(heraldry) kingdom acceptances and returns for December

[TritonHrld <TritonHrld@aol.com>]

Poster: TritonHrld <TritonHrld@aol.com>

Golden Dolphin Herald forwarded the following items to Laurel at his December
meeting:  (Please note that there were 68 numbered items considered at this
meeting)

1. Afanasiia Volokhovna
New device.
Argent, two wolves combatant sable, a ford proper.

Name submitted 9/97. 

2. Áine Aislingeach ingen Sorcha
New name and device.
Vert, a ferret statant coward contourny Or, in chief three crescents 
argent.

Áine is found in Ó Corráin and Maguire, p. 19.

Aislingeach is the modern spelling of a word meaning day-dreamer or 
visionary, according to O'Donaill, Irish/English Dictionary, p. 30. 
Please adjust the spelling to a form consistent with a 9th century form 
if necessary.

Sorcha is found in Ó Corráin and Maguire, p. 167. The spelling may need 
to be changed to put it into the genitive.

I include the Pennsic consultation sheet with the above information for 
Laurel's consideration. 

3. Áine Aislingeach ingen Sorcha
New badge.
(Fieldless) On a crescent argent a crux ansata azure.

Name submitted 12/97 above. 

4. Alisaundre Quinnye
New device.
Vert, on a bend between six roses argent a cat's face sable.

Name submitted 8/97 

5. Angharad of the Bright Hills
New device.
Azure, on a bend sinister between six Celtic crosses argent 
three wolves rampant contourny sable.

Name registered 8/97 

6. Arianna Morgan
New device.
Per bend vert and sable semy of pheons, a bend embattled 
counter-embattled, in sinister chief a lyre Or.

Name registered 10/95. 

7. Astil Alysone Sandilands
New name and device.
Checky azure and argent, a tankard and on a chief embattled sable three 
natural dolphins haurient argent.

Astil is found in Reaney and Wilson, p. 16, where there is a William 
Astil dated 1227 and a reference to Robertus filius Askel, 1180, and 
Alanus filius Askil, 1186-1211.

Alysone is found in Black, p. 18 under Alison where there is reference 
to a woman, Jonet Alysone, in 1559. As this person was also referred to 
as Alanesone, this appears to have roots in a patronymic formation. 

Sandilands is found in Black, p. 710, dated to 1336.

This name has a given name, a patronymic, and a locative element. 

8. Astrid Thorvardsdatter
New name and device.
Per pale azure and argent, two wings conjoined in lure counterchanged.

Astrid is found in Lind, column 88 & 89, dated to 1330.

Thorvardsdatter is constructed per Geirr Bassi p. 17-18 from Thorvard as 
found in Lind, column 1214, dated to 1497. 

9. Atlantia, Kingdom of
New heraldic title.
Alpen Pursuivant.

Alpen is the plural of Alp as found in The New Cassell's German 
Dictionary. 

10. Atlantia, Kingdom of
Change of badge for Order of the Nonpareil.
Or, a sword between four towers sable. 

11. Atlantia, Kingdom of
New order name.
Order of the Hippocampus.

Hippocampus Herald is registered to Atlantia. Thus, its use as an order 
name is acceptable within the SCA. 

12. Brendan Y Mad
New name and device.
Per chevron inverted vert and paly argent and vert, a chevron inverted, 
in chief a round buckle Or.

The submitter cites The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 2, p. 499, 
where one finds a listing for Saint Brendan. This does not support the 
submitted spelling.

Y Mad is intended to be a descriptive epithet, "the good". The submitter 
provides photocopies of output from an English to Welsh lexicon by Mark 
H. Nodine to support the meaning. 

13. Bran Mac Conroai
New device.
Sable, three wolves rampant, a chief indented Or.

Name registered 8/94. 

14. Brenna McKenzie
New name and device.
Argent, a mountain couped vert enflamed proper, in chief two harps 
sable.

Submitted as Brenna McKenzie of Ross, I have dropped the "of Ross" for 
the appearance of claiming to be The MacKenzie.

Brenna is SCA compatible.

The submitter provides photocopies from The Highland Clans, Sir Iain 
Moncreiffe of that Ilk, Albany Herald, of the section discussing 
Mackenzie. Further, Black, p. 525, under Mackenzie, mentions one 
Johannes McKenzie who had a charter in 1606.

