December 22, 2015

East Kingdom

Internal Letter of Decisions

Unto the East Kingdom College of Heralds, upon the 10th Day of Tevet, 5776, greetings! Here

is the Letter of Decisions for the Internal Letter of Intent issued on October 31, 2015.

Many thanks to the following commenters who provided assistance this month: Alys Ogress,

Arwyn of Leicester, Brenna Lowri o Rothin, Caoimhin Rouge Sanglier, ffride wlffsdotter,

Galefridus Peregrinus, Gawain Green Anchor, Juetta Copin, Maridonna Benvenuti, Matilda

Wynter, Modar Volk, Muirenn Mosaic, Rohese Shadowdale, Ryan Brigantia, Seraphina Golden

Dolphin, and Solveig Throndardottir. Your commentary and insights are always greatly

appreciated.

1: Aharon ben Zach ­New Name Forwarded Submitter desires a masculine name. No major changes. Sound (Keep the first name as) most important. Aharon is found cited in Mainz, Germany dated 1096 in Juetta Copin's "Names of Jewish Men, 6th to 11th Centuries" (http://s­gabriel.org/names/juetta/masc/aharon.ht) ben Zach ­ Zach is found as a masculine given name in "Jews in Catalonia: 1250 to 1400 ­ Men's Given Names" by Juliana de Luna (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/catalanjews/CatalanJews­given­men.html#alpha) The pattern ben B meaning 'son of B' for men is found in Appendix A for Jewish names. Appendix C states: "Jewish names documented from location X are registerable with (1) other names documented from the languages for that language group and (2) with other Jewish names documented from other parts of Europe." The form states that most important is "Sound: Keep the first name as". We can only assume that the desire is to keep the name as close in sound as the submitted name. Will try to contact submitter for clarification.

2: Amis Mwyn ­Resub Device Forwarded Or, a saltire azure fretted of a mascle gules, a bordure sable The submitter's original device, Or, a saltire azure fretted of a mascle gules, was returned on the April 2010 LoAR (R­East) with the following explanation: This device conflicts with the badge of the Midrealm's Award of the Purple Fret, Or, a fret purpure. There is a single CD for the change of tincture of the primary charge. The charge here is visually equivalent to a fret, which is "a bend and a bend sinister fretted of a mascle." The only difference is some internal detailing. The bordure has been added in an effort to clear the conflict.

3: Brandr nefsbrjotr Aronsson ­New Name Change Forwarded Old Item: Cian Mac Fhearghuis, to be released. Submitter desires a masculine name. Meaning (Brandr the nose breaker, son of Aron) most important. Brandr is in Geirr Bassi, pg. 9, as a male given name nefsbrjotr is a constructed form meaning "nosebreaker." In August 2008, we registered rifsbrjótr (rib breaker) on the basis of the variety of things that were "broken" in bynames. Geirr Bassi, pg 26, gives 'Nefr' as nose and Cleasby­Vigfusson's Icelandic­English Dictionary (s.v. brójtr) where brjótr is stated to mean breaker. This uses the genitive form of the first element, as with the registered name. Aron is in Geirr Bassi, pg. 7, as a male given name. Geirr Bassi does not given the genitive form for this name, but the SMP, vol I, s.n. Aron, lists a <Marcus Aronson> in 1414, so the patronymic earlier is also probably Aronsson. Notes: In commentary, ffride wiffsdotter argued that the correct construction for the descriptive byname is is “nefjabrjotr”, as the word “nef”, “nose”, needs to be placed into the genitive plural, “nefja”, rather than the genitive singular, “nefs”. As the submitter permits all changes and states that meaning is most important, this is a permissible change. However, in light of the 2008 precedent cited in the LoI, and as Blue Tyger is not an expert on Norse grammar, we are forwarding this name in its original form for further commentary.

