[antir-heralds] Household name and device question...

[Brian Russell]

Tristram asked:

>I am looking to register a household to hold a group device 
>since I, myself, can only
>have one.

Because household names and _BADGES_ are registered to individuals (maybe
more than one!!), you don’t necessarily need to register a household name
to register armory for the house to use.  Yes, I did say badges because
that’s how we view them, even if they are displayed like a device. It’s
partly an artifact of how they are registered.

>How does one find and figure out a household name?

>I know if you are a fighting unit you could do the Honorable >Company of
blah blah blah
>or 
>If you were an Inn, you could be the Blue Star Inn or such, but 
>what if you just want to be a general household  name.  Is 
>there such a beast?  I suppose I can register
>something just to hold it but then I am paying twice just to 
>get a group device.

Both of these are fine examples of such name formations, and apply just as
well to general household names. I’m sure others will write with
suggestions of specific articles (hint), but look at the Rules for
Submissions (RfS) part III.2.iv, which talks about household name
formation.

Ciaran
 
 
 

Brian Peter Russell, MA, FRSCM
known in the Society for Creative Anachronism as
Ciaran Cluana Ferta, Aestel Herald
Or, a curragh proper sailed and tillered
gules in chief two Celtic crosses sable
Psallam Spiritu et Mente