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Mortar Pursuivant (Special Projects- Ranks & Education

William Castille

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1. Aenghas Graham

New name (see Returns for device)

The submitter seeks a name authentic for a 12th century Scoto-Norman. He will allow minor changes and in the event of such changes cares most about language/culture.
Withycombe discusses several variants of this name, under the header spellings of Angus and Aaeneas, though none have the desired spellings. Ó Corrain and Maguire also discusses the name s.n. Óengus etc. Again, the desired spelling is not presented; variants cited include Óengus, Áengus and Aonghus. The desired spelling does occur once in Mari Elspeth nic Bryan's "Index of Names in Irish Annals: Óengus, Áengus / Aonghus" [http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Oengus.shtml , accessed 26th Jan 2006].
Graham is listed as a header spelling in Withycombe, where it is stated that a large Scottish family used Graham as a surname.

2. Alesone inghean Torcail

New name (See Returns for Device).

The submitter seeks a name authentic in Language/culture for 13-15th century Scotland. She will allow minor changes only and in the event of such changes cares most about meaning and language/culture.
Alesone can be found in Talan Gwynek's "A List of Feminine Personal Names Found in Scottish Records". [http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/scottishfem.html#scottishfemlate, accessed 16th Jan 2006].
Withycombe discusses a number of variants of Alison, though none are of the form desired by the submitter. Cited variants of the name include Alison c1386, Alisceon, Alison C15, Alisone, Alyson, Alson 1450-53 and Alicen, Allison 1604.
Torcail is discussed in Withycombe s.n. Thork(et)ill. Thorketill is said to be a Norse name that was adopted into Gaelic as Torcail.

3. Alexandra Hartshorn

New name (See Returns for Device).

The client seeks a name authentic for an English woman. She will allow no changes to be made to her submitted name.
Saint Gabriel report #2031 [http://www.s-gabriel.org/2031, accessed 26th Jam 2006] states that a single instance of Alexandra has been found from 1205 and an instance of Alexandria from 1218. However, the letter warns that both women may have actually been named Alexander.
The submitter has provided a copy of an official government identity card that confirms that her modern name is Alexandra. Should it be required this should satisfy the requirements of the mundane name allowance.
Hartshorn is included as a header spelling in Reaney and Wilson.

4. Annabella Debonnaire

Device Resubmission.

Per pale azure and argent estencely azure, a seeblatt counterchanged.

The original device "Per ale azure and argent azure, a seeblatt counterchanged" was returned in May 2005 by Crux for conflict with Sapphira the Navigator "Per pale azure and argent, a fig leaf counterchanged". As a seeblatt is a stylised leaf these devices were identical. The new version changes adds teritary charges to half the field and half the charge which clears the conflict.
The submitters name was registered on the September 2005 LoAR.

5. Ascelin d'Ypres

Change of Device.

Per pale and per fess indented purpure and ermine.

Ascelin's name was registered in March 1995 via the West Kingdom and her current device "Argent, three sprigs of ash inverted conjoined in chief and on a chief purpure four crosses moline argent" was registered in January of 1994, also via the West.
Should the change of device be acceptable she wishes to retain her currently registered arms as a badge.

6. Crispin Sexi

Device Resubmission.

Sable, a cross engrailed throughout and in canton a roundel argent.

Master Crispin's first device "Per bend sinister engrailed sable and argent, a roundel argent" was returned by Crux in November 1999 for multiple conflicts. This device appears clear.
Crispin's name was registered on the April 2000 LoAR.

7. Joan Sutton

Name Change.

The submitter wishes to change her currently registered name "Aeflaed of the Weald". The submitter seeks a feminine name authentic in both time and language/culture for 14th century England. However, the submitter will allow no changes.
Joan may be found in Talan Gwynek's "Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames" [http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/reaneyHZ.html, accessed 26/01/06], which provides numerous citations from 1219 to 1549.
Ten instances of the surname de Sutton are listed in Mari Elspeth nic Bryan's "An Index to the 1332 Lay Subsidy Rolls for Lincolnshire, England" [http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/LincLSR/BynS2.html, accessed 26th Jan 2006].
As discussed in Talan Gwynek's "A Brief Introduction to Medieval Bynames", [http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/arval/bynames/, accessed 26th Jan 2006] the "de" was often dropped from English surnames by the 1400's.
If registered her orginal name is released.

8. Jocelyn Lockhart

New name.

TThe submitter makes no request for authenticity and will allow no changes.
Jocelyn can be found in Withycombe as a header spelling. The article cites several variants of the name, though none have the desired spelling. Examples are Jocelin(us) in 1196, 1273 and 1285 and Joscelin from 1199. Withcombe states that variants of the name were common in the Middle Ages and gave rise to the surname Joscelyne amongst others.
The desired spelling, Jocelyn may be found in Talan Gwynek's "Men's Given Names from Early 13th Century England" [http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/eng13/eng13m.html, accessed 25th January 2006]. The article cites three instances of the desired spelling.
Reaney and Wilson's "A Dictionary of British Surnames" includes Lockhart as a header spelling. Several variants of the name are cited including Locard 1153-65, Lockard 1190, Lokard 1203, and le Lockhert 1203.

9. Jonathon of Loch Swan

New anme and device submission.

