Ceara ingen Chonaill

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Ceara and Sagramor
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Preferred title: Not specified Their Pronouns: Not specified Resides: Gyldenholt Status: Active Awards: Visit the Caid Order of Precedence
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Baroness Ceara ingen Chonaill, OP

Persona

Ceara was born in 1275 in Melrose Abbey in Roxburgshire in Scotland north of the English border. Her mother died when she was 11, then raised by her father along with her older brother James. Her father died in the Battle of Fallkirk in 1298 and her brother passed away in the Battle of Bannockburn. Though Scottish, Ceara wed an English squire, Richard Clerke of Rowanwood. She sees him when she can since they are on opposite sides of the war. She lives in the region of Peebleshire, Scotland.

Her modern person, joined the SCA in 1997 in the Barony of Gyldenholt; however, she lived the great adventure in the Shire of Pont Alarch, Crown Principality of Insulae Draconis, Drachenwald from Aug. 2004 through Aug. 2007. She returned home to Gyldenholt and lives a happy life of adventure there.

Mistress Ceara's honors can be viewed here: here

Offices & Positions

• Baronial Exchequer of Gyldenholt 1999-2001
• Baronial Seneschal of Gyldenholt 2002-2004
• Guildmistress, Right Noble Guild Upper Crust (Gyldenholt's cooking group), 08/2010-12/2015
• Sexton,Gyldenholt, 2011-Present

Culinary Projects

Ceara has an active cookery blog located at: http://cearasformeofcookery.blogspot.com/?m=0

• Member of the Right Noble Upper Crust Team, Potrero Siege Cook-Off Winners, 2010
• Member of the Right Noble Upper Crust Team, Potrero Siege Cook-Off Winners, 2011
• Member of the Three Sisters Catering Team, Lyondemere Cast Iron Chef Winners, 2012
• Judge for Lyondemere Cast Iron Chef competition, 2013 and 2014

Clothing Projects

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  Tudor Dress
  Baroness Ceara in a crimson Tudor gown, made in the likeness of Jane Seymour, Henry VIII's second wife. The suit includes chemise, gown, forepart, gable headdress, jewelry, and shoes.

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  Tudor Dress
  Baroness Ceara in a dress, made in likeness of Katherine Parr, Henry VIII's last wife. The suit includes a pair of bodies (corset), beaded gown, Henrecian kirtle, French hood, jewelry, and shoes.

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  Cristal Fleur de la Mer
  Mistress Cristal in a dress, made for her by Baroness Ceara for Mistress Christal's elevation to the status of Laurel. The suit gown with tippet sleeves lined in fur and detachable under sleeves with pewter buttons.

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  Sven and Cassandra
  This was the stepping down clothing for Sven IV and Cassandra II from Their second Reign. Her Majesties underskirt was made by Her Majesty however the red silk dress with fur lined sleeves and forepart were made by Ceara. His Majesty's red silk sleeveless Henrecian jerkin and gold silk straight sleeve doublet were also made by Ceara.

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  Asakura Machime
  Kimono's made for Sensei Asakura's elevation to the order of the Laurel. The base is a white kimono, covered with a gold kimono and topped off with a burgundy kimono with gold laurel wreaths. They are closed with a gold silk belt as what would have been worn by the merchant class.

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  Florentine
  Florentine dress in the style of Maddelena Strozzi Doni from 1506. Chemise, gown of rust colored silk with black silk guarding, shoes and veil with coronet. The gown also has detachable blue sleeves, not shown.

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  Cotehardie
  14th century cotehardie of red linen with working buttonholes down the front and an the sleeves, worn over a white linen chemise.

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  Gude Wife
  Early 16the century dress of a gude wife of England. A sky blue kirtle over a chemise. Over which she wears an eggplant colored linen gown and a wool coat with short pleated sleeves.

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  Ceara
  An early work from about 2000. An 18th century black Scottish dress with gold lacing rings over a linen leine and an arisaid over her shoulder fastened with a clasp.

Cooking with pottery

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  A selection of cooking pottery made in 2011.

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  This is a storage pot made in a style common in the 14th century. The lip on the pot is so the user has the ability to tie a covering on.

