Ansteorran Letter of Intent 19 May 2002 Page 1 of 6

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1 Ansteorran Letter of Intent 19 May 2002 Page 1 of 6 PAUL A. HAINES Saathoff Drive #1404 Cypress, TX USA wyrmclaw@ev1.net Home Phone: Unto Master Francois la Flamme, Laurel King of Arms and the College of Arms does Lord Alden Drake send greetings and well wishes. Our lack of LoIs at the beginning of this year doesn t mean we haven t been receiving submissions from those in our kingdom, as made evident by the number of submissions contained herein, and probably the next couple of LoIs yet to come. The heralds of Ansteorra have been doing a fine job and I commend Lady Cahira of Bonwicke, Asterisk Herald, and those that have supported her in getting the submissions process back on track. This LoI contains 36 new submissions and 3 resubmissions. A check for $ will be sent separately. In humble service, Bordure Herald 1) Ælfhelm se read (Name) New alternate name: Suhayb ibn Husayn ibn Sa id ibn Ja far. Any changes are allowed. 14 th Century Arab (from Tangier) language/culture is most important. Desired gender is male. All documentation of given names is from The History of al-tabari, Volume XXXIX: Biographies of the Prophet s Companions and Their Successors, by Abu Ja far Muhammad bin Jarir al-tabari (lived CE) Suhayb: Arabic given name. "Abu hudhayfa, Salamah b. Suhayb", who lived in the 2nd half of the 7th Century CE (pg 311) also, "Abbad bin Suhayb al-hulaybi", died around CE (pg 324) Ibn: an Arabic term, meaning son of; a standard name structure. See Da ud ibn Auda, Arabic Naming Practices amd Period Names List, Husayn: "Ja far b. Muhammad b. Ali b. Husayn b. Ali b. Abi Talib", p248. Sa id: "Sufyan b. Sa id b. Masruq b. Habib b. Rafi' b. Abdallah b. Mawhibah b. Ubayy b. Abdallah b. Munquidh b. Nasr b. al-harith b. Tha labah b. Amir b. Milkan b. Thawr b. Abd Manah b. Udd b. Tabikha b. al-yas b. Mudar", died CE., p257. Ja far: "Ja far b. Muhammad b. Ali b. Husayn b. Ali b. Abi Talib", p248 also, see author s name. 2) Áilgenán mac Áeda meic Canann (Name) New name. Any changes are allowed. Desired gender is male. Áilgenán: Academy of Saint Gabriel Report 850 documents this spelling and construction for 9 th to 12 th century Irish Gaelic. mac Áeda: See above. meic Canann: See above. 3) Aleysia de Eastbourne (Name) New name. Any changes are allowed. Desired gender is Aleysia: Academy of Saint Gabriel Report 1548 (dated 23 Feb. 1999) dates this spelling to the 13 th century. Eastbourne: Ekwall, 4 th Ed, Pg 156, s.n. Eastbourne, states that the name was later Eastbourne to differentiate from Westbourne (dated to 1305). 4) Biànca Seréni (Name and Device) Argent, three crosses of cerdana sable, a chief and a base azure. device. Minor changes are allowed. Cares more about language and/or culture of Italy Desired gender is Biànca: Dizionario dei Nomi Italiani, by Emidio De Felice, pg. 91 under the heading of Biànca. Also documented in Fourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names: Given Names, by Arval Benicour, pg. 4, found online at Seréni: Dizionario dei Cognomi Italiani, by Emidio De Felice, pg. 231 under the heading Seréni. 5) Cadhla uá Cellachán (Device) Vert, an orle of mushrooms argent. submitted in LoI dated 15 November 2001 via Ansteorra, pg 4 of 6.

