CAMeL

Mistress Aislinn de Valence
Crux Australis Herald
Megan Dansie
P.O. Box 526
Unley SA 5061
Phone: IDD+61 8 8293 6635
Internet: aislinn@merlin..net.au

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Submissions to Laurel | November LoAR

December 1998

Those wonderful people who helped.

Lady Katerina da Brescia , Lord William Forrester de Blacwode and Daffyd Wallraven.
Next meeting
No meeting in January, I need a holiday... Meetings will usually be on the first Sunday of the month at 2pm. Call first if you are bringing a submission to the meeting. I will be producing a January Camel.

Important Addresses
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.
Subscriptions
C.A.M.(e).L. is available from Crux Australis at $20 per year. Make cheques payable to "SCA Inc. College of Heralds".

Note that due to lower production costs, the Camel will cost $20 a year from 1st January 1998.

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.
From Crux
My term is over in September. I am looking for a successor. Please write or e-mail me for a job description.

Being Crux can be incredible rewarding, and is definitely an education. If you are strong in book heraldry, administration, diplomacy and computers/desktop publishing, please consider applying for the job. I will consider applications from people with others who can produce the Camel, but you do need to be reliable with paperwork. Please rescue me from doing two terms as Crux! In the meantime, I would like to have someone with computer and e-mail skills take over maintaining the roster.

You must be using the new forms now for all submissions. I will return submissions on the old forms in the new year.

I currently have a draft of the new PE test. I want to have some senior heralds comment on it. If you would like to have some input, please let me know as soon as possible. Please also let people know that I am working on the test, and that is why I have not sent out any PE tests lately. If you are waiting to be rostered, I am having a holiday, and plan to catch up in January, if not before then.
Reports
Innilgard has a new baronial herald. Welcome to Lord William Forester de Blacwode. He tells me that the Canton of Foxwood is getting a new herald, Daffyd Wallraven. William has not received any recent report from the College of Blessed Herman. Thanks to Lord Armand for his work as Frette Rouge.

St Augustine has a new herald. Welcome to Loreli dell'Isola. Please note that I need a letter of introduction, and proof of membership for all new heralds.

Aneala has had a variety of heralds in charge of events, which is pleasing to see.

Riverhaven is still producing a regular heraldic newsletter. Aquarius is planning to step down in February.

Heraldic Resources
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.
Electronic Resources
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).
Submission Requirements.
Cost: $20 per name, and $20 per device or badge. No cost for resubmissions. Make cheques payable to "SCA Inc College of Heralds". Use new forms only. Copies required for submissions:
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.
Submissions to Laurel
1. All Saints, College of
Consulting herald: Drogo von Königsberg

New name and device. Azure a human figure robed and arms outstretched argent, haloed and maintaining a laurel wreath in his sinister hand Or.

All Saints day dates back to 731 AD in the Encyclopedia Brittanica vol 1 p 275. Ekwall also lists a place name Farnham All Saints. If a college can be named after one saint, it seems reasonable to name one after all saints.

The meeting felt that the wreath is too small. We intend to instruct the clients to draw it larger. The appropriate petition is included.

2. Jocelyn ni Morgunn
Mundane name: Jody Jane Henson
Group: Aneala
Consulting herald: Muirghein ni Ghraine

New name. Jocelyn is in Withycombe p 177 as a name used by either males or females. The submitter is female and will not accept major changes. She asks that the grammar be corrected if needed to make the name mean in Irish Gaelic "Jocelyn daughter of Morgunn".

Morgunn is a Pictish /old Celtic variant of Morgan (Reaney p244) . The Gaelic connection comes through O'Corrain & Maguire p184 that lists Morgan as a variant of Murchad, and arguably a Gaelic name form.

3. Leofwynn Wulfinga
Group: Innilgard
Consulting herald: Tovye Woolmongere

New badge for House Red.

Co-owner is Eric Alard.

Per pale argent and gules a goblet counterchanged per pale.




4. Michael de Biggleswade
Mundane name: Michael Cronin
Group: Innilgard
Consulting herald : (device) William Forester de Blacwode

New name and device. Per bend sinister gules and vert an ermine ermine statant.