The device is clear of Cormac na Sgeine Dhubhe, Argent, two swords in 
chevron inverted sable and a mountain vert. In this submission, the 
mountain is primary and the harps secondary. In Cormac, either the 
swords are primary, or co-primary with the mountain. In either case, 
there is enough difference. 

15. Cáelainn Ó Ríordáin
New name and device.
Per pale sable and argent, a crescent between three open books 
counterchanged.

Cáelainn is found in Ó Corráin and Maguire, p. 41.

Ó Ríordáin is found in Woulfe, p. 632. Would the Ó form have become a 
surname rather than a patronymic in period, or must the particle become 
inchean or ni? I don't know enough to make the call. The submitter will 
take corrections. 

16. Caitríona inghean Ghiolla-Phádraig
New name and device.
Argent, a fret couped, on a chief azure a hound courant argent.

Caitríona is found in Ó Corráin and Maguire, p. 45, as the first form 
after the colon, and also in Woulfe, p. 208, in this spelling.

According to private correspondence between the submitter and Harpy, the 
byname is an appropriate form. Docs to Laurel. 

17. Daniel Davidson
New name and device.
Sable, a bear passant, a base indented of three points argent.

Daniel is found in Withycombe, p. 78, dated to 1189.

Davidson is found in Reaney and Wilson, p. 128, with this spelling 
undated. However, Davyson is dated to 1327, Davideson to 1350, and 
Daveson to 1500. Black, p. 202, mentions one Robert Davidson or Robert 
filius David, elected provost of Aberdeen in 1408.

This appears to conflict with Sable, in base a polar bear statant 
proper, Alan Silverbear (8/79!). I send this out particularly because of 
the date of the registration. Laurel, please compare emblazons. 

18. Edward le Blanc
New name and device.
Argent, a chevron, in chief two hammers chevronwise vert.

Edward is found in Withycombe, p. 94-95, with Edwardus dated to 
1187-1219 and Eduard dated to 1086. Reaney and Wilson, p. 151-152, cite 
a William Edward, 1219.

Reamey and Wilson, p. 48, under Blanc, list Nigellus Blanke, 1196, and 
John Blaunk, 1293. The byname is asserted to derive from OFr blank 
`white, fair', with reference to hair or complexion. The construction 
`le Blanc' is a plausible form. 

19. Eldred Ælfwald
New device.
Azure, three wheels, on a chief argent a dragon statant azure.

Name registered 3/96. 

20. Eldred Ælfwald
New badge.
Argent, semy of pine trees vert, a tankard gules foamed Or.

Name registered 3/96. 

21. Eldred Ælfwald
New badge.
Argent, a wheel, a bordure embattled azure.

Name registered 3/96. 

22. Elizabeth the Unknown
Acceptance of transfer of armory from Elizabeth Unwyn. 
Name registered 5/82. 

23. Elizabeth Unwyn
Release of name and transfer of armory to Elizabeth the Unknown.
Both Elizabeth Unwyn and Elizabeth the Unknown were registered to the 
submitter as primary names by accident. The submitter desires to retain 
Elizabeth the Unknown and release Elizabeth Unwyn.

Name registered 12/91. 

24. Elspeth Hinds
New name and device.
Per bend dovetailed argent and azure, a hind's head erased and a 
unicorn's head erased counterchanged.

Elspeth is found in Black, p. 646, under Panton where a Dame Elspeth 
Panton is dated to 1539-1548.

Hinds is found in Reaney and Wilson on p. 232, as a header form. Hynde 
is dated to 1285. 

25. Eóin Ó hEochaidh
New name and device.
Per pale azure and vert, a wolf sejant ululant between three roundels 
argent.

Eóin is found in Woulfe on p. 183.

Ó hEochaidh is found in Woulfe on p. 568. 

26. Feline von Behren
New name.
Felino is found in de Felice Nomi, p. 167, as a variant of 
Felicissimo/a. Féline would be a hypothetical French form.

My Times of London Atlas of the World shows a town of Behren-Lübchen in 
Mecklenberg. I have no idea if the place existed in period. 