4: Ceolwenne wyrhte ­New Device Returned Per pale argent and gules, in fess a triquetra interlaced with an annulet between two cats cadent counterchanged The submitter blazoned the cats as "cadent" based on a Wikipedia article that apparently no longer exists. Assistance is requested blazoning the cats. The above submission has images. To view them, see the URLs below:

#1 Notes: This device is returned for violating SENA A3D2a, the rule against "slot machine" armory: more than two types of charge in the same group. Precedent states: This device violates our ban on so­called 'slot machine' armory. There are three types of charge in the secondary charge group: annulets, triquetras, and a phoenix. Unless the submitter can provide evidence that the annulet interlaced with a triquetra is a period heraldic motif considered to be a single charge, we will continue to interpret an triquetra and interlaced with an annulet as two charges. [Catherine Wentworth of Cambridge, R­Outlands, August 2008 LoAR] This precedent continues to be in force. [Arnbjo,rg Karlsdóttir, R­Atlantia, Oct 2013 LoAR] We have a similar situation here, with three types of charge in the primary charge group: the cats, a triquetra, and an annulet. The sizes of the charges give a clear impression that all are part of the primary charge group.

On resubmission, the submitter should be aware that the posture “cadent” has never been registered in Society heraldry. Therefore, it requires documentation of being a period posture ­ absent such evidence the posture is likely unregisterable. The submitter may wish to consider the “herissony” posture as visually similar, or any of the period postures.

5: Charlotte Orr ­New Name & New Device Forwarded Quarterly argent and sable, a hedgehog statant guardant gules Charlotte is found in Triste Elliot's, "16th century Norman Names" [http://www.s­gabriel.org/names/cateline/norman16.html] lists Charlotte as a feminine given name in Rouen, 16th c. Orr is a gray­period English surname found in the Family Search Historical Records: Eilene Orr, Burial, Female, Jun 1604, St. Mary, Barton­Upon­Humbler, Lincoln, England, Batch #B02594­3 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J8Y4­72K) SENA Appendix C allows combining English and French elements. Notes: In commentary, Ogress also documented this name as a wholly­English late­period name: Charlotte O...; Female; Marriage; 14 Nov 1575; Bytham­Castle, Lincoln, England; Batch: M03500­2 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NXWS­FM7) Charlotte Harretes; Female; Marriage; 08 Jul 1568; Claverley, Shropshire, England; Batch: M00849­1 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVFX­HL4) Christofore Orr; Male; Christening; 28 Oct 1599; ST ANDREW PAR REG AND NONCONF, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NORTHUMBERLAND, ENGLAND; Batch: P01610­1 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J77N­ZZ9)

6: Constancia de Vianne ­New Name & New Device Forwarded Purpure, a crossbow bendwise sinister and on a chief argent five musical notes inverted sable Submitter desires a feminine name. No major changes. Language (Occitan 14th cen.) most important. Culture (Occitan 14th cen.) most important. Constancia is a female given name found in "Names from Fourteenth Century Foix" by Cateline de la Mor (http://www.s­gabriel.org/names/cateline/foix.html) s.n. 'Constance' The location and typography indicates that the submitted spelling is the Occitan form. The byname de Vianne is a locative byname; “Vianne" is a subordinate header form s.n. Viane, and it's dated as "Veiana" to 1358. Unfortunately, Pennsic Herald's Point did not write down the source for this information. 'Vianne' is the name of a town in Gascony, which existed in 1284, according to "New Towns of the Middle Ages" by Maurice Beresford. Ulric von der Insel owns the source and can provide docs. Notes: In commentary, Ogress provided the following additional documentation for the byname: Histoire des évêques de l'Eglise de Metz published in 1634 (https://books.google.com/books?id=NAg­DLdlGbUC) at p. 424 refers to <Frideric Comte de Vianne>, which translates as <Frideric, Count of Vianne>. Tableau de l'histoire des princes et principauté d'Orange published in 1640 (https://books.google.com/books?id=P70v19BK4VsC) at p. 188 refers to <Rene de Nassau Comte de Vianne> who did something in 1530. Blazoned on the LoI as Purpure, a crossbow bendwise sinister and on a chief argent five neumes inverted sable, the more typical blazon for the tertiary charge is “muscial note”. We have reblazoned it accordingly. Commenters raised a concern as to the identifiability of the musical notes inverted. While Blue Tyger shares this concern inverted inanimate charges are generally permitted. We are therefore forwarding this device for further commentary.