Argent, a swan displayed and facing sinister sable and a label azure overall a fess counter-compony azure and Or.

The submitter seeks a male name and makes no request for authenticity. He will allow only minor changes.
The submitter wishes to use the mundane name allowance to support Jonathon. He has attached copies of driver's license and birth certificate to verify his mundane name.
The submitter wishes to invoke the grandfather clause to allow the use of of Loch Swan. The submitter's legal father, Gregory of Loch Swan had his name registered in June 1987 via the Kingdom of the West. Gregory of Lochac Swan has provided a letter indicating his support for his son's use of the name element.
The submitted device is based on that of the submitter's legal father, Gregory of Loch Swan, whose device was registered in September 1992. Gregory registration was the same as the submitted device, but without the label.
In December 1996, upon his admittance to the chivalry, Gregory of Loch Swan changed his device by gorging the swan with a chain Or. The submitter has opted to refer to the earlier form of his father's device to avoid any implication of membership in the Order of the Chivalry.
Gregory of Loch Swan has provided a letter of permission to conflict that complies with the requirements of the administrative handbook.

2. Torcail MacLeòid

New name (See Returns for Device).

The submitter seeks a male name authentic in language/culture for 13-15th century Scotland. He will allow minor changes and in the event of such changes cares most about language/culture.
Torcail is discussed in Withycombe s.n. Thork(et)ill. Thorketill is said to be a Norse name that was adopted into Gaelic as Torcail, after which it mutated to Torquil, a name said to be "a favorite name with the MacLeods".
Reaney and Wilson lists MacLeòid (s.n. MacLeod) as the Gaelic base for the anglicised form MacLeod, which is cited in 1227.
The progenitor of the clan MacLeod was named Torquil. We do not believe that this gentleman is significant enough to protect.

1. Aenghas Graham

New device.

Per chevron inverted gules and sable a chalice withing a serpent in annulo and a bordure Or.

This device is being returned because of several stylistic problems. Firstly the "serpent" depicted is not a standard heraldic charge and does not look like a snake, it has far too many fangs and the horns are anatomically incorrect! Secondly per chevron inverted is drawn incorrectly as it is far too high, the field should be divided into two equal areas. As shown this is somewhere between per chevron inverted and a chief triangular and thus unreproducible from the blazon. Thirdly, the stem and base of the chalice are far too narrow making the charge unidentifiable at even a moderate distance. Overall, we found this device to be of poor period style.

We are thus returning this for a redraw.

2. Alesone inghean Torcail

New device.

Per pall inverted argent, sable and purpure, two horses heads cabossed counterchanged and a sun in its splendor Or.

This device is being returned for a redraw. As depicted here the field is not divided per pall inverted, (which would give rise to three equal area divisions), but rather is somewhere between per pall inverted and per pale argent and sable with a purpure point and thus unreproducible the blazon.

3. Alexandra Hartshorn

New device.

.Per chevron azure and argent, three mullets chevronwise argent and in base an otter proper.

This device is being returned for a redraw. The line of division is far too low. As depicted here the field is not divided per chevron, which should give rise to two equal area divisions, but rather is somewhere between per chevron and azure with a base argent and is thus unreproducible the blazon. Consequently, the "otter" is far too small and no one at the meeting could recognise the charge with suggestions as to its identity ranging from a monkey to a ferret. We believe that if the device were redrawn with the correct field division the otter would be significantly larger and thus more readily recognised.

4. Ava del Mas

New device.

Purpure a chalics Or and on a bordure argent a vine vert.

This device is being returned for not being represenative of period heraldry. The depiction of the vine is inconsistent with period heraldic practice. We could not find a single instance of such a motif in period heraldry. More troubling we could not blazon the vine so as to have it be reproducable.

5. Torcail MacLeòid

New device.

Per pale and per pall inverted argent and sable, two bulls heads cabossed and a sun in its splendor counterchanged.

This device is being returned for a redraw. The field division is quite strange. Per pale and per pall inverted is a rather strange construction. It might be better to describe this as per pale inverted argent, sable and per pale sable and argent. In any case, the field division depicted is not a good representation of a per pall inverted division, which should break the field into three equal area subdivision. The lower part here is too small.

The division could also be described as per pale and per-chevron, but again, the per chevron line would need to be considerably higher, so that the field is divided into four subdivisions with approximately equal areas.

The submitted device could also conceivably be described as including a point pointed. In that case the point would be too large and would need to be shrunk by about 20%.

6. Sabin of Salisbury

Device Resubmission.

.Per bend Or and purpure, overall a horse salient sable barded argent.

An almost identical device was submitted to Crux in July 2002. It was returned at that time and is discussed in the August 2002 CAMeL. Note the CAMeL for August 2002 discusses the outcomes of the July 2002 meeting.
This device is being returned because although it has been carefully drawn to have the armour over the purpure field and the horse over the Or it is basically unidentifiable at even a moderate distance. As an aside we note that needing to rely on super-careful depiction of a charge is fair sign of a poor design.

In addition the posture of the horse (as noted by Giles Crux in 2002) is unclear as it is half-way between forcene and salient. Finally, we don't believe that the armour on the horse is period, as it is a mixture of elements from a large time span, embellished in a way that gives an overall fantasyesque feel rather than being of period armour; this however is a minor point that the submitter might like to consider in any resubmission.