[ANSTHRLD] Squires, Achievements of Arms, and Ranks (Oh My!)

[Haines, Paul]

A good point there.  I spent a year as Baroness Kathri's retainer
(Chamberlain), I wore a necklace of a Cross Flury, and she gave me her badge
to wear (though I was a bad retainer and never got them stitched on
anything).  Most people who wanted to know anything about me were quick to
find out that I was her retainer and talked to her, or told her I was being
a "poopy-head". :)

Cheers,
Alden

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	tmcd at panix.com [SMTP:tmcd at panix.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, February 27, 2003 1:44 PM
> To:	heralds at ansteorra.org
> Subject:	Re: [ANSTHRLD] Squires, Achievements of Arms, and Ranks (Oh
> My!)
>
> "Timothy Rayburn" <timothy at elfsea.net> wrote:
> > While we have little ability to change things, what would you prefer
> > to see rather than the belt system?
>
> Um, the period ways of marking someone as "mine", namely,
> livery, badges, and acting like a retainer (like hanging around the
> lord and master in ceremonial entrances).
>
> It's of no particular use for me to know that such-and-so is an
> apprentice to someone.  If I know that there's an apprentice to
> Mistress Serena, say, then I know who to go to to say "Your apprentice
> is a poopy-head / is a great person / is a great person but something
> of a poopy-head / whatever".
>
> > which I can understand because rank or not, there are those who
> > treat the rank of Squire, Apprentice or Protege as a rank.
>
> That notion is rank.
>
> Daniel de Lincolia
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