27. Finnr Grimolfsson
New name and device.
Argent, two arms counterembowed fesswise manacled, chain sundered, hands 
grasped sable, a stump proper atop a mount vert.

Submitted as Finnr Grimulfsson, I have changed the spelling to an 
attested form.

Finnr is found in Geirr Bassi, p. 9.

Grimolfr is found in Geirr Bassi, p. 10. Assuming Grimulfr is a valid 
variation, the patronymic is correctly formed per Geirr Bassi, p. 16. 
The submitter constructs Grimulfr from Grima as a nickname for Odin and 
ulf as wolf, leading to the byname meaning "Odin's wolf's son" which is 
a problematic interpretation. As the submitter permits corrections (but 
will not take a holding name), I have modified the byname to match what 
I can document. If someone can support the submitted spelling, please do 
so. 

28. Gerald Saunders
New name and device.
Per fess Or and argent, a dance azure between two escallops gules and a 
crescent azure.

Gerald is found in Withycombe, p. 130, where this spelling is not dated, 
but Geraldus is dated to 1086. Reaney and Wilson, p. 188, date a Richard 
Gerald to 1277.

Saunders is found in Reaney and Wilson, p. 393, referring the reader to 
Sandars on p. 391. There this spelling is not dated, but Saunder is 
dated to 1332. 

29. Gisele lOrpheline
New device.
Per chevron azure and Or, in pale a natural antelope courant Or and a 
turtle rampant vert, a bordure counterchanged.

Name registered 7/97. 

30. Graham of the Bright Hills
New name and device.
Per fess azure and barry argent and azure, in chief a thistle Or between 
two mailed fists argent.

Graham is the submitter's mundane given name. I have an affadavit from 
the local herald supporting this claim.

The Barony of the Bright Hills' name was registered 7/89. 

31. Isabel Grimault
New name.
Isabel is found in Morlet: Latin, p. 46, under Elisabeth.

Grimault is found in Morlet: Picarde, p. 259. 

32. Ivan Ivanovich Nemytyi
New name and device.
Per chevron Or and vert, two open books azure and a cat couchant 
erminois.

Submitted as Ivan Neobmyte, the byname is intended to mean "the 
unwashed". After a discussion with Mistress Fevronia Murametsa, who is a 
Russian linguist by day, we have corrected the adjective, and added a 
patronymic element. If Ivan Nemytyi is suitable as a name, the 
patronymic can be dropped.

Ivan is found in Wickenden, p. 84, under Ioann. Ivan is dated to 1181-2 
(Ivan Fomin syn) on p. 85. Iva85. Ivanovich is dated to 1386 (Mikhail 
Ivanovich) on

I could not find Nemytyi in my Russian dictionary, but I am willing to 
take the word of Mistress Fevronia. 

33. Jason Kinslayer
New name and device
Checky azure and Or, on a chevron sable three standing balances Or.

Jason is the name of the Greek adventurer of some small note. In 
addition, it is the submitter's mundane given name.

Kinslayer is intended to mean what it sounds like it means. It has the 
feel of being something that might have been an Old Norse epithet, but 
Geirr Bassi does not yield anything directly supportive. Nonetheless, I 
am minded to lay this before the college for their collective opinion.

On further discussion and examination of the OED, I find that Kin in the 
sense of family or relatives as a singular or collective noun dates to 
the 800s in several senses with the Kin spelling dating from the 1300s. 
The entry under Slayer refers to Manslayer, which is dated in the sense 
of `executioner' to 1380. Thus, Kinslayer is at least a plausible 
English word dating to the 1300s, with the expected meaning. Yeah, 
Manslayer is a geniune occupational byname while Kinslayer is not what 
you would expect to find in this category, but it may work as an epithet 
applied to a particularly heinous act whose perpetrator is at large.

The submitter will take corrections. He was open to exploring a Russian 
or Greek form, or a Latinized byname, if these are more plausible. The 
meaning is the important part. 

34. Juan Iñigo de Navarra
New name and device.
Per pal sable and argent, a bend sinister between two crosses couped and 
pierced counterchanged.

Juan is found in Melcon on p. 97 dated to 948.

Iñigo is found in Tibon on p. 271.

Navarra is one of the old kingdoms of Spain. 

