Author: Administrator

ATENVELDT COLLEGE OF HERALDS

Letter of Intent

25 September 2017, A.S. LII

Unto Emma Laurel; Juliana Laurel any minute now; Alys Pelican; Cormac Wreath; and the commenting Members of the College of Arms,

Greetings from Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy, Brickbat Herald and Parhelium Herald for the Kingdom of Atenveldt!

The Atenveldt College of Heralds requests the consideration and registration of the following names and armory with the College of Arms.

Unless specifically stated, the client will accept any spelling and grammar corrections; all assistance is appreciated.

1. Abigail de Westminster and Lachlann Dougal Graeme: NEW BADGE

(Fieldless) Three chevronels couped and braced counterermine.

The names were registered January 2006 and February 2009, respectively.

2. Cathán Ultaig: NEW DEVICE

Gules, a bend sinister bevilled between a wolf’s head couped contourny and an axe reversed maintained by a sinister hand fesswise reversed couped argent.

The name was registered October 2009.

Magnus von Lübeck notes a recent acceptance example with a primary charge and a maintained charge for Rosa Linda degli Uccelli, Gules, on an owl affronty maintaining in its talons a rose slipped and leaved argent, a heart gules and in chief a cross bottony and a fleur-de-lys Or. [January 2016 LoAR, A-East], such that “This device does not violate SENA A3D2a, “slot machine” armory, which means a design having more than two types of charge in a single group.”

There is now a question as to a primary charge’s maintained charge counting as a secondary charge group vs. a secondary charge itself maintaining a charge.

3. Finola Elizabeth Sutherland: NEW DEVICE CHANGE

Purpure, on a pile inverted between two natural dolphins haurient repectant argent a fleur-de-lys sable.

The name was registered November 2011.

If registered, the client’s current device, Purpure, on a pile inverted between two natural dolphins haurient repectant argent a mullet sable., is to be retained as a badge.

4. Jeffroie Laurence Du Bosc: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Quarterly gules and purpure, a cross counter-compony sable and argent, in chief two lions couchant addorsed regardant Or.

I cannot find this spelling of the given name. However, it appears in a number of variant spellings (Geffray 1444, Jeffray 1444, Geffry 1416,Jeffrey 1463, Goscelinus 1269, Joscelinus 1162-3, all taken from the Middle English Dictionary). The MED also demonstrates Geffrei 1475. While none of these show an -o- in the name, ffride wlffsdotter notes that Google cites multiple instances of the statement “Jeffroie DuBois, a Norman Knight who accompanied William the Conqueror (Duke of Normandy),” which may explain why the submitter has requested authenticity for “11th C. Norman.”

Friar Laurence occurs in Romeo & Juliet, by William Shakespeare 1591. Aryanhwy cites it in “Index of Names in the 1292 Subsidy Roll of London” – Aryanhwy merch Catmael (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/english/london1292.html); it is also the client’s legal given name.

The surname DuBosc is recorded around 1500 in Bordeaux, citing Friedemann and Scott’s “Names Found in Commercial Documents from Bordeaux, 1470-1520” where the name of Vincent Dubosc appears (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/bordeaux.html). The surname in the spelling Dubosc also appears in a Norman context in Elliot’s “Sixteenth Century Norman Names” at http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/cateline/norman16.html.

This spelling is used by other members of his family, registered as Lie du Bosc and Ann du Bosc; those names do not have the article capitalized.

The client desires a male name and it most interested in the language/culture of the name; he would like it authentic for time period (11^th C. Norman).

5. Maria de Venetia: NEW DEVICE CHANGE

Argent, a butterfly azure, a bordure azure semy of hearts argent.

The name was registered March 2017.

If registered, the client’s current device, Per bend argent and gules, a swan sable and a sword inverted Or., is to be retained as a badge.

6. Mark the Just: NEW ALTERNATE NAME,Just Mark, and NEW BADGE

Sable, a hanging balance and a chief embattled argent.

ffride wlffsdotter demonstrates the name elements:
Just Benny, male, christened 1544, St Just in Roseland, Cornwall, England. Batch no. C05318-1
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7S2-KQX)
Just Pollard, male, christened 1546, St Just in Roseland, Cornwall, England. Batch no. C05318-1
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5Z8-NFM)
Nicholas Mark, male, married 1586, Saint Minver, Cornwall, England. Batch no. M00235-1
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V52N-GZN)

The client desires a male name and will not accept Major or Minor name changes.

7. Rebeka Orosz: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Quarterly vert and azure, a cross nebuly argent surmounted by a camal rampant Or.

Rebeka is a female given name This spelling was documented by Kolosvari Arpadne Julia in Hungary (in Latin) in 1272 (Fehértói, Árpád-kori személynévtár, s.n. Rebeka), seen in the LoAR for Rebeka Sidó, March 2014. This spelling was found in Női neveink az Árpád-korban Az Árpád-kori személynévtár (1000-1301) alapján by Jurkó Edina
(http://mnytud.arts.unideb.hu/szakdolgozat/1667/jurko_e_1667.pdf); p. 29 of the PDF has Rebeka, 1272.

ffride wlffsdotter notes that the spelling in Szamota István, 1906, Magyar oklevél-szótár
(https://archive.org/details/magyaroklevlsz00szamuoft):
col. 714 sn. Orosz
Blasius Oroz 1426
Jacobi dicti Oroz 1449
Ladislai Oroz 1453
Petro Oroz 1470
Orosz András, Orosz Miklós 1602

While the original documentation notes: Theresia Orocz was the wife of Stephanus Pritz and the mother of Catharina Pritz, who was baptized 11 Nov 1556 in Dunafoöldvár, Tolna, Hungary (Hungary, Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895,” database,FamilySearch,https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6DW-T54 : 21 July 2017), https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3ATheresia~%20%2Bsurname%3AOrosz~%20%2Bbirth_place%3AHungary~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1200-1650~, Kolosvari Arpadne Julia notes that Dunaföldvár does not have church records going back to 1556. (The Ottomans used the stones of the ruined abbey to build themselves a tower there in the mid-1500s.) The date was mis-indexed; it’s actually 1856(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9398-VNTJ-C?i=475). 
Orosz ‘Russian, Ruthenian’ is a very common surname in Hungary. Kázmér dates the header spelling Orosz to 1514, 1522, and 1588, and the most common period spelling Oroz as early as 1332.
There’s my ethnic bynames article (https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/julia/EthnicBynames.html), which mentions Oroz as the most common spelling and the earliest date of 1332 for the name; that plus a construction argument based on other mentioned most-common-in-period spellings, such as Cherkesz and Szerb, should be enough to get Orosz (especially given that I can then confirm its period-ness in commentary).

