[MR] Question about fighters & unpassed heraldry

[Sunniva Kyrre]

When we recieve an award in court that is armigious, it is read into court 
and on the scroll
"..... here bestow upon<name> and Award of Arms and here confer upon 
[him/her] all the honours, privileges, and responsibilities inherent 
thereunto. In recognition of this, We here Award unto <name> the sole right 
to bear without hindrance these arms to wit: <blazon> ."

This gives you the right to display your arms. Until then the best option is 
a simple tabbard is best.  You will not accidently display something that is 
registered to someone else. You will not have to remake it if what you want 
is not available.

Sunniva

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Amie Sparrow" <troenwolf at hotmail.com>
To: "Merry Rose" <atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 8:23 AM
Subject: [MR] Question about fighters & unpassed heraldry


>
> Hi List,
>
> I have a question about unpassed heraldry. My husband is a new heavy 
> fighter (Fighter 1) and I have another friend who is also a new heavy 
> fighter (Fighter 2). I am working with the assumption that fighters need 
> heraldry.
>
> What do we do in a situation where the heraldry has not been submitted 
> yet? The two situations are slightly different.
>
> Fighter 1 - Has passed heraldry, but wants new scarier heraldry. Should he 
> use his current heraldry until the new heraldry gets approved? Or can he 
> start using the new scarier heraldry because he likes it better?
>
> Fighter 2 - Does not have heraldry at all. What should she do? Can she 
> create a tabbard with heraldry that is being submitted while the 
> submission works its way through the heraldic review process?
>
> Fighter 3 - For good measure, I'm going to assume that there is at least 
> one new person reading the Merry Rose and wants to fight, but doesn't have 
> the foggiest idea of what heraldry he or she wants. What should that 
> person do if that person wants to fight at an event?
>
> You can assume that none of these fighters is going to be in a crown 
> tournament before heraldry is passed, so we can remove that possiblity 
> from the discussion.
>
> I have skimmed the SCA Marshall's Handbook and the Atlantian Book of 
> Policy. I did not find anything that implied a fighter had to have 
> heraldry at all (much to my surprise).
>
> What should these fighters do?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Amie
>
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