35. Kökö Erdene
New name and device.
Gules, on a chevron inverted Or a lozenge azure.

The name is Mongolian, for which the submitter provided the following 
documentation:

Kökö is cited in Mongolia's Culture and Society, Sechin Jagchid and Paul 
Hyer, Westview Press, Boulder, on p. 76 as a name in the category of 
names derived from color or some beautiful object. This particular name 
means Blue.

Erdene is cited in Mongolian Studies, Journal of the Mongolia Society, 
Volume XI, 1988, on p. 28 as meaning jewel, with a discussion that 
suggests that the combination of these two names is felicitous, which is 
to say OK. The discussion may actually mean that Kökö-Erdene is a valid 
name element. I am not sure, but this is at worst a really good try. 

36. Lyon Filshenri
Change of holding name from Lisa Filshenri.
Lyon is found in Reaney and Wilson, p. 289, where there is mention of 
Lyon son of Lyon, 1293. It is also found as a given name in the Paris 
Tax Roll of 1292 as Lyon le Rous and Lyon or Lion d'Acre.

The byname was registered in the formation of the holding name. The 
given name was changed because I putzed the docs on the first try. 

37. Mæth Storm Crowe
New name and device.
Vert, on a bend sinister between an arrow bendwise sinister inverted and 
a base enarched and indented Or a bow gules.

Mæth is found in Searle, p. 346.

Storm is found in Reaney on p. 430, dated to 1206. It is said to derive 
from OE storm.

Crowe is found in Reaney on p. 118, dated to 1187. It is said to derive 
from OE crawe, `crow'. 

38. Marion Rapp
New name.
Submitted as Marion von Rapp, I have removed the von because I could not 
identify a place Rapp to be von.

Marion is found in Withycombe, p. 209, dated to 1379.

Socin, p. 157, mentions one Ulricus Rappe Habsheim. The terminal e may 
be droppable. This is one of the pages mentioned in the second index to 
Socin under Rapp. That index is titled Entsprechung Heutiger 
Familiennamen. 

39. Megan ni Pádraig
New name and device.
Argent, a dragon couchant, on a chief embattled azure three mullets 
argent.

Submitted as Meaghan ni Padraig, I have corrected spellings to 
attestable forms.

Megan was recorded in 1547 in A Dictionary in Englyshe and Welshe, 
Wyllyam Salesbury, (London:John Waley, 1547) according to the article 
"Concerning the Name Megan" by Joshua Mittleman.

ni Padraig is female descendant of Padraig. Pádraig is found in Ó 
Corráin and Maguire, p. 152. It is also found in Woulfe, p. 196. 

40. Miesko ten Zielen
New name and device.
Per fess sable and vert, a fess argent, in canton a plate.

The submitter provides photocopies from The Polish Way, Adam Zamoyski, 
Hippocrene Books, New York, where figure 2 on p. 32 shows on Mieszko the 
Old of Wielkopolska, D. of Krakow, 1173-77.

ten Zielen is Polish for "the green" according to my Polish-English 
dictionary and the photocopies provided by the submitter. 

41. Nottinghill Coill, Barony of
New award name and badge.
Award of the Coill's Guiding Beacon.

Per chevron Or and vert, a wake knot issuant from the line of division 
vert, a lantern Or.

The previous submission was for the Coill's Beacon which was returned 
for conflict with Beacon Herald. This adds a "real" adjective which 
should provide adequate difference.

We also note that the Order of the Coill's Bells was registered in 
11/94. From this we believe that the submitted form is entitled to the 
use of "Coill's" in the same functional way under the grandfather 
clause.

Guiding Beacon is perhaps redundant in that Beacon means "any light for 
warning or guiding", Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary, 
Deluxe 2nd Edition, 1979. However, it clarifies the exact sense of 
Beacon intended.

Group name registered 6/81. 

42. Nottinghill Coill, Barony of
New badge.
For the Order of the Gordian Knot.

Vert, two wake knots conjoined in pale Or.

Consider (Fieldless) A Bowen knot braced with an annulet Or, Borhe 
Olafs. Consider also Vert, a Lacy knot between three harps Or, Deirdre 
ni Fhathartaigh. This submission has a "compound" knot, which may be 
insufficiently distinct from the complex knottery in these registered 
items. We lay these before Laurel and the college for consideration.

