[MR] [HERALDRY] Laurel ACCEPTANCES from 2/2002

[Gorm of Berra]

Unto the Crown, Peers, and Populace of Atlantia does Lord Gorm of Berra, 
Golden Dolphin Herald, send greetings:

At his meetings in February, 2002, Laurel considered the following 
submissions.  They have been APPROVED, and REGISTERED!  Their owners may 
use them without any further let or hinderance whatsoever:

These items were forwarded from Atlantia in October, 2001.

Agiluf Stahlschmidt. Name.

Alessandra Tironi. Device. Purpure, three musical notes and a dexter tierce 
Or.

Atlantia, Kingdom of. Badge for The King's Guard. (Fieldless) A sea-lion 
sustaining a sword bendwise sinister Or.

Avelyn Harris. Name.
The submitter requested authenticity for 14th C Scot/Irish. As documented, 
this name is a fine English name. Lacking evidence that either name was 
used in Ireland or Scotland in the 14th C, it is likely not authentic for 
the submitter's desired time and culture.

Bohemond Guiscard. Device. Sable, a sunburst Or clouded argent and in chief 
three prickspurs reversed argent.

Craig of Atlantia. Holding name and device. Azure, a pithon erect to 
sinister and on a chief argent three roundels azure.
These arms were originally submitted under the name Aeschylus Grendel, 
which was returned on the December 2001 LoAR.

Cynwrig ap Rhys. Alternate name Kenneth Pyke.
The submitter requested authenticity for England and allowed no changes. As 
the given name is documented as Scots, this name is not authentic for England.
There was some question regarding the plausibility of the spelling Kenneth 
as a period spelling. Black (p. 393 s.n. Kennethson) dates Alexander 
Kennethson to 1430. Therefore, Kenneth is a reasonable period spelling.

Dun Carraig, Barony of. Badge. Argent, a pair of compasses and in base a 
cross bottony all within a bordure embattled gules.
The submission was designated as being for the Tinkerer's Guild. However, 
this is not a generic designation. A tinker is a period artisan, and thus a 
Tinker's Guild would be a generic designation (like a Blacksmith's Guild) 
which could be applied to a badge. However, tinkerer does not seem to be a 
period occupation. Since the branch does not have the name Tinkerer's Guild 
registered to them, the designation has been removed.

Edmund Sharpe. Device. Vert, a bend sinister argent ermined vert between 
three ermine spots argent.
When there are three or more ermine spots on a stripe ordinary such as a 
bend or fess or chief, the ordinary will be interpreted as ermined, as this 
is a standard way of drawing an ermine stripe ordinary. It is also true 
that small numbers of ermine spots on the field may be interpreted as 
charges, rather than part of an ermined tincture. Three spots around a bend 
sinister are so sparsely distributed that they can only be interpreted as 
charges.
No documentation was presented, and none was found, for the combination of 
ermine spots as distinct charges and ermine spots as part of an ermined 
tincture in the same armory. Until documentation for this combination is 
presented, this combination will be considered a weirdness.

Esmé Douglass. Name.

Evelyn Merry. Name and device. Vert, a butterfly bendwise sinister Or.
Submitted as Evelyn Merrymet, no documentation was provided and none was 
found that Merrymet was a phrase used in period. Lacking such 
documentation, it is not registerable. If such documentation were found, 
evidence would also be needed that Merrymet would be a plausible "phrase" 
byname. None of the period examples provided in the LoI included a phrase 
which had a past tense element. In the example of Welcum found in Reaney & 
Wilson (p. 480 s.n. Welcome), come is not past tense.
The submitter specifically allowed the byname to be changed to Merry if 
Merrymet was not registerable. We have made this change.

Generys ferch Ednuyed ap Madauc. Name.

Gwynaeth Pembroke. Device change. Per bend argent and sable, a kris 
inverted bendwise sinister between six roses counterchanged.
Her previous device, Vert, a kris bendwise sinister inverted between two 
domestic cats sejant guardant Or, is released.

Gwynaeth Pembroke. Badge. (Fieldless) A rose per bend argent and sable 
overall a kris bendwise sinister per bend sable and argent.

Hugh de Bardenay. Name.

Hugh Wallace. Device. Azure, two ladles in saltire and on a chief argent 
three mullets sable.
Please advise the submitter to draw the chief wider and all the other 
charges somewhat larger.

Jasper Wiseman. Name and device. Per chevron inverted azure and vert, a cat 
passant guardant and two rapiers Or.

Jehan Yves de Chateau Thiery. Household name House of the Two Tigers and 
badge. Vair, two natural tigers passant counterpassant Or marked sable.

Johan Krieg. Device. Sable, a dragon passant argent and a bordure embattled 
argent crusilly bottony sable.

Kateryn Rous. Badge. Gules, a fleur-de-lys between four crescents in cross 
horns to center and conjoined at the tips argent.

Kyneburh Boithuile and Ragnarr Blackhammer. Joint badge. (Fieldless) On a 
quatrefoil per bend azure and sable a lion rampant Or.

Laura de Givet. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Or, two 
rapiers in saltire sable overall a rose proper and a chief sable.
Submitted under the name Belphoebe de Givet.

Luce Anthony Venus. Device. Per pale gules and azure, a pegasus couchant 
and on a chief argent three delfs azure.

Maeve Flannery. Name.

Michael of Lochmere. Holding name and device. Vair, on a fess sable three 
seeblatter Or.
Submitted under the name Michel von Schönsee, the submitter's name was 
returned in December 2001 for lack of forms. The name has been resubmitted 
and we have received the forms. Since the name form indicates that the 
submitter will accept a holding name, we are able to register this device 
with a holding name.

Muirenn ingen Dara. Device. Vert, a fess between three acorns Or.

Randolf Garard. Name and device. Azure, a wolf statant and on a chief 
embattled argent five card piques vert and on a mount argent a card pique 
vert.
Please advise the submitter to draw the device so that the chief is larger, 
the mount is smaller, and the card piques fill the available space.

Rivkah bat Zakkai. Name and device. Argent, a sun gules overall a pall 
arrondy sable.

Séamus mac Inneirghe. Name and device (see RETURNS for badge). Argent, 
three roses and on a chief indented fleury at the base points vert a rapier 
reversed argent.

Sylvanus Perrin. Badge. (Fieldless) A rhinoceros statant argent.

Tahir the Mad. Name (see PENDS for device).

Theodora Delamore. Badge. (Fieldless) Three ivy leaves conjoined in pall 
argent.

Ulric von Vohburg. Name change from Ulric the Fox.
His previous name, Ulric the Fox, is retained as an alternate name.

Yseulte Trevelyn. Device change. Gules, three fountains.
Nice device! Her previous device, Gules, a lioness rampant guardant 
contourny argent between two flaunches barry wavy azure and argent, is 
released.

Yseulte Trevelyn. Badge. (Fieldless) A saltcellar shedding salt argent.
Nice badge! And given the period canting badge of a daisy (also known as a 
marguerite) for someone with the given name Marguerite, quite appropriate. 
(It makes sense that canting badges, which are personal, might refer to the 
given name, while canting arms, which apply to whole families of people 
with different given names, apply to the surname.)
According to the Pictorial Dictionary, when a saltcellar is drawn shedding 
salt, the salt must be explicitly blazoned, and so we have added that 
information into the blazon. We wish the submitter better luck than we had 
in clearly enunciating the phrase "Yseulte's saltcellar shedding salt by 
the seashore".

In Service,

Gorm of Berra
Golden Dolphin Herald