2 Ansteorran Letter of Intent 19 May 2002 Page 2 of 6 6) Charles the Grey of Mooneschadowe (Name) Resubmitted name. Any changes are allowed. Desired gender is male. Charles: Withycombe 3 rd ed. pp 62-63, under Charles. Grey: Reany & Wilson. p 203, under Gray. Mooneschadowe: Group name. Submission History: Charles le Grey was returned by Laurel in LOAR 01/09 for conflict with Charles Grey, First Earl Grey. 7) Ciannait Caimbeul (Name) New name. Minor changes only. Gaelic language/culture is most important. Desired gender is Ciannait: Woulfe, Irish Names and Surnames, page 209 header Ciannait gives it as the female diminuative of Cian, corresponding to masculine Cianán. Also the name of an Irish virgin saint. ÓCorráin & Maguire, Irish Names, page 51 header Cian gives it from ancient times, 1014, and down to modern times. Caimbeul: Black, Surnames of Scotland, page 129 header Campbell gives Caimbeul as the Gaelic form meaning crooked mouth. Bordure Note: Name was changed by CoH from Caimbuel to Caimbeul. We determined that the transposition of eu to ue was a typo. 8) Cunovinda ingen Choinnic (Device) Azure, on a plate a dragon passant coward azure, within an orle argent. 10) Dáire de Haya (Device) Argent, a dragon statant erect affronty wings displayed gules maintaining on its breast a mullet Or and a tierce azure. registered 08/00 via 11) Dáire de Haya (Badge) Argent, mullety azure a dragon statant erect affronty wings displayed gules maintaining on its breast a mullet Or. New badge. Name registered 08/00 via registered 04/01 via 12) Daniel de Bourdon (Device) Per chevron vert ermined Or and sable, in base a horse rampant Or. New Device. Name registered 09/01. 9) Dafydd Whitacre (Device) Per fess embattled argent and azure, in chief two moose heads couped repsectant sable. Resubmitted device. Name registered 10/01 via

3 Ansteorran Letter of Intent 19 May 2002 Page 3 of 6 13) David Ben Leon (Name) New name. Any changes allowed. 11 th century English/Jewish/Hebrew language/culture is most important. Desired gender is male. Changes requested for authenticity to English Jewish merchant/alchemist language/culture 14 th century time period. All documentation is from Jewish Naming Practices in Angevin England by Eleazar ha-levi at Structure of the name is documented on page 1. David: Documented in this spelling on p. 9. Ben: Documented in this use on p. 1. Leon: Documented in this spelling on p. 11. Bordure Note: Name was changed by CoH, from David Ben Leon of Glaslyn to David Ben Leon, to meet the submitter s request for authenticity. 14) Domhnall Dubh O Ruairc (Name) New name. Any changes allowed. Irish language/culture is most important. Desired gender is male. Changes requested for authenticity to Irish language/culture 13 th -14 th century time period. Domhnall: Academy of Saint Gabriel report 1267 documents this as a period Irish masculine given name. Dubh: Academy of Saint Gabriel report 1267 documents this as a period Irish masculine given name. O Ruairc: Academy of Saint Gabriel report 1510 documents this as an Irish clan name. 15) Evelun Lambert (Name) New name. Any changes are allowed. Language and/or culture most important (none specified). Desired gender is Evelun: Academy of St. Gabriel references Reany & Wilson, s.n. Eveling, and report that they found just one example of Evelune, in a Latin text that identifies a man Walter[us] filius Evelune, We believe that Evelune is thegenitive (possessive) form of Eveluna, which is in turn a Latinized form of a Norman name Evelun. Lambert: Reany, PlH., & R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames, London: routledge, 1991; Oxford University Press, 1995), s.nn. Bartram, Lombard. 16) Faolan Mac Farland (Name and Device) Azure, a dragonfly and in chief in saltire a needle and a rapier inverted argent. allowed. Desired gender is don t care. Changes requested for authenticity to Scottish/Irish language/culture 15 th century time period. Faolan: ÓCorráin & Maguire, p. 92. MacFarland: Black, Surnames, p. 492, variation of MacFarlan. Bordure Note: The Ansteorran CoH has concerns about whether the crossed needle (being a tool) and a sword (being a weapon) are similar yet unlike charges. 17) Geoffrey Carlisle (Name) New name. Any changes are allowed. Cares more about sound and language and/or culture of a British tailor. Request for authenticity for a 12 th -14 th century British name. Geoffrey: E.G. Withycombe, The Conside Dictionary of English Christian Names, 1997, 1988, Omega Books, London, pg. 128, header names of Genevieve and George. Carlisle: for Tailor : J.R. Dolon, English Ancestral Names, The Evolution of the Surname From Medieval Occupations, 1972, Clarkson IV, Potter, Inc. N.Y., pg. 150 and 160. Bordure Note: Submitter notes on top of his form, I gave the name Geoffrey Carlisle on SCA membership. I want to be more time sp(ecific) and change it. Recommend to Pelican to change to Tailor. 18) Gerita del Mere (Name) New name. Any changes are allowed. 15 th century Venice merchant wife language/culture is most important. Desired gender is Changes requested for authenticity to Venetian language/culture 15 th century time period. Gerita: Italian (Venetian) feminine name. Academy of Saint Gabriel documents this as a pet form either Margherita, Ruggera, or some similar name on della Mera: [Submitter] advised della is Italian for of the and mera was sea. Bordure Note: Name was changed by CoH from Gerita della Mera to Gerita del Mere. The lack of documentation of della Mera was researched by Orle Herald, Lord Magnus von Lübeck, who provided the following, No documentation was supplied for della Mera as an Italian name. None could be found in Fucillo, Defelice, or any of the SCA name articles. The byname is documented in French. Reaney & Wilson, page 305 s.n. Mear has Adam del Mere Please let the submitter know that the request for authenticity on this may result in the byname being changed a great deal. The CoH, therefore changed the submitter s name to Gerita del Mere. 19) Iosbail inghean Ghilla Chríost (Name) New name. Minor changes only. 14 th century Scottish Gaelic language/culture is most important. Desired gender is All documentation is from Academy of Saint Gabriel report #2354. Iosbail: Saint Gabriel documents this name as a best guess for the spelling of Issobell, Yssbell, and Isbell in the 14 th or 15 th centuries. Ghilla: Saint Gabriel documents this spelling and construction. Chriosd: Saint Gabriel documents this spelling and construction.