Group name registered 6/81. Order name registered 6/91. 

43. Nottinghill Coill, Barony of
New badge.
For the Order for the Sword Knot.

Per chevron Or and vert, a wake knot issuant from the line of division 
vert, a sword fesswise reversed Or.

Group name registered 6/81. Order name registered 5/89. 

44. Percival Aldridge
New name and device.
Quarterly sable and argent, a cross flory Or between four roses 
counterchanged.

Percival is found in Withycombe, p. 241, dated to 1375.

Aldridge is found in Bardsley, p. 45, dated to 1556. 

45. Ragnachar Radagaist
New name and device.
Vert, an Ourobouros argent.

The submitter documents Ragnachar from The Franks, Edward James, Basil 
Blackwell Ltd, Oxford, 1988, where, on pages 91 and 219, it refers to 
one Ragnachar, king of the Franks around Cambrai. In addition, he cites 
Barbarians and Romans, by Walter Goffart, Princeton University Press, 
where, on p. 256, a footnote speaks of King Ragnachar.

Further, Baron Talan graciously offered some useful comments on the 
given name:

<Ragnachar> is the name of a late 5th c. figure mentioned in Gregory of 
Tours' _History of the Franks_. He seems to have been associated with 
but not actually part of the Merovingian royal Franks_. He seems to have 
been associated with but not actually part of the Merovingian royal 
dynasty (Woolf, 186). The name continued in use among the Franks: Morlet 
(I:184b) has many citations of later forms. (This is the name that 
eventually gave rise to Old French <Renier>, modern German <Reiner>.) 
Whether it was used by the Vandals, and in what form, I don't know. The 
only Vandal names that I have are those of the royal family as reported 
by various Latin writers (Woolf, 243-5): Visimar, Godogisclus, 
Guntheric, Gaiseric, Huneric, Gento, Theodoric, Hilderic, Hoamer, Eu

Radagaist is intended to be a Germanic form of Radagaisus, the Latin 
form found in Barbarians and Romans, Justine Davie Randers-Pehrson, 
University of Oklahoma Press, p. 100, and The Invasion of Europe by the 
Barbarians, J. B. Bury, W.W. Norton and Company, on p. 76. Radagaisus is 
cleary a Gothic leader (probably Ostrogothic). 

The submitter explains: "...The spelling of the name found on the 
photocopies...is a Latinized form. The closest Germanic form would be 
`Radagaisaz' where the -az is the nominative case ending, which was 
dropping out of use about that time. This would make `Radagaiss' perhaps 
the East Germanic form, while `Radagast' would be the Old English. I am 
open to a change to any of these or another reasonable spelling." 

46. Richard Storm
New name and device.
Sable, in pale a cloud argent and a lightning bolt palewise Or.

Richard is found in Withycombe on pp. 253-254. This spelling is not 
dated, but Rycharde is dated to 1440.

Storm is found in Reaney and Wilson on p. 90. 

47. Rowan McDowell
New name and device.
Gules, a winged bull rampant guardant argent between three estoiles Or.

Submitted as Rowan Berran McDowell, I have dropped the problematic 
middle element.

Rowan is an anglicised form of the Irish Rúadán. Rúadán is found in Ó 
Corráin and Maguire on p. 157.

McDowell is a variation on MacDoual, found in Black on p. 487. This 
specific spelling is not cited, but I find McDowalle, McDowelle, 
McDowll. I believe that this spelling is acceptable.

The submitter would probably appreciate any support for the middle name 
which I was unable to find support for. It is intended to be a 
descriptive epithet, but I have no information on its intended meaning. 

48. Snæulf Hrolfsson
Name and device change from Ross Blackwood.
Vert, on a plate a tree eradicated sable, on a base argent a wolf 
statant sable.

The previous device is identical save for the wolf. The existing name 
and device are to be released on registration of the new form.

Name registered 10/91.

Snaeulf is found in Geirr Bassi on p. 14.

Hrolfr is found in Geirr Bassi on p. 11; the patronymic is formed per 
Geirr Bassi. 

49. Sven Olafssen
New name.
Sven is found under Swen in Danmarks Gamle Personnavne, I. Forname, in 
column 1324.

Olaf is found in the same work. This is the Danish patronymic form. 