Julia also noted that the submitter requests authenticity. Given the 1272 date for Rebeka, even 1332 for Oroz is a bit of a stretch (fifty years: two generations), but it would unquestionably be better than the late-period Orosz. I do wonder whether Rebeka shows up in the Anjou-age name list by Mariann Slíz — she has been adding her material to the DMNES, but as far as I can tell she’s only gotten up to M. I would not be totally surprised by a post-Reformation (but pre-17c.) Rebeka, but I have not found such a citation. If I did, then Orosz would be a good spelling to go with it.

The client desires a female name and it most interested in the language/culture of the name; she would like it authentic for language/culture (Hungarian).

8. Rhys Makhdoom: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Sable, a horned and fanged death’s head, on a chief argent, three horned nd fanged death’s heads gules.

Rhys is the client’s legal name and can be used as an element of his SCA name.

Makhdoom was found in Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makhdoom). It is an Arabic term for a teacher of the Sunnah (teachings, sayings and attributions) of the Prophet Mohammad. The Makhdoom families Pirs of the Quraysh Tribe in the provinces of Punjaz and Sindh (http://speedydeletion.wikia.com/wiki/Makhdoom) were respected in Pakistan mainly due to the role of their ancestors in spreading Islam in the subcontinent. A Makhdoom was a respected person who dedicated his life to Islam, the Quran and the Sunnah. There is the likelihood that Makhdoom was a title given to, and not a name personally associated with an individual in period. There are some instances of Makhdoom associated with people (including a man in the petroleum business, a physician from Illinois, and a Pakistani model), but they are all 20^th C./post-period persons. If this element in period was used as a title alone, it violates SENA PN.4. B. 1. Use of Elements that Appear to Be Titles: Names may not contain an element or group of elements that create the appearance of a claim to have a specific protected rank or title that the submitter does not possess within the Society, even if that name element or elements are attested. A number of bynames based on documented Middle English ones were suggested by ffride wlffsdotter, in the event that this submission is returned. 
The client desires a male name and is most interested in the sound of the name.

While I am concerned with the charges used in the device and the meaning of the byname, which seem at odds, any perceived excessive religious reference or religious offense have to be decided by Wreath.

9. Sean Gleny: NEW NAME CHANGE, fromSeán an Gleanna

Sean is a masculine given name from the Gaelic “Seán”, a version of “John”. One instance, dated 1601, “Names Found in Anglicized Irish Documents: Men’s Names,” Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchada, http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnglicizedIrish/Masculine.shtml.

Eupham Gleny, daughter of Archibald Gleny was christened aa march 1649 in Alyth, Perth, Scotland (Batch C11328-2,https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AEupham~%20%2Bsurname%3AGleny~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1649-1649~%20%2Bgender%3AF&collection_id=1771030). Additionally, The Annals of Aberdeen from the Reign of King William the Lion fro the End of the Year 1818, A. Brown and Co., London, 1818, demonstrate a Thomas Gleny in 1491 p. 6, and a Willlielmus Gleny 1399, p. 471.

The original name submission was registered with this commentary: “Submitted as Seán Glenny, the name conflicts with one of the submitter’s legal use names, [redacted]. There is insufficient difference in the sound of these two names for the submission to be registerable.
“However, the name can be made registerable by addressing his request for a name authentic for 13th C Ireland. While we cannot make this name authentic for the 13th century (because we do not have any examples of the name Seán before the early 14th century), we can change the name to fully Irish Gaelic form, which will change the sound sufficiently to provide enough difference from the legal use name to make the name registerable.
The byname Glenny was documented as the submitter’s legal surname. The Gaelic form of Glenny is an Gleanna, which is dated to 1592 in Mari Elspeth nic Brian “Index of Names in Irish Annals”. The same article also has 16th C examples of Seán. We have changed the name to Seán an Gleanna, an authentic 16th C Irish Gaelic name, in order to register it and to partially fulfill the submitter’s authenticity request.”

The Administrative Handbook.III.A.10. Name Used by the Submitter Outside the Society – “No name will be registered to a submitter if it is identical to a name used by the submitter for purposes of identification outside of a Society context. This includes legal names, common use names, trademarks, and other items registered with mundane authorities that serve to identify an individual or group. This restriction applies to Society branches as well as individuals. Thus, a branch cannot use the name of a significant location (a town or county, for example) within its borders. This restriction is intended to help preserve a distinction between a submitter’s identity within the Society and the submitter’s identity outside of the Society.”

Under SENA, Sean doesn’t conflict with John, with differences in initial consonant and vowel (the initial commentary and ruling in 2008 wasn’t made under SENA).

The currently-registered name should be retained as an alternate name.

10. Solveig fráRauðá: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per fess gules and argent semy of shears, a fess wavy sable and in chief a fish Or.

The name is Old Norse. Sólveig is a feminine name found in “Viking Names found in Landnámabók,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael,http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/landnamabok.html.

Rauðá is a river in Southern Iceland, in Árnessýsla Co. It is referenced in the Landnámabók.

The word frá is the preposition, “from,” associated with place-names such as used for period locales like rivers and farms. Prepositions like this are moderately common in locative bynames, but to indicate place of origin rather than place of residence: both it and ór can be translated “from” in this context; frá is a cognate with the English from.

The client desires a female name.

11. Valerius Proietto de Venezia: NAME RESUBMISSION from Laurel, July 2017

The original name submission, Valeas Proietto di Venezia, was returned “due to lack of evidence for Valeas as a name element. The documents cited in the Letter of Intent show the name as Valens, not Valeas. All of the instances of valeas found by commenters were for a Latin verb form, not a name (or even a noun).

