[antir-heralds] Two More Banner questions

[chrisact at qwickconnect.net]

James D Sena wrote:
> chrisact at qwickconnect.net wrote:
>   
>> Charlene Swanson wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Just coming from a meeting of the decorating committee, questions were 
>>> posed that I wasn't sure of the answer.
>>>
>>> 1) Can the populace badge or the kingdom's arms be placed on the ensign 
>>> for a banner or can we only use the chequey field for both/either?
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>> As stated on http://www.antirheralds.org/display/populace_badge.html
>>
>> "Do not put the populace badge (the lion's head) or any other badge on 
>> the ensign."
>>
>> I would assume the same is true of the Kingdom's Arms.
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> 2) Etiquettely speaking, proportion of area specific display... my idea 
>>> was that, as 12th night is kingdom, kingdom gets the lion's share of 
>>> display with Tir Righ as hosting Principality coming runner up so to 
>>> speak. Lions Gate as hosting branch and the other 2 principalities get 
>>> equal share.
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>> IANAPH (I am not a precedence herald), but that sounds fine to me. :-)
>>
>>
>> ~~Basil Dragonstrike
>>
>>   
>>     
> Branches DO have Precedence of course.  You can find the list by looking 
> at:  http://op.antirheralds.org/op/ranks/royalty.shtml - just look at 
> where the various Princes / Princesses are ranked:
> Kingdom
> Summits
> Avacal
> Tir Righ
> then it gets into Baronies: ( 
> http://op.antirheralds.org/op/ranks/peers.shtml )
> Madrone
> Three Mountains
> Adiantum
> Lion's Gate
> Wastekeep
> Montegarde
> Blatha an Oir
> Terra Pomaria
> Glymm Mere
> Myrgan Wood
> Dragon's Laire
> Wealdsmere
> Aquaterra
> Seagirt
> Stromgard
> Vulcanfeldt
>
> Basically branches of a specific level are ranked in order of creation 
> at that level.  One Caveat however - host branch for an event will get 
> precedence over other branches of the same level (IE @ 12th Night Lion's 
> Gate will get precedence over Madrone, and Tir Righ over both Summits 
> and Avacal).  Usually the only place this comes into play is court 
> processions and throne placement, but it can be used for other 
> appropriate items as well.
>
> Additional piece of trivia - the An Tir OP ranks all landed barons ahead 
> of the polling Peerages - even when the individual is landed baron in 
> another Kingdom   An example would be His Excellency Conrad Dmitrius 
> Kulcznowski, Baron of the Far West (who is ranked between #210 Rolf 
> Longbow, Baron Vulcanfeldt and #211 William Arwemakere, Kingdom Protector.
>
> HL Brendan ap Llewelyn
>   

Very informative; thank you!

One question, however: what is a "polling Peerage"? I have never come 
across the term before. Inquiring minds and all that... ;-)


~~Basil Dragonstrike

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