50. Takeda Yoshinaka
New name and device.
Azure, on a fan displayed argent a torteau.

Yoshinaka is found in Great Historical Figures of Japan, Murakami Hyoe 
and Thomas J. Harper ed., The Japan Culture Institute, Tokyo, 1978, on 
p. 86, where there is reference to one Minamoto no Yoshinaka, dated to 
1180.

Takeda is found as a family name on ibid., p. 143, dated to 1467-1582.

Docs to Laurel. 

51. Thomas Broadpaunch
New name and device.
Or, a talbot rampant sable, maintaining in its mouth a burning brand, in 
sinister chief a mullet of eight points gules.

Thomas is found in Withycombe, p. 279-280, dated to 1086 in this 
spelling.

The submitter asserts that Broadpaunch is found in "The Steel Bonnets, 
George MacDonald-Fraser, p. 74-75, dated to 13th-16th C, but photocopies 
were not provided. In Reaney and Wilson, p. 341-342, under Pauncefoot, 
and p. 336, under Panchard, speak of names referring to a large belly or 
paunch. Jönsjö, Middle English Nicknames, on p. 62-63, refers to Bradax, 
Bradbak, Bradbayn, Bradbelt, Bradeye, Bradfot, Bradheved. These all 
refer to broad-x. In addition, Bradbak, Bradeye, Bradfot, Bradheved all 
refer to body parts (back, eye, foot, head).

>From this, I believe Broadpaunch to be an acceptable construction. 

52. Tobias of Emerickeskepe
Badge resubmission.
(Fieldless) On a compass star elongated to base per pale sable and 
argent within and conjoined to an annulet gyronny sable and argent a 
tower Or.

Returned 12/96 by Laurel for conflict and style. This badge is to be 
associated with the household name House Emerickeskepe, registered 
11/96.

It was asserted at the meeting that Laurel had recently banned compass 
stars elongated to base as being two steps removed from period practice. 
I was unable to find such a ruling by Laurel in the recent letters. 
Further, I noticed the registration of one in September, without 
comment. The discussion at the meeting was vigorous and mixed, but not 
conclusive. I even considered not botherinbeing two steps removed from 
period practice. I was unable to find such a ruling by Laurel in the 
recent letters. Further,

Name registered 11/96. 

53. Tristan FitzGerald
New name.
Tristan is found in Arthuriana.

Gerald is found in Reaney and Wilson, p. 188. Richard Gerald dated to 
1277. Reanay and Wilson, p. 170, discusses Fitz as "son", as in 
Burghassh le Fitz. Fitzgerald is not specifically attested, but is a 
plausible construction. Withycombe, p. 130, under Gerald, notes that the 
name had died out in England about the end of the 13th C but became 
popular at the end of the 19th C probably reintroduced from Ireland 
where it had been kept alive by the Fitzgeralds. 

54. Willem of Bruges
New badge.
Sable, an amphora, on a chief argent three flames gules.

Name registered 9/92. 

55. Wolf Jade
New name.
Wolf is found in Socin, p. 42, dated to 1236.

Jade is only documented as a byname in both Reaney and Wilson, 3ed, p. 
251, dated to 1258, and in Bahlow. 

56. Wulfric Adler
New name and device.
Checky gules and argent, a sword inverted Or overall an eagle's head 
erased sable.

Wulfric is found in Searle on p. 515, dated to 924.

Adler is found in Socin on p. 408. 

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THE GOLDEN DOLPHIN HERALD RETURNED THE FOLLOWING ITEMS FOR FURTHER WORK:

1. Atlantia, Kingdom of
New badge.
(Fieldless) A seahorse argent.

This conflicts with Per saltire sable and vert, a sea horse erect 
argent. Rowan of Windtree Tower. Were it azure, it would conflict with 
(Fieldless) A seahorse erect azure, hoofed, orbed and crined Or. 
Østgardr. We also note that Or and ermine sea horses are already taken. 

2. Avar Olafsson
New device.
Gules, a bezant environed by two manacles in annulo Or chained argent.

This conflicts with Gules, an Orb Or. Arch Steward of the Holy Roman 
Empire. In addition, the design would be improved if the roundel were 
not so overwhelming. The manacles are very much lost in the design. 