4 Ansteorran Letter of Intent 19 May 2002 Page 4 of 6 BordureNote: The CoH changed the submitter s name from Isobail inghean Ghilla Chriosd to Iosbail inghean Ghilla Chríost in response to commentary from Orle Herald, Scottish Gaelic Given Names: For Women by Sharon L. Krossa Last updated 12 Mar 2002: omen.shtml omen/iosbail.shtml This article lists Iosbail from the 1500s but the exact form in Gaelic or Scots is uncertain. OCorrain & Maguire page 111 s.n. Gilla Críst gives Ghilla Chríost as post I don t know why St. Gabriel left out the accent. At worst, this is a mixed English/Gaelic name with one weirdness. 20) Kusunoki Yoshikata (Name) New name. Minor changes only. Desired gender is male. Kusunoki: Clan or family name of loyalists group who opposed attempt to overthrow Go -Daigo in 1331 in Komakura, Japan. Yoshikata: Surname of the uncle of Yoritomo who was the first shogun of Japan. 21) Líadan Arundel (Name and Device) Argent, a chevron gules between three sparrows close proper. allowed. Name Líadan is most important. Desired gender is Líadan: Irish feminine name. ÓCorráin & Maguire p. 122 under Líadan. Arundel: MacLysaght p. 8 under Arundel. Reaney & Wilson, 3 rd ed. p. 15 under Arundale. 22) Lisabetta Micola da Monte (Name) New name. Any changes are allowed. Desires Italian language and/or culture for 13 th and 14 th century time period. Desired gender is Lisabetta: Italian Renaissance Women s Names, by Rhian Lyth of Blackmoor Vale, found at Micola: Fourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names, by Arval Benicoeur, found at da Monte: Fourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names, by Arval Benicoeur, found at 23) Maria Elena de Los Santos (Device) Azure, on a bend between two angels blowing trumpets argent three roses proper. submitted in 01/00 via 24) Pamela of Gate s Edge (Name) Change of holding name to Gisele de Bier. Minor changes are allowed. Changes for sound accepted. Desired gender is Gisele: Socin, Mittelhochdeutsches Namenbuch, page 54 under Gisela gives Gisela mother of Johannes from 1232 and Gisel in der Sutten. Everything in this book is from the 12 th and 13 th centuries. Dauzat, Dictionaire etymologique des Noms de Famille, page 294 under Gissel gives it as a German name from Alsace-Lorraine and lists Gisele. de Bier: Reany DBS 60, under Byars; see also Reany OES 231 and Bardsley 91). Bardsley, page 91 under Beer gives John de Bere from the reign of Edward III ( ). Dauzat, Dictionnaire etymologique des Noms de Lieux, page 68 under Beire -le -Chatel gives Bere from 1232 and Bieres from Arbalest Note: See also August 2001 LoAR p. 26 under Damasca Gisele de Bier. 25) Patric Long Cœur (Name) New name. Any changes are allowed. Meaning and language/culture are most important: French Long Cœur was to refer to the large kindness (ie : Big Heart). Desired gender is male. All documentation is from Dictionnaire étyologique de Noms de Famille, Marie-Terese Morlet Patric: under Pacrice p. 761, n. de bapt. Et patronyme forme savante du n. latin Pratricius, (voir PARIS), forme populaire. Forme adaptée francaises: Patris, -ix, Patry, var. Irlandaise Patrick, form francisee Patric. Long: p 635, avec le art. LeLong (Nord, N.E.), c.à.d. le grand, avec une idée de minceur; form latin: Longy, form corse et niçoise: Longo, Longhi, matron.: Longe, Longue. [as a prefix] Longchambon Lngchaux (voir CHAUX), Longuève (longue, ève, eau, étang); Longefay (longue, hêtraie) Longval (longue vallée) Longueserre (voier SERRE). 2. avec un sobriquet: Longavoire surnom de producteur;. Loncol (long cou); Lonjarret jaret (long jarret) Cœur: p. 230 var méridion., Cor, avait en anc. Fr. Le sens de courage et a désigne un home corageaux. Avec le art.