Michael
is the clients mundane name, and appears in Withycombe at p 218. Biggleswade is in Eckwall p42 as dating to 1123. Bigleswade appears in Chrisopher Saxtons's 16th Century Maps of England., specifically Northampton 1576.

5. Valiant Swans of Aneala, Order of
Group: Aneala
Consulting herald: Kane Greymane

This is an appeal of a return by Laurel in November 1996 of a Baronial Order name. Laurel returned the name on the grounds no-one could come up with period order name in the plural, or that included a place name.

The barony has found various plural order names, in Broughton, including Teutonic Knights of the Hospital of the Blessed Virgin of Jerusalem (p447), an order that began in 1198, The Knights Of St James Of Compostella (p299), Cisterian Religious Order confirmed as a military Order by Pope Alexander III in 1175, The Knights Hospitaller of St John of Jerusalem (p255) a military order which conquered Rhodes in 1310.

The clients quote various Order names in Uden with place names, including the late C13th ones (p164-165) the Lily of Navarre, the Dove of Castile and The Thistle of Bourbon. Also, The Red Cross Knights of Calatrava. were founded in 1158 and named for the city in which they were founded (p35)
References:
Broughton, Bradford B, Dictionary of Medieval Knighthood and Chivalry Concepts and Terms, Greenwood Press, New York 1986

Ekwall Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names. 4th ed.

MacLysaght, Edward, "The Surnames of Ireland", Irish Academic Press, 1991, 6th Ed.

Ó Corráin, Donnchadh and Maguire, Fidelma, "Gaelic Personal names" , The Academy Press, Dublin, 1981

New Encyclopedia Brittanica 15th Ed.

Reaney P.H., 'A Dictionary of British Surnames', Routledge & Kegan Paul London, 1979.

Chrisopher Saxton's 16th Century Maps the Counties of England & Wales , Chatsworth Library 1992

Uden, Grant, A Dictionary of Chivalry, Longmans London 1968

Withycombe E.G., The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford University Press, UK, 1979
From Laurel's November Letter of Acceptances and Returns
Registrations

Gwenhwyvar of Abergavenny. Device. Vert, a stag at gaze and a mount Or.

Llewelyn Cadno de Granville. Name.

SOCIETY FOR CREATIVE ANACHRONISM

Annunciation, Order of. (Royal Italy, Savoy). Badge. (Fieldless) Three Savoy knots in annulo Or. This order dates from period, and exists in some form today.

Aviz, Order of. (Portugal). Badge. (Fieldless) A cross of Calatrava vert. This order dates from period, and exists in some form today.

Calatrava, Order of. (Spain) (Fieldless) A cross of Calatrava gules. On the July 1998 LoAR Branwen ferch Emrys' proposed badge (Fieldless) A cross fleury gules, was pended so we could decide if the badge for the Order of Calatrava was important enough to protect. After consulting with the College, we have decided that it is, so we are adding it, as well as some others to our list of protected non-SCA armory. Without exception, all of these orders date from period, and exist in some form or another to this day.

Christ, Order of. (Portugal, Vatican City). Badge. (Fieldless) On a Latin cross formy gules a Latin cross argent. This order dates from period, and exists in some form today.

Dannebrog, Order of. (Denmark). Badge. (Fieldless) A cross formy argent fimbriated gules. This order dates from period, and exists in some form today.

Elephant, Order of. (Denmark). Badge. (Fieldless) An elephant statant contourny argent bearing on its back a tower proper. This order dates from period, and exists in some form today.

Golden Fleece, Order of. (Imperial Austria, Spain). Badge. (Fieldless) A fleece Or. This order dates from period, and exists in some form today.

Holy Sepulchre, Order of. (Vatican City). Badge. (Fieldless) A cross potent between four crosses gules. This order dates from period, and exists in some form today.

Santiago, Order of. Badge. (Spain, Portugal) (Fieldless) A cross of Santiago gules. On the July 1998 LoAR Branwen ferch Emrys' proposed badge (Fieldless) A cross fleury gules, was pended so we could decide if the badge for the Order of Santiago was important enough to protect. After consulting with the College, we have decided that it is, so we are adding it, as well as some other to our list of protected non-SCA armory. Without exception, all of these orders date from period, and exist in some form or another to this day.

Returns
None!