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==The Honorable Lady Jessimond of Emerickeskepe==
==The Honourable Lady Jessimond of Emerickeskepe==
Previously Known As:<BR>
Pronouns: She/Her
Nickname(s):<BR>
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Pronouns:<BR>
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===Additional Registered Heraldry===
====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
[[File:Jessimond Badge II.png|150px|thumb|left]]
[[File:Jessimond Rose Aversant.png|150px|thumb|left|Rose Aversant Personal Badge]]
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Personal Badge: (Fieldless) An oak wreath fructed proper.<BR>
Personal Badge: (Fieldless) An oak wreath fructed proper.<BR>
Additional Badge:  (Fieldless) In pall three hares courant conjoined at the ears Or within and conjoined to a chaplet of oak leaves fructed proper.<BR>
Additional Badge:  (Fieldless) In pall three hares courant conjoined at the ears Or within and conjoined to a chaplet of oak leaves fructed proper.<BR>
Additional Badge: (Fieldless) Within and conjoined to a joscelyn wreathed sable and argent with five bells Or an edelweiss proper.<BR>
Additional Badge: (Fieldless) Within and conjoined to a joscelyn wreathed sable and argent with five bells Or an edelweiss proper.<BR>
Additional Badge:  (Fieldless) A rose aversant gules slipped and leaved vert within and conjoined to a four lobed cornice Or.<BR>
Additional Badge:  (Fieldless) A rose aversant gules slipped and leaved vert within and conjoined to a four lobed cornice Or.<BR>
Household Badge: (Fieldless) On a compass star elongated to base per pale sable and argent within and conjoined to an annulet gyronny sable and argent a tower Or.<BR>
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Household Badge: (Fieldless) On a tower Or an ermine spot sable. <BR>
 
====Achievement:====
Mantling: Or and pean<BR>
Helm: Great helm argent, faces affronty<BR>
Crest: Within and conjoined to a joscelyn wreathed sable and argent with five bells Or an edelweiss proper<BR>
Motto: Tempus Vincit Omnia which translates from Latin into modern English as Time Conquers All<BR>
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===Offices:===
===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
* Local Offices Held
** Prior Deputy Minister of Arts & Sciences – Barony of Seleone, Meridies/Gleann Abhann
** Prior Historian – Barony of Seleone, Meridies/Gleann Abhann pre-1996
** Prior Deputy Herald – Barony of Seleone, Meridies/Gleann Abhann
** Prior Steward – Barony of Seleone, Meridies/Gleann Abhann pre-1996
** Prior Deputy Chatelaine – Barony of Seleone, Meridies/Gleann Abhann
** Prior Chronicler – Barony of Seleone, Meridies/Gleann Abhann +/-1995-ish?
** Prior Historian – Barony of Seleone, Meridies/Gleann Abhann
** Prior Chronicler - Barony of Seleone, Meridies/Gleann Abhann 2001-2003
** Prior Steward –Barony of Seleone, Meridies/Gleann Abhann
** Prior Chronicler - Shire of [[Rosenfeld]] October 2019 to November 2021
** Prior Chronicler –Barony of Seleone, Meridies/Gleann Abhann
** Prior Herald - Shire of [[Rosenfeld]] February 2020 to June 2022
** Prior Deputy Chronicler for the Shire of Rosenfeld
** Interim Chronicler - Shire of [[Graywood]] June 2023 to September 2023
** Prior Deputy Herald, Shire of Rosenfeld
** Interim Minister of Arts and Sciences - Shire of [[Graywood]] September 2023 to October 2023
** Prior Chronicler for the Shire of [[Rosenfeld]]
** Historian - Shire of [[Graywood]] March 2023 to present
** Herald, for the Shire of [[Rosenfeld]]


* Regional Offices Held
* Regional Offices Held
** Prior Reporting Deputy Chronicler for the Western Region of Meridies (Gleann Abhann)
** Prior Reporting Deputy Chronicler -  Western Region of Meridies (Principality of Gleann Abhann) 2002-ish
** Deputy to the Central Regional Guild Coordinator for the Kingdom of Ansteorra Herbalism and Apothecary Guild
** Deputy to the Central Regional Guild Coordinator - Ansteorra Herbalism and Apothecary Guild July 2019 to present
** Eclipse Herald (Central Regional) January 2023 to present
** Central Regional Minister of Arts and Sciences November 2023 to present


* Kingdom Offices Held
* Kingdom Offices Held
** Prior Chronicler – Herbal Guild of Meridies <BR>
** Prior Chronicler – Herbal Guild of Meridies 2002-ish
** Directory Deputy, Ansteorra
** Directory Deputy, Ansteorra October 2021 to December 2023
** Premiere Deputy MoAS for Ansteorra's Farm, Field, and Forester Special A & S Focus Group May 2024 to present
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===Persona History:===
===Persona History:===
1339 - 1399 England
Jessimond is an Englishwoman living between 1339 - 1399. <BR> After discovering all things Chaucerian during high school, and later discovering that I am a direct descendant of John of Gaunt, I am naturally drawn to this place and time.
 
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===Interests:===
===Interests:===
* Woodwork, specifically spoon making and other items using hand tools and shave horse.<BR>
* Heraldic art - Especially Heraldic Achievements<BR>
* Animal Husbandry: Keeping of goats, mules, chickens and bees<BR>
* Various and sundry arts of croft and cottage - basket weaving, cordage making, crafting needles and pins from thorns<BR>
* Soap making, sewing, cooking, cheese making, smoking meats, and gardening<BR>
** Housewifery -  Sewing, cookery, cheese making, and smoking meats<BR>
* Herbal arts: seasoning, medicine, body care, teas/tisanes, dye stuffs, etc.<BR>
** Herbalism - Gardening (all aspects), apothecary, lotions and ointments, soap making, teas/tisanes, dye stuffs, etc.<BR>
** Animal Husbandry - Herder of goats, mules, and chickens<BR>
** Foraging in field, forest, and hedgerow!<BR>
** Woodwork - Specifically spoon making and other common items. My preferred method is to use hand tools (many I make myself) and shave horses (collaboratively made with my husband)<BR>
* Calendars - I simply love everything about them, most especially Julian Calendars in all their exciting forms!<BR>
 
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===Timeline of Activity:===
===Timeline of Activity:===
* 1990 Joined SCA<BR>
====First Twenty Odd Years====
* 1993 First time as Autocrat – (then) Canton of Seleone, Meridies<BR>
* 1988: Joined the SCA<BR>
* 1996 Name and Device Registered<BR>
* 1993: First time as Autocrat – (then) Canton of Seleone, Meridies<BR>
* 1996 Moved to