon, Incipient Shire of
Acting PE
Alethea of Shrewsbury (Penny Cilento)
Personal Rank: Cornet
Rostered Date: 14 January 1997

Ynys Fawr, Barony of
Acting Drummond Pursuivant
Francis of Hexham (Andrew Cowling)
Personal Rank: Cornet
Rostered Date: 18 December 1997

At Large (apologies for errors)

Adrienne Fildying de Faux (Adrienne Gurteen)
Pursuivant
Stormhold

Bran of Lochiel (Laurie Flower)
Pursuivant Extraordinary Aneala

Ceridwen ferch Dafydd ap Cradog (Dyna Jones)
Pursuivant Extraordinary

Eleanor of Abergavenny (Jennifer Harries)
Pursuivant Extraordinary
Aneala

Eleanor Lyttellhayles (Adina Hamilton)
Pursuivant Extraordinary
Stormhold

Frae Fitzalleyne (Mark Calderwood)
Pursuivant Extraordinary
Dismal Fogs

Gareth Greystone (Anthony McCombes)
Pursuivant

Giles Leabrook (Braddon Giles)
Pursuivant Extraordinary
Rowany

Gui de Bragelonne (Gavin Tung)
Pursuivant Extraordinary
Rowany

Gwynhavyr of River Haven (Glynnis Hollindale)
Pursuivant Extraordinary
River Haven

Harold of Sigtuna (Keith Fainges)
Pursuivant Extraordinary
Riverhaven

Heloise of Sherbourne (Angelique Lyons)
Pursuivant Extraordinary
RiverHaven

Hrolf Herjolfsson (Cary Lenahan)
Pursuivant
Ynys Fawr

Hrolf Hreggvidarson (Jeremy Baker)
Pursuivant
Stormhold

Isabella de Montefeltro (Claire Murray)
Pursuivant Extraordinary
Stormhold

Jessica of Fern Abbey (Jan Andrews)
Pursuivant Extraordinary
Riverhaven

Julian du Bois (Dougal Montgomery)
Pursuivant Extraordinary
Ynys Fawr

Kara of Kirriemuir (Rachel Hall)
Pursuivant Extraordinary
Parvus Portus

Kilic ibn Sungur ibn alKazganci alTurhani (Steven Baker)
Pursuivant Extraordinary
Rowany

Kiriel du Papillion (Robyn Hodgkin)
Pursuivant Extraordinary
Politarchopolis

Maryn Fairchild of Grenhamerton (Andrew Bennet)
Pursuivant Extraordinary
Clayton, VIC 3168

Melloney de Charteris (Gayle Charter)
Pursuivant Extraordinary
Mordenvale

Morag Freyser (Helen Whitchurch)
Pursuivant Extraordinary
Politarchopolis

Morag Ameredith (Helen MacDougall)
Pursuivant Extraordinary
Politarchopolis

Morgan ap Idris (Lee Perkins)
Pursuivant Extraordinary
Stormhold

Nicholas Bawcock of Petersfield (Nigel Bell)
Pursuivant Extraordinary
River Haven?

Olafr Thordarson (David Eddy)
Pursuivant Extraordinary
Arxdraconis

Pedair MacPharlan na Cluaine Bige (Pedr Gurteen)
Stormhold

Peter the Uncertain (Peter Volk)
Pursuivant
River Haven

Peter du Gant Noir (Peter Fryer)
Pursuivant Extraordinary
Aneala

Rene de Bon Bois (Nigel Castle)
Pursuivant
Innilgard

Reynardine de Clifford (Damian Brennan)
Pursuivant
Aneala

Rhyllian of Starfire Retreat (Ruth Lesley)
Pursuivant
Stormhold

Richard of Dunheved
Pursuivant

Rowan Perigrynne (Robin Whitewood)
Pursuivant
Rowany

Selwyn Searobyrig (Stuart Robinson)
Pursuivant Extraordinary
Stormhold

Serena of the Lion's Paw (Karen Faings)
Pursuivant Extraordinary
Riverhaven

Snorri Ottarsson (Jay Plester)
Pursuivant Extraordinary
Aneala

Styvyn Longshanks (Steven O'Sullivan)
Pursuivant
Stormhold

Thrainn Jarngrimsson (Stefan Akerblom)
Pursuivant Extraordinary
Stormhold

Tovye Woolmongere (Tony Stankiewicz)
Pursuivant
Innilgard

Wulf Peace of Kantara (Peter Godley)
Pursuivant Extraordinary
Ynys Fawr