[MR] crown tourney

[BATCOK at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/6/2001 5:30:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
Lukehager at aol.com writes:


> greetings gentles..i am fairly new to the sca, having been a member for just 
> under six months...yet i am fascinated with the way we choose our 
> royals...could someone please give a quick lesson in this? i know a brave 
> fighter must be the only one left standing, and he and his consort become 
> our majesties..but i was curious about the requirements for such an 
> honor...any info would be greatly appreciated...isabella 
> ps...is it a "secret" as to who is fighting this time around or is there a 
> list of the participants and their consorts? since i am so new, if this is 
> 

Greetings Isabella, 

Yours is a good question and I hope to give you a good answer.  To start, 
let's review the legalities, then we can discuss the application.

The requirements for entry and participation in Crown Tournament as listed in 
Kingdom Law are:

6.2.5: Concerning Crown Tournament.
6.2.5.1: Eligibility for Crown Tournament.
6.2.5.1.1: Each lord competing shall have a prospective consort (lady for 
whom he is fighting), and each lady competing shall have a prospective 
consort (lord for whom she is fighting).
6.2.5.1.2: Each competitor and each prospective consort shall be a member of 
the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. One must be a subscribing member 
and the other must receive the Kingdom newsletter at his/her address. Each 
competitor and each prospective consort must be a member of the SCA, Inc. on 
the first day of the month in which the Crown Tournament occurs, as evidenced 
by the Registry rolls held by the Kingdom Seneschal which shall be used to 
determine eligibility for Crown Tournament.
6.2.5.1.3: No one shall compete in the Crown Lists or be the prospective 
consort of a competitor in the Crown Lists who cannot fulfill the duties of 
the Crown.
6.2.5.1.4: The victor of the Crown Lists and his or her consort shall 
together assume the titles of Crown Prince and Crown Princess as appropriate 
for their gender, and the position of successors to the crown.
6.2.5.1.5: All fighting and non-fighting entrants in the Crown Tournament 
must be presented to and acceptable to the Crown.
6.2.5.1.5.1: The Crown may only deny participation in Crown Tourney for just 
and stated cause. If either participant is found unacceptable, the 
participant may require that the Crown publicly state, before the tourney 
commences, the reason that the participant was found unacceptable. Failure of 
the Crown to comply with this type of request will result in the declaration 
of the Crown List as null and void, and will necessitate a new Crown List be 
held as soon as possible.
6.2.5.1.6: The withdrawal of either the prospective sovereign or the 
prospective consort automatically eliminates both from that Crown Tournament. 
Either may withdraw at any point in the tournament, without loss of honor, by 
notifying the Crown and the Minister of the Crown Lists.
6.2.5.1.7: All participants in a Crown Tournament must be subjects of the 
Kingdom of Atlantia who have resided in Atlantia for at least one year 
immediately prior to the Crown Tourney.
6.2.5.1.8: No person shall enter the Crown Lists without intending an 
honorable attempt to compete for the Crown.
6.2.5.1.9: Any of all of the requirements for entrance to the Crown 
Tournament stated above, with the exception of those required by Corpora, may 
be waived by the Crown.
6.2.5.2: The Crown Tournament shall be a double elimination tournament.

The requirements for entry and participation in Crown Tournament as listed in 
Corpora are:

IV. ROYALTY
A. Selection
1. Royal Lists must be conducted at a tournament announced in the kingdom 
newsletter as being for that purpose.
2. Each competitor and prospective consort must hold a valid membership on 
the day of the Royal Lists, and must maintain that membership until their 
term of Royalty is over. Positive confirmation that the Registry has 
processed the membership application is required before anyone may fight or 
be fought for in a Royal List. Positive confirmation consists of a valid 
membership card, appearance of the name with a valid membership on a printout 
from the Corporate Office, a membership label issued by the Corporate Office 
showing the name and expiration date, or a postcard or letter from the 
Corporate Office confirming that the membership has been received.
3. Kingdoms and principalities will ensure that all competitors in a Crown 
and Coronet Lists are aware of and meet the membership requirements for 
themselves and their prospective consorts at the time they register for the 
Lists. Any officer of the Society or representative of a Kingdom found 
responsible for allowing a non-member to participate, as an entrant or 
prospective consort, in a Royal List will be subject to sanctions.
B. Qualifications
1. Each competitor in a Royal List must be fighting for a prospective consort 
of the opposite gender.
2. No one may take part in a Royal Lists, either as a competitor or as a 
prospective consort, who has any reason to believe that either member of that 
competing couple will be unable to fulfill the duties of royalty.
3. Each competitor and prospective consort must have access to the 
appropriate corporate newsletter at their place of residence.

Now for how this happens.

One of the first acts of Their Majesties is to select the exact format of the 
Crown Tournament and place the call for contenders. As Coronation was held in 
September, the announcement appears in the October Acorn (our Kingdom 
Newsletter). For the next part, I will quote from Their Majesties' letter in 
the Acorn:

"As your King and Queen, We deem it Our duty to ensure a rightful succession 
when We in turn are laid to rest. To that end, We will host a Crown 
Tournament in Our gracious Shire of Seareach on the 3rd day of November. 
Should you wish to vie for the thrones of this sweetest of Kingdoms, you must 
provide us with a Letter of Intent no later than the 22nd day of October. 
Please be advised that this is a firm deadline, and that no combatant will be 
accepted to the list unless We receive a letter from him or her by the 
specified date. Please also submit a copy of your letter to the Kingdom 
Seneschal, Master Corwyn Sinister, so that We may be assured all contenders 
and consorts meet the qualifications for Monarchy as identified in Kingdom 
Law. (email is acceptable - request receipt).
"A Letter of Intent must contain the following information for both fighter 
and consort, if We are to accept it: SCA Name, Modern Name, Membership Number 
and Expiration Date, Modern Mailing Address (per the Acorn), Telephone 
Number, Email Address (if available)
"In addition, We will require that all combatants swear fealty to Us prior to 
entering the Crown list."

This is the reason why there is no "Official" list of Crown Tournament 
contenders available yet, the list won't be finalized until twelve days 
before the Tournament.

On the day of the Crown Tournament, the heralds place the contenders in 
reverse precedence order (from the lowest, who have no Award of Arms, to 
highest, the Peers - in order of creation) and announce them to the Crown. 
The contenders present themselves to the Crown and confirm their intention to 
participate in the tournament. The contenders are usually separated, 
non-Peerage from Peerage, then the non-Peers choose their opponents for the 
first round of the tournament. The tournament is fought until there is a 
victor and consort who are crowned Prince and Princess of Atlantia.

If there are any parts of this that need to be further clarified, please let 
me know.

Until Later...
Lord Michael Batcok
Triton Principal Herald

The Atlantian Great Book of Law is available at: http://law.atlantia.sca.org/
The Corpora can be found at: http://www.sca.org/docs/welcome.html
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