ANST - Having a Knight Speak For You?

[Jan Downs]

What are the requuirements to enter the Crown list anyway?

Martel
-----Original Message-----
From: C.L. Ward <gunnora at bga.com>
To: ansteorra <owner-ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG>
Date: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 9:43 AM
Subject: ANST - Having a Knight Speak For You?


>Michael Silverhands pointed out:
>>In Ansteorra, you don't have to be a member of the Chivalry,
>>you must simply be spoken for by one in order to enter
>>the Crown list.
>
>Hmm.  I've been wondering about this.
>
>First, *why* does a knight have to speak for you?
>
>Are they certifying that you are safe?  Isn't that the marshallate's job,
and
>doesn't the fighter authorization take care of that?
>
>Are they certifying that you have the leadership qualities needed to be
Crown?
>If so, then the law needs to be changed so that *any* peer can speak for
you
>in this regard.  After all, a peer is a peer is a peer, right?  When we
processed
>in at Crown Tourney, I was ranked with the knights as a peer, based on date
>of elevation.
>
>I didn't have a knight speak for me at Crown, unless  that was taken care
of
>when I wasn't looking (say, during the Belted Circle).  But I'd think that
any
>peer should be able to fight, and any peer should be able to speak for a
non-peer
>combatant to enter Crown Lists.
>
>So, my brother and sister peers of the martial orders, what's up with this
rule?
>
>
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