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  This is a 14th century Seal jug. Seal jugs were known for the 'seal' placed on the shoulders of the jug and were known only to exist in Yorkshire, England.

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  A collection of serving jugs. From L to R. A personal sized water or wine jug, a larger serving or storage jug, the narrow jar would have been used in a kitchen, probably for storage of olive oil, a Raspberry jug, known for the raspberries on the shoulders of the serving pitcher.

• The lower halves of medieval pottery were not glazed. The potters considered it necessary only to glaze where the contents might seep through or touch. All styles shown are all from Yorkshire, England.

Court Service

• Chief Lady in Waiting to Their Excellencies Colette and Ursel of Gyldenholt 6/2010 to 6/2012
• Lady in Waiting to Their Excellencies Kara and Patrick 11/2011 to 8/2012
• Lady in Waiting to Their Excellencies Mansur and Eilidh 8/2012 to 6/2013
• Beck and Call Girl to Their Excellencies Giles and Giuseppe of Gyldenholt 6/2012 to 6/2014
• Lady in Waiting to Their Excellencies Sven and Cassandra 6/2013 to 8/2013
• Chief Lady in Waiting to Their Excellencies Giles and Giuseppe of Gyldenholt 6/2014 to 12/2014
• Chamberlain to the Lord and Lady of Gyldenholt (Reeves) of Gyldenholt 1/2016

Event Staff

• Queen's Champion Event Steward, Spring 2002
• Gyldenholt Yule, Event Steward, 2003
• Protectors Feast, Feast Steward, 2006, Shire of Pont Alarch, Crown Principality of Insulae Draconis, Drachenwald
• Queen's Champion, Event Steward, Fall 2009
• Gyldenholt Anniversary, Co-Event Steward, 2013
• Gyldenholt Anniversary, Co-Feast Steward, 2013
• West Coast Culinary Symposium, Caid, Event Steward, 2014

Projects

She has an active cooking blog located at: http://cearasformeofcookery.blogspot.com

She has attended the West Coast Culinary Symposium for several years and has been the chief assistant on several feasts in Caid.

She has also been in charge of several lunches for the Populace of Caid.

Head cook for Fall Coronation 2014.

Classes Taught

• Caparisons-Horse Barding Queens Champion Spring 2003
• Pottery for Children GWW 2010 and 2011
• Easy Period Lunches Collegium Caidis 2011
• Let's Make Mustard Great Western War 2013 and 2014
• Bread: from Field to Table Collegium Caidis 2013
• Let's Make Mustard West Coast Culinary Symposium, 2013 An Tir
• How to build a Tudor dress from the Chemise up: Series Gyldenholt Summer/fall 2013
• Cooking with Wild Game West Coast Culinary Symposium, March 2014
• Knife Skills West Coast Culinary Symposium, March 2014
• Knife Skills Collegium Caidis 2014
• Making Modern Food Medieval An Tir West War 2015

Competitions

Caidian Arts and Sciences and Pentathlon 2011

• 2nd Place Journeyman, Culinary Arts: Sweets (Comodores (fig pastry))
• 1st Place Journeyman, Fiber Arts: Period Construction (Men's 14C suit(chauses, braies, shirt, coat, hat)
• 1st Place Apprentice, Functional Arts: Games or Toys (Fish Trap)
• 2nd Place Journeyman, Visual Arts: Ceramics: Functional (Kitchen Ceramics display)
• 2nd Place Journeyman, Fiber, Period Construction: (Felt Slippers)

Caidian Arts and Sciences and Pentathlon 2013

• 1st Place Journeyman, Culinary Arts: Sweets (Rosee (custard))
• 1st Place Journeyman, Fiber Arts: Costume Review (Katherine Parr Dress)
• 1st Place Journeyman, Ceramics Functional (Seal Jug)
• 1st Place Apprentice, Fiber Arts: Hats (French Hood)

Interests

Cooking,pottery, sewing of just about anything: mainly 14th and early 16th century English clothing. Anything 14th century English and the Tudor Period. Ceara, in the past was authorized in Rapier, Archery, Equestrian and is a former Equestrian Marshall.--