Heralds at the Pelican decision meeting were able to document both Valens and Valerius as given names compatible with the remainder of the name. However, the submitter allows no changes. Therefore, the name must be returned. His device is registered under the holding name Dennis of Tir Ysgithr.”
Valerius is a male Roman nomen found in “A Simple Guide to Imperial Roman Names,” Ursula Georges (http://yarntheory.net/ursulageorges/names/roman.html). I haven’t found it as an Italian name, although the folks at the Pelican decision meeting seemed to have found it compatible with the rest of the name.
Maridonna Benvenuti provided additional Proietto documentation as a saint’s name. In a 1612 book, “Compendio delle vite di tutti i santi.” by Lodovico Zacconi, pg. s.n. Proietto, “PROIETTO Vescovo Averniense & martire, per le mani de suoi cittadini pervenne alla palma & corona del martirio con S. Marino huomo di Dio, l’anno di salute 670… la sua festa viene alla 25 di Gennaio.” A translation, PROIETTO Bishop, man of Auvergne & martyr, by the hands of citizens received the palm [leaf] and crown of martyrdom with S. Marino man of God, the year of recommendation 670 … his feastday comes on 25 of January. 
The search returns another Proietto (not a bishop) whose feastday is January 24th, Tavolo Seconda, month of Gennaio, third page of the list.https://books.google.com/books?id=IBxSAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA2-PA9&dq=Proietto&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiz3quwo9 HUAhWF8oMKHTSNCykQ6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q=Proietto&f=false. According to the Catholic Online.org this saint is still venerate on January 25 under spelling of St. Praejectus. He was born in Auvergne, France http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5458 
da Venezia (rather than de) is a locative byname based on the city of Venezia, found in “Florentine Renaissance Resources: Online Tratte of Office Holders 1282-1532,” David Herlihy, R. Burr Litchfield, and Anthony Molho (http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/tratte/doc/ORIGIN.html). 
The client desires a male name.

I was assisted in the preparation of this Letter of Intent by Basil Dragonstrike, Christian Jorgensen af Hilsonger, Coblaith Muimnech, Etienne Le Mons, ffride wlffsdotter, Iago ab Adam, Kolosvari Arpadne Julia, Kryss Kostarev, Magnus von Lübeck, Maridonna Benvenuti, and Michael Gerard Curtememoire.

There is 4 New Names, 1 New Name Change, 1 New Alternate Name, 5 New Devices 2 New Device Changes and 2 New Badges. These 15 items are chargeable and Laurel should receive $60 for them. There was 1 Name Resubmission; this is not a chargeable submission.

Thank you to those who have provided your wisdom and patience, your expertise and your willingness to share it.

Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy 
c/o Linda Miku 
2527 East 3rd Street; Tucson AZ 85716 
atensubmissions.nexiliscom.com
brickbat@nexiliscom.com

ATENVELDT COLLEGE OF HERALDS

Letter of Intent

30 July 2017, A.S. LII

Unto Emma Laurel; Alys Pelican; Cormac Wreath; and the commenting Members of the College of Arms,

Greetings from Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy, Brickbat Herald and Parhelium Herald for the Kingdom of Atenveldt!

The Atenveldt College of Heralds requests the consideration and registration of the following names and armory with the College of Arms.

Unless specifically stated, the client will accept any spelling and grammar corrections; all assistance is appreciated.

1. Eirný Þrúðardóttir: NEW NAME

The name is Old Norse and is documented in The Viking Answer Lady’s website, http://vikinganswerlady.com/ONWomensNames.shtml, for the given name: Eirný appears in Landnamabok for Eirný Þiðrandadóttr. Þrúdr was the daughter of the god Thor and the goddess Sif, but this also appears as a human name and in compounds (http://vikinganswerlady.com/ONWomensNames.shtml#thorn).

The rather out-of-the-ordinary matronymic formation is seen at http://vikinganswerlady.com/ONNames.shtml#general_info. Lind col. 1223 sn. Þrúðr notes the genitive is Þrúðar, and gives examples of: Þrwdar Arnad., Iceland, 1412 and Þrwdar Benedictzd., Iceland, 1494. (This was misspelled in the Letter of Presentation and was caught and corrected by several commenters.)

The client desires a female name and will not accept Major changes to the name. She will not allow the registration of a holding name.

2. Emeludt von Zerssen: DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Laurel, October 2016
   Argent, a chevron rompu azure between two peacocks respectant proper and a seeblatt azure.

The name was registered October 2016.

The original submission, Argent, a chevron rompu azure between two peacocks respectant proper and a seeblatt azure., was returned for a redraw, for violating the guidelines set forth on the May 2011 Cover Letter for a properly drawn chevron; the chevron rompu here is too low. Please see that Cover Letter for further discussion and details of how to properly draw a chevron. This has been redrawn.

3. Jebe Gan: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Or, a fess azure surmounted by a Bactrian camel statant regardant proper maintaining in its mouth a stalk of bamboo vert.

The name is Mongolian, with elements taken from “Mongolian Naming Practices,” Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/mongolian_names_marta.html). Jebe, “arrowpoint, weapon,” and Gan, “steel”. (Coincidentally, or not, this is similar in appearance to the client’s legal name, Jeff Gnann.) 
The client desires a male name.

A Bactrian camel, blazoned as such, was registered June 2016 to Arnulf of Ad Flumen Caerulum.

4. Liam Warr: DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Laurel, March 2017

Paly gules and argent, a seven-pointed mullet sable within an annulet Or.

The name was registered March 2017.

The original submission Argent, three pallets gules, overall a mullet of seven points sable., was returned for “being the equivalent to equivalent to Paly argent and gules, a mullet of seven points sable.; there are multiple conflicts. Per the April 2012 Cover Letter on suns vs. mullets vs. estoiles (http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2012/04/12-04cl.html), there is no difference between mullets of any number of points and there is a difference between mullets of seven points and suns.” This is a redesign.

5. Litli Knartr: NEW NAME and DEVICE
   Sable, a rhinoceros head couped, a bordure Or.

The name is Old Norse, and documentation comes from Nordiskt runnamnslexicon, Lena Peterson. Although <lítli> and <knartr> are both bynames in Old West Norse, Litli is also demonstrated as a masculine name, p. 160, dated c. 1050-1050 AD. 
Knartr, found as Gunnar knartr, 1329 in Norway, comes from knart, “a small, densely-grown person” (Lind, column 207). The name elements are within 500 years of each other. 
The client is most interested in in the meaning (his nickname in his local group is “Tiny”) and culture/language of the name. He wishes it to be authentic for Old Norse.

There was a good deal of commentary on the line of division for the beasts’ head. It was noted “From Wreath: Couped and Erased” in http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2001/11/01-11cl.html, declares that in period: “The most significant difference between couped and erased is that couped was almost universally treated as a smooth line, while erased was marked by the presence of significant and prominent jags. Virtually all heads found in period heraldic artwork are distinctly either couped or erased, without intermediate artistic forms.” If a smooth convex line–the same cover-letter item notes “Another convex form [of couped] resembled a shallow T-shirt neck line”–is drawn along the sinister edge of the head and a bit of Or is filled in to meet it, or if the neck plates are adjusted so they form such a line, we would have Sable, a rhinoceros head couped, a bordure Or., without losing much if any beauty from this emblazon; these couple of shallow T-shirt neck lines here preserve the smooth, large plates of the rhino.

