Re: Titles & Chuckles

["Joyce A. Baldwin" <jocetta@ibm.net>]

Poster: "Joyce A. Baldwin" <jocetta@ibm.net>

Actually, if I were male, yes this would imply ownership of land but for a
female, no.   I am calling myself Lady Thrushleigh by virtue of my marriage
to the (totally fictitious) Sir Giles Thrushleigh.**

 (He was knighted by out good Queen Elizabeth for his services to the Realm
of England and his title did not come with any grant of land whatsoever.
His manors were purchased by his father from the profits of their
mercantile ventures --he tends to keep quiet about this-- while my dower
property of Rowansgarth was granted to me by my parents on the occaision of
our marriage. ) 

I remain,

Jocetta, Lady Thrushleigh (at least until some less stealthy heralds start
jumping up and down and pouting at me.)

**My persona is married; I am single.  Yes this is confusing.  You will not
see Sir Giles at events as he travels abroad a great deal in his service to
the Crown of England.

>> In a message dated 98-11-05 00:23:13 EST, you write:
>> 
>> > Jocetta, Lady Thrushleigh 
>> >  
>> >   (Note I've been reading Eogan-the-bard-not-the-herald's postings
>about
>> >  titles.  Knew about them, actually, just decided to change from
>SCA custom
>> >  to a very likely more period usage)
>> 
>--> the problem with this is that the College of Heralds specificially
>does not allow titles that infer land,(unless you actually Own land
>i.e. The King, or just rent it i.e. landed barons/nesses ...
>;-) )
>Calling myself the Lord de Byram, would infer that I am the liege lord
>of that land(Actually, in my case the Byram river in France..),
>So while it is more period to call the ranking noble Lord, or
>actually, suerezin, it's discouraged by those herald types.
>
>Bryce de Byram
>(stealth herald-type at large)
>==
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Joyce A. Baldwin
Diva Extraordinaire

In the Society for Creative Anachronism:
Lady Jocetta Thrushleigh of Rowansgarth
Exchequer, Canton of Buckston on Eno
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