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--- activities:service:offices:herald [2017/11/08 14:38] – re-organized page Gwendolyn of Aldburg
+++ activities:service:offices:herald [2023/04/01 04:02] (current) – Fixing images Dietrich von Sachsen
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 ====== Herald ======
+The office of **Herald** is a large one, and covers a wide range of responsibilities ranging from registry of heraldry to announcing court business. As such, the [[Trillium Herald]] has a great many deputies.  The herald of a given branch is often focused on the heraldry side of the position, while other members of [[groups:guilds_and_orders:The College of Heralds]] may step in as a voice heralds at events.
-The office of Herald is a large one, and covers a wide range of responsibilities ranging from registry of heraldry to announcing court business. As such, the [[activities:service:offices:Trillium Herald]] has a great many deputies.  The group Herald of a given branch is often focused on the heraldry side of the position, while other members of [[groups:guilds_and_orders:The College of Heralds]] may step in as a voice heralds at events.
+Each branch has the office of an official herald who is automatically a member of the College of Heralds. A herald is a reporting officer, whose reports are due quarterly.  As an officer, the herald must be a paid member.
-Each branch has the office of an official herald who is automatically a member of the College of Heralds. A group herald is a reporting officer, whose reports are due quarterly.  As an officer, the Herald must be a paid member.
+There is a distinction between a lower-case h "herald" - that is, an gentle who serves as a herald - and an upper-case H "Herald", which is a rank in the [[groups:guilds_and_orders:The College of Heralds]].
-An alternate title, normally used in smaller groups such as [[branches:canton:start|Cantons]] is Pursuivant.
 =====Job Description=====
-  * **Order of Precedence** The office of Herald is responsible for the maintenance of the [[scaism:Order of Precedence]]. Wolfium is the official Order of Precedence for the Kingdom of Ealdormere, but some smaller branches keep their own Order of Precedence as well.
+  * **Order of Precedence:** The College of Heralds is responsible for the maintenance of the [[scaism:Order of Precedence]]. Wolfium is the official Order of Precedence for the Kingdom of Ealdormere, but some smaller branches keep their own Order of Precedence as well.
-  * **Heraldry** The office of Herald is responsible for the registry of SCA heraldry. Heralds are also charged with encouraging all members to develop period-accurate heraldry and register their heraldry with the College of Heralds.
+  * **Armoury:** The office of herald is responsible for the registry of SCA armoury. Heralds are also charged with encouraging all members to develop period-accurate heraldry and register their heraldry with the College of Heralds.
-  * **Crying an Event** Voice Heralds loudly and clearly make announcements at events for all to hear.
+  * **Name Research:** In addition the armoury, many heralds can help other members research and register their names. Armoury and Name research is what is generally referred to as "Book Heraldry".
+  * **Crying an Event:** Voice Heralds loudly and clearly make announcements at events for all to hear. A subset of this is Field Heraldry, where a herald announces happenings at a tournament.
   * **Court Herald** Every event requires at least one Voice Herald to stand in Court and act on behalf of the sitting Royalty to call people forward and make proclamations.
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 ===== See Also =====
+  * [[Trillium Herald]]
   * [[people:people_by_office:herald|List of Heralds]]
+  * [[groups:guilds_and_orders:The College of Heralds]]
 =====External links=====
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   * [[http://ecoh.wolfium.com/subs.htm|Ealdormere College of Heralds]]
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+[{{ activities:service:offices:herald-symbol.jpg?200px|The symbol of the Herald's office.}}]
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