Syr Verica de Lighthaven, of the Principality of Oertha, reports that Their Majesties Obadiah and Ascelin of the West Kingdom have placed Lady Anna Di Caterina Neri on vigil to contemplate elevation to the Order of the Pelican.

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The list is in order of precedence.

Tribune Omega Aurelius Serpentius for Duchess Roxane Farabi Shahzadeh

Duke Konrad Der Lowe Von Ulm for Lady Aibhilin Fhionn

Jarl (Count) Valgard Stonecleaver for Lady Gracia Vasquez de Trillo

Earl Kenric aet Essex for Countess Avelina Keye

Syr Cedric of Thanet for Mistress Moira Fionnbhar of Argyll

Mistress Moira Fionnbhar of Argyll for Syr Cedric of Thanet

Sir Thomas of Ravenhill for Áine an Neamheaglach

Pan (Sir) Jan Janowicz Bodanski for Herrin (Lady) Rosamund von Schwyz

Master Julien de LaPointe for Mistress Carolyne de LaPointe

Sir Wilhelm von Ostenbrücke for Mistress Vienna de la Mer

Sir Sichelgaita von Halstern for Sir Wolfgang Krieger

Syr Culann mac Cianain for Baroness Edana inghean Aluinn mac Kinnon

Sir Oscad de Segovia for Giselle de Limousin

Syr Marcus Blackaert for Baroness Ástríðr Sigrun Úlfkelsdóttir

Thane Aethelhafoc Caegfindan for Honorable Lady Siubhan Wallace

Baron Duncan Kerr for Mistress Eleanor fitzPatrick

Baron Wulfhere of Stonemarch for Lady Isabeau Du Valle

Brennan mac Fearghus for Caoilfhionn inghean Fhaolain

Baron Ivan Ivanov syn Dimitriov vynuk Tzardikov for Baroness Matilde DeCadenet

Baron Joseph Harcourt for Baroness Mistress Kis Maria aka mika

THL Avaldr Valbjarnarson for Mistress Eva Woderose

Baron Jibril al-Dakhil for Baroness Rainillt de Bello Marisco

Baron Jozef Ludwiczak of Lochleven for Gwenlliana Vachan

Baron Matthew Moraveous Avdenmork for Mistress Fia Kareman

THL Tiberiv Ivlivs Rvfvs for Avraham ben Zebulun

Lord William MacCrimmon for Lady Astrid Olfasdotter

Don Luis de Castilla for Lady Tamitha of Ostgardr

Lord Ivan Valfrekr for Sasha Valfrekr

Lord Kenimathor of Lochleven for Lady Cezilia Raposa

Lord Turi MacKinnon for Marguerite De Sainte Nazaire

Lord Ionness Aurelius Serpentius for Lady Ro Honig von Sommerfeldt

Lord Rory MacLellan for Baroness Cateline la broderesse

Lord Gryffyn Dunham for Lady Azure Brennan

Lord Stefan Joseph for Baroness Cynder (Cinder) of Oakenwode

Lord Vladimir Bathory for Ophelia

Lord Gawyn O’Clery for Maeve O’Clery

Lord Tiberius Nautius for Lady Gunvar Hausakljufr

Lady Gunvar Hausakljufr for Lord Tiberius Nautius

Lord Hartmann Foscari da Ferrara for Lady Violet Coleson

Lord Dabid Docair for Lady Girsell MacLeod

Ivarr Rambison (Ibar Ramson) for Rose DuBois

source: http://seneschal.eastkingdom.org/springcrown2013.html

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Archaeological work being done at St.Hilda's Church in Hartlepool has turned up an Anglo-Saxon grave. Other burials from the Early Modern period were also found, as the church is digging up a section of its floor to install a new heating system.

The discovery might be evidence that an Anglo-Saxon monastery existed on this site. Bede records that a nun named Heiu founded a monastery in the area named Heruteu in the 640s.

Dr Steve Sherlock, of Tees Archaeology, said: “It’s an exciting thing. We hope to do more work to understand it. It’s always presumed that there was a church here in Norman times in 1066. We note that the church is sited in the area of St Hilda’s Anglo-Saxon monastery, about 60ft north of the present church. 

“It’s always been presumed that this church was the site of St Hilda’s Anglo-Saxon monastery. We haven’t found any trace of that, but this one burial may be one of the clues pointing towards that.”

Click here to read the full article from the Hartlepool Mail

Click here to read more about an Anglo-Saxon Monastery at Hartlepool from Teeside Archaeology

Cannonballs recovered from the Mary Rose wreck in England have been shown to contain iron cores, allowing the cannons to punch the shot through enemy vessels.

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The Conclave is over and a new Pope chosen, but the English never stood a chance. There has not, in fact, been an English Pope since Adrian IV in 1155.

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A historian in Germany has come across a new collection of medieval Arabic stories - a kind of precursor to the famous book known as One Thousand and One Nights. Claudia Ott, a professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, discovered The Book with the Story of the 101 Nights in a 13th century Andalusia manuscript.


