[Ravensfort] Rights and duties...Society Corpora/Kingdom Law

[Aedh Finn Mac Cormaic]

<From Society Corpora>
VIII. PERSONAL AWARDS AND TITLES
A. Patents Of Arms
1. General Requirements:
Candidates for any order conferring a Patent of Arms must meet the
following minimum criteria.
Additional requirements may be set by law and custom of the kingdoms
as deemed appropriate and
necessary by the Crown.
> They shall have been obedient to the governing documents of the Society and the laws of the
kingdom.
> They shall have consistently shown respect for the Crown of the kingdom.
> They shall have set an example of courteous and noble behavior suitable to a peer of the realm.
> They shall have demonstrated support for the aims and ideals of the Society by being as authentic in
dress, equipment and behavior as is within their power.
> They shall have shared their knowledge and skills with others.
> They shall have practiced hospitality according to their means and as appropriate to the
circumstances.
> They shall have made every effort to learn and practice those skills desirable at and worthy of a
civilized court. To this end they should have some knowledge of a wide
range of period forms,
including but not limited to literature, dancing, music, heraldry, and
chess, and they should have
some familiarity with combat as practiced in the Society.
> They should participate in Society recreations of several aspects of the culture of the Middle Ages
and Renaissance.

<From Kingdom Law>
ARTICLE III: RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE NOBILITY AND PEERS
1.	The counselors of the Crown are: the Territorial Barons/esses,
the Great Officers of State, the Peers, and the Nobility of Ansteorra.
The Crown should consult with the appropriate councils regarding
issues and matters of State.
...
Section 2: Peers
1.	The Peerage of Ansteorra shall consist of the Orders of The
Chivalry, the Laurel, and the Pelican. The Kingdom of Ansteorra shall
recognize foreign Patents of Arms as equal to its own.
2.	Any Peer of the Realm shall have the right and duty to
petition the Crown on their own behalf and at the request of the
people.
3.	The members of any or all Orders of Peerage may be called into
counsel at the pleasure of the Crown