ANSTHRLD - Re: How do I do a name change?

[Ansteorran Kingdom Star Principal Herald]

>Greetings!  I am Lord Donald Mac Donald, the 
>hospitaller of Lindenwood, and I have a question. I'm 
>sure you can help me.  

Always good to be optimistic, I'll do my best ;-)

>When I joined the SCA, I wanted an easy name/persona. 
>I choose "Donald" , as there were kings of Scotland 
>named Donald; Mac Donald was an easy construction, 
>too... "son of Donald".  A bit repetative, but it 
>sounds good.

>However, while reading a book I purchased last week 
>(_Encyclopaedia of th> e Viking Age_, John Haywood, 
>ISBN 0-500-01982-7, Thames & Hudson) I found a name I 
>had used as a D&D character way back some 17 years 
>ago: Ælfhelm.

>I had taken the name for my character out of Tolkien's 
>_Lord of the Rings> _; he was a very minor character, 
>one of the Riders of Rohan.  I always loved the name, 
>and thought it was a shame that it was 'fictional', 
>and therefore impossible to register.

>Now, I find out that Ælfhelm was the name of the 
>Ældorman of Northumbria, who was killed in 1006. His 
>daughter Ælfgyfu was the concubine to Cnute. Had two 
>sons, Harold Harefoot - king of England after Cnute 
>and Sweyn, with whom she ruled Norway between 1030 - 
>1035 before being expelled.

>Anyway, I'd kinda like to change my personna, from 
>late-period Scots to circa 1000 Anglo-Saxon.  Here's 
>the problems:  
>(1) I recieved my AoA at Steppes Warlord this year; 
>does the AoA follow me to my new personna? (I'm pretty 
>sure it does)

Yes, it does follow the new persona or can be 
attributed to your alternate persona if you choose to 
keep both names.

>(2) My name and device were in the 03/99 ILoL, and I 
>haven't heard anything about them since.
>   (a) Can you tell me what the status is? I haven't 
>seen any LoAR's posted since May's.

I show your name to have been on ILoI 03/00 as item 
number 6. I also show that your device was forwarded to 
Laurel in LoI dated 05/00. This means that the soonest 
we would know would be on Septembers LoAR which has yet 
to surface from Laurel.

>   (b) Do I submit a name change (and keep the device, 
>I like the device) or what?  I mean to ask, what's the 
>procedure?

To submit a name change, just fill out the Name 
submission form with the new name and documentation, 
check the boxes for 'Primary' and 'Change' 
or 'Alternate' and 'New'

> (3) I'm sure I'll need a locative, patronym, or 
>byname... the Ælfhelm of history was called Ælfhelm of 
>Northumbria.  Would "Ælfhelm Spendthrift" work, 
>or "Ælfhelm Donaldson", or "Ælfhelm the Clerke?" 
>(mundane last name is Clark, former form was Clarke 
>and Clerke... all pronounced Clark)

For this I must defer to those who know names better 
and is the reason I am sending this to the Ansteorran 
College of Heralds Mailing list. I do not know the 
naming rules well enough to know if these are possible 
or not. I am sure they will respond to the list and you 
specifically.

Hope this helps

Borek, Star
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