Middle Kingdom Pursuivants Handbook 2nd Edition - Midrealm ...

The SCA branch form is used when a group registers its actual (“primary”) name, or when it wishes toregister the name of a household or guild (it is not used for registering a household to a private individual). Inaddition, baronies, principalities, and kingdoms can register names for Orders and Awards using this form.Fees: In the Middle Kingdom, submitting, resubmitting, or appealing a primary name is free of charge.Submitting any other sort of name, however, requires payment of the standard fee (although resubmissions andappeals – within their stated grace period – are free of charge).Petition of Support: A submission made on behalf of an SCA branch for its name must be accompanied byan indication of the support of the populace of that branch. This task is accomplished by including a petitionthat clearly indicates the name being submitted and that bears the signature of the seneschal and three-fourths ofthe warranted officers of the group or the signature of the seneschal and a majority of the populace. Thepetition should be submitted in duplicate (photocopies are acceptable). Petitions are not required for ordernames, household names, and so on, but are greatly encouraged.Aside from these differences, the form is largely identical to the form used for individuals and households.The demographic information should be a permanent contact person for the group. Keep in mind that thesubmission process takes nearly a year to complete, so the person chosen as your group’s contact should be aperson who intends to be around (and not move) during the next year.DevicesAll devices must be submitted on the standard escutcheon (“heater shield”) form. Once a device is registered,you may display it on any shape of shield or banner. Devices can be registered to individuals or to SCAbranches and the same form is used for both.The form’s demographic information is largely the same as the name forms, albeit simpler. For “SocietyName,” you should give the registered primary name of the submitter or SCA branch, or the primary name youare currently submitting.This name is (pick one): Check the box that applies:Already registered – The “Society Name” listed on this form is already registeredSubmitted with this device – The “Society Name” listed on this form is being submitted (on a separatename form, of course) at the same time as this device.Previously submitted from the kingdom of – The “Society Name” listed on this form was submittedpreviously (indicate which kingdom) and has not yet been accepted or rejected.If using any restricted charges, please give…: If your device includes any charges that are restricted bySocietal law (ducal coronet, chain, etc.), you must indicate the date that you were granted the right to bear thischarge and which kingdom granted you this right.Action Type (pick one): Check the box that applies:New – This is the first time you have tried submitting your device. There is a fee for this action.Change – You may have only one registered device at a time (there is no such thing as an “alternate”device”). If you have already registered a device and want to replace it with the one you are nowsubmitting, then select this box. When a new device is registered, you have the option of releasing (unregistering)your old device, or having your old device changed into a registered badge; check theappropriate box. Changing an old device to a badge is free, but you will have to pay for the new devicethat you are replacing it with.Resubmission/Appeal – You previously tried submitting a device and it was returned. Indicate the levelit was returned by, if known. There is only a fee for this action if the grace period you were given in thereturn of your previous submission has expired.Other – If you are submitting an augmentation, then you should check this box (there is a fee forregistering an augmentation).Proposed blazon: It is not necessary to attempt to explain your design in blazon (i.e., “heraldese”) but it canbe helpful to the heralds who are trying to figure out the artwork.Note: Heralds do NOT register the blazon, they only register the artwork itself. Thus, the blazon isconsidered informational and not part of the submission.Middle Kingdom Pursuivants Handbook2nd Edition - 2002F