[ANSTHRLD] Stolen Valor? Oldtimers' help needed!

[Crandall]

Long ago and far away (when I was Tressure) there was an involved
discussion as to the various ranks in the Ansteorran College.
This particular discussion was at the AHSS that was held at Ft. Hood, I
forget the group that sponsored the event.
Adelicia was there, along with Daud, Robin and several other Olde Pharts of
the College.
The three levels were Cornet, Pursuivant and Herald.
At that time you were either in a titled staff position (Tressure, Calisto,
Star, etc.) or you were not. (Extraordinary) We took the literal meaning of
being out (extra) of the ordinary (not ordained, or not in an office).

I believe that the title system was changed later on, as several of us were
named HE as we stepped down from various positions and did not take another
Heraldic office. PE was also a title used for the same purpose if the
individual was not ranked as a Herald.

I do not know when it was changed.

Crandall, Herald


On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Tomas Niallagain <siortomas at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Your Excellency, are you possibly confusing with Pursuivant Extraordinary.
> Which was a title in Ansteorra only, at that time?
> On Aug 5, 2014 11:20 AM, "Paul Mitchell" <sirgalen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I find myself in a very delicate position.  I think I’ve screwed up, on a
> > matter that I consider important.
> >
> > It’s my honest belief that, in her days as Star Principal Herald,
> Mistress
> > Rosalia named me a herald extraordinary.
> >
> > But I cannot for the life of me recall when or by whom I was told that.
>  I
> > only remember that it happened after I’d gone to the Midrealm.
> >
> > The Ansteorran Gazettes from that period don’t mention it.  Mistress
> > Rosalia doesn’t remember whether she did or not; she describes that
> period
> > as “another life time ago".  My protege, HL Timothy of Glastinbury, who
> was
> > Zodiacus Herald at the time, doesn’t remember it.
> >
> > I now have more cause to doubt the accuracy of my memory than to have
> > confidence in it.  Is there anyone who remembers back 12 years who has an
> > independent memory of this honor, or could even help me to document it?
> >
> > If I’m really not a herald extraordinary, that’s OK.  Except for this:
> >  I’ve been telling people for years that I was.
> >
> > I am mortified.  I am more embarrassed than I can express to have labored
> > so long under such a misconception.  I ask the College, its officers and
> > especially all heralds extraordinary, to please accept my sincerest
> > apologies for this error of mine.
> >
> > - Galen of Bristol
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pleasure, when one is worn out with age, is not, as the poet said, making
money, but having the respect of one's fellow men.
-Thucydides
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by malice and spite, then render that judgment which causes his doom.