Baron or Baroness of the Court

Suggested Court Barony Scroll Text

Critical elements for all scrolls

These are the traditional Western scroll texts.  Feel free to devise your own, however, please make sure that it includes the following critical elements:

• The award given

• Name of the award recipient (if the name is not registered, insert “known as” in front of the recipient's name)

• The first names of the Sovereign and Consort who gave the award

• The realm in which the award was given

• The date the award was given

Critical elements if the recipient wants their *registered* arms on the scroll

• The blazon (the official words describing the registered arms)

• The emblazon (the picture of the registered arms)

Kingdom Text with prior AoA

(Insert optional beginning if desired) (Insert Sovereign’s first name) and (Insert Consort’s first name), King/Queen and Queen/King of the West, do by Their words, here proclaimed, confer great honor upon Their subject (Insert full Name of recipient), and do name them/him/her a Baron/Baroness of the Court of the West and in all other lands as well. Further, They do hereby affirm their/his/her Sole, Unique, and Exclusive Right to bear (insert Blazon) by award in this Our Kingdom of the West. (Insert optional ending and do not forget the date the award was given.)

Kingdom Text without prior AoA

(Insert optional beginning if desired) (Insert Sovereign’s first name) and (Insert Consort’s first name), King/Queen and Queen/King of the West, do by Their words, here proclaimed, confer great honor upon Their subject (Insert full Name of recipient), and do name them/him/her a Baron/Baroness of the Court of the West and in all other lands as well. And Their Majesties do also give unto them/him/her an award of Arms and grant them/him/her the rights and charge him/her with the responsibilities of this rank, and do further grant them/him/her the right to bear as Arms: (Insert Blazon), in the Kingdom of the West. (Insert optional ending and do not forget the date the award was given.)

Alternative Kingdom Text without prior AoA

(Insert optional beginning if desired) (Insert Sovereign’s first name) and (Insert Consort’s first name), King/Queen and Queen/King of the West, do by Their words, here proclaimed, confer great honor upon Their subject (Insert full Name of recipient), and do name them/him/her a Baron/Baroness of the Court of the West and in all other lands as well. And Their Majesties do also give unto them/him/her an Award of Arms and grant them/him/her the rights and charge them/him/her with the responsibilities of this rank, and do further grant them/him/her the right to bear as Arms: (Insert Blazon), in the Kingdom of the West. (Insert optional ending and do not forget the date the award was given.)