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 ===== Persona ===== ===== Persona =====
- +Thomas Grocere (sometimes misspelled Grozier) is an upper middle class merchant of the late 14th, early 15th century England who has somehow found his way to Ealdormere. He is an alderman of the City of [[branches:canton:eoforwic|Eoforwic]], having served a term as its mayor. Any resemblance he bears to Thomas the Pardoner is, of course, purely coincidental. Also coincidental is the fact that both Thomas Grocere and Thomas the Pardoner are partial to pilgrimages, having been to Canterbury, Rome, Jerusalem, and Santiago de Compostela (the latter several times). 
-Thomas Grocere (sometimes misspelled Grozier) was an upper middle class merchant of the late 14th, early 15th century England who has somehow found his way to Ealdormere. He is an alderman of the City of Eoforwic, having served a term as its mayor. Any resemblance he bears to Thomas the Pardoner is, of course, purely coincidental. Also coincidental is the fact that both Thomas Grocere and Thomas the Pardoner are partial to pilgrimages, having been to Canterbury, Rome, Jerusalem, and Santiago de Compostela (the latter several times).  +
  
 ===== Whereabouts ===== ===== Whereabouts =====
- +Thomas currently resides on the borderlands between the City of [[branches:canton:eoforwic|Eoforwic]] and the Canton of [[branches:canton:ardchreag|Ardchreag]] and have been known to show up at meetings of both cantons.
-Thomas am currently located on the borderlands between Eoforwic and Ard Chreag and have been known to show up at meetings of both cantons.+
  
 ===== Heraldry ===== ===== Heraldry =====
- +  * **Device:** Argent, on a chevron gules three escallops argent, in base an open book gules. 
-Thomas has a device and a badge. These are awaiting approval for official registration. +  * **Badge:** (Fieldless), on an escallop azure an arrow fesswise to sinister Or. (awaiting approval for official registration.)
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-Device: Argent, on a chevron gules three escallops argent, in base an open book gules +
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-Badge: Fieldless, on an escallop azure an arrow fesswise to sinister or.+
  
 ===== Current Office(s) ===== ===== Current Office(s) =====
- +  * {{activities:service:offices:herald-symbol.jpg?30|}} **[[activities:service:offices:pursuivant|Pursuivant]]** - Canton of [[branches:canton:eoforwic|Eoforwic]] 
-Thomas is currently the Eoforwic pursuivant, having found the office vacant.+  * {{activities:service:offices:chatelaine-symbol.png?30|}} ** 
 +[[activities:service:offices:chatelaine|Chatelaine]]** - Kingdom Hospitaller (one of the deputies of the Ealdormere Kingdom Chatelaine) 
 +*
  
 ===== Past Offices ===== ===== Past Offices =====
- +  * {{activities:service:offices:seneschal-symbol.png?30|}} **[[activities:service:offices:seneschal|Seneschal]]** - Canton of [[branches:canton:eoforwic|Eoforwic]] 
-Seneschal of Eoforwic in the distant past  +  * {{activities:service:offices:chronicler-symbol.png?30|}} **[[activities:service:offices:chronicler|Chronicler]]** - Canton of [[branches:canton:eoforwic|Eoforwic]]
-Chronicler of Eoforwic in the distant past +
-(will look up the dates and update the page)+
  
 ===== SCA History ===== ===== SCA History =====
 +Thomas started in the SCA as Æðelwold (AEthelwold) Mierca in the Canton of [[branches:canton:eoforwic|Eoforwic]], then in the Middle Kingdom. About two years in he became [[activities:service:offices:seneschal|seneschal]] of the Canton and served for a couple of years around the time of its tenth anniversary. AEthelwold was also the canton [[activities:service:offices:chronicler|chronicler]] for a while. He autocratted the Eoforwic Hundred Years War event and was feast steward for several others (some more successfully, some less). AEthelwold set off on a quest to find Prester John, rumoured to rule in Africa or Asia but, after crossing the Sahara in Africa, was lost somewhere in Niger. Only his identical twin brother brother AEthelstan returned. AEthelstan hung around Eoforwic for a few years but after that was seldom seen. In his absence, the merchant Thomas appeared and the less reputable Thomas the Pardoner soon afterwards. He swore personal fealty to Aedan O Kincorra and Caffa Muirath as individuals, rather than as Baron and Baroness. Thomas was apprenticed to Master [[history:lineages:line_of_robert|Robert of Two Cliffs]], and was invited to join Leonet's household, a cadet branch of House De Taahe. 
  