3. Barbecan Broussard
New name.
I am returning this because I cannot document the given name. If the 
submitter can provide some references, I would be glad to send it on. 
The byname should pose no problems. 

4. Borgar the Bright
New name and device.
Gules, on a pale rayonny Or three towers sable.

I have been unable to document the given name. Therefore, I am returning 
this in the hopes that the submitter can provide me with the necessary 
information.

No conflicts found on the device. 

5. Edward Fitzgerald
New name.
Edward is found in Withycombe, p. 94-95, with Edwardus dated to 
1187-1219 and Eduard dated to 1086. Reaney and Wilson, p. 151-152, cite 
a William Edward, 1219.

Gerald is found in Reaney and Wilson, p. 188. Richard Gerald dated to 
1277. Reanay and Wilson, p. 170, discusses Fitz as "son", as in 
Burghassh le Fitz. Fitzgerald is not specifically attested, but is a 
plausible construction. Withycombe, p. 130, under Gerald, notes that the 
name had died out in England about the end of the 13th C but became 
popular at the end of the 19th C probably reintroduced from Ireland 
where it had been kept alive by the Fitzgeralds. 

However, I find in my 1955 Encyclopædia Britannica two Edward 
Fitzgeralds. The first is Lord Edward Fitzgerald, an Irish patriot who 
died in 1798 with a price of [sterling]1,000 on his head. The other is 
Edward Fitzgerald, the poet who translated Omar Khayyam. 

6. Feline von Behren
New device.
Per pale argent and sable, two wolves combattant, in chief three roses 
counterchanged.

This conflicts with the device of Ceallach Maraidhe, Per pale argent and 
sable, two dogs spotted combattant counterchanged, registered 1/94. 
There is only a single CD for the addition of the roses. The spots on 
the dogs are an artistic detail. 

7. Rayo del Mar, Canton of
New name and device.
Argent, on a pile between two laurel wreaths vert a trident argent.

A petition of support has been provided.

Rayo del Mar glosses as Thunder by the Sea, but the sound (and a Spanish 
form) are more important than the meaning. I note a mountain (range?) 
named Sierra del Rayo. 

I am returning this because the name it not a plausible Spanish place 
name as far as we can tell. Would the group consider Torre del Mar 
(Tower by the sea)? We believe that this would be a plausible place 
name. 

8. Sín nic Aindréas
Name change.
Present name of Fiona nic Aindréas to be released. This is a change to 
the given name. The submitter will not permit corrections to grammar or 
spelling.

Sín is said to be found in "Leber Gabála Érenn", Part V, R. A. Stewart 
MacAlister, ed. and trans., Irish Texts Society, Dublin, 1938-56. The 
submitter also cites "Celtic Heritage", p. 338-, by Alwin and Brinlyy, 
Thomas & Hudson, London, 1961, and "Women of the Celts", p. 167-8, by 
Jean Markale, Gordon Cremonesi, London, 1975. Unfortunately, no 
photocopies were provided. I have not been able to locate this spelling 
in the sources available to me, so I will have to return this for 
further documentation. 

9. Sven Olafssen
New device.
Or, a hammer bendwise sinister sable, head enflamed gules, between four 
escallops inverted, a bordure embattled vert.

This is being returned for a redraw. The bordure is too thin, and the 
embattlements of the bordure are too small and too frequent. Draw the 
bordure thicker, and the embattlements bolder and butcher. 

10. Swieczka Kaim
New device.
Per chevron sable and gules, a demi-sun Or issuant from a bed of ivy 
issuant from base vert

This is being returned because the bed of ivy is unidentifiable as 
drawn. A branch of ivy fesswise on the sun would be fine. 

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THE GOLDEN DOLPHIN HERALD PENDED THE FOLLOWING ITEMS UNTIL JANUARY:

1. Dionisia Ashworth
New device.
Per chevron azure and gules, in pale a dragon sejant and a sunflower Or 
seeded sable.

I am pending this to consult with the submitter. The drawing I received 
needs some rework to be registerable. 

2. Yarnvid, College of
New badge.
(Fieldless) Three goblets conjoined in pall, bowls to center, sable.

As drawn, the goblets are not actually conjoined. I am pending this 
while Evan consults with the submitters to ascertain their intentions. 
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