CAMEL June 2008

Warmest greetings unto the College of Heralds of the Kingdom of Lochac, and unto any others who may read this missive from William Castille, Crux Australis Principal Herald

Important Addresses

Submission Requirements

Cost: AU$17.50 or NZ$20 per new submission (name, device or badge). No cost for resubmissions (within the permitted time limit) or branch submissions. Note: a new name and device costs a total of AU$35/NZ$40. Make cheques or money orders payable to "SCA Inc. College of Heralds". Do not send cash through the post!

Copies required:

NAMES: Two (2) copies of both the form and ALL documentation, including title page of each book NB: The title page is not the same as the book cover! Essays about a submitter's persona may be entertaining, but do NOT constitute documentation. When citing web sites as documentation, you must include a printout of the pages used. Please don't staple your forms, paperclips are fine and loose is ok too.

DEVICES AND BADGES: Four (4) colour copies and one (1) black & white OUTLINE copy. The colour copies should be accurately coloured, preferably in felt tip pen. Colour printers or faint coloured pencil is not acceptable. The colours must be visible across a crowded Herald's meeting. Laurel has requested that gold pen NOT be used, as it deteriorates in files and turns to glue. Please don't staple your forms, assuming that all goes well at kingdom level they are separated and go to four different homes. Paperclips are fine and loose is ok too.Â

Please include ALL necessary documentation to support each submission. It is the responsibility of the submitter to present their submission in a way that makes registration easy. Name documentation should be as accurate as possible. Failure to provide sufficient documentation is a cause for return of your submission. If you are having trouble with your documentation then speak to your local herald. If they can't answer your specific question, consider writing to Blazons, or contacting me. If I don't know the answer but I will at least be able to point you in the direction of someone who will.

Kingdom returns this month

Agro of River Haven - Badge.

Vert, in pale a skull and two cutlasses in saltire argent.

Returned for Obtrusive Modernity. We do not believe that any design using the motif of a skull above crossed items is registerable following Laurel precedent from June 2004: [Quarterly gules and sable, in pale a jawless skull and a pair of cutlasses in saltire argent.] This violates RfS VIII.4, Obtrusive Modernity, and specifically VIII.4.b, Modern Insignia. VIII.4.b states "Overt allusions to modern insignia, trademarks, or common designs may not be registered." VIII.4 states that "'modern' is defined as anything outside the period of the Society." It was the overwhelming opinion of the College that this motif is too reminiscent of pirate designs featuring a skull above crossed items (typically bones or cutlasses) that go back only to the early 18th century. In particular (as noted by Palmer), John "Calico Jack" Rackham (hanged for a pirate in 1720) was reported to fly Sable, in pale a skull and a pair of cutlasses in saltire argent. Laurel precedent has held that "A name that, by its very presence, destroys any medieval ambience is not a name we should register." (Porsche Audi, August 1992, p.28) The same applies to armory, and designs such as this almost inevitably generate thoughts of post-period pirates, which likewise "destroy any medieval ambience". (We do not dispute the presence in period of those who practiced piracy or something closely akin to it. That is not the point.) [Alastair Corran, 06/04, R-East]

Jessica of Fearn Abbey - Device.

Sable, a chevron rompu between three quatrefoils pierced and a bordure argent.

This is returned for a re-draw of the quatrefoils pierced, at present they are not identifiable as such.

The name is returned for lack of documentation for the byname, and failure to provide copies of documentation for the given name.

The device is returned for conflict with Christoph von München, registered September 2003 (via Trimaris): Sable, in fess a billet between two annulets Or.

Submissions Forwarded to Laurel

Unto Elisabeth de Rossingnol, Laurel Queen of Arms; Margaret MacDubhshithe, Pelican Queen of Arms; Jeanne Marie Lacroix, Wreath Queen of Arms, the incoming Sovereigns, and the members of the College of Arms does Tamsyn Northover, Rocket Herald, send greetings!

The Lochac College of Heralds requests that the following items be considered for registration: