[MR] daily kingdom history fact 4

[Stephen Kiefert]

Which is the oldest barony in the kingdom - depends on how you define it.  The 
Order of Precedence lists them by the date of investiture of the first 
baron/baroness, which makes Windmasters Hill the oldest at February 19, 1977.  


The Washington, D.C. area consists of 3 jurisdictions, Maryland, D.C., and 
Virginia, and in the 70s the SCA did not allow groups to cross state lines, so 
there was a separate shire for each part (Seagate, Torhvassir, and Aster).   
However, the SCA at that time allowed something called a charter  barony, which 
consisted of those members who signed up to be in it, so the three groups 
combined into the Barony of Storvik.  Because a charter barony has no land, you 
cannot invest a baron/baroness.   On October 9, 1976, Ysabeau Cameron of Lochiel 
was created a court baroness so she could be the first Baroness of Storvik.  
They operated as a barony, hosted events and granted awards.  That is why some 
of the baronial awards predate her investiture date of September 15, 1979 in the 
OP, when the SCA allowed cross-border groups and she could be invested as a 
landed baroness, 





Come to 30 year celebration Labor Day weekend and learn more.  
http://30year.atlantia.sca.org/


Stefan of Cambion
Kingdom Historian