[ANSTHRLD] Stolen Valor? Oldtimers' help needed!

[Joseph Percer]

The levels in place at my entry into the college (2003) were pursuivant at
large,  pursuivant extraordinary,  and herald at large.  At least when I
started,  Herald Ex was still associated with personal titles. I believe
Druinne retired the practice of rank by examination.

Andrewe
On Aug 5, 2014 2:42 PM, "Crandall" <4fooles.matters at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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> learn more of the liar and reason out just why he tells such a falsehood
> before you render judgment upon him. And if you find that liar is motivated
> by malice and spite, then render that judgment which causes his doom.
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