Alexandre, Prince of Insulae Draconis ( +Jeff Berry ) put me in touch with one of his subjects (Robert de Canterbury, Visct. O.P. & Etc) who also likes playing with words and period legal documents and I've been having a fun time looking over his blog, which can be found at http://forsooth.pbworks.com/w/page/13933257/FrontPage
Among the fun things I found there was a 1460 fealty oath given by the Duke of York and the Earl of Rutland:
Item, the said Richard duke of York, shall promise and bind him by his solemn oath, in manner and form as followeth:
In the name of God, Amen. I Richard duke of York, promise and swear by the faith and truth that I owe to almighty God, that I shall never do, consent, procure or stir, directly or indirectly, privily or openly, nor as much as in me is and shall be, suffer to be done, consented, procured or stirred, anything that may be or tend to the abridgement of the natural life of king Henry the Sixth, or to the hurt or diminishing of his reign or royal dignity, by violence or any other wise, against his freedom and liberty; but that if any person or persons, would do or presume anything to the contrary, I shall with all my power and might withstand it, and make it to be withstood as far as my power will stretch thereunto; so help me God, and these holy evangelists.
Item, Edward earl of March, and Edmund earl of Rutland, the sons of the said Richard duke of York, shall make like oath.
I am completely stealing this for Saturday :-) +Brennan mac Fearghus +Meredith Bailin Hull , you've been warned. :-)
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
More evidence of jointly-issued charters
SCA award texts tend to be issued jointly by the King and Queen, unless the award is specific to one Royal or another (like the East's Queen's Order of Courtesy). As I expand my sources for period legal texts, I'm finding more and more evidence that this practice follows period examples. Many of the examples of jointly-issued texts I'm finding right now are from the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem (aka Outremer aka the Crusader Kingdoms of the Middle East), because I'm working on a large article on medieval naming practices in that region.
Here are some more specific examples, for other people interested in this field:
Ego Raimundus, Dei gratia Tripolitanus comes, et Hodierna coniunx mea, eadem gratia Tripolis comitissa, regis Iherusalem filia
I Raymond, count of Tripoli (Tripolitan count) by the grace of God, and my spouse/wife Hodierna, by that same grace countess of Tripoli, daughter of the king of Jerusalem
From a charter issued 1140 (http://epistolae.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/letter/25262.html)
Notum sit omnibus presentibus et futuris, quod ego Henricus Trecensis comes palatinus assensu et voluntate domine Ysabellis, quondam regis Amalrici filie
Let it be known to all present and future that I, Henry count palatine of Troy, with the consent and will of lady Isabella, daughter of former king Amalric
From a charter issued 1193 (http://epistolae.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/letter/25248.html)
Notum sit omnibus presentibus et futuris, quod ego Aymericus dei gracia rex Ierusalem nonus et rex Cipri voluntate et assensu domine Ysabellis, uxoris mee, illustris regine et illustris quondam regis Amalrici filie
Let it be known to all present and future that I, Aimeric, by the grace of God ninth king of Jerusalem and king of Cyprus, with the will and consent of lady Isabel, my wife, illustrious queen and daughter of former illustrious king Amalric
From a charter issued 1198 (http://epistolae.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/letter/25256.html)
Ego Gwido de Lysanan rex nobilis Ierosolimis et Sibilla nobilis regina, uxor mea legittima
I, Guy of Lusignan, noble king of Jerusalem, and Sibylla noble queen, my legitimate wife
From a charter issued 1186 (http://epistolae.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/letter/25234.html)
Here are some more specific examples, for other people interested in this field:
Ego Raimundus, Dei gratia Tripolitanus comes, et Hodierna coniunx mea, eadem gratia Tripolis comitissa, regis Iherusalem filia
I Raymond, count of Tripoli (Tripolitan count) by the grace of God, and my spouse/wife Hodierna, by that same grace countess of Tripoli, daughter of the king of Jerusalem
From a charter issued 1140 (http://epistolae.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/letter/25262.html)
Notum sit omnibus presentibus et futuris, quod ego Henricus Trecensis comes palatinus assensu et voluntate domine Ysabellis, quondam regis Amalrici filie
Let it be known to all present and future that I, Henry count palatine of Troy, with the consent and will of lady Isabella, daughter of former king Amalric
From a charter issued 1193 (http://epistolae.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/letter/25248.html)
Notum sit omnibus presentibus et futuris, quod ego Aymericus dei gracia rex Ierusalem nonus et rex Cipri voluntate et assensu domine Ysabellis, uxoris mee, illustris regine et illustris quondam regis Amalrici filie
Let it be known to all present and future that I, Aimeric, by the grace of God ninth king of Jerusalem and king of Cyprus, with the will and consent of lady Isabel, my wife, illustrious queen and daughter of former illustrious king Amalric
From a charter issued 1198 (http://epistolae.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/letter/25256.html)
Ego Gwido de Lysanan rex nobilis Ierosolimis et Sibilla nobilis regina, uxor mea legittima
I, Guy of Lusignan, noble king of Jerusalem, and Sibylla noble queen, my legitimate wife
From a charter issued 1186 (http://epistolae.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/letter/25234.html)
Saturday, August 8, 2015
Collin Monro's Pelican Scroll
Yet another 16th cen. Scots text, this time for +Collin Monro And, for the record, this is 156 words.
