ANSTHRLD - [Fwd: Help - Household Name Modifier]

[Jodi McMaster]

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Manfred, I don't know if this surfaced in your bovine question, but I
thought you might be interested.

AElfwyn
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Subject:      Re: Help - Household Name Modifier
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Here is the a copy of the precedent set down by Baron Bruce during his tenure
as Laurel.

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Precedents of Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme
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Households, as they are generally known in the Society, don't appear to have
historical equivalents; they seem to be unique to the SCA. My best definition
would be: "A household is a non-official group of people who like to do
things together in a Society context, to the point where they can be treated
as a single unit." That definition covers groups of friends, small families,
professional guilds (entertainment, brewing, waterbearers, &c), fighting
units, and even businesses.

While there were no exact parallels in period to SCA households, there were
historical groups that shared one or more functions with the latter. These
include the Scots clans (Clan Stewart); ruling dynasties (House of Anjou);
professional guilds (Baker's Guild of Augsburg, Worshipful Company of
Coopers); military units, including mercenaries (The White Company); and inns
(House of the White Hart). Such names as these groups took, then, should be
the pattern on which SCA household names are built.

Some house names were taken from the place of origin: House of York, House of
Lorraine, House of Valois. Some were taken from a personal epithet of the
founder, shared by neither his father nor siblings: House Capet. Some were
taken from the founders' surnames -- which, in turn, might be derived
originally from a patronymic (Clan MacGregor), a toponymic (Clan Kerr), or an
occupation (Clan Stewart). Guild names were straightforward descriptions of
their crafts. Mercenary units might be more fanciful, and inn names most
fanciful of all; but these still referred to livery or signboards -- in
short, to a badge, which was a tangible thing.

House names in period don't seem to have been overly fantastic. For the most
part, they come from the same linguistic well as period bynames. In
particular, since a period house name was so often simply the surname,
byname, or epithet of its founder, any such epithet that is acceptable in a
Society personal name should be acceptable as a Society household name. This
is the rule of thumb I've formulated for determining the acceptability of
household names henceforth. If we would register John X, we should register
House X as well. We would not permit John Starwalker, so we should not permit
House Starwalker. We would register John of the Red Sickles (wincing,
perhaps, but we would), so we should register House of the Red Sickles. (2
July, 1992 Cover Letter (June, 1992 LoAR), pg. 3)

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