The 101 Nights contains 17 stories, two of which can also be found in the 1001 Nights, with most set in India. Ott adds, “It is certainly not by chance that this backdrop has something Oriental about it when seen from an Arabic perspective. It is an image of an Orient that is far away, unfamiliar and exotic — for this reason, particularly attractive."

Ott first saw the manuscript on display at a museum in Berlin, and when she had the chance to look at, soon discovered its importance. She has translated the work into German.

You can read more about this discovery from the Egypt Independent

Greetings all,

There will be a Chivalry Order meeting at K&Q Champions on May 4, directly
after the tournament.  Laurel and Pelican meetings will happen at Panteria,
over Memorial Day weekend, times to be determined.

Their Majesties will accept recommendations for their second polling until
May 1.  Please use the recommendation link found on the East Kingdom
website.

https://2way.webhrlink.com/IIS5_CGI/2w5AX6/2WAY.html

Thank you!

Katherine
Polling Clerk

Filed under: Law and Policy, Official Notices, Uncategorized

A Missive from the Polling Clerk:

Greetings All!

Their Majesties will accept recommendations for their second polling until May 1st. Please use the recommendation link found on the East Kingdom website.

https://2way.webhrlink.com/IIS5_CGI/2w5AX6/2WAY.html

Thank you!

Katherine

Polling Clerk

Filed under: Law and Policy, Official Notices, Uncategorized

Calontir subjects or lovers of SCA history will want to check out Master Crag's Chronicles of Calontir, now available in paperback and Kindle version from Amazon.com.

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John Edgerton reports that video from the Second Tourney of the Society for Creative Anachronism, which took place June 25, 1966 in the park above Berkeley, California, is now available to view on YouTube. Transferred from Super 8 film, the video has no audio.

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The University of Sheffield’s Humanities Research Institute has created Manuscripts Online which "brings to life early printed primary sources of medieval Britain, giving online access to written materials from the year 1000 to 1500 and allowing users to contribute to the collective body of knowledge on the subject for the first time."

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Margaret de Mey reports that she has created several albums of photos from Gulf Wars XXII. The photos are available on Google+.

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Experts have long speculated that a Norse Solarsteinn, or sunstone, was used to help Viking mariners find their way west through cloudy weather, and the discovery of such an artifact on a sunken, 16th century English warship may prove it.

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Greetings!

If you are the webminister for an eastkingdom.org hosted site (local group, guild, etc.) that uses WordPress, please read the following:

http://blog.hostgator.com/2013/04/11/global-wordpress-brute-force-flood/

There are attacks being leveled at WordPress-powered sites and any site that has a weak password will be especially vulnerable. If you can take the time to change your site’s password(s), please do so.

Seneschals, please be sure your webministers have read and understand the implications of this notice.

If there are any questions or concerns that your site may have been compromised or otherwise affected, please let us know. We’ll do what we can.

In Service,
Mael Eoin mac Echuid
EK System Administrator, EK Webminister’s Office

Note from Gazette: this article was distributed by the EKSA two days ago so the problem may have been resolved by now.

Filed under: Official Notices Tagged: webminister, websites

Liz/Elspeth Elphinstone of DunRobin asked various questions. Since most have been answered, I thought I'd add just a bit more to a few of them. <<< 3. My

Hirsch reports that Heinrich von Schwartzberg defeated Lucius Casius Maris in the final round of Spring 2013 Coronet in the Principality of the Mists, Kingdom of the West. His Highness was inspired in his endeavor by his lady wife `Ijliyah bint Rashid.

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THLord Stefan li Rous has published updates to Stefan's Florilegium for April, 2013.

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Dama Aurorain reports that Sir Robert le Raven Macleod was the victor of the April 6, 2013 Crown Tournament in the Kingdom of Artemisia. His Highness was inspired in his endeavor by Mistress Sajah al ish Shiraziyyah.

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SCAtoday.net experienced a brief outage (less than 30 minutes) Friday, and will be deliberately offline about 60 minutes, for a scheduled upgrade, this weekend. The upgrade is currently planned for early evening (U.S. Eastern time, GMT-4:00) on Saturday, April 13.

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Greetings Unto The East,

With the expansion of our great Kingdom moving into the technical age, Eastkingdom.org will require some extra assistance.  The East Kingdom Web team is looking to start two new groups of gentles that can assist with moving forward with new technology.

The first is a group of gentles who have technical experience with WordPress. The duties of these positions will be to assist webministers who are using WordPress and are having technical issues. These gentles will provide assistance, advice and suggestions when needed.

The second group would become webministers at large. Qualified gentels will need to have experience in the technical side of web sites, maintaining the web site when needed, assisting other webministers, and becoming a warranted webminmister of the East.

For further information, please contact: webmaster@eastkingdom.org

Yours In Service,
Lady Raffaella Mascolo

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