[MR] Re: [AtlantianHeralds] Triton Speaks on the GoA of the OHM

[BATCOK at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/22/2003 8:07:16 AM Eastern Standard Time, jaelle at Radix.Net writes:

> From the November 1982 cover letter:
>  ***************************************************************
>
> "Another question concerns multiple awards. There are three levels of
> arms in the SCA: arms by Award, Grant, or Patent, in increasing order of
> precedence. Once you receive a particular level of arms, you cannot later
> receive that same or lower level, as such action would have no meaning or
> effect. Thus, a person who receives an Award of Arms is an armiger. If a
> King incorrectly later gives that armiger a second Award of Arms, that
> second action is null and void because it has no effect: the person was
> already an armiger. The ceremony of the presentation of the second Award
> of Arms did serve the purpose of expressing the King's desire to reward
> the armiger, and so was of some effect, but the second Award of Arms
> should not be listed in the Order of Precedence.
>
> Similarly, if a Grant of Arms holder receives a later Award of Arms or
> Grant of Arms, the later action is of no effect and should not be listed.
> If a holder or a Patent of Arms later receives an Award of Arms, a Grant
> of Arms, or another Patent of Arms, then the later action is of no effect
> and should not be listed. You can only receive one Patent of Arms. A man
> who is a Knight, a Pelican, a Laurel, a Viscount, a Count, and a Duke has
> exactly one Patent of Arms, not six."
> ******************************************************************
>
> There are other rulings from that cover letter that we use today, such as
> the fact you only recieve one patent (as is made clear in the Atlantian
> scribal handbook).
>
> I hope this makes matters clear.
>
> Jaelle

Yes it does and I thank you for pointing it out to me.

Under the light of this evidence, I withdraw from my previous position and instruct the Clerk of Precedence to apply this ruling to these cases.  If any have questions, please contact me directly.

Batcok, Triton