7: Hasanah bint al­Khalil ibn Habib ­New Household Name Forwarded Erlendsstaðir This is a joint household name with Ingvar Thorsteinsson. The submitter's primary name appears on the September 2015 East Kingdom ILoI. Academy of Saint Gabriel report 3279 (http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public­bin/showfinal.cgi?3279+0) gives "staðir" 'stead' as a homestead designator combined with given names. It says in part " A majority of these were named after individuals, for example “Egilsstaðir” 'Egill's stead(s)', and far more were named for men than for women." Erlendr is found as a masculine name at p. 9 of Geirr Bassi Haraldsson, The Old Norse Name. Dropping the terminal ­r and adding ­s forms the genitive/possessive, as is required grammatically. The pattern of creating place names from the genitive form of given names + ­staðir is found in "Place­Names in Landnámabók," by Talan Gwynek https://web.archive.org/web/20150415064933/http://my.stratos.net/~bmscott/Landnamabok_Place­Names.html) Notes: Norse household names have generally been registered using the singular “­staðr” rather than the plural “­staðir”. See “Þorgarðsstaðr”, registered to Þorgarðr inn Sterki in July of 2012 (via AEthelmearc). However, the plural form is documented and therefore should be registerable.

8: Ignacia la Ciega ­New Badge Forwarded Gules a chevron Or between a demi sun and a shamishir inverted Or This submission is to be associated with Ignacia la Ciega Notes: Submitted as “Gules a chevron Or between a demi sun and a sword point to dexter (shamshire) inverted Or”, we don’t normally blazon the direction of the sword’s point. In Society armory this type of sword is generally blazoned as a shamishir, and using it is a Step from Period Practice. This device is clear of the device of Mar Arthursson, “Gules, a chevron couped

Or” [A­Drachenwald, May 1996 LoAR] with one DC for the chevron being couped and one DC for adding a secondary charge group.

9: Ingvar Thorsteinsson ­New Device Forwarded Erminois, a boar's head cabossed sable and a chief gules

10: Ingvar Thorsteinsson ­New Badge Forwarded (Fieldless) A tree blasted and eradicated per fess gules and sable. This submission is to be associated with Erlendsstaðr The household name Erlendsstaðr appears elsewhere on this letter. This item is to be jointly registered by Ingvar and Hasanah bint al­Khalil ibn Habib. Hasanah's primary name appears on the September 2015 East Kingdom ILoI.

11: Ingvar Thorsteinsson ­New Badge Forwarded (Fieldless) A tree blasted and eradicated quarterly gules and sable This item is to be jointly registered by Ingvar and Hasanah bint al­Khalil ibn Habib. Hasanah's primary name appears on the September 2015 East Kingdom ILoI.

12: Johannes von Braunschweig ­New Name Forwarded Submitter desires a masculine name. Language (14th cen. German) most important. Culture (14th cen. German) most important. Meaning (someone from Brunswick) most important. Johannes is a male given name found in 14th cen. Plauen, Germany, according to "Late Period German Masculine Given Names" by Talan Gwynek (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/germmasc.html#plauen14). von Braunschweig is a German locative byname based on the pattern set out in Appendix A for German. The spelling Braunschweig is found as an unmarked surname in the Family Search Historical Records: Hans Conradt Braunschweig; Male; Christening; 18 Oct 1585; EVANGELISCH, HEILBRONN, NECKARKREIS, WUERTTEMBERG; Batch: C94699­2 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2MS­XYV) The adjective locative form Braunschweiger is also found in Family Search: Hanss Petter Braunschweiger; Male; Christening; 03 Sep 1587; EVANGELISCH, HEILBRONN, NECKARKREIS, WUERTTEMBERG; Batch: C94699­2 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NZZF­VP8)

13: Konner MacPherson ­New Badge Returned (Fieldless) A lion guardant per fess rayonny argent and sable, maintaining between its forepaws a thistle sable. Notes: This item is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." We found the maintained charge to be unidentifiable as drawn, and the line of partition appeared to be indented rather than rayonny. On redraw, we recommend that the rayonny be drawn longer and with more pronounced curves, and that internal detailing be used on the thistle. Additionally, more bold outlines and internal details on the lion would help.

14: Mabbe atte Eye ­New Device Returned Per pale gules and vert, five mullets of five points in chevron argent Notes: This device is returned for conflict with the badge of Oleg Rusov, “Vert, in chevron five mullets of four points argent” [A­Lochac, Aug 2004 LoAR]. There is a DC for the field, but “there is no difference granted between mullets of any number of points“ [Cover Letter, April 2014 LoAR]

15: Margaret of Rochester ­New Badge Forwarded Azure goutty d'eau, a chevron argent.

