Amanda Januaria of Silver Woods
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 Amanda Januarius and James the Inconstant at an early Caidan 12th Night | ||||||||||
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 Per chevron throughout argent and vert, three fir trees one and two argent and in chief a heart gules and a mountain goat's head couped proper. [Oreamnos americanus]. These are canting arms. | ||||||||||
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Lady Amanda Januarius of Silver Woods. (Her preferred spelling.) She was given an Award of Arms on August 9, 1980 by Martin II and Neptha II, Fifth King and Queen of Caid.
She is a founding member of the Shire of Heatherwyne and was Mistress of Lists at the Heatherwyne Inception Tourney on June 10, 1978 at Upland Memorial Park. She is thus the first Mistress of Lists for Heatherwyne.
She was a member of Kitspa Manor.
Persona
Lady Amanda is an English beauty.
Offices & Positions
- First Mistress of Lists, Shire of Heatherwyne, 1978 to 198?
- Secretary, Shire of Heatherwyne, circa 1981
- Sommelier Herald, Shire of Heatherwyne, circa 1985
- Lady in Waiting for John and Flavia, Barony of the Angels, 6/6/2009 to 1/14/2012
- Mistress of Lists, Barony of the Angels, 12/17/2011 to Present
Event Staff
- Volunteer Kitchen and/or Service Staff, Innumerable Feasts & Banquets, circa 1974 to circa 1990
- Provider of the Revel Hall, Innumerable Heatherwyne events, 1978 to circa 1990
- Mistress of Lists, Heatherwyne Inception Tourney, 6/10/1978
- Mistress of Lists, First Heatherwyne Anniversary Melee Tournament, 6/9/1979
- Mistress of Lists, Caid Crown Tourney held in Heatherwyne, 4/19/1980-4/20/1980
- Mistress of Lists, Second Heatherwyne Anniversary Melee Tournament, 6/14/1980
- Autocrat, Third Heatherwyne Anniversary Melee Tournament, 6/13/1981
- Mistress of Lists, Third Heatherwyne Anniversary Melee Tournament, 6/13/1981
- Mistress of Lists, Fourth Heatherwyne Anniversary Melee Tournament, 6/??/1982
- Instructor, Collegium Caidis, circa 1984
Projects & Publications
- Heatherwyne Press, Assistant to the Editor, Writer, Helper 1979-198?
Miscellany
Met her future husband, and father of her children, James the Inconstant, at Heatherwyne Inception Tourney. She was Mistress of Lists for Heatherwyne and they had not yet met because he was working swing shift mundanely and had not been at the Shire Meetings that she attended.
Her children are Elizabeth the Headstrong and Gerrit d'Orleans.
Memories
From James the Inconstant
My lovely, gracious, hardworking Lady Wife, being a founding member of the Shire of Heatherwyne of the Kingdom of Caid, long time Mistress of Lists for said Shire, and all around enthusiastic worker and subject of the Crown, was long overdue an Award of Arms. Being well known to their Majesties Martin and Neptha, amongst sundry others, and having many recommendations praising her contributions to the realm addressed to the Thrones, one would think this a situation due to be soon remedied.
Alas, it seemed that His Most Gracious Majesty didn’t seem to know who this Amanda person was, nor why she deserved an AA. Finally, after much counsel and advice he acquiesced and the Promissory Note was prepared. The Award was announced at court and Amanda was called forth from her labors to appear before the King and Queen. As she appeared at the back of the populace and began her approach to the throne, His Majesty bolted up from his Throne, extended his arm stiffly and pointed at Amanda and cried at the top of his lungs – “WHO? HER?” – causing her to blush most alarmingly. It also resulted in Her Majesty planting her elbow forcefully into His Majesties side.
It seems His Majesty knew Amanda only as Jan, her mundane name, and assumed she had long ago received an AoA.
And that’s the way it was, the 9th day of August in the year XV Anno Societatis.
Award of Arms Scroll
There WAS just a teansy mistake on the scroll. Her AA was from Caidan Crowns Martin and Neptha, not Western Crowns William and Donna.
