Mission Statement

The Office of Buckler Herald is responsible for overseeing heraldic education in the Middle Kingdom. It is our vision to foster enthusiasm and knowledge of heraldic practice, both within SCA purview and through a historic lens; to empower our populace to serve in a heraldic capacity; to contribute to the historic feel of events through competent vocal work and quality heraldic display in keeping with historic research; to be innovative and noteworthy in heraldic education within the Knowne World.

Heraldic Officer Information

Job Descriptions and Forms

• Branch Herald Job Description (PDF)
• Herald-at-Large Job Description (PDF)
• Change of Officer Form (fillable PDF)
• Online Quarterly Report System

Handbooks

• Middle Kingdom Pursuivant's Handbook (ed.2002)
• PDF Format (4.2 MB)
• ZIP File (2.4 MB)

Middle Kingdom Protocol Handbook (PDF, 1.04MB, 2006)

Middle Kingdom Boke of Ceremonies (PDF, 537K, 2016)

Middle Kingdom Scribes Handbook (PDF, 865k, 2001)

Standards for the Evaluation of Names and Armory (SENA) (external HTML)

Middle Kingdom College of Heralds

• Kingdom Staff List - Contact information for Kingdom Deputies, Regional Heralds and Heralds Extraordinary
• College of Heralds Overview - Elevator answers for who does what in the Kingdom
• Warrant Roster - Roster for heraldic officers and heralds-at-large whose warrants are current
• Job Openings - Available jobs with the MK College of Heralds (not necessarily up-to-date)

Buckler Herald's Learning Library

Videos and Training Modules

IN PROGRESS: One-stop shopping for hands-on/brains-on learning resources. Think of these as your own private classroom! Go forth and learn!

Articles on SCA Topics

IN PROGRESS: Articles on this page will be followed by an icon indicating their intended audience: General Interest or Heraldic Officer. Of course, everyone may read anything; you may delight yourself.

Resources & Links

• SCA Date conversion chart
• SCA College of Heralds

Foreign Colleges of Heralds (by precedence):

• West Kingdom College of Heralds
• East Kingdom College of Heralds
• Atenveldt College of Heralds
• Meridies College of Heralds
• Caid College of Heralds
• Ansteorra College of Heralds
• An Tir College of Heralds
• Calontir College of Heralds
• Trimaris College of Heralds
• Outlands College of Heralds
• Drachenwald College of Heralds
• Artemisia College of Heralds
• AEthelmaerc College of Heralds
• Ealdormere College of Heralds
• Lochac College of Heralds
• Northshield Polaris Principal Herald
• Gleann Abhann College of Heralds
• Avacal College of Heralds

• Names Archive at the Academy of Saint Gabriel
• Family Search - Caveat Emptor. This site is very useful for documenting late-period names, but requires a bit of training. Module coming soon!

Non-SCA Heraldry

Modern Colleges of Arms or Heraldic Authorities

• United Kingdom College of Arms
• American College of Heraldry
• The Heraldry Society (UK)
• Canadian Heraldic Authority
• Databank Heraldiek in Vlaanderen (Flanders) - In Dutch
• Nat'l Archives of South Africa
• The Institute of Heraldry (US Army)

Historical Rolls of Arms

• Period Rolls of Arms and Armorials (and How To Find Them) at SCA.org
• An Annotated List of Period Armorials Available Online by Coblaith Muimnech
• Period Rolls of Arms compiled by Yehuda ben Moshe
• Rolls of Arms compiled at Larsdatter

Other Heraldic Resources

• [Bardsley] Bardsley, Charles. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames
• [Johnston] Johnston, James R. Place-Names of Scotland
• [Parker] Parker, James. A Glossary of Terms used in Heraldry
• [Searle] Searle, William George. Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum
• [Woulfe] Woulfe, Patrick. Sloinnte Gaedheal is Gall: Irish Names and Surnames
• Foster, Joseph. The register of admissions to Gray's inn, 1521-1889 together with the Register of Merriages in Grey's Inn Chapel, 1695-1754.
• [Cleasby and Vigfusson] Cleasby, Richard, and Gudbrand Vigfusson, An Icelandic-English Dictionary
• [Bosworth and Toller] Bosworth, Joseph and T. Northcote Toller An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary.