[MR] RE: heraldry

[Michael Houghton]

Howdy!

On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 03:03:33PM -0400, EoganOg at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 6/4/01 6:04:16 PM !!!First Boot!!!, 
> sirknight at mindspring.com writes:
> 
> 
> > That in itself is a matter open for discussion. Years after the blazon
> > of my device had been approved and registered, this kingdom changed
> > it -  and as blazoned, it is no longer the same device.
> > 
I was curious about this but could not find anything in the on-line armorial.
What name was this registered under?
> 
> Something doesn't sound right about this.  Years *after* your device was 
> registered by Laurel at the Society level, someone in this *kingdom* changed 
> the way it was blazoned?
> 
> And the blazon was significantly different enough that it actually changed 
> your device?  (There are often many ways to blazon the same device).

Either that or there is some confusion about exactly what was done and why.
> 
> As far as I know, once a particular blazon is registered, it's set.  The only 
> way to change it would be if you requested a change by basically going 
> through the submission process again, with documentation as to why you wanted 
> to registered blazon to be altered.  But that has to be initiated by you, not 
> anyone else.
> 
Laurel can reblazon a device if the existing blazon is not adequate to accurately
describe the device. This happens routinely.

yours,
Herveus
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