6. Litli Knartr: NEW BADGE

Sable, a unicorn’s head erased Or, a bordure argent.

The requirement in http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2001/11/01-11cl.html, “From Wreath: Couped and Erased”, is “the erasing should (1) have between three and eight jags”. This meets the requirement.

7. Melonia Marie Popoff: NEW NAME

Melonia is found as an feminine English given name, under Melonia Langbridge, christening date 16 Nov 1579 in Burlescombe, Devon, England (Batch C16847-1, https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AMelonia~%20%2Bbirth_place%3AEngland~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1400-1650~).

The client’s legal name is Meloney Marie Popoff. In http:/heraldry.sca.org/admin.html#III.A, paragraph 10, “Name Used by the Submitter Outside the Society”, provides, “A small change in the name is sufficient for registration, such as the addition of a syllable or a spelling change that changes the pronunciation.”

SENA also states, “This rule can allow a name phrase which is not attested in period, but the name as a whole must still meet the other requirements for names. This includes issues with overall construction, conflict, presumption, and offense.” What is presented here is an English (or two) given name and a Russian surname, which we wouldn’t allow (and of course the Russian isn’t correct for the gender of the submitter). All the examples in SENA assume that a submitter is using the allowance for ONE name phrase, though it never explicitly says they only get one. How this submission should be viewed ought to be presented the the College as a whole.
The client desires a female name and is most interested in the spelling of the name. She will not accept Major or Minor changes to the name.

8. Robbert Broekhuijsen: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per bend sinister gules and argent, an Oriental dragon in annulo azure, in base a spiral hunting horn reversed vert surmounted by two arrows inverted in saltire sable.

The name is Dutch. Robbert Schaerdenberch is the father of a son Robbert, baptized February 1632 in Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3ARobbert~%20%2Bbirth_place%3ANetherlands~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1500-1650~). The father’s citation is https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2D5-KV54. Broekhuijsen is the surname of Jan and Stevening, the parents of Gosenwinus; the child was baptized February 1656 at Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DB-DS4Z); it is apparent that the child’s parents were born before 1650. The father’s citation is https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DB-DS4Z. 
The client desires a male name and is most interested in the spelling of the name.

While the musical instrument is visually similar to a bugle, that blazon hasn’t been used in years (mostly in the 1970s and 1980s), the last in 2003 to Flóki hvítskeggr Lambason. This is more like a (slightly-squashed) spiral hunting horn.

9. William of Grimsby: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per pale gules and azure, a badger’s head cabossed Or marked sable.

The name is English. William is a masculine given name, under William Abbot, christening date 18 Oct 1573 in St. Thomas, Newport, Hasmpshire, England (Batch C16659-1, https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AWilliam~%20%2Bsurname%3AAbbot~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1500-1600~%20%2Brecord_country%3AEngland). 
Grimsby is found under Catherine Grimsby, christening date 12 Oct 1567, Horkstow, Lincoln, England (Batch, C02927-3, https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3ACatherine~%20%2Bsurname%3AGrimsby~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1500-1600~%20%2Brecord_country%3AEngland). Grimsby, England, is also a town and seasport in Lincolnshire, eastern England. It is situated on the south side of the River Humber estuary, 6 miles from the North Sea (https://www.britannica.com/place/Grimsby).

I was assisted in the preparation of this Letter of Intent by Adelaide de Beaumont, Beatrice Domenici della Campana, Daniel the Broc, ffride wlffsdotter, Gunnvor silfraharr, Herveus d’Ormond, Maridonna Benvenuti, Michael Gerard Curtememoire, Seamus mac Riain and Taran The Wayward.

There is 6 New Names, 4 New Devices and 2 New Badges. These 11 iems are chargeable and Laurel should receive $44 for them. There is 2 Device Resubmissions. There are a total of 13 items on this letter.

Thank you to those who have provided your wisdom and patience, your expertise and your willingness to share it.

Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy 
c/o Linda Miku 
2527 East 3rd Street; Tucson AZ 85716 
atensubmissions.nexiliscom.com
brickbat@nexiliscom.com

ATENVELDT COLLEGE OF HERALDS

Letter of Intent

30 June 2017, A.S. LII

Unto Emma Laurel; Alys Pelican; Cormac Wreath; and the commenting Members of the College of Arms,

Greetings from Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy, Brickbat Herald and Parhelium Herald for the Kingdom of Atenveldt!

The Atenveldt College of Heralds requests the consideration and registration of the following names and armory with the College of Arms.

Unless specifically stated, the client will accept any spelling and grammar corrections; all assistance is appreciated.

1. Atenveldt, Kingdom of: NEW TRANSFER OF BADGE

Gyronny azure and gules, a dexter hand couped apaumy Or.

Áilgheanán and Amber (Andrew and Amber Coleman), as Crown of Atenveldt, transfer this badge, once registered to Mary Margaret of Derby in October 1976 and transferred by her to the Kingdom of Atenveldt in July 1981, to the Barony of Sundragon in the Kingdom of Atenveldt. Necessary signed paperwork is forwarded to Laurel.

2. Fenrich Stürmer Hahn: DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Laurel, March 2017
Or, a dunghill cock rising contourny vert maintaining a spear bendwise sinister gules hafted sable, a bordure raguly sable.

The name was registered March 2017.

The previous submission, Or, a dunghill cock rising contourny vert maintaining a spear bendwise sinister argent hafted sable, a bordure raguly sable., was returned for contrast issues. “According to the precedent set in August 2015 which allows maintained charges to count towards difference, they need to be identifiable and are no longer exempt from the usual requirements for good contrast. As the identifying portion of the spear is argent on an Or field, there is not sufficient contrast for the identifiability to be maintained.” Making the blade gules solves the problem.

3. Mary Margaret of Derby: NEW TRANSFER OF DEVICE

Azure, a domestic cat passant to sinister Or.

Dawn Johnson, daughter and estate executor of Mary Margaret of Derby (Mary Johnson) transfers to the Barony of Sundragon in the Kingdom of Atenveldt Mary Margaret’s device. Necessary signed paperwork is forwarded to Laurel.

4. Odette Steingrim: NAME RESUBMISSION from Laurel, November 2014

The original submission, as seen above, was returned for the following reasons: “This name was pended on the June 2014 Letter of Acceptances and Returns in order to allow the submitter to provide the correct attestation of legal relationship with Eirik Ising Steingrim. Written proof of the relationship was not provided, so we are unable to grandfather the byname Steingrim to the submitter. This name combines a French given name and Norwegian byname. This is not an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA. Therefore, we are unable to register this name and must return it.”