Darius, Kyng of the Eest & Etheldreda the Quene, to all and syndrie our liegeis and subditis quhom it effeiris, to quhais knawlege thir oure lettres sall cum, greting. For the gudis, trew and thankfull service done by oure lovittis Collin Monro of Tadcaster, We do heirby, with the advys & matture deliberatioun of oure grete council, amplyfie, indow and indote the beforesaid Collin as a Maister of the Pellicane, commaunding the said indewment and dotatione in all tymecomeing to have the full force and strenth of perfyte securitie; and We do furthir assigne and gif by letteris patentes unto the seyd Collin sich armes in mettaill and culloure as maist deulie suld appertene to him, as heirunder is depaintit: Argent, a pithon erect and on a cheyff sabill thre Maltese crosses argent. The quhilk armes he and his posteritie may lefullie beir without reproche. Done at Pennsic Warre in the feftieth yeyr of the Societie.
Darius, Kyng of the Eest & Etheldreda the Quene, to all and syndrie our liegeis and subditis quhom it effeiris, to quhais knawlege thir oure lettres sall cum, greting. For the gudis, trew and thankfull service done by oure lovittis Collin Monro of Tadcaster, We do heirby, with the advys & matture deliberatioun of oure grete council, amplyfie, indow and indote the beforesaid Collin as a Maister of the Pellicane, commaunding the said indewment and dotatione in all tymecomeing to have the full force and strenth of perfyte securitie; and We do furthir assigne and gif by letteris patentes unto the seyd Collin sich armes in mettaill and culloure as maist deulie suld appertene to him, as heirunder is depaintit: Argent, a pithon erect and on a cheyff sabill thre Maltese crosses argent. The quhilk armes he and his posteritie may lefullie beir without reproche. Done at Pennsic Warre in the feftieth yeyr of the Societie.
Monday, July 20, 2015
Even Yet More "Mad Libs" for Scribes
Since these seem to be incredibly popular, and I know our scribes are overloaded right now, I've done some more.
Another simple AoA text:
[given name only], King of the East, and [given name only], the Queen, to the good persons of all our land greeting. Know that, in recompense and satisfaction for his/her notable deeds, we hereby award unto our trusty and well-beloved ___________ the following arms, _________________________. Done upon [date] in the ____ year of the Society, in [local group].
For someone who doesn't have arms registered at the time of their AoA, there is also this option:
[given name only], King of the East, and [given name only], the Queen, to the good persons of all our land greeting. Know that, in recompense and satisfaction for his/her notable deeds, we hereby award unto our trusty and well-beloved ___________ such arms in metal and color appropriate to his/her station and instruct him/her to consult with our heralds forthwith. Done upon [date] in the ____ year of the Society, in [local group].
Since such things seem to be incredibly popular these days, here is a Court Barony with Grant of Arms scroll:
By [given name only] the King. By [given name only] the Queen. Know that, by these present letters, we do give, grant and confirm unto our faithful ____________ the status and renown of a Baron/ess of our Court. And we do further, by our will, grant him/her arms in the form following: ________________________________, to be borne by him/her hereafter freely, fully, wholly, honorably, well and in peace. Done upon [date] in the ____ year of the Society, in [local group].
and, if the person doesn't have arms registered:
We, [given name only] and [given name only], King and Queen of the East, hereby give, grant and confirm unto our faithful ______________ the status and renown of a Baron/ess of our Court. And we do further grant unto the said [given name only] arms in metal and color appropriate for his/her station, and instruct the said ___________ to consult with our heralds forthwith. Done upon [date] in the ____ year of the Society, in [local group].
Another simple AoA text:
[given name only], King of the East, and [given name only], the Queen, to the good persons of all our land greeting. Know that, in recompense and satisfaction for his/her notable deeds, we hereby award unto our trusty and well-beloved ___________ the following arms, _________________________. Done upon [date] in the ____ year of the Society, in [local group].
For someone who doesn't have arms registered at the time of their AoA, there is also this option:
[given name only], King of the East, and [given name only], the Queen, to the good persons of all our land greeting. Know that, in recompense and satisfaction for his/her notable deeds, we hereby award unto our trusty and well-beloved ___________ such arms in metal and color appropriate to his/her station and instruct him/her to consult with our heralds forthwith. Done upon [date] in the ____ year of the Society, in [local group].
