Re: SCA History - Black Diamond

[Heather Bryden <bryden@hers.com>]

Poster: Heather Bryden <bryden@hers.com>

>Poster: Otterspur@aol.com
>
>In a message dated 97-10-25 02:42:01 EDT, cjschaff@ix.netcom.com (C.J.
>Schaffer) writes:
>
><< As for the war Malcolm asks about, it was Assessment Battles I. >>
>
>CERTAINLY too young to be there under ANY name :^), Branwynn meekly steps
>forward to ask, "Wasn't it previously called *Tax* Assessments before the
>Tax part was dropped for brevity's and camaraderie's sakes?"
>
>And when the third Assessment Battles were won, wasn't BD given rights
>to the Potomac Rice Paddies and an estate in the then-Storvik area owned
>by one HdM for Their Excellencies Naro and Caitlin's vacation palace?
>(Oh, so sue me for incorrect punctuation on that last possessive case; I'm
>up too early on a Sunday because I forgot to set my clock back...)

I keep wondering about that one.  HdM subsequently changed her name and
moved to lands in Ponte Alto.  So is the old estate still the property of
the Barony of Black Diamond?  Or is the new estate now their property?  The
latter would be cool with us--real estate taxes are due soon.

>And since we are on the subject of old wars, what about Salt Wars? Who
>was there when...?

Fin keeps asking the same question.  But I don't know, as I never attended one.

EM


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Tom Rettie                                         tom@his.com
Heather Bryden                                 bryden@hers.com
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