[Ansteorra] Titles

[Robert G. Ferrell]

On 7/3/2011 2:25 AM, Jay Rudin wrote:

> Back in around 1982 or so, Wilhelm von Schlussel, Laurel King of Arms, said in a letter of intent that he was going to propose "The Honorable Lord/Lady" as a title, and "Your Lordship/Ladyship" as a form of address, for people with Grants of Arms, to distinguish them from people with Awards of Arms. He had several other proposals at the same time.
> 
> Based on this, the Star Principal Herald announced that these forms would be used. Since Ansteorra had the first three Grant-level orders in the Known World, there were a lot of people who could use the new titles, and they started using them.

That's essentially the same process by which Court Barony became a form
of "pseudo-nobility."  Aureliane and Anebairn were asked to provide some
form of titular distinction for Court Barony; they chose to apply the
title "Your Excellency," which up to that point had been reserved for
Viscounty and County. By association, then, Court Barony took on the
aura of nobility in Ansteorra (this is not universally true), although
there is nothing in its charter or Corpora that grants it this distinction.

Cynric