Order of the Laurel
In 2008, King Thorstenn and Queen Zephyrine honored me
with membership in the most honorable Order of the Laurel.
The Vigil
My then household, "The most noble Order of the Nut and The Squirrel," organized my vigil at Cutlasses & Corsairs 2008. The Vigil began Friday, January 11, 2008, at 8:00pm and lasted until about 3am. The invitation was open to all the Populace of Trimaris. While I welcomed all counsel during my vigil, guests were invited to partake of the refreshments and entertainment in the adjoining pavilion.
A vigil book was available all day Friday and Saturday for those wishing to leave advice and well wishes and those who were not able to arrive in time for the vigil.
The vigil was hosted by Lady Milica od Soli, Lady Martine Beauvarlet, and Lady Darlene of Richmond. My lord husband, Lord Suibhne McBurke, and HL Ennea an Catha an Duna served as my vigil guards.
Transcript of Ceremony
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The Elevation Ceremony
Since there is no standard ceremony for the elevation to the Order of the Laurel in the Kingdom of Trimaris, Master Terafan and I enjoyed cooking up our own version based on our love for medieval pageantry, "properness" and a dash of court 'schtick'. What follows is the transcript of my ceremony.
My Laurel Scroll
I think that choosing the scribe and the general design for my Laurel scroll was one of the easier, possibly even the easiest task to do while planning the elevation. I had long admired the work of the then Honorable Lady, now Mistress Finneadan aka Eadain ingen Ruadhain, and I was thrilled when she agreed to take the commission for my Laurel scroll.
The wording
The wording for my scroll is based on the letters patent for Nicholas Hilliard and a writ granting certain rights and privileges written by Elizabeth I to one of her glovemakers. It is quite wordy but I wanted a real writ, a truly medieval document. I think it went onto the record as "the scroll that wouldn't end" after court.
Thorstenn by the grace of God King of Trimaris and Zephyrine, our beloved Queen, To all people to whom these presents shall come, greeting. Know ye that of our especiall grace, certaine science and meere motion, we have given and granted, and by these presents for us, our heires and successours, doe give and grant to our trustie and welbeloved servaunt Maeva Eiriksdottir in our Shire of Castlemere, our illuminator and scrivener of writs and sundry paintings, in recognition of her extraordinary skill in drawing, painting and penmanship assignee for ever, free libertie and licence from time to time, and at all times for ever hereafter, to invent, make, grave, paint, draw and imprint any pictures of our image, of our Royal Family and our nobles , with power to take a constable and to search for any pigment, vellum and any pictures, plates or works printed, sold or set up.And further do we grant the right to work in the occupation as scrivener and illuminator and to keep shop and to retain to work under her any person such as others exercising that art may lawfully retain.Whereas we, Thorstenn and Zephyrine, King and Queen of Trimaris, wish to encourage others of her sort to learn industrious arts for the better means of orderly living and our will and pleasure is, and we doe hereby declare to all that we bestowe membership in the Order of the Laurel unto our Maeva Eiriskdottir and with these letters patent confirm the high esteem in which we holde our gracious servaunt dear. In witnesse whereof We set our hand and seal this eve before the Feast of St Hilary, the 12th day of January Anno Societatis XLII in our Shire of Castlemere.
Lineage
Mayken v.d. Alst, OL
was belted to
Master Rhys Terafan Greydragon, OL, OP
was (informally) belted to
Robyyan Torr d'Elandris, OL, OP and Fern(anda) de la Foret, KSCA, OP
was belted to was belted to
Aldric of Northmark, KSCA, OL Merowald de Sylveaston, KSCA, OL
was belted to was belted to
Iriel Brannoch Thorvald inn Grimmi
