[ANSTHRLD] Kingdom Law and Groups (was Re: Chronological list of groups)

[Star Principal Herald]

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Tim McDaniel <tmcd at panix.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Nov 2009, Jay Rudin <rudin at peoplepc.com> wrote:
>>> So this brings up the question: do we want to clarify in kingdom
>>> law (as opposed to leaving it in tradition) where provinces and
>>> cantons go in a procession-of-all-groups? If so, what specifically
>>> should it be called, to distinguish it from the more usual
>>> procession of Crown/Coronet/Landeds?
>>
>> To what purpose?
>
> For the same purposes that we define precedence of people.
>
> To prevent a heated argument in the back of the hall between the
> retinues of Mooneshadowe and the new barony of Bottomlands, when
> nobody considered it in advance and Their Highnesses were not asked
> [1] and the poor bloody heralds just want to get Coronation
> started. [2]

Which is mostly why I brought it up, both as Star, but also as a
member of the aforesaid province.

My personal opinion is that provinces should always march behind
baronies, as even the newest hypothetical barony would have ceremonial
nobility. This is conflating precedence of individuals with
theoretical precedence of groups as a whole, certainly, but seems a
politic compromise.

-Emma, Star