Sep 07

Gareth Grey de Wilton. Device. Per bend embattled argent and gules, a cross clechy gules.

Aug 07

Benjamin d'Orb. Device. Argent, on a Latin cross formy gules between in chief two crossbows azure, a heart Or.

Cristoforo Donatello dei Visconti. Device. Sable semy of bees argent.

Nice armory.

Uther McDermot. Device. Per chevron checky Or and gules and gules, in base an elephant statant argent.

Dec 06

John Williams of Farnham. Name change from holding name John Williams of the East.

Oct 06

Le Fief des Dragonets, Shire of. Branch name and device. Or, on a dragon gules a laurel wreath argent within a bordure embattled vert.

There was some question whether the word Fief was used at all in French placenames, and, if it was, what sorts of patterns such names followed. Dauzat and Rostaing, Dictionnaire Étymologique des Noms de Lieux en France, s.n. Fied, date de Feodis to 1281 and Fiefes to 1247. The etymology is given as "peut être le pluriel de fief ou l'anc. fr. fieffe, propriété acquise moyennant une rente perpétuelle" ([fiefes]...the plural of fief from Old French fieffe, property secured with perpetual revenue.) While we have no examples of fief used in a compound name, one of the most common patterns for French placenames is [topographic feature] + [personal name]. We believe that this is a reasonable extrapolation for this name.

Jun 06

Jenievre McDermot. Name.

This name combines a name documented only to France with Anglicized Irish. Mixing a continental French name with Anglicized Irish is a step from period practice.

John Williams of the East. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Argent, on a chevron azure three fleurs-de-lis argent, in base a stag's head cabossed gules.

Submitted under the name John Williams.

Luc de Montnoir. Name.

Sergio da Verona. Device. Or, a wooden crossbow proper within a bordure invected gules.

Please advise the submitter that the invected line needs to be more pronounced.

Feb 05

Benjamin d'Orb. Name.

Cristoforo Donatello dei Visconti. Name.

In the cover letter of April 1994, the byname Visconti was ruled registerable as part of a name that did not make a territorial claim:

While both surnames Marchesi and Visconti are derived, in a more or less roundabout fashion, from the Italian equivalents of Marquess and Viscount, they were also clearly documented as surnames used by non-nobles. As a consequence, the applicable part of RfS VI.1. would be "Names documented to have been used in period may be used, even if they were derived from titles, provided there is no suggestion of territorial claim or explicit assertion of rank. For example, `Regina the Laundress' is acceptable but `Regina of Germany' is not." In the cases here, both names have been documented to have been used in period, and neither is used in such a way as to suggest either a territorial claim or an assertion of rank. That being so, both names have been registered.

Gareth Grey de Wilton. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Gwenhwyfar Dinas Emrys. Badge. Or, a stag statant proper, on a chief vert three acorns slipped and leaved Or.

Although the Letter of Intent showed this armory on a device form, it also stated that the submitter actually wants a badge, The kingdom has provided us with the appropriate forms, which are similar enough in appearance to allow us to register the badge without additional commentary.

Sergio da Verona. Name.

Submitted as Sergio da Verone, the documentation showed the byname as Verona. We have changed the byname to this form to match the documentation.

Uther McDermot. Name.

Sep 04

Robin dit Dessaint. Name and device. Or, on a chevron inverted azure between a rose gules slipped and leaved vert and a frog azure three hearts palewise Or.