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msmemory_archive ([personal profile] msmemory_archive) wrote2008-01-06 10:06 am

Precedence

I definitely need to whip together the list of Civil Peers By Seniority. I was prompted to do Carolingia's list following the Frosty Revels Ball, when we spent a little time scurrying around so as to give the right answer to [livejournal.com profile] jdulac, when the toasts were due. It's clear I need to have the same list set up for the kingdom, and a copy stuck in my feast basket, not just on my pc.

It seems last night that [livejournal.com profile] jducoeur (May 1992) was in fact the second-most-senior non-Royal peer at feast. As far as we could tell, there was one pair of Count/Countess (Griffyth & Aikaterine, seated next to us), and one Pelican (Quentin), who outranked him, plus the Crown. All the other elder peers had gone home or out instead of staying to feast.

[identity profile] bubbette.livejournal.com 2008-01-06 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Ansteorra's system is numeric...a two-digit number for the award (the smaller the number, the bigger the award...King and Queen are 01, Prince and Princess are 02, etc.) and an eight-digit number for the year-month-day of award. So my "current" Ansteorra value is 1519960224, based on my receiving a Baronial Service Award (armigerous) in 1996. If I send my Eastern awards to the Ansteorran herald and ask them to be registered in the OoP, I'll have a "higher" (lower award number for the Peerage) value.

It's heraldry geek-ness.

Oh, and you're old, Your Excellency. (grin)