The Company bases its structure on those of the European embroiderers' guilds of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, with officers and a formal set of ranks.
The Company has three offices:
Guildmaster: Viscountess Mistress Keridwin the Mouse
The Guildmaster (who may be male or female, in keeping with period practice)
guides the company in practical matters and is the ceremonial head of the guild.
The Guildmaster is elected by the Masters of the Guild from within their ranks.
Patron: Viscountess Mistress Rowan Perigrynne
The Patron sponsors the activities of the Company, providing prizes for the
quarterly competitions and the championship, and subsidising the Newsletter.
The Patron must have an interest in fostering needlework in Lochac and a willingness
to support this in a practical manner, and is selected from within the ranks
of Lochac’s royal peerage.
Champion:
The Champion is the premier of the Company, selected by the Guildmaster on the
quality of their work during the previous year, especially work submitted as
entries in the Company’s series of annual competitions.
The Company is structured with three ranks, to which any member of the Company may aspire: Apprentice (apprendre - "to learn"); Journeyman (journée - "day" - originally men hired to work by the day) and Master. For an explanation of these ranks, see the Company Ordinances.
Ranks may be updated throughout the year, but are formally recognised at the Guilds Event each year, where new apprentices, journeymen and masters are officially declared.
The Company includes many other non-ranked embroiders of all levels of skill and experience. Although they have not submitted their work to the Masters and are not listed here, many of these gentles are nevertheless very active members of the Company. You will see some of their names appearing in pages on competitions, presentations, projects, etc.
The members at each rank are listed below, together the works that gained them recognition, where this is known.
| Name | Details | |
| Acacia de Navarre | -St Florian de la Riviere | Mistress of the Laurel in embroidery. German counted thread pouch, split stitch favour, longarm crossstitch handtowel, bayeux tapestry hanging |
| Bess Haddon of York | Rowany | Mistress of the Laurel in embroidery. Former Guildmaster |
| Keridwen the Mouse | Rowany | Mistress of the Laurel in embroidery. Current Guildmaster, former Patron. couching, split stitch, beaded frock, coif & doublet, blackwork favour, pouch & pincushion |
| Vittoria del Fiore | Mistress of the Laurel in embroidery. Presentation cushions. | |
| Rowan Perigrynne | Politarchopolis | blackwork cap, crossstitch coif, viking woolwork cuffs, Lochac carpet, LOG pouch designs, Islamic girdle. Research and design. Current Patron, former Champion. |
| Kareina Talvi Tytar | Ynys Fawr | West Kingdom Laurel for handsewing |
| Name | Details | |
| Adrienne de Fildying de Faux | Blackwork sampler, German counted work pouch | |
| Alarice Beatrix von Thal | Rowany | couched cloak, crossstitch pillow case, german counted pouch and box, blackwork cap, St George towel. Twice Champion. Presentation beaded breastband. |
| Bartolomeo Giancristoforo Agazzari | Rowany | blackwork, laid & couched work, slips, Royal cloaks |
| Contarina la Bianca | St Florian de la Riviere | blackwork handerchief, beaded Byzantine dress, stumpwork casket, intarsia LOG pouch, heraldic surcoat and banners, Presentation blackwork cap |
| Catalina da Gata | Aneala | lefkara lace, couching, german beaded breastband |
| Jane Stockton | Mordenvale | german counted thread pouch, split stitch badges, voided work, scandinavian couching, non-counted Blackwork shirt, Anglo-Saxon tunic (collars and cuffs). Former Champion. |
| Katerina de Brescia | Innilgard | split stitch doublet, blackwork coif, split stitch stockings, A&S pouch |
| Marienna Jensdatter | Darton | blackwork shirt, wool couching on tunic, Maaseik dress, presentation viking woolwork design |
| Miriam Galbraith | Stormhold | blackwork cuffs, applique couched dress, pattern darned towel, byzantine dress, presentation applique hanging |
| Muirghein ni Grainne | Aneala | split stitch favour, couched cloak, blackwork cushions, couched hawk badge, presentation partlet |
| Oonagh O'Neill | Politarchopolis | Shisha shawl, blackwork partlet & handerchief, beadwork partlet |
| Selivia de l'Estoile | Politarchopolis | bayeux tapestry hanging, Fulda fragment, drawn thread pouch, Presentation towel. Former Champion. |
| Adrienne Fildyng de Faux | Stormhold | italian crossstitch coverlet, Holbein stitch handkerchief |
| Aelfryth of Saxony | Politarchopolis | Elizabethan cloak, wool backstitch |
| Aeron Lasair | Rowany | german counted thread pouch, goldwork Byzantine cuffs |
| Amelot de Akeney | Politarchopolis | Lochac carpet piece, Presentation blackwork griffin sleeves |
| Beatrice la Rossa | Innilgard | russian rubakha |
| Beatrice Malatesta | River Haven | knotwork favour |
| Cecilia Lyon | Kneeling cushion | |
| Constance de Coligny | Ildhafn | tafl board, handsewn tunic |
| Dominica de Zeragoza | Rowany | blackwork towels |
| Drake Morgan | Innilgard | Lochac carpet piece, blackwork shift |
| Esclarmonde | Polit? St Florians? | Lochac carpet piece, Lochac cloak piece |
| Fina Ingen ui Scolaighe | River Haven | bayeux tapestry pouch |
| Fionnabhair ingean ui Mheadhra | Innilgard | Lochac A&S champion pouch, Lochac cloak piece |
| Finnabhair ni Binnech | Rowany/Stowe | Rowany carpet piece |
| Gwir verch Madoc | Krae Glas | braid cases, Lochac carpet piece, WcoB banner device, WcoB gold work |
| Hunydd verch Madyn Duy | Rowany/Stowe | german counted thread pouch, sweet bag |
| Joanna of the Beechwoods | Politarcopolis | Lochac cloak piece |
| Kaolin Mjoksiganda | Rowany/Stowe | Rowany carpet piece |
| Katherine Alicia of Sarum | St Florian de la Riviere | satin & chain stitch dress, Elizabethan mittens |
| Katherine Rowberd | Rowany | blackwork shirt |
| Kathleen o'Dubhghaill | Politarchopolis | Lochac carpet piece |
| Madilayn du Mer | River Haven | Elizabethan sweet bag, presentation cross-stitch hand towel |
| Marit the Wanderer | Agaricus | blackwork stomacher, Lochac carpet piece |
| Mathilde Adycote of Mynheniot | Politarchopolis | Lochac carpet piece, presentation applique hanging |
| Morag Freyser | Politarchopolis | Lochac carpet piece, presentation applique hanging |
| Roisin | Rowany | Presentation bayeaux panel |
| Sabine de Ricold di Fiorli | St Florians | stem stitch head dress, banner piece |
| Salaberge de Granson | St Florians | blackwork handkerchief |
| Sibella da Montefeltro | chemise | |
| Sinech ingen Chonchobair hui Beiuin | Southron Gaard | wool embroidered leine, presentation woolwork border |
| Sybille la Chatte | Rowany | Lochac carpet piece |
| Tristan de Poitiers | Stormhold | blackwork cuffs, chainstitch tunic |
| Valaria de Borgia | River Haven | blackwork shirt, couched doublet |
| Veronique of the Valley | Politarchopolis | Viking style LOG pouch |
| Yve d’Angely | Rowany | Presentation viking woolwork border |
| Yvonne Yvette de Plumetot | Krae Glas | Stormhold carpet piece |
| Zanobia Admirari | Colles Ardorum | Blackworked shirts |
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