16: Matteo Genovese ­New Name & New Device Forwarded Vert, a spear and in chief two axes argent within a bordure argent semy of daggers vert. Submitter desires a masculine name. Spelling (spelling of Matteo) most important. Matteo is found 13 times as an Italian given name in Aryanhwy merch Catmael's "Names from Arezzo, Italy, 1386­1528" (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/italian/arezzoalpha.html) Genovese is found as an adjective of location in Aryanhwy merch Catmael "Names from an Early 16th C Census of Rome: Feminine Names" (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/italian/leofemfreq.html). Notes: In commentary, Maridonna Benvenuti provided the following additional documentation from no­photocopy sources: “Names from 15th and 16th Century Pisa” By Juliana de Luna (Julia Smith) shows the familyname Genovese, p.95 and Matteo as an unmarked patronymic on p. 101. No photocopy needed. http://heraldry.sca.org/kwhss/2014/Juliana_de_Luna/Names_from_15th_and_16th_Century_Pisa.pdf

17: Matthildr Skotsdottir ­New Name Forwarded Submitter desires a feminine name. Sound (unspecified) most important. Matthildr is found in Geirr Bassi p 13 col 1 as a female given name. Skotr is found in Geirr Bassi p 14 col 2 as a male given name. The patronymic is constructed based on the rules set out on p. 17 of Geirr Bassi. The authenticity boxes are not checked, but "Old Norse" is written on the authenticity line. The forms refer to both Matthildr and Matthild; Blue Tyger's staff is contacting the submitter to clarify her wishes. Notes: Upon consultation, the submitter has stated a preference for “Matthildr”. Therefore, the name is being forwarded in the form found on the iLoI.

18: Micchelle Vitalis ­New Name & New Device Forwarded Or, a bend vert between a bunch of grapes slipped and leaved proper and two arrows in saltire gules Submitter desires a masculine name. No major changes. Client requests authenticity for Italian ­ any time in our period. Language (Italian ­ any time in our period) most important. Culture (Italian ­ any time in our period) most important. Micchelle is a masculine given name in "Masculine Names from Thirteenth Century Pisa," by Juliana de Luna (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/pisa/pisa­given­alpha.html). Each of 929 spelling variants is recorded separately. Probable vernacular forms are given under frequency listings. ­ Micchelle (2 example), Micchele (23 examples) Vitalis is found as a byname in "Masculine Names from Thirteenth Century Pisa," by Juliana de Luna (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/pisa/pisa­bynames­alpha.html) ­ Vitalis (2 examples, under bynames)

19: Michel Almond de Champagne ­New Name Change & New Augmentation of Arms Forwarded Per chevron lozengy argent and sable and purpure, in base a fleur­de­lys argent and for augmentation on a canton Or a tyger passant azure Old Item: Michal Almond de Champagne, to be released. No major changes. Current Name was registered December 1993 through the East. This name submission changes only the spelling of the given name. The desired spelling is Michel. Aryanhwy merch Catmel's "Names from a 1587 Tax Roll from Provins" http://heraldry.sca.org/names/french/provins1587.html shows the submitted spelling of the given name. All other elements are grandfathered to the submitter. The submitter was awarded an Augmentation of Arms by Omega and Etheldreda on 4/18/2015. The submitter's original device, Per chevron lozengy argent and sable and purpure, in base a fleur­de­lys argent, was registered in August of 1999 (via the East). Notes: A Letter of Permission to Conflict with the East Kingdom populace badge was obtained and will be included in the packet.

20: Moire MacGraha ­New Badge Forwarded (Fieldless) A musical note argent entwined by an ivy vine vert

21: Mountain Freehold, Shire of ­New Badge Forwarded (Fieldless) A seahorse argent conjoined in pale with a trimount couped vert Mountain Freehold, Barony of was registered in November of 1981 (via the East). The group is now a Shire and the O&A should be updated accordingly. Notes: Blazoned when submitted as “(Fieldless) A seahorse erect argent conjoined in pale with a trimount couped vert”, commenters were concerned about whether the trimount is properly couped, suggesting the term “couped enarched”. We are not certain if this is appropriate and are forwarding the badge for further commentary. Commenters also pointed out that as per PicDic 3rd Ed the seahorse is erect by default. We have therefore dropped the posture from the blazon.