Eirik has supplied a Letter of Permission for Odette to use part of his SCA registered name Steingrim; he is her legal step-father. Odette is demonstrated as a French given name found in a tax archive of 14-17th century French record, “Late Period French Feminine Names,” Aryenhwy merch Catmael (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/latefrench.html).

5. Otto Blauschild: NEW TRANSFER OF DEVICE

Azure, a fret argent, a bordure ermine.

The client’s widow and estate executor Angelica Blauschild (Nancy Denkeler), transfers to the Barony of Sundragon in the Kingdom of Atenveldt Otto’s device. Necessary signed paperwork is forwarded to Laurel.

6. Sundragon, Barony of:ACCEPTANCE OF TRANSFERS OF ARMORIES
   Gefroi and Jacqueline, the Baron and Baroness of Sundragon, accept the following armories:
   Argent, on a bend between two reef knots fesswise azure, three reef knots argent, a bordure azure. (device)

Azure, a domestic cat passant to sinister Or. (device)
Azure, a fret argent, a bordure ermine. (device)
Gyronny azure and gules, a dexter hand couped apaumy Or. (badge)

Necessary signed paperwork is forwarded to Laurel.

7. Yehudah of Nuremberg: NEW TRANSFER OF DEVICE

Argent, on a bend between two reef knots fesswise azure, three reef knots argent, a bordure azure.

The client’s widow and estate executor Agnes of Blackfeld (Wanda Baum) transfers to the Barony of Sundragon in the Kingdom of Atenveldt Yehudah’s registered device. Necessary signed paperwork is forwarded to Laurel.

There is 1 Name Resubmission and 1 Device Resubmission. There are 4 Transfers and 4 Acceptances of Transfers. None of these items require payment. There are a total of 10 items on this letter.

Thank you to those who have provided your wisdom and patience, your expertise and your willingness to share it.

Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy 
c/o Linda Miku 
2527 East 3rd Street; Tucson AZ 85716 
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ATENVELDT COLLEGE OF HERALDS

Letter of Intent

30 May 2017, A.S. LII

Unto Emma Laurel; Alys Pelican; Cormac Wreath; and the commenting Members of the College of Arms,

Greetings from Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy, Brickbat Herald and Parhelium Herald for the Kingdom of Atenveldt!

The Atenveldt College of Heralds requests the consideration and registration of the following names and armory with the College of Arms.

Unless specifically stated, the client will accept any spelling and grammar corrections; all assistance is appreciated.

1. Damon Constantine: NEW DEVICE CHANGE

Quarterly sable and azure, in bend two talbot’s heads couped contourny Or.

The name was registered March 1999.

If registered, his current device, Sable, two serpents erect and entwined that to dexter argent and that to sinister Or, a ford proper., should be released.

2. Eoda Blauschild: TRANSFER OF NAME to Jodie W. Vaughn, Jr.

The name Eoda Blauschild was registered October 2016, and the client’s previously-registered name, Angelica Blauschild, was maintained as an alternate name. She wishes that Eoda Blauschild be transferred to Jodie W. Vaughn, Jr., and that her primary name once again be Angelica Blauschild. Necessary signed paperwork is forwarded to Laurel.

3. Jodie W. Vaughn, Jr.: ACCEPTANCE OF NAME TRANSFER Eoda Blauschild from Angelica Blauschild.

The client accepts the name transfer from Angelica. It should be noted that the client’s originally-registered SCA name of Joseph Walter McFadden was released at his request by the College of Arms October 2014. Necessary signed paperwork is forwarded to Laurel.

4. Tir Ysgithr, Barony of: NEW BADGE

(Fieldless) A maunch Or charged with a boar’s head couped contourny sable.

The branch-name was registered around January 1973.

There are 1 New Device Change, 1 New Badge, 1 Name Transfer and 1 Name Transfer Acceptance. Two items are chargeable, and Laurel should receive $8.00 for them. There are a total of 4 items on this letter.

Thank you to those who have provided your wisdom and patience, your expertise and your willingness to share it.

Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy 
c/o Linda Miku 
2527 East 3rd Street; Tucson AZ 85716 
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Letter of Intent

30 April 2017, A.S. LI

Unto Emma Laurel; Alys Pelican; Cormac Wreath; and the commenting Members of the College of Arms,

Greetings from Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy, Brickbat Herald and Parhelium Herald for the Kingdom of Atenveldt!

The Atenveldt College of Heralds requests the consideration and registration of the following names and armory with the College of Arms. (Please note that this is the second April 2017 LoI from the Kingdom of Atenveldt.)

Unless specifically stated, the client will accept any spelling and grammar corrections; all assistance is appreciated.

1. Áilgheanán mac Síthigh: NEW DEVICE

Or, a hound passant regardant vert and a chief sable.

The name was registered February 2001.

There is 1 new device on this Letter of Intent. Laurel should receive $4 for this submission.

Thank you to those who have provided your wisdom and patience, your expertise and your willingness to share it.

Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy 
c/o Linda Miku 
2527 East 3rd Street; Tucson AZ 85716 
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ATENVELDT COLLEGE OF HERALDS

Letter of Intent

25 April 2017, A.S. LI

Unto Andrewe Laurel; Alys Pelican; Cormac Wreath; and the commenting Members of the College of Arms,

Greetings from Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy, Brickbat Herald and Parhelium Herald for the Kingdom of Atenveldt!

The Atenveldt College of Heralds requests the consideration and registration of the following names and armory with the College of Arms.

Unless specifically stated, the client will accept any spelling and grammar corrections; all assistance is appreciated.

1. Amber Bikkadóttir: NEW DEVICE

Per chevron inverted vert semy of cat’s pawprints argent and sable, a domestic cat couchant contourny paly Or and sable and a tree eradicated argent.

The name was registered June 2012.

Pawprints are a Step from Period Practice.

2. Ceallach Colquhoun: NEW HOUSEHOLD NAME, Red Dragon Keep of Sundragon

The client’s SCA name was registered June 2006.

The client desires a household name based on an inn sign <color + mythological creature>, as demonstrated in “English Sign Names,” Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchada (http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/inn/), and the use of the designator Keep was registered to Emelyn Fraser’s Stonegard Keep in September 2015, and earlier to Cassandra Attewoode’s Summers Keep in June 2011. 
The client would prefer this registered simply as Red Dragon Keep, but that appears to conflict with Red Dragon, Company of the (registered to Tristram O’Shee) and House of the Red Dragons (jointly registered to Anastasia MacEwan de Ravenna and Juliana Red MacLachlan). If the designator is inadequate to avoid conflict with these registrations, the client will accept the addition of of Sundragon (her local Barony; the name was registered in September 1984).

