This is taken almost directly from the only existing Letter's Patent of Henry II (Melisent's time period) that I could locate in English (written on behalf of Durmot,(nominal) King of Leinster. Add in a healthy heaping of Duke Gyrth Oldcastle (dear to Melisent) for the SCA required stuff and a dash of BdeB and you have it ( Read more... )

Why is that the tone of most peerage email lists always reminds me of Doctor Orpheus?

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