Unto the Laurel and Pelican Sovereigns of Arms and the College of Arms, greetings on this first day of April, 2000.

It is the intent of the An Tir College of Heralds to submit the following names and armory. This being an extraordinary LoI, credit must be given to those who are to blame. This creation was assembled by Teceangl Bach (Drachenmist), with the assistance of Rafaella d'Allemtejo (Sangria de Leon), Francesca Testarossa (Ferrari), Ciaran cluana Ferta (Dragon's Pizzle), Eglantine Merryweather (OYster), David of Moffat (Electric 110V/60 Hz), and our staff artist, Sebastian Sterne (Volkswagen).

1. Aldo Sax Name New

Submitter seeks a masculine name for England between the 9th-11th centuries. Sound is most important to him. <Aldo> is cited from Withycombe, p. 11, under the header "Aldous". "...Aldo Count of Ostrevant, 8th century Benedictine of the monastery of Hirson in Belgium." <Sax> is dated to 1178 in this form in Reaney & Wilson, p. 394, as a header spelling.

2. Bond James Bond Name New

Submitter wishes an English masculine name and wishes to retain the best appearance. <Bonde> is dated to 1086 in Reaney & Wilson, p. 53 under the header spelling "Bond", as a given name. The spelling <Bund'> is also given in the same reference. <James> is a header spelling in Withycombe p. 170, with this spelling dated to 1240. <Bonde> as a surname is found in Reaney & Wilson on p.53 under the header spelling "Bond", with cites dating it to 1180 & 1185.

3. Donald MacDonald of Dundonald Name New

Submitter wishes a Scottish masculine name. "Donald" is a header spelling in Withycombe, p.86, dating the form <Donaldus> to 1346. Black, under the header "Donald" on p. 214, calls the name "one of the very oldest of Gaelic personal names...". The Mac- form is also cited in the Black entry for "Donald". <Dundonald> is a header spelling in Black, p. 229, where as a locative it is dated to 1249. It is not listed as the clan seat for the MacDonalds, and therefore should be acceptable. The submitter is eager to see his name registered, as he has just become a member of the Order of the White Scarf and wishes to be known as "Don Donald MacDonald of Dundonald".

4. Goodness Knowles Badge New

Azure, a standing seraph argent atop a mount Or.

Her name was submitted on the An Tir LoI dated 1 April 1999.

5. Gotte Mylk Name and Device New

Per chevron argent and sable, two crescents pendant engrailed on the inner edge and a mazer counterchanged.

Submitter would be most satisfied to retain the sound of his name. <Gotte> is found in Reaney & Wilson, p. 201, under the header "Gott", with "Gotte filius Wulfrici" dated to

1188. <Mylk> is dated 1367 in Reaney & Wilson, p. 309, under the header "Milk".

6. Haki Sack Name and Badge New

Vert, flaunches argent.

Submitter wishes to retain the sound of his name. <Haki> is found on p. 77 of Ekwall, Eilert, Early London Personal Names. Reaney & Wilson p. 212 under the header "Hake" list <Haki> as an Old Norse nickname. "Sack" is a header spelling in Reaney & Wilson, p. 388, with the spelling <Sak> dated to 1327.

7. Hwataman Ladelere Name New

Submitter wishes a definitely masculine name and asks that the meaning be retained. <Hwataman> is found on p. 49 of Ekwall, Eilert, Early London Personal Names. Reaney & Wilson p. 484 under the header spelling "Whatman" dates the form <Wateman> to 1066. <Ladelere> is dated 1278 and 1327 in Reaney & Wilson on p. 269 under the header spelling "Ladler", with the meaning given as "a maker of ladies".

8. Laurel Pelican le Knight Name New

Submitter wishes a feminine name. <Laurel> is her legal given name and she encloses photo identification as proof. We believe this name to be SCA compatible given the following from the LoAR dated November 1995: "Laurel O'Rourke. Name and device. Argent, on a saltire engrailed azure, an escarbuncle argent. Laurel has not been shown to be period, but it is her modern given name. As a given name it is no more presumptuous than Rose,

which we have registered many times (and as recently as 6/95): the names of Society orders are neither titles nor styles of address." Pelican is found as a header in Reaney & Wilson p. 344, with the spelling <Pellican> dated to 1316 and 1416. Knight is also in Reaney & Wilson, p. 267, with the spelling <Knyght> dated 1275, <Knyghtes> dated 1327, and <le Nyte> also dated 1327.

9. Nute Jobber Name New

Submitter wishes to retain the meaning of the name. <Nute> is found in Withycombe p. 189 under the header "Knud", which says, "It survived into the 13th C. Note, Nute, and the diminutive Nutkin..." <Jobber is in Reaney & Wilson p. 255 under the header "Jober", with the forms <Jober> dated 1356 and 1369, and <Jobber> dated to 1524.

10. Oliva di Martini Name and Device New

Gules, a pale argent surmounted by a point pointed per fess argent and gules and on a chief triangular argent an annulet vert pierced gules transfixed by a rapier sable.

Submitter wants a feminine Italian name. <Oliva> is found in Withycombe, p.232, under the header "Olive" and is dated from 1203 and considered "not uncommon in the 13th and 14th C.". <Martini> is on p. 222 of Fucilla, Joseph G., Our Italian Surnames as a name derived from the day of the week Tuesday. Submitter insists that the piercing of the annulet is artistic lisence and does not break the Rule of Tincture, while also muttering something about it being required for good taste.

11. Otto Testarossa Name and Device New

Argent, a horse rampant sable within an annulet and overall a bend sinister gules.

Submitter wishes to retain the sound. <Otto> is found on p. 231 of Withycombe under the header "Odo", and is dated 1086. <Testarossa> is in Fucilla's Our Italian Surnames p. 202 as a descriptive byname for someone with red hair.

12. Postumous Diver Name and Device New

Vert, a naked brunette human male tergiant proper and in canton a roundel argent.

Submitter wishes a masculine name. <Posthumous> is a header spelling in Withycombe on p. 247, dated 1571. "Diver" is a header spelling in Reaney & Wilson, p. 136, with the forms <Divere> dated 1279 and <Diverse> dated 1597. We find this to be clear of Bari the Unfettered - January of 1973: Barry argent and gules, a naked man manacled on each wrist, lengths of broken chain pendant and a length of broken chain at his feet, all proper., with CDs for changes to field tincture, posture, and the addition of the drain...er, diapered roundel.

13. Rollo Joynte Name and Device New

Barry dancetty argent and azure.

Submitter will accept "whatever" changes are needed to pass the name. <Rollo> is found in Reaney & Wilson, p. 382 under the header "Rolf", as the Latinization of the Old French Roul or Rou. <Joynte> is also in Reaney & Wilson p. 256, under the header "Joint", and is dated to 1282, 1539 and 1576 in the submitted spelling.

14. Saxi Ladye Name and Badge New

(Fieldless) A vixen salient reguardant Or.

Submitter has no preference for the gender of this name. <Saxi> is found as a given name in Geirr Bassi, The Old Norse Name on p.14. <Ladye> is in Reaney & Wilson on p. 269 as the header spelling dated 1340. Submitter points out that the fox in the badge is most definitely a vixen.

15. Snorri Pusecat Name and Badge New

(Fieldless) A lion dormant azure.

Submitter wishes to retain the sound of the name. <Snorri> is found in Geirr Bassi on p. 14. <Pusecat> is found dated to 1279 in Reaney & Wilson, p. 366 under the header Puscat".

Respectfully submitted