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 The **Canton of Eoforwic** (Downtown Toronto) is located in the Barony of [[branches:barony:septentria|Septentria]]. It is sometimes referred to as the **Royal Citie of Eoforwic**.
+===== Origin of the Name =====
+"Eoforwic" is the Old Norse name for York; York, of course, being the old name for the city of Toronto.
 ===== The Royal Citie =====
+Historically, during the Mayoral administration of His Worship Grimwulf the Hairy, it was alleged that a document of non-specific antiquity was discovered; a Royal Charter. This Charter, allegedly signed by King Cariadoc of the Middle (whether Cariadoc I or Cariadoc II never was established), declared Eoforwic a Royal Citie, establishing a Corporation of a Lord Mayor, Aldermen and such officers as a Sheriff and Rat-catcher, with subsequent exemptions from various Royal taxes, tariffs, duties and so forth. It also included clauses about governance of such ne'er-do-wells as minstrels, travelling players and salesmen of snake-oil (or words to that effect). The story goes that Grimwulf showed the Charter to Duke Cariadoc himself, who said he had no memory of it. Grimwulf pointed out that a piece of jewellery had been left within the folded Charter. Cariadoc took the jewellery, said "I wondered where I'd left that," and thus was the Charter authenticated.
-**Historically**, during the Mayoral administration of His Worship Grimwulf the Hairy, it was alleged that a document of non-specific antiquity was discovered; a Royal Charter. This Charter, allegedly signed by King Cariadoc of the Middle (whether Cariadoc I or Cariadoc II never was established), declared Eoforwic a Royal Citie, establishing a Corporation of a Lord Mayor, Aldermen and such officers as a Sheriff and Rat-catcher, with subsequent exemptions from various Royal taxes, tariffs, duties and so forth. It also included clauses about governance of such ne'er-do-wells as minstrels, travelling players and salesmen of snake-oil (or words to that effect). The story goes that Grimwulf showed the Charter to Duke Cariadoc himself, who said he had no memory of it. Grimwulf pointed out that a piece of jewellery had been left within the folded Charter. Cariadoc took the jewellery, said "I wondered where I'd left that," and thus was the Charter authenticated.
 Years later, during the reign of Thorbjorn Osis of the Middle, His Majesty was pleased, at his last event before his Heirs' Coronation, to present the Purple Fretty (a Middle Kingdom group service award) to "The Royal Citie of Eoforwic". He did so with the memorable words, "These people play nice with each other." The signed Fretty scroll thus established for all time Royal acknowledgement of the Citie's title.
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 The current Lady Mayoress of the Royal Citie of Eoforwic is Baroness [[people:lucia_de_moranza|Lucia de Moranza]].
-===== Origin of the Name =====
-"Eoforwic" is the Old Norse name for York; York, of course, being the old name for the city of Toronto.
 ===== Officers =====
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