A remarkable love letter, dated February 14, 1477, was written by Margaret Brews to her betrothed, John Paston. In it, she addresses John as “my ryght welbeloued Voluntyn,” making the letter the earliest known Valentine’s Day greeting.
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Vivat Ashir and Ashland
Ashir and Ashland are the new heirs of Calontir
Calontir Moves to Phase III of Cut & Thrust Melee Experiment
Detail of fol. 5r from Royal Armouries Ms. I.33, circa 1300. Public domain in the US
It was announced by His Excellency Donald Macdonald that Calontir has been approved to move to Phase III of the Cut & Thrust Melee Experiment. Calontir’s participation and reporting was complimented as exemplary, and cited as a deciding reason for the approval to proceed ahead of the other participating kingdoms, according to His Excellency.
Phase III adds two-handed weapons to the allowed weapon systems.
Calontiri on the Camino de Santiago
Pilgrim on the Way of St. James (Jakobsweg), 1568. Public domain in the United States.
Those Calontiri not on Facebook may not be aware, but our very own Malachi von Uri, Ariel of Glastonbury Tor, and Fernando Rodriguez de Falcon began walking the Way of St. James this June. With a few health and sanity breaks, Count Fernando and Duchess Ariel are still on the Camino more than 20 days later.
Master Malachi had to return early.
For those with access to Facebook, you can follow their exploits on their Facebook feeds.
https://www.facebook.com/fernando.defalcon
https://www.facebook.com/donna.vennera
As of this writing, they are in León
Inset from map of Mr Manfred Zentgraf, Volkach, Germany CC BY-SA 3.0
St George & The Dragon court summary, May 13, A.S. 52
On the field:
Dante di Pirro – Iren Fyrd
Evening court:
Michael the Wanderer – Leather Mallet
Thorkel Hvalmagi – Leather Mallet
Hamlinius of Hamlin (Hamlyn of Lifheim) – Leather Mallet
Bree Oakwife – Torse
Other court happenings:
15 newcomers received mugs.
It was announced that the Inn raised $400 for Relay for Life charity.
Sant Jordi, Bernat Martorell. 15th C.
Lillies T-shirt Wall Art at Kris Kinder
Gathered from Facebook, from Nakos:
Six Lilies t-shirts have been turned into wall art, and will be up for auction at the Tailors Tent table. The t-shirts are from Lilies 19-23 & 25.
Has you favorite shirt fallen apart? Or did you miss getting one from that year? Here is a chance to get one that will hang on your wall and never need washed!
Funds from the Tailors Tent auction will go to purchasing materials to make garb for TRMs during Lilies.
Two of the t-shirts/wall art available
July 2016 LOAR Results
Greetings to All,
The Armorial has been update to reflect the items in this LOAR.
In Service,
Gunnar Thorisson
Vert Hawk Herald
CALONTIR
* Æþelwyn æt Grenawice. Name.
Submitted as Æþelwynne æt Grenawic, the given name Æþelwynne is an inflected form, not the nominative (base) form required for a given name. Therefore, we have changed it to Æþelwyn.
The place name Grenawic is required by Old English grammar to be in the dative case. Therefore, we have changed it to Grenawice to register this name.
* Aldred Ketcham. Badge. (Fieldless) Issuant from a tower vert, in chief a demi-sword inverted argent.
* Alienor Walcott. Device. Argent fretty azure, a linden leaf and on a chief vert an arrow argent.
Please advise the submitter to draw the arrow with a thicker shaft.
* Angelus Vulpis. Name and device. Sable, a winged fox sejant affronty and on a chief argent a rose azure between two roses gules.
Nice name from 13th century Pisa!
* Asgeirr Hrafnhauss. Name and device. Argent, a sinister clenched gauntlet bendwise aversant sustaining a double-bitted axe bendwise sinister azure, on a chief sable a skull argent.
* Hildibrandr Tjúguskegg. Name and device. Per pale vert and sable, two dragons addorsed, a chief Or.
* Holta-Fj{o,}rleif. Name.
* Hugo Smith. Name and device. Sable, a sea-stag argent attired, collared and chained, maintaining a mallet Or.
This exact name is found in English parish records from 1588 in the FamilySearch Historical Records, making this an excellent 16th century English name!
* Justinian of Tanet. Name.
Justinian is the name of a 6th century Welsh saint.
* Lucrezia Contarini. Device. Per pale argent and sable, two dogs sejant erect respectant forepaws conjoined counterchanged, on a chief azure three leaves bendwise sinister inverted Or.
* Morgan Stone. Name and device. Sable, a chevron purpure fimbriated surmounted by a griffin, in dexter chief a cinquefoil argent.
Morgan was documented as a Welsh name in the Letter of Intent. It is also a late period English given name dated to 1576 and 1597 in the FamilySearch Historical Records. Therefore, this name can be considered wholly English.
Nice 16th century English or Anglo-Welsh name!
There is a step from period practice for the use of a charge overall with a fimbriated ordinary.
*Morwenna de Merbotyl. Name. Morwenna is the name of a Cornish saint, venerated through much of our period.
*Thaddeus Ellenbach. Device. Lozengy azure and argent, a lion contourny maintaining a sword Or, a bordure sable
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The Bavarian Herald Jörg Rügen around 1510. Public Domain in the US
2016 Winter War Maneuvers Court Report
On the field:
Moon Hides the Sun — Iren Fyrd
Mikhail Nikolaevich Kramolnikov — Stile Fyrd
Evening Court:
His Magesty announced that He and Her Majesty have chosen Sir Uldin of Ravenscroft and Mistress Sung Sai-erh to take up the Baronage of Vtavia.
Vilhelm Lich’s Photos of Twelfth Night and Coronation
Vilhelm Lich has posted his photos from Twelfth Night and Coronation
Inside Blakemere: Notes from the Yearly Accounts of a Late Medieval Household
The East Kingdom Gazette recently published a research paper titled Inside Blakemere: Notes from the Yearly Accounts of a Late Medieval Household by Mistress Aildreda de Tamworthe, of the Barony of Carolingia, based on her study of the management of medieval households in England.
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