The household name is to be associated with her registered badge, Per bend sinister gules and argent, a door argent banded and handled sable and charged with two arrows in saltire, and a dragon sejant affronty, wings displayed and face to dexter gules.

3. Fiórleif eldr orn: DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Laurel, December 2010

Argent, a phoenix gules, a bordure sable semy of pheons argent.

The name was registered December 2010.

The original device submissions, Argent, a phoenix gules within an orle of pheons sable., was returned for conflict with Lucia Amaranta Backlassare, Argent semy-de-lys sable, a phoenix rising gules. Because of the placement of the fleurs-de-lys, they were very nearly arranged in orle, so there was no CD for the change in arrangement of the secondary charges. While there are a number of sable bordures associated with phoenixes (aka, “close calls,” this appears to be clear of conflict.

4. Galen Peter Gilmore: NEW DEVICE

Per bend purpure and argent, a wyvern statant argent and three cats gardant herisonny contourny sable.

The name appears in the March 2017 Atenveldt Letter of Intent.

5. Godfrey Jordain: NEW NAME and DEVICE
Vert, a chevron throughout gules fimbriated and charged with two chevronels Or.

The name is English. The spelling Godfrey is dated to 1273 in the Hundred Rolls (Withycombe, 3rd edition, p. 136 s.n. Godfrey).Godfrey Tupman has a christening date of 7 August 2597 in Chesterfield, Derby, England Batch C03586-1(https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=+batch_number:C03586-1).
Mary Jordain has a christening date of 10 Apr 1568 at Saint Peter Cornhill, London, London, England Batch P00156-1 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWDJ-M62 : 30 December 2014).
The submitter desires a masculine name; the sound is most important, and he will accept no Major changes to the name.

6. Hannah Millican: NEW DEVICE
Per bend vert and purpure, on a bend Or a rose sable, overall two natural dolphins in annulo argent.

The name appears in the March 2017 Atenveldt Letter of Intent.

According to the Pictorial Dictionary, the default posture of the dolphin is naiant.

7. Johnathan Crusadene Whitewolf the Younger: NEW ALTERNATE NAME, Eber Hauer, and NEW BADGE

Per bend Or and argent, a bend raguly gules between a double-headed eagle sable and an elephant’s tusk gules.

The personal name was registered June 2001.

The alternate name is German. I thought Eber is a male given name based on the following, but the name is Ebert (along with a number of other Ebert citations): Ebert Am Aberge has a christening date of 9 Nov 1623 in Evangelish, Feudinge, Westfalen, Prussia, Batch C97748-9 (https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AEber~%20%2Bbirth_place%3AGermany~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1200-1650~). Because of this, we are hoping that Eber might be a given name based on Jacob Eber Maley, a man with a double given name and the christening date of 27 Sep 1622 in Evangelisch, Reichelsheim Friedbert, Oberhessen, Hesse-Darms, Batch C93888-1(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NCDZ-LLC : 28 November 2014).

Hauer is a surname; Joannes Hauer has a christening date of 21 Aug 1623 in Kulsheim, Baden, Germany, Batch C92511-1(https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bsurname%3AHauer~%20%2Bbirth_place%3AGermany~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1200-1650~).

The client desires a male name and is most interested in the meanings, sound and language/culture of the name; he would like it authentic for language/culture (none given). He will not accept Major or Minor changes to the name.

A tusk is an elephant’s tooth, couped and with point to chief by default; it is a permitted charge.

8. Leofrun of Tir Ysgithr: NEW NAME and BADGE
Gules, a chimera statant within a bordure Or.

Leofrun is a female given name found in “Anglo-Saxon Women’s Names from Royal Charters,” Marieke van de Dal (https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/marieke/anglosaxonfem/).

Tir Ysgithr is an SCA territory (Tucson AZ), with the name registered January 1973.

9. Leolin Blackwell: NEW NAME and DEVICE
Sable, a chevron gules ermined and fimbriated or between two natural panthers combattant Or marked sable and a demi-sun issuant from base Or.

The name is English. Leolin is found in The History of the County Palatine and the City of Chester, from books.google.com (https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DYY1AQAAMAAJ&q=Leolin+filius&dq=Leolin+filius&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=Leolin%20filius&f=false). Leolin was a Welsh prince; the book has side-by-side translations from the Latin, and the man’s Latinized Welsh name is Lewelinus. This is the Englished form of the name. 
Richard Blackwell, a male, has a christening date of 12 Oct 1572 at Holy Trinity, Coventry, Warwick, England, Batch C04192-2(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2WF-RJ9 : 30 December 2014). 
The client desires a male name; he will not accept Major changes to the name.

10. Lilias Mar: NEW NAME

Lilias is a female given name; Lilias Sinclair has a christening date of 11 Oct 1618 at Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothain, Scotland, Batch C11986-1 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYQF-HZB). It is also found in “Names Found in 17th C Wills from the Shetland Islands, Scotland: Women’s Given Names,” Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchada (http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/Shetland/WomensNames.shtml). Kirstane Mar has a christening date of 29 June 1572 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Batch C11424-2 (https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=+batch_number:C11424-2). 
The client desires a feminine name, with language (Gaelic/Scottish) and culture (Scottish) most important. She will not accept Major or Minor changes to the name.

11. Marcus de Grae: NEW DEVICE
Per bend sinister sable and vert, a phoenix and in chief an arrow fesswise surmounted by a crescent Or.

The name appears in the March 2017 Atenveldt Letter of Intent.

12. Muiredach mac Robartaig: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Chevronelly inverted azure and Or, on a chief-pale between two doves respectant gules, a double-headed axe Or.

The name is Gaelic.

Muiredach is an Old and Middle Irish Gaelic masculine name dated 760-1257 (“Index of Names in Irish Annals: Muiredach / Muireadhach,” Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Muiredach.shtml).

Robartaig is the genitive form of Robartach. Dated 757-1136 (“Index of Names in Irish Annals: Robartach,” Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Robartach.shtml).

The construction using mac is for a simple patronymic byname (“Quick and Easy Gaelic Names,” 3rd Edition, Sharon L. Krossa,http://medievalscotland.org/scotnames/quickgaelicbynames/#simplepatronymicbyname).

The client is most interested in a Gaelic/Scots name.

The placement of the axe adequately fulfills Mistholme’s dictum at http://mistholme.com/dictionary/chief-pale/, “if charged with tertiary charges, they must fill the entire chief-pale, both the horizontal and vertical portions.”

13. Olive Long Anne Prosper: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Quarterly purpure and sable, on a cross rayonnant Or between in chief two owls respectant argent, an increscent moon azure.

