East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
By Baron Jehan du Lac The Kingdom has recently witnessed the funeral rites of a great War King and it brings up the eternal question… what cool stuff did he leave behind? We are familiar with the riches found in places like Sutton Hoo. Have you ever thought about how cool it would be …
By: Baron Rowen Cloteworthy
And so it was on crisp, clear morning, the 13th day of October, the
47th year as these things are reckoned, that the people of the East
gathered at the Church of All Saints in the Barony of Concordia of the
Snows. The populace had come to see Queen Avelina settle the affairs
of her husband, King Kenric, fallen from injuries sustained in a great
boar hunt the prior weekend and watch the Coronation of Edward II and
Thyra as the new King and Queen of the East.
As the choir sang “Pange Melos Lacrimosum”, His Majesty Kenric’s body
was processed silently up the aisle of the cathedral, borne by Duke
Lucan von Drachenklaue, Sir Culann mac Cianain, Pan Jan Janowicz
Bogdanski, Sir Arnwulf Æthelreding, Baron Matthew Moraveous Avdenmork,
and Lord Buyanderlger, and followed by the Queen’s Guard, Her Majesty,
the ladies-in-waiting, and other attendants.
For those fortunate to be onboard for feast at Crown Tourney, the following is the menu that was provided under a comment to the previous Crown Tournament post on October 19, 2012. The autocrat has advised that the feast is sold out at this time.
The Court of our most excellent prince and lord, King Edward II, by grace most illustrious King of the East, and Thyra, his Queen, begun and held at the Shire of Blak Rose, on 20 October A.S. 47, and in the first year of his reign. On which day were called all and sundry the lords of the realm and the great men of the kingdom, earls, barons, freeholders and commissioners of the burghs to hear the following publicly proclaimed: (more…)
Baroness Eleri of Nefyn, Mistress of the Pelican, and a beloved member of the Barony of Concordia and the East Kingdom for more than 30 years, passed away Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, after a long illness.
On Saturday, October 27th, in the Shire of Endewearde, Edward and Thyra will host a tournament to determine their heirs. In this article, you can find pictures of the site and information to help you plan which includes:
This weekend there are camping events and day events, martial activities and the gentle arts. Here are your choices! Ghost, Ghouls and Goblins 15th Anniversary – Barony of Carillion (Manalapan, NJ – 10/19-21) This weekend event will give you the chance to do Archery, Fencing, Thrown Weapons, Fighting, A&S, and Bardic. 20th Anniversary of Sir …
Contributed by Mistress Aife ingen Chonchobair in Derthaige.
My husband, Joel of Vestfell, and I told Mistress Lylie that we were willing to be her cooks for Coronation some time during War of the Roses. Joel and I are a very well-balanced team when it comes to cooking. I’m better at ideas, while he’s better at large-scale execution. Additionally, he’d been reading medieval cookbooks for fun. So we collected up our cookbooks from the appropriate time period (including ordering a copy of Libellus De Arte Coquinaria: An Early Northern Cookery Book to give us some Danish options for recipes). They went with us on vacation this summer, where we spent a few evenings reading and discussing possiblilities.
Here are the conventions and format for the upcoming King’s & Queen’s Rapier Champions tournament! If there are any questions, feel free to direct them to me and I’ll clarify them immediately. Hopefully this will be mostly straightforward, and we can look forward to a day of great fighting.
Please note that any authorized rapier fighter may participate in this tournament, but only those who are willing and able to perform the duties of a Champion of the East Kingdom and affirm as such when signing in with the MoL will be able to advance from their round robin pool into the sweet sixteen. (more…)
In response to several inquiries, this is an explanation of the development of the Ordo of Edward II and Thyra (which I choose to call the “Ordo Concordiae”, because of the site as well as the treaty which appears in the ceremony). The Ordo may be read at http://tinyurl.com/clzhrjn
The general theme of the Ordo originated in the service used for the previous coronation, that of Kenric and Avelina (the “Ordo Saecularis Anglo-Saxonicus”). A report on that Ordo appears at http://tinyurl.com/7et7rrn.
There were several requirements and assumptions which drove the development of the Ordo. (more…)