[MR] Just Curious (Royal Peers)

[Signora Cassandra Arabella Giordani]

The requirements for Patents of Arms are outlined in Corpora:

http://www.sca.org/docs/govdocs.pdf

VIII. PERSONAL AWARDS AND TITLES
A. Patents Of Arms
1. General Requirements:
Candidates for any order conferring a Patent of Arms must meet the
following minimum
criteria. Additional requirements may be set by law and custom of the
kingdoms as deemed
appropriate and necessary by the Crown.
• They shall have been obedient to the governing documents of the Society
and the laws
of the kingdom.
• They shall have consistently shown respect for the Crown of the kingdom.
• They shall have set an example of courteous and noble behavior suitable
to a peer of the
realm.
• They shall have demonstrated support for the aims and ideals of the
Society by being as
authentic in dress, equipment and behavior as is within their power.
• They shall have shared their knowledge and skills with others.
• They shall have practiced hospitality according to their means and as
appropriate to the
circumstances.
• They shall have made every effort to learn and practice those skills
desirable at and
worthy of a civilized court. To this end they should have some knowledge of
a wide
range of period forms, including but not limited to literature, dancing,
music, heraldry,
and chess, and they should have some familiarity with combat as practiced
in the Society.
• They should participate in Society recreations of several aspects of the
culture of the
Middle Ages and Renaissance.


Section A goes on about the specifics of the three Society wide Patent
Orders, the Chivarly, the Laurel and the Pelican, but these are the general
requirements referenced in the Atlantian Law.

Cassandra

>*7.2   Royal Peerage*
>
>A Royal peerage earned in the Kingdom of Atlantia shall be accompanied by a
>Patent of Arms if the new Royal Peer does not already have one. People
>earning such peerages shall be assumed to fulfill the basic requirements for
>receiving a Patent of Arms, unless a Court of Chivalry shall find otherwise.
>
>What are the requirements mentioned in the clause above? Is this basically
>stating if a King and/or Queen are found to not have fufilled their duties
>they may be withheld their patent or something else.
>
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>Joshua Thomas
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>joshua.r.thomas at gmail.com
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Signora Cassandra Arabella Giordani
Web Minister, Barony of Ponte Alto
Clerk of Precedence, Kingdom of Atlantia
cassandra at jordanclan.net