The name is English. 
Olive is a female given name; Olive Stillington has a christening date of 24 February 1595 in St. Martin Coney Street, York, York, English, Batch P01094-1 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J33D-F8G). 
A Long Herodias is dated 16245-1722, born in England and died in Rhode Island, with no Batch number given (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:9WVV-M95). Alternatively, a Margarett Long married in 1590 in Guisley, York, England, Batch P00938-1 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPXH-YYF). The September 20112 LoAR Cover Letter says that family names documented in 16^th C. England can be used as given name. (http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2012/09/12-09cl.html#5).
Anne is a female given name and Long is a surname; Anne Long has a christening date of 21 December 1561 in Saint John the Baptist, Croyden, Surrey, England, Batch C09865-2 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKXJ-WYZ). 
Prosper is a surname; Elizabeth Prosper’s christening date is 7 July 1601, St. Paul, Lincoln, Lincoln, England, Batch C02631-1 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NGVM-V89). 
The client desires a female name and is most interested in the sound of the name.

There are five tinctures and three charge types in the device. According to the Pictorial Dictionary, an increscent with a human face is blazoned as an increscent moon. “Rayonnant” is equivalent to “irradiated,” not having a complex line running along all edges of the ordinary, as rayonny would be.

14. Orabilis Douw: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per pale dovetailed argent and purpure, a wolf sable and a winged unicorn argent combatant, on a chief rayonny vert three thistles argent, flowered purpure.

Orabilis is a female given name dated to 1221 in “Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surname: Orabel,” Talan Gwynek (https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/reaney.cgi?Orabel); it is also the name of two women in Black’s The Surnames of Scotland, p. 639, The daughter and heiress of Nesius, William’s son, who married before 1200, and the woman who married Adam, son or Duncan, earl of Mar, son of Gilchrist, Earl of Mar.
Douw is a surname in Black, p. 218, s.n. Dove, Dow, Dowe; Ede Dow held a land in “vico boreali,” Edinburgh, 1366. 
The client desires a female name and is most interested in the sound and the language/culture of the name (Scottish clan).

15. Orabilis Douw: NEW BADGE

Argent, a wolf’s head erased sable and a unicorn’s head erased purpure armed gules respectant and a point pointed counter-ermine.

16. Roland of Blaye: NEW NAME

Roland appears as a name in “Given Names from Brittany, 1384-1600,” Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn, with the desired spelling dated 1526 (http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/latebreton.html).

Blaye (originally Blaye-et-Sainte-Luce) is considered the burial site of the Frankish hero Roland, buried in its basilica (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaye).

Would this name be considered presumptuous, with the heroic Roland being buried in this place? There was a bit of commentary that thought so, but I forward it to the College for additional input.

17. Sibyl Breathnach: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Gules, a corgi dog rampant contourny Or maintaining a dagger inverted argent, a bordure embattled Or.

Sibyl is a a female given name dated to 1201 in “Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surname: Sibyl,” Talan Gwynek, https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/reaney.cgi?Sibyl.

Breathnach is a Gaelic descriptive byname, meaning “Welsh” (“Index of Names in Irish Annals: Masculine Descriptive Bynames,” Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/DescriptiveBynames/Alpha.shtml). Coblaith Muimnech comments that “this is most logically presented as an English name incorporating an Anglicized Irish surname. By the 13th century the English had started using gender-neutral familial surnames, so whether a Gaelic woman would’ve been known as Breathnach wouldn’t be an issue…The Calendar of the Justiciary Rolls or Proceedings in the Court of the Justiciar of Ireland Preserved in the Public Record Office of Ireland contains several attested forms of the byname, of which the closest in period and spelling to the submitted form is Brethnagh, dated to 1299 (vol. 1, p. 296:https://archive.org/stream/calendarofjustic01irel#page/296).”

Wyllam Salesbury’s A Dictionary in Englyshe and Welshe (London 1574), where there is a reference to the Korgi ne gostoc, meaning “Corgi or curre dogge”, https://www.welshcorgi-news.ch/Leseecke/InfoCorgi/Meaning_eng.html. This source also gives a gray period illustration of the breed. The corgi is a short-legged, long-bodied breed used to herd livestock; in modern times, it is more likely to herd English royalty.

18. Þórbjørn Siggeirson: NEW NAME

The name is Old Norse. 
<Þórbjorn> is a male given name found in the Viking Answer Lady’s website (http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ONMensNames.shtml#thorn); it is seen as <Þorbiǫrn> in Geirr Bassi’s “The Old Norse Name” and “Viking Names found in Landnámabók,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/landnamabok.html). Þorbjǫrn (without an o-acute and with an o-ogonek) would be the normalised Old West Norse spelling.
<Siggeirr> is a male given name, also with the Viking Answer Lady. “A Simple Guide to Creating Old Norse Names,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/sg-viking.html), shows a patronymic formed with the terminal <-rr> changed to <-rs>.
ffride wlffsdotter comments that “the normalised name Siggeirr appears in Nordiskt runnamnslexikon sn. SiggæiRR (ie. the Old East Norse normalised spelling), p. 191 (http://www.sprakochfolkminnen.se/download/18.6dffb94c149794d926e379/1415279748920/Runnamnslexikon_T+ 141106.pdf). Siggeirr in the genitive becomes Siggeirs, hence Siggeirsson.”

19. Valeas Proietto di Venezia: NEW NAME and DEVICE
Sable, on a pile azure fimbriated a scimitar inverted, a bordure argent.

The name is Italian. The client’s documentation: “My persona is that of an Italian street orphan adopted by a Venetian merchant family ca. 1500 AD. The name “Valeas” is a not too uncommon (but still used) latin name meaning “full of life”. “Proietto” was a VERY common surname given to orphans. It literally means “cast off” or “unwanted’”. The post-name of “di Venezia” is just that, to tell where I’m from. This was (and is still) a common practice in Italy. Thus, the entire name of “Valeas Porietto de Venezia” is a truly historically accurate name for a street orphan from Venice.
“This link explains the way that orphans were given latin (and often fantastic) names, including the VERY common surname “Proietto”: http://www.conigliofamily.com/Foundlings.htm retrieved last on 08/26/2016 [The URL article does address the use of Proietto as a surname.–Parhelium]
“I have included a copy of a text which demonstrates that the name “Valeas” was in fact an actual latin name. The test is from “The English Cyclopaedia: A New Dictionary of Universal Knowledge. I found the book using google books…https://books.google.com/books?id=RpplAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA643&q=valeas.”

Having said this:

Ample commentary in-kingdom demonstrated that the given name is Valens, not Valeas, the younger brother of Emperor Valentinian; they were co-rulers in the 4^th C. It is found throughout the book, whereas the use of Valeas as a given name is not.

Maridonna Benvenuti comments that neither Proiettare nor Proietto are in either of the Florio dictionaries nor Vocabbolario degli Accademici della Crusca 1st ed. 1612. These are Florentine/Italian. She did not find either word in the Venetian and Vicentine dictionaries that I have, period or modern. It is not found in the late 18th century, multi-volume, Sicilian dictionary by Barese noble Michele Pasqualino. “Undated surname in De Felice Cognomi, s.n. Proiètti… è la cognominizzazione del nome comune centro-meridionale prioetto “trovatello”, bambino abbandonato”, denominazione attribuita nel passato anche come nome personale e cognome (v. i tipi Proietto, etimomologicamente, continua il latino proiectus (part. perfetto passivo di proicere “gettare davanti a sé, gettare via”), “gettato via, abbandonato”). A translation, “is the surname from the south-central prioetto common name “foundling”, abandoned child “, attributed name in the past also as a personal name (see the Projectus types, etimologically continues Latin proiectus … proicere “throw before him, cast away “),” thrown away, abandoned “).
“”Dizionario dei Cognomi Pugliesi” by Pantaleo Minervini, s.n. Proiètti. Varianti: Proiètto, Proètti, Projètti… è la cognominizzazione del nome comune centro-meridionale Prioetto “trovatello”, bambino abbandonato”, come le forme Espòsito, Innocènti, Trovato, ecc. In Italia meridionale. ed a Bari si usava abbandonare i figli non desiderati in una ruota, che li avrebbe fatti riconoscere dai genitori naturali. Data la frequenza di tali abbondoni il sindaco di Bari dalla prima metà del 1800 si accollò la spesa di retribuire le balie per due anni per ogni bambino allattato (oggi si preferisce civilmente abbandonarli nei cassonetti della spazzatura!!) È documentato in Puglia nell forma base a Palo del colle nel 1875: “Proiètta Maria” e nel 1871: “Proiètto Giacomo”; a Conversano nel 1809 “Proiètto Gaetano, Vito, Donato”; nel 1810 “Projètto Biagio”. A translation: …is the surname form of south-central common name Prioetto (<Latin proiectum “thrown forward or away”) “foundling”, abandoned child “, forms as Esposito, Innocent, Found, etc. In Southern Italy and in Bari they used to abandon unwanted children in a wheel, to keep them from recognizing the natural parents. Given the frequency of such abandoned the mayor of Bari from the first half of 1800 he took on the expense of the nurses pay for two years for each child breastfed (now prefers to civilly abandon them in the rubbish bins !!) it is documented in Puglia in the basic form in Palo del colle in 1875: ” Proiètta Maria” and in 1871 “Proiètto Giacomo”; at Conversano in 1809 “Proiètto Gaetano, Vito, Donato”; in 1810 “Projetto Biagio.” 
“Girolamo Caracausi’s “Dizionario Onomastico della Sicilia”, s.n. Proiètto repeats De Felice and lists several variant surnames none with information and all undated.” She concluted that the submitter’s article is interesting but does not support Proiètto was used in period as a surname.

Might Proietto be used as a descriptive, rather than a patronymic or surname, since it seems that it fails as a period surname?

The client desires a male name. He will not accept Major or Minor changes to the name.

20. Vincent Blackwell: NEW NAME and DEVICE
Sable, on a pale gules fimbriated between in chief two wolves rampant addorsed a sword inverted argent.

The name is English. 
Vincent is a male given name dated to 1273 (Withycombe, 3^rd edition, p. 289, s.n. Vincent).
Richard Blackwell, a male, has a christening date of 12 Oct 1572 at Holy Trinity, Coventry, Warwick, England, Batch C04192-2(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2WF-RJ9 : 30 December 2014). 
The client desires a male name and will not accept Major changes to the name.

21. Yagi Tenji Yoshitatsu Kakujo: NEW NAME CHANGE and NEW DEVICE CHANGE
Azure, on a hexagon within a hexagon voided argent a hemp leaf vert.

The name is Japanese. His currently-registered name is Jaku’an Kakujo (registered October 2014). He wishes to drop the azana Jaku’an in favor of the following name construction. The name elements are found in Name Construction in Medieval Japan, revised edition, Solveig Throndardottir.

Yagi is a surname dated to 1332, p. 329.

The yobina Tenji, “sky, heaven,” is dated to 1124, p. 191. The nanori Yoshitatsu, “dragon,” is dated to 1600, p. 297.

Kakujo has been previously registered; it is an imina/personal name dated to 1336.

The client desires a male name and will not accept Major or Minor changes to the name.

SENA A4 states that “Any armorial design that does not fit within our core style rules may still be registered if it can be documented as following a pattern of period practice within the armorial style of a single time and place within the temporal scope of the Society. This time and place may be in Europe or may be from a non-European period armorial tradition, such as Islamic or Japanese heraldry. We call such a design an Individually Attested Pattern. All elements in an Individually Attested Pattern must be found in that single time and place, including charges, arrangement of charge groups, and lines of division. Documentation under the Individually Attested Pattern rules does not exempt a design from conflict, presumption, or offense rules.” The client hopes that the armory can be registered, given evidence for the hexagon shape kikko (tortoise shell) that is a recognized motif in Japanese armory. Examples of this design are found in The Daibukan (The Great Book of Heraldry) edited by Hasimoto Hiroshi circa 1591 and the Kenmon Shokamon, Hanawa Hokiichi, dated 1470.

The hemp leaf was determined to be a permitted charge in SCA heraldry in the badge registered to the client, Sable, a hemp leaf within an annulet argent., April 2015. If registered, the client’s current device, Per pale sable and vert, within a torii a lion dormant argent., should be released.

There are 13 New Names, 1 New Alternate Name, 1 New Household Name, 13 New Devices and 3 New Badges. These 31 items are chargeable, Laurel should receive $124 for them. There is 1 Device Resubmission; this item is not chargeable. There are a total of 32 items submitted on this letter.

Please Note Well! I was assisted in the preparation of this Letter of Intent with commentary provided by Brenna Lowri o Ruthin, Coblaith Muimnech, Daniel the Broc, Etienne Le Mons, ffride wlffsdotter, Iago ab Adam, Maridonna Benvenuti, Michael Gerard Curtememoire and Thomas de Groet.

Thank you to those who have provided your wisdom and patience, your expertise and your willingness to share it.

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