5 Ansteorran Letter of Intent 19 May 2002 Page 5 of 6 Lecœur. DIMIN., Cœuret, Cœurechon (anc. Fr. Ceurchon, pet: cœur). Bordure Note: Name was changed by CoH fro m Patric de Long Cœur to Patric Long Cœur with commentary from Green Anchor Herald, Gawain of Miskbridge, The use of the prepositon de (of) suggests that the surname is intended to be a toponymic. Long/Big Heart doesn t sound much like a placename. If it s intended to be an epithet as the given meaning suggests, then the preposition should be omitted. 26) Richard of Durnford (Device) Argent, on a fess azure, a lion passant Or, a bordure azure. Donn: p. 75 header Donn popular in later medieval period. Neill: p. 145 header Niall gives 919. Bordure Note: Name changed by CoH from Siobhan inghean Donn Ui Neill to Siobhán inghean Donn Uí Néill. 29) Stella Silvana (Badge) Azure, two bendlets wavy within a bordure argent. New badge. Name registered 11/93 via registered 01/99 via 27) Rognvaldr Viljálmsson (Name) New name. Minor changes allowed. Language and/or culture specified for Old Norse, Iceland R?gnvaldr son of Viljálmr. Desired gender is male. Rognvaldr: Old Norse given name. The Old Norse Name, Geirr Bassi Haraldsson, pg. 14. Viljálmsson: Old Norse patronymic. The Old Norse Name, Geirr Bassi Haraldsson, pg , Constructed from the Old Norse given name Viljálmr (page 16) and the suffix son (page 17) following the Patronymic formation guidelines on page 17. Bordure Note: There should be a. (dot) under the o in Rognvaldr. When transferring this document from MS Word to Adobe Acrobat, the letter is not recognized and leaves a? in its place. 30) Taisha Markov (Name) New name. Minor changes only. Russian language/culture is most important. Desired gender is male. Taisha: Wickenden, Dictionary of Period Russian Names, 3 rd ed, p. 358; Taisha (m) secret, S t pan Taishen, Second half of 14 th century [Art VI 63; #366] Markov: Wickenden, Dictionary of Period Russian Names, 3 rd ed, p. 202 under Mark (m) hammer. Jewish Name. Not common amongh ethnic Russians. Marko as a Baltic variant; pats: Ivan Zhyla Markov, c1498, [PKN V 46]; Sapron 31) Thora Olafsdottir (Name) New name. Minor changes only. Sound and language/culture are most important: looking to keep Viking name with Thora as first name and last name starting with O. Desired gender is Thora: Academy of Saint Gabriel Report #2368 documents this name construction with the spelling Thóra. Olafsdottir: Academy of Saint Gabriel Report #2368 documents this name construction with the spelling Óláfsdóttir. 28) Siobhán inghean Donn Uí Néill (Name and Device) Per fess wavy Or and vert, three natural seahorses conterchanged. allowed. Desired gender is All documentation is from ÓCorráin & Maguire. Siobhan: p. 165 header Sibán post 1200 spelling.

6 Ansteorran Letter of Intent 19 May 2002 Page 6 of 6 32) Tivar Moondragon (Device) Sable, a torteau fimbriated and conjoined in fess with an increscent and a decrescent Or, and as an augmentation on the torteau, a rose sable charged with a rose Or, thereon a mullet of five greater and five lesser points sable. Augmentation of Arms. Name and device, Sable, a torteau fimbriated and conjoined in fess with an increscent and a decrescent Or registered 05/80 via Augmentation to add the Ansteorran Rose is used with permission by HM Kayleigh Drake, Queen of 33) Toussaint Lamoure (Name and Device) Argent, a chevron engrailed between three wyvern heads erased azure. allowed. Sound is most important. Desired gender is male. All documentation is from Dauzat dictionnaire des noms de famille Toussaint: p. 575 under Toussaint. Lamoure: p. 362 under Lamoure. 34) Zecharia Inés Balzan (Device) Gules, a peacock in its pride and a bordure Or inscribed Crux Mihi Grata Quies gules. registered 10/00 via Translation of Crux Mihi Grata Quies The cross for me is a welcome rest.