<div>Greetings All!</div><div> </div><div> As We were celebrating our Tournament of Love and Beauty, Our Cousins, Their Excellencies Takeda and Ariel, Baron and Baroness of Nottinghill Coill, were being invested.</div><div>
</div><div> As We were not able to be there, We asked Dame Morwenna Trevethan if she would present to Thier Excellencies a token from Our fair Barony. As you can read in the court report - she did both present a gift basket and represent!</div>
<div> </div><div> Welcome to Our Cousins, Their Excellencies Takeda and Ariel, and a heartfelt Thank You to Dame Morwenna Trevethan .</div><div> </div><div>In service </div><div> </div><div> Drogo e Adina</div><div> </div>
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Date: Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 10:05 AM<br>Subject: [MR] Evening Court Report - Nottinghill Coill Baronial Birthday and Investiture - February 23, 2013<br>To: Merry Rose <<a href="mailto:atlantia@atlantia.sca.org" target="_blank">atlantia@atlantia.sca.org</a>>, Nottinghill Coilll <<a href="mailto:nottinghill-coill@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank">nottinghill-coill@yahoogroups.com</a>>, Atlantian Heralds <<a href="mailto:AtlantianHeralds@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank">AtlantianHeralds@yahoogroups.com</a>><br>
<br><br>Unto Your Majesties Vladimir and Kalisa, Your Highnesses Amos and Ysabella, Your Excellencies Takeda and Ariel, the Triton Principal Herald, the Atlantian College of Heralds, the populace of Atlantia and all who read this missive:<br>
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Greetings from Lord Cian mac Cellacháin hUí Dubhlaich, Gordian Knot Pursuivant herald, and herald of record for the morning Baronial Court from the Nottinghill Coill Baronial Birthday and Investiture in February, AS 47.<br>
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At the celebration of Nottinghill Coill's Baronial Birthday and Investiture, held in the Barony of Nottinghill Coill on February 23, 2013, also known as Anno Societatis 47, Their Excellencies Takeda and Ariel, Baron and Baroness of Nottinghill Coill, did process for the first time into court behind Their Majesties Vladimir and Kalisa<br>
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Their Majesties did open a Royal Court, which was heralded by Baron Lucien de la Rochelle, and will be reported on by him. During the Royal Court, Their Majesties did bid Baron Takeda and Baroness Ariel to open Their own Baronial court to conduct some business.<br>
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Their Excellencies of Nottinghill Coill did command Their herald to open court for the first time.<br>
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Their Excellencies spoke to the Populace, welcoming them and thanking them for coming to the event. They expressed Their appreciation at all of the activities, and Their enjoyment at seeing everyone having fun.<br>
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It then pleased Their Excellencies to name Their Champions. After watching the various events, and much discussion, the following gentles were called before Them and invested with the regalia of a Champion of Nottinghill Coill<br>
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Arts and Sciences – Dame Morwenna Trevethan<br>
Archery – Lady Magdelen Woderose<br>
Armored – Lord Carrick MacManus<br>
Rapier – Lord Tyes Amione Defoss<br>
Cut & Thrust – Lord Elphin ap Daffydd<br>
Equestrian – Lord Savage Blackwolf<br>
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Their Excellencies then invited Their Cousin, Baroness Adendra of Hidden Mountain, to come into Their court, where she also presented a gift basket of items of relaxation.<br>
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Her Excellency, Baroness Sine of Sacred Stone, was invited into court, where she also presented Their Excellencies with a gift basket and welcomed Them into the family.<br>
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The autocrat was summoned into court, where he thanked the populace, warmly thanked his staff, and announced the winners of the various tournaments. The autocrat also presented Their Excellencies with a set of 6 wooden keys that he had carved, each attached to a kumihimo cord done in the colors of each of the 5 cantons for Nottinghill Coill, as well as one done in the colors of the Barony itself.<br>
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With those keys in hand, Their Excellencies did have the Seneschals of each canton and the Barony come forward to officially receive the keys to wear as a symbol of their office.<br>
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Dame Morwenna Trevethan was invited before Their Excellencies where, as a duly appointed ambassador from Their Excellencies Ponte Alto (including official sash!), she did present Baron Takeda and Baroness Ariel with a gift basket from Their cousins up north.<br>
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Lord Axum O’Neal was summoned forth from his position behind the thrones to stand before His Excellency. Baron Takeda spoke warmly of the efforts that Lord Axum had put forth in getting Them ready for Their investiture, and the amazing work that Lord Axum had done on the Baronial garb. Thus, Baron Takeda was pleased to give the first award of Their reign to Lord Axum, and presented him with the Baron’s Award of Excellence.<br>
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Their Excellencies then called forth the Order of the Gordian Knot. When the Order was assembled before Them, Baroness Ariel commented that something wasn’t right. Her command for the Order to assemble was incomplete, for there was one missing. She commanded the Baronial Herald to call forth Lord Felipe de Pamplona, who presented himself before Their Excellencies, and was inducted into the Order of the Gordian Knot for his service to the Barony.<br>
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There being no further business, Their Excellencies of Nottinghill Coill, Baron Takeda and Baroness Ariel did close Their first court.<br>
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This account is accurate to the best of my knowledge and complete to the extent of the information available to me.<br>
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Set down and submitted by my hand,<br>
I remain,<br>
faithful in service to Crown and Kingdom,<br>
Lord Cian mac Cellacháin hUí Dublaich,<br>
Gordian Knot Pursuivant herald.<br>
</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br> Adina<br>
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Baronessa di Ponte Alto