22: Mountain Freehold, Shire of ­New Badge Forwarded (Fieldless) A seahorse Or conjoined in pale with a trimount couped vert Mountain Freehold, Barony of was registered in November of 1981 (via the East). The group is now a Shire and the O&A should be updated accordingly. Notes: Blazoned when submitted as “(Fieldless) A seahorse erect Or conjoined in pale with a trimount couped vert”, commenters were concerned about whether the trimount is properly couped, suggesting the term “couped enarched”. We are not certain if this is appropriate and are forwarding the badge for further commentary. Commenters also pointed out that as per PicDic 3rd Ed the seahorse is erect by default. We have therefore dropped the posture from the blazon.

23: Nicolae Muntean ­New Name & New Device Forwarded Or, a tree issuant from a mount, in chief two falcons striking respectant vert. Nicolae is found once dated to 1599­1600 in "Names from the Royal Lines of Moldavia and Wallachia" by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/other/romanian.html Muteanu) The registration of Casa de la Muntea in January 2014 said: "While we cannot be certain this is a properly formed Romanian household name, the evidence presented is sufficient to give the submitter the benefit of the doubt and register the name. Muntea appears to be a given name dated to 1422 and commenters found evidence that appears to document Casa de la X where X is a given name. However, each of those identifications is tentative, and is allowed only because our evidence for period Romanian names is so poor." Muntea is a given name dated to 1443 in Document 229, p.322 of Documenta Romaniae Historica. Seria A : Moldova. Volumul 01 : 1384­1448 (http://digitool.dc.bmms.ro:8881/R/VE8FBVNIIKIFUGRQS1IB1RPBRXBK2LPNKYQIEFMA8FMDNBRQCC­00573?func=results­jump­full&set_entry=000015&set_number=005004&base=GEN01) Aryanhwy merch Catmael's "Names from the Royal Lines of Moldavia and Wallachia" (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/other/romanian.html) gives ­eanu as a form creating patronymic bynames. The submitter would prefer Muntean if it could be documented, but will settle for Munteanu based on this article. Notes: Neither Blue Tyger nor his staff have expertise in Romanian naming practices. We are therefore forwarding this name as­is for wider commentary.

24: Nicole la bouchiere ­New Name & New Device Forwarded Per pale argent and azure, a meat cleaver bendwise sinister counterchanged Submitter desires a feminine name. Nicole can be found in Colm Dubh's "An Index to the Given Names in the 1292 Census of Paris" (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/paris.html#N). Bouchiere is the feminine form of bouchier (butcher), found in Colm Dubh's "Occupational By­Names in the 1292 Tax Role of Paris" (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/parisbynames.html). Occupational bynames generally match the gender of the given name ­ for example, Famète la poissonière and Guermont le poissonier. Notes: In commentary, Alys Ogress further documented “la bouchiere” as dated to 1292 Paris in "Bynames in Medieval France" by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/frenchbynames.pdf) at p. 31 s.n. Bouchier

25: Oodachi Jirou Tsu'neyasu ­New Name Forwarded Submitter desires a masculine name. The name structure for adult male members of the Japanese military caste is <family name><yobina><nanori> as per NCMJ Rev. Ed. p. 4 Oodachi (1392) Family name found in NCMJ Rev. Ed. p.324 Jirou (1600) Masculine yobina meaning (#2 son / next son) found in NCMJ Rev. Ed. p. 371. Tsu'neyasu (1392) Masculine nanori found in NCMJ Rev. Ed. p. 363.

26: Osc of the Harbours ­Resub Device Forwarded Argent, five geese migrant in chevron sable above in base a torteau. Returned on the April LOAR: Osc of the Harbours. Device. Argent, in chevron five geese migrant to chief sable and in base a torteau. This device is returned for redraw, for blurring the distinction between the primary and secondary charge groups. Because they are of similar visual weights, the geese and the torteau appear to be in the same charge group, in an unblazonable arrangement. The best solution would likely be to draw the geese slightly larger and reduce the size of the torteau. There is a step from period practice for the use of migrant birds. This resubmission reduces the size of the torteau to make it clearly a secondary charge.

27: Piers Campbell ­New Acceptance of Household Name Forwarded OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in October of 1993, via the East Clan Campbell of Applecross The household name Campbell of Applecross, Clan was registered to "Tomasz Tomashevskoi" and "Piers Campbell" in March of 2007 (via the East). This is a transfer of the household name from Shiefski the Wanderer aka Tomasz Tomashevskoi to Piers Campbell. A signed (and notarized!) letter is provided.