-I started in the SCA as Æðelwold Mierca(AEthelwold Mierca in the Canton of Eoforwic, then in the Middle Kingdom. About two years in I became seneschal of the Canton and served for a couple of years around the time of its tenth anniversary. I was also canton Chronicler for a while. I autocratted the Eoforwic Hundred Years War event and feastocratted several others (some more successfully, some less). AEthelwold set off on a quest to find Prester John, rumoured to rule in Africa or Asia but, after crossing the Sahara in Africa, was lost somewhere in Niger. Only his identical twin brother brother AEthelstan returned. AEthelstan hung around Eoforwic for a few years but after that was seldom seen. In his absence, the merchant Thomas appeared and the less reputable Thomas the Pardomer soon afterwards. I swore personal fealty to Aedan O Kincorra and Caffa Muirath (as individuals, rather than as Baron and Baroness). I was apprenticed to Master Robert of Two Cliffs. I was invited to join House Falkenshield, a cadet branch of House De Taahe.  +Thomas was very active from about 1982 unto the early to mid-90s, and then disappeared until about 2003 when he came back for a few years with his wife and children. He then disappeared a second time for fifteen or twenty years until returning in 2023.
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-I was very active from about 1982 - the early to mid-90s and then disappeared until about 2003 when I came back for a few years with my wife and children. Then I disappeared again for 15 or twenty years until returning in 2023.  +
  
 ===== Interests ===== ===== Interests =====
 +  * [[activities:arts_sciences:calligraphy|Calligraphy]]
 +  * [[activities:arts_sciences:illumination|Illumination]]
 +  * [[activities:arts_sciences:research|Research]] (Western [[activities:arts_sciences:cooking|Culinary]])
  
-Primary interests are calligraphy and illumination and medieval culinary research (with a focus on Western Europe, pre-1500. I have been known to try my hand at other arts and sciences, though.+Thomas' primary interests are [[activities:arts_sciences:calligraphy|Calligraphy]], [[activities:arts_sciences:illumination|Illumination]], and medieval culinary research (with a focus on Western Europe, pre-1500. He has been known to try his hand at other arts and sciences.
  
 ===== Awards ===== ===== Awards =====
- +  * **[[awards:award_of_arms|Award of Arms]]** - April 13th, 1985 (Middle Kingdom) 
-Award of Arms +  * **[[middlewiki>Willow|Order of the Willow]]** - April 16th, 1988 (Middle Kingdom) 
-Order of the Willow +  * **[[awards:award_of_the_bear_s_claw|Award of the Bear's Claw]]** - Date Unknown
-Bear's Claw+
  
 ===== Other Activities ===== ===== Other Activities =====
- +Thomas has an interest in pilgrimage - as some might deduce from his heraldry - and has been known to go for long walks in Spain.
-I also have an interest in pilgrimage (as some might deduce from my heraldry) and have been known to go for long walks in Spain.+
  
 ===== Contact Information ===== ===== Contact Information =====
- +Thomas is readily found as David Tallan on the internet on several platforms.
-I am readily found as David Tallan on the Internet on several platforms.+
  
 ===== External Links ===== ===== External Links =====
  
-//Add a link to your blog or other external website.// 
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-{{{{:people:thomas-arms.png?400|Arms of Thomas Grocere}}+ 
 +[{{ media:heraldry:personal_heraldry:thomas_grocere_heraldry.png?200px|Arms: //Argent, on a chevron gules three escallops palewise argent, in base an open book gules.//}}]
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