[MR] HERALDRY -- Atlantian Acceptances for April

[Robert J Welenc]

At the April meeting of the Atlantian College of Heralds, the
following were tentatively  Accepted and forwarded to Laurel Queen of
Arms:  

Aramon de Cantigny. Name. 

Caer Gelynniog, College of.  Name.
As we discussed at Coronation, the Atlantian College of Heralds was
unable to verify "Geliniog" from the documentation, and substituted
the nearest documentable form.

Catlin McRay. Badge. 
(Fieldless) A spiderweb couped sable, overall an increscent argent.

Cunradt Scholl von Franken. Device Kresub.
Quarterly gules and Or, in bend sinister two catamounts combattant
sable. 

Dughall B{'a}n.  Name resubmission; new device.
Argent, a thistle proper, on a chief vert 3 Celtic crosses Or.

Ellen Miller. Name and device. 
Argent, on a bend sinister cotised azure a quatrefoil argent.

Gemma Stone. Name and device.
Argent, a dragon passant and on a chief sable three crescents argent.

Giles Warinot. Name.

Hrosvitha von Celle.  Name. 

Jacquetta Edington of Yorkshire.  Device resubmission.
Purpure, a goblet and in chief three roses Or.

Jacquette Beamonte. Name.

Katarina Kitter. Name & Device.
Purpure, a unicorn rampant and on a chief embattled argent three
roses purpure.
Submitted as Katarina Kittmann; we were unable to document the byname
and have substituted this documented form per your request. 
The embattlements on the chief should be a bit larger and deeper.

Kolfinna Ragnarsdottir. Name. No changes.

Magnus balli Thorvaldsson.  Name. Resubmission.

Meabh inghean Thaidg ua Domnaill. Name. 
Submitted as Meabh inghean Tadgh ui Donal; we have put the
patronymics into the proper grammatical form for Gaelic.

Merecwen Albeorn.  Name and device.
Azure, a trident between 2 fleurs-de-lys, a bordure Or.

Metylda the Cunning. Name resubmission; new device.
Argent, a fox's mask gules between three quivers vert each holding
two arrows sable.

Nottinghill Coill, Barony of. Badge.
(Fieldless) Two Wake knots conjoined in pale argent. 
For Order of the Silver Knot, registered 

Richard de Montbrai. Badge. 
(Fieldless) A griffin passant azure. 

River Point, Canton of. Name and device.
Or, a pall wavy purpure, in chief a tower sable, overall a laurel
wreath vert.
Submitted as River's Point.  You say that you are most concerned
about the meaning, which you interpret as ‘land at the confluence of
two rivers.'  However, the Atlantian CoH was unable to find anything
like this in either Ekwall's Concise Oxford Dictionary of English
Place-names or Smith's English Place Name Elements.  (This is not
surprising; English rivers often look like ‘creeks' to Americans, so
that their confluence is nothing notable on which to base a
placename.) 
	However, the OED dates ‘point' meaning a  "tapering extremity of any
promontory or piece of land running into the sea: often in
geographical names, as Start Point, Point of Ardnamurchan.  Also, A
peak of a mountain or hill." to late period, with a generic mention
in 1553 and a named point in 1585.  Ekwall, p. 439, s.n.  Start
Point, says: "[the Sterte c. 1540 Leland}.  OE steort ‘tail', also
‘promontory'.  The point gave its name to Start Farm [La Sterte 1309
Ch.]"
	A survey of a map of Great Britain shows a great number of named
points: Haverigg Point, Lizard Point, Newton Point, Prawle Point, and
Castle Point are typical.  All of these points appear to have been
named for a nearby town.  Ekwall dates all of these town names to
period: Haverigg p. 226, 1190; Lizard , p. 301 Lisart, DB; Newton, p.
341, DB; Prawle, p. 373, 1242.  
	Ekwall, p. 389, has three entries for towns named ‘River' or
‘Rivar'; one apparently derives from Ofr rivere ‘river', and the
others from OE yfer ‘edge, brow of a hill'.  Rivere, 1396.
	We believe that ‘River Point', a promontory or hill peak near the
town of River, is a plausible construction for a geographical name.

Siban ingen Dhomnaill. Name. (See Returns for device.)
submitted as Siban ingen Domnaill; we have lenited the patronymic.

Tarvin, Shire of. Branch name and device.
Or, a bend sinister sable, on a delf ploye overall counterchanged a
laurel wreath sable. 

Tessa of Crossgate. Name and device.
Azure, on a bend sinister between two hearts argent, a cross barby
sable. 

Wulf de Langhemerc. Name and device.
Argent, a cross barby sable and a chief checky sable and argent. 

Alanna
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