Greetings from the office of Pennon! From the October 2014 Letter of Acceptances and Returns, posted December 13th, 2014: MERIDIES ACCEPTANCES: Annora Draper. Badge. (Fieldless) In saltire a needle gules and an arrow vert. Ástríðr Haldansdóttir. Name and device. Or semy of roses purpure, a horse rampant contourny sable. Submitted as Ástrí{d/}r Haldanardottir, the name was changed in kingdom to Ástríðr Haldansdóttir in order to correct the grammar in the formation of the byname, and to fix the spelling of the given name. This name does not conflict with the registered Ástríðr Hálfdanardóttir. Multiple syllables in the byname have been changed (changing -lfd- to -ld- and -ans- to -anar-). Avelyn Loveday. Device. Azure, a natural tiger statant guardant Or marked sable and on a chief Or a decrescent between two mullets purpure. There is a step from period practice for the use of a natural tiger. Christopher Aubrey. Name and device. Per chevron sable and azure, a yale rampant and a bordure dovetailed argent. Nice 16th century English name! Deirdre Dowdall. Name change from Deirdre ny Cash and device. Lozengy argent semy of martlets and gules. Submitted as Deirdre Ny Dowdall, the name was changed by kingdom to Deirdre Dowedall because the formation of the patronym could not be justified by the documentation (Dowdall is not a given name) and used an undated form. In commentary, Metron Ariston was able to document the Anglicized Irish byname Dowdall, dated to 1558. However, the form Ny Dowdall (Dowdalls daughter) cannot be registered because Dowdall is not a given name. We have dropped Ny and registered this name as Deirdre Dowdall. The given name Deirdre is grandfathered to the submitter. The submitters previous name, Deirdre Ny Cash, is retained as an alternate name. This device does not presume with the important non-SCA device of Valence, Earl of Pembroke: Barruly argent and azure, an orle of martlets gules. There is a DC for the changes of the field and, although the position of the martlets is forced to the white lozenges on Deirdres device, they could in fact be in orle, so there is a second DC for change of arrangement. Nice device! Hainrich Wächter. Name. The submitter has permission to conflict with the registered name Heinreich Wächter. Both syllables in the given name have been changed (something like Hane vs. Hine and rick vs. rike). Therefore, the names are sufficiently different in sound and appearance to be registered with this permission. Hochwald, Canton of. Branch name (see RETURNS for device). In commentary, Siren documented the locative phrase in dem Hochwald to 1605. Therefore, we are able to register this branch name. John Mac Fingone. Name. The given name John was documented as the submitters legal given name. However, it is common in England and Scotland in our period, so the submitter need not rely on the legal name allowance. This name combines an English or Scots given name and Scottish Gaelic byname. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA. Katrina von dem Schwarzwald. Reblazon of device. Per bend azure and gules, on a bend abased argent three hearts palewise gules and in chief a domestic cat sejant affronty argent. Blazoned when registered as Per bend azure and gules, in bend sinister a domestic cat sejant affronty and on a bend argent, three hearts palewise gules we have modified the blazon to explain more clearly that the bend is on the gules portion of the field. Pooka Mighte. Name and device. Gyronny of six Or and azure ermined argent, a brown horse salient contourny proper. Pooka was documented as a sixteenth century English surname which by precedent may be used as a given name. Although this submission appears to allude to the mythical púka or pooka, a spirit that can take the form of a horse, this name does not make a claim to be a pooka or otherwise have the powers of one. Therefore, we are able to register this name. Blazoned on the LoI as a bay horse proper, this blazon was not registerable. By precedent: This device is returned for using a not easily determined, or defined, proper charge. SENA A3B1 states that In general, charges that do not have a heraldically defined proper may be described as proper when a normal person would be able to color them appropriately from knowing only the sort of item with no further color description. So, a tree, a thistle, and an elephant can be proper. On the other hand, a female American kestrel, an Arctic fox in winter phase, or a bay horse cannot be proper. A kingfishers coloration is too complicated to be proper, and so a kingfisher proper is not registerable. [Tailltiu ghoirt ruaidh, April 2014 Lochac-R] Bay is a coat color that ranges from light brown to dark red. Although mane, tail and points are always black, white markings can be present or not on the head and/or the legs. Therefore the word bay does not define a clear combination of heraldic tinctures. As the charge here was depicted in solid brown, we have reblazoned it as brown proper, which is registerable. Please advise the submitter to add some internal detailing on the horse. Seamus the Brewer. Name and device. Vert, on a fess sable fimbriated between three tankards reversed and a beehive four bees Or. This name combines a Gaelic given name and English byname. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA. Ugo di Parma. Name and device. Or, a cross between in bend two lymphads azure and in bend sinister two boars rampant gules. Submitted as Ugo di Parma, the submitter requested authenticity for an unspecified place and time. The name was changed in kingdom to Ugo da Parma to try to meet this request. The byname da Parma is more common, but di Parma is also attested. Therefore, we are able to restore this name to the submitted form. This name is authentic to southern Italy in the 15th century. The form on the Letter of Intent is authentic to 14th century northern Italy. MERIDIES RETURNS: Hochwald, Canton of. Device. Argent, a hurst of pine trees proper issuant from a mountain sable and overall a laurel wreath counterchanged. This device submission is returned for excessive counterchanging. Per SENA A3F4: Central ordinaries may be counterchanged over other simple ordinaries, as there are a few examples of patterns like Argent, a pile sable, overall a chevron counterchanged in late period England. Any other counterchanging of charges over other charges must similarly be attested to be registered. Although the Kingdom of Meridies, of which the canton is part of, has a laurel wreath counterchanged over a pale, the grandfather clause applies only to the submitter itself. Moreover, counterchanging over a pale and counterchanging over a mount are not the same thing. To register such a laurel wreath counterchanged over a mount, we would need evidence of the counterchanging of a complex charge over a non-ordinary charge. In Service, Fiora Pennon
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