Since such things seem to be incredibly popular these days, here is a Court Barony with Grant of Arms scroll:
By [given name only] the King. By [given name only] the Queen. Know that, by these present letters, we do give, grant and confirm unto our faithful ____________ the status and renown of a Baron/ess of our Court. And we do further, by our will, grant him/her arms in the form following: ________________________________, to be borne by him/her hereafter freely, fully, wholly, honorably, well and in peace. Done upon [date] in the ____ year of the Society, in [local group].
and, if the person doesn't have arms registered:
We, [given name only] and [given name only], King and Queen of the East, hereby give, grant and confirm unto our faithful ______________ the status and renown of a Baron/ess of our Court. And we do further grant unto the said [given name only] arms in metal and color appropriate for his/her station, and instruct the said ___________ to consult with our heralds forthwith. Done upon [date] in the ____ year of the Society, in [local group].
Monday, July 6, 2015
Albert Faulke of Sanford's OGR Scroll
For a good 16th cen. English gentleman upon his elevation to the OGR:
We, Darius and Etheldreda, King and Queen of the East, recognizing that we have taken on taken on the loftiest and pre-eminent duties of the realm, and therefore accepting that we should exalt noble men for their honour and the dignity of the state, and to raise them to higher dignities, so that our other subjects, imitating their exemplary virtue, may prepare themselves for like things; and wishing the virtues of royal munificence, liberality and nobility, to shine out to all men; therefore, for his outstanding faithful loyalty, service and obedience, and his surpassing excellence in all matters touching upon the art of the rapier, we do by these our present letters raise our servant Albert Faulke of Sandford to the renown, station and estate of a Companion of the Golden Rapier, with all pertinents, dependencies, rights and annexes associated therewith. No person at all is allowed to infringe this our royal will, or recklessly dare to make resistance; however if anyone shall dare to attack the above-stated gift and grant, he will incur the perpetual indignation of ourselves and our successors. As confirmation whereof, we have caused this public instrument to be made by the hand of another person, and signed by our sign and subscription manual, and we do further command and decree that the said instrument shall be proclaimed aloud in our Court at Glenn Linn, upon 4 July in the fiftieth year of the Society.
We, Darius and Etheldreda, King and Queen of the East, recognizing that we have taken on taken on the loftiest and pre-eminent duties of the realm, and therefore accepting that we should exalt noble men for their honour and the dignity of the state, and to raise them to higher dignities, so that our other subjects, imitating their exemplary virtue, may prepare themselves for like things; and wishing the virtues of royal munificence, liberality and nobility, to shine out to all men; therefore, for his outstanding faithful loyalty, service and obedience, and his surpassing excellence in all matters touching upon the art of the rapier, we do by these our present letters raise our servant Albert Faulke of Sandford to the renown, station and estate of a Companion of the Golden Rapier, with all pertinents, dependencies, rights and annexes associated therewith. No person at all is allowed to infringe this our royal will, or recklessly dare to make resistance; however if anyone shall dare to attack the above-stated gift and grant, he will incur the perpetual indignation of ourselves and our successors. As confirmation whereof, we have caused this public instrument to be made by the hand of another person, and signed by our sign and subscription manual, and we do further command and decree that the said instrument shall be proclaimed aloud in our Court at Glenn Linn, upon 4 July in the fiftieth year of the Society.
Caine Ramsey's Order of Defence Text
This text in 16th cen. Scots was rendered into an amazing scroll by +Jamin Brown and his lovely wife whose SCA name I never did learn. Due to a confluence of weird circumstances, their names didn't get announced in Court with the scroll, but they deserve all the credit for an amazing 16th cen. grant of arms style Peerage scroll. Hopefully he has pictures and I can sing their praises everywhere!
Darius, King of the Eest, and Etheldreda the Quene, to our right trustie and right weellbeloved Caine Ramsey, greetings. Wheras by our royall wisdome and princelie cair for the peace and happines of our dominiones, we have caussit the Ordore of Defens to be constituited in this realme; and wheras diveris of our subjectis have by ther severall petitiones humbly besought us that you should be indewit with the beforesaid Ordore; and wheras you have manifested maniefauld skill and excellence in the practeis of defens, and have shewin noblesse, wisedome and faith in your dedis, we do therefore, by these our presents lettiris, insese, indow and indote you as a Master of Defense, ordeaneing the said indewment and dotatione in all tymecomeing to have the full force and strenth of perfyte securitie. And we do fwrthir giwe and convey wnto you for all the dayes of his lyftyme all honoures, dignities, proffites, liberties and priviledges which are possest and brookit by Peers of the realmme, and decrie and ordeane that you shall possess and enjoye fully and frely Armes by Lettiris Patentes in the forme herein stated: Per pall inverted sable, argent, and azure, two dogs combatant counterchanged and a tower argent. And, lykeas, for ourselfes and our successoures, we promeiseth in verbo principis to hold the abounvrettin gyft, indewment and dotatione firme and stable, and to cause it to be trewlie observed by all our leiges according to the tennour and intent therof for now and evir. In witness wherof, we have caussit these our lettiris to be mad patentes, witness ourselfes at Glen Linn, 4 Jullay in the fiftieth year of the Society.
