[MR] Going to Court, and why do they...

[E L Wimett]

Actually, why we do it routinely is in large part because of some long ago
Board rulings that stated that it is what the Crown (directly or through
their herald) says in court that counts, not what is on the scroll.  This
came up when there was a disparity between what the Crown meant to do and
what they said in court (e.g., meaning to give an award of arms but saying
grant of arms).

By having the scroll read formally (by the "voice" of the Crown) any such
disparity or confusion is avoided.  Not to mention the fact that heralds
are frequently more audible than royalty but that is another issue.

Alisoun, who when Brigantia AND Laurel had to deal with situations where
the scroll was not read. . .

On Tuesday, April 29, 2003 2:20 PM, Marybeth Lavrakas
[SMTP:katrous at yahoo.com] wrote:
> Well, here's another 2 cents before we bury this dead
> horse...
>
> Why do we always have to have the scroll read out in
> court? I can understand it in certain instances, but
> I've been at a LOT of courts where it's the same
> preformatted text being read out for every similar
> award (just insert new name...here...).
>
> Now, I have read about *why* this (supposedly) got
> started long ago and far out West, but am interested
> in people's thoughts on why we keep doing it!
> Specifically when we've already been told who the
> person is, what they're getting and why they're
> getting it. Yes, yes, sometimes the scroll reading
> isn't redundant...but sometimes it seems we just go
> into a tradition rutt.
>
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