28: Richard Holland ­New Name Change & New Device Forwarded Azure, in pale three lions passant guardant and on a chief Or three fleurs­de­lys azure Old Item: Ragnarr Sigurðarson, to be retained as an alternate name. Submitter desires a masculine name. No changes. Richard is a male given name dated to 1340 in "English Names found in Brass Enscriptions" by Julian Goodwyn (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/brasses/men.html). Holland is dated to 1575 in the same article (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/brasses/lastnameAH.html#H). Blue Tyger note: This was submitted on an altered shield shape, which is grounds for administrative return. We will be contacting submitter for new art but request commentary on other aspects of the design. Notes: Blazoned on the LoI as “Azure, in pale three lions passant and on a chief Or three fleurs­de­lys azure”, these lions are “guardant”.

29: Robyn Wolf Claw ­New Name & New Device Forwarded Per bend argent and vert, a phoenix gules rising from flames Or and a wolf's head cabossed argent. Submitter desires a masculine name. No major changes. Client requests authenticity for 1580s Tudor England. Sound (unspecified) most important. Robyn is found in the Family Search Historical Records: Robyn Bryght; Male; Christening; 05 Mar 1547; Calne, Wiltshire, England; Batch: C02168­0 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J35R­K27) Robyn Sheldon; Male; Christening; 02 Jan 1596; St. Edmunds, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; Batch: C01691­7 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NBGV­C59) Double surnames are permitted in English per Appendix A. Wolf is a surname found in the Family Search Historical Records: Elena Wolf; Female; Marriage; 20 Jan 1588; Rugeley, Stafford, England; Batch: M01021­5 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NV73­MMF) Margaret Wolf; Female; Marriage; 17 Jan 1580; Box, Wiltshire, England; Batch: M15247­1 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKW3­Y2R) Claw is a surname found in the Family Search Historical Records: Marke Claw; Male; Marriage; 30 Apr 1593; Churston Ferrers, Devon, England; Batch: M05047­1 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2VN­YYD) Mariae Claw; Female; Christening; 08 Oct 1570; MYDDLE, SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND; Batch: P01576­1 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JM5B­SX2)

30: Rose Therion Storie ­New Name Forwarded No major changes. Spelling (of grandfathered elements) most important. Rose is dated to 1316 in R&W s.n. Rose. The elements Therion and Storie are grandfathered to her; her father's registered name is Therion Sean Storie. The attestation is enclosed. These name elements were originally documented as French and English. Notes: Commenters were unable to find the cited entry for “Rose” in R&W. Fortunately, “Rose” is easily documented in English from “Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames” by Talan Gwyneck. Rose, 1316 Stock, sn. Rose (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/reaneyHZ.html).

31: Rowen Cloteworthy ­New Heraldic Title Forwarded Red Lozenge Herald The submitter was made a Herald Extraordinary and granted the right to a personal heraldic title at Twelfth Night on January 5, 2013. This heraldic title follows the pattern of color + charge seen in "Heraldic Titles from the Middle Ages and Renaissance" by Juliana de Luna (http://medievalscotland.org/jes/HeraldicTitles/). Examples of this pattern include Blaunche Senglier (white boar), Blewmantell, and Rouge Cross. Red is dated to c. 1400 in this spelling in the OED s.v. red. The Pic Dic (http://mistholme.com/dictionary/lozenge­mascle­rustre/) says: "A lozenge is a rhomboid shape. It's an ancient charge, dating from at least 1275, in the arms of Bautersem or Baunstersein [Asp2 220]." The spelling lozenge needs to be interpolated before 1650. The spelling losenges is dated to 1384 in the MED s.v. inde (n. 2); the spelling lozinggys is dated to 1452 in the MED s.v. inbouen. If necessary, lozenge could be considered a Lingua Anglica form.

32: Rowen Cloteworthy ­New Augmentation of Arms Forwarded Lozengy argent and sable, a chief gules and for an augmentation a canton purpure charged with four millrinds in cross Or The submitter was granted an Augmentation of Arms on January 5, 2013.