Darius, King of the Eest, and Etheldreda the Quene, to our right trustie and right weellbeloved Caine Ramsey, greetings. Wheras by our royall wisdome and princelie cair for the peace and happines of our dominiones, we have caussit the Ordore of Defens to be constituited in this realme; and wheras diveris of our subjectis have by ther severall petitiones humbly besought us that you should be indewit with the beforesaid Ordore; and wheras you have manifested maniefauld skill and excellence in the practeis of defens, and have shewin noblesse, wisedome and faith in your dedis, we do therefore, by these our presents lettiris, insese, indow and indote you as a Master of Defense, ordeaneing the said indewment and dotatione in all tymecomeing to have the full force and strenth of perfyte securitie. And we do fwrthir giwe and convey wnto you for all the dayes of his lyftyme all honoures, dignities, proffites, liberties and priviledges which are possest and brookit by Peers of the realmme, and decrie and ordeane that you shall possess and enjoye fully and frely Armes by Lettiris Patentes in the forme herein stated: Per pall inverted sable, argent, and azure, two dogs combatant counterchanged and a tower argent. And, lykeas, for ourselfes and our successoures, we promeiseth in verbo principis to hold the abounvrettin gyft, indewment and dotatione firme and stable, and to cause it to be trewlie observed by all our leiges according to the tennour and intent therof for now and evir. In witness wherof, we have caussit these our lettiris to be mad patentes, witness ourselfes at Glen Linn, 4 Jullay in the fiftieth year of the Society.
Pascual's Order of Defense Text
I had such high hopes for this one. I was going to have it translated into 16th cen. Castillian with a Latin attestation, but the scribe was unwilling to play ball with my "overly complicated" ideas. So I put together this out of my own head based on extensive reading of 16th cen. English sources.
Sorry +Patrick Panico . I promise Castillian for your knighting or your Pelican. :-)
Wherefore we find it just, right, fitting, noble, behoveful and necessary to constitute within our Realm the Order of Defence; and wherefore our subject Pascual del Mar has, by his various deeds at arms and through his studies of the mysteries of the rapier as practiced by our cousins of Spain, caused himself to be possessed of such repute, name and worth as any good and notable man could wish for himself; therefore do we, Darius Rex and Etheldreda Regina, invest, create and endow the said Pascual as a Master of Defence, with all privileges, liberties, honors, and appurtenances attaching thereto, and instruct that he shall bear the same as freely, tranquilly, fully, wholly, honorably, well and in peace, without impediment, revocation or obstacle whatsoever, as any Peer of the Realm; and we do further invest him and his heirs males with Arms by letters patents in the form following: Per bend gules and azure, two hammerhead sharks naiant in annulo argent; and we do further charge the said Pascual to bear hereafter on his person at all times hereafter and henceforward the ensigns and signacles of the Order of Defence, that he may bring honor and renown upon the Order and our Realm. At Glenn Linn, upon 4 July, in the fiftieth year of the Society.
Sorry +Patrick Panico . I promise Castillian for your knighting or your Pelican. :-)
Wherefore we find it just, right, fitting, noble, behoveful and necessary to constitute within our Realm the Order of Defence; and wherefore our subject Pascual del Mar has, by his various deeds at arms and through his studies of the mysteries of the rapier as practiced by our cousins of Spain, caused himself to be possessed of such repute, name and worth as any good and notable man could wish for himself; therefore do we, Darius Rex and Etheldreda Regina, invest, create and endow the said Pascual as a Master of Defence, with all privileges, liberties, honors, and appurtenances attaching thereto, and instruct that he shall bear the same as freely, tranquilly, fully, wholly, honorably, well and in peace, without impediment, revocation or obstacle whatsoever, as any Peer of the Realm; and we do further invest him and his heirs males with Arms by letters patents in the form following: Per bend gules and azure, two hammerhead sharks naiant in annulo argent; and we do further charge the said Pascual to bear hereafter on his person at all times hereafter and henceforward the ensigns and signacles of the Order of Defence, that he may bring honor and renown upon the Order and our Realm. At Glenn Linn, upon 4 July, in the fiftieth year of the Society.
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