33: Stanislaw Polaski ­New Name & New Device Forwarded Azure, a chevron inverted Or between three dragons passant two and one argent Submitter desires a masculine name. Language (Polish) most important. Culture (Polish) most important. Stanislaw is found in Zofia Abramowicz's, Lila Citko's, and Leonarda Dacewicz's _Slownik Historycznych Nazw Osobowych Bialostocczyzny (XV­XVII): Tom II P­Z_ (1998) s.n. Stanislaw with Stanislaw niegdy Bartlomiela dated to 1558. Polaski is found in Zofia Abramowicz's, Lila Citko's, and Leonarda Dacewicz's _Slownik Historycznych Nazw Osobowych Bialostocczyzny (XV­XVII): Tom II P­Z_ (1998) s.n. Polaski with Matis Polaski dated to 1580. Notes: Blue Tyger’s office does not have a copy of Abramowicz and we are therefore unable to confirm the documentation. Additional documentation for the given name was provided by Alys Ogress from Lillia de Vaux's article, "A Preliminary Survey of Names from the Historical Dictionary of Personal Names in Bialystok" (KWHSS 2011). “Stanislaw” appears in that article dated to 1510 through 1650. Commenters were concerned with a possible conflict with the device of Glamorgan of Dudley registered on the June 1973 LoAR: "Azure, a chevron inverted Or between three lion's heads erased argent." There is a DC for changing the type of the secondaries. However, Glamorgan’s secondary charges are one­and­two, the default around a chevron inverted, whether here they are two­and­one. This is sufficient to grant a second DC for arrangement.

34: Tigernan MacAlpin ­New Device Change Forwarded OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in August of 1998, via the East Gules, an alphyn rampant argent and a bordure compony sable and Or Old Item: Sable, a bear rampant, on a chief Or three spruce trees eradicated sable, to be released. Notes: There is no default posture listed for an Alphyn in the Glossary of Terms. We have therefore added “rampant” to the blazon.

35: Tomasz Tomashevskoi ­New Transfer of Household Name Forwarded OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in March of 2007, via the East Clan Campbell of Applecross The household name Campbell of Applecross, Clan was registered to "Tomasz Tomashevskoi" and "Piers Campbell" in March of 2007 (via the East). This is a transfer of the household name to Piers Campbell.

36: Tryggvi Stefnisson ­Resub Device Forwarded OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in December of 2013, via the East Vert, a seal erect and in chief seven gouttes argent The submitter's original device, Vert, a bird volant Or, was returned on the September 2013 East Kingdom LoD due to conflict with the armory of Tober Thorvald (March 1978): Vert, an osprey volant proper. This is a complete redesign. Notes: Commenters questioned the identifiability of the seal. We found it to be sufficiently identifiable to forward for wider commentary. This device is not a conflict with the submitted device of Védís Iðunardóttir, below. There are DCs for tincture of field, tincture of primary charge, and tincture of secondary charges.

37: Ulrich Van Kathen ­New Device Forwarded OSCAR thinks the name is registered as Ulrich van Kathen in February of 2015, via the East. Per pall inverted vert, azure and argent, 3 musimons rampant counterchanged argent, argent, and sable

38: Védís Iðunardóttir ­Resub Device Forwarded OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in December of 2013, via the East Gules, a seal erect Or and in chief seven gouttes d'Or The submitter's original device, Gules, a bird volant argent, was returned on the September 2013 East Kingdom LoD due to multiple conflicts. This is a complete redesign. Notes: Commenters questioned the identifiability of the seal. We found it to be sufficiently identifiable to forward for wider commentary. This device is not a conflict with the submitted device of Tryggvi Stefnisson, above. There are DCs for tincture of field, tincture of primary charge, and tincture of secondary charges.

39: Violante Valeriano ­New Device Forwarded OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in September of 2013, via Trimaris Argent, on an ounce rampant reguardant azure a comet palewise argent, a sinister tierce urdy azure There is a step from period practice for the use of a tierce with another charge.

40: Zipora du Bois ­New Name & New Device Forwarded Purpure, a winged fleur­de­lys Or. Submitter desires a feminine name. No major changes. Spelling (Zipora French spelling) most important. Zipora is found in Beider, Alexander, _A Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names_, s.n. Tsipoyre, p 590, as a German spelling found in Alsace in 1392. du Bois ­ "DRAFT: Bynames in Medieval France" by Sara L. Uckelman (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/frenchbynames.pdf) s.n. Dubois has <du Bois> 1322, 1340­41, 1386 French and German can be combined per Appendix C of SENA. Reviewed. AG Yours in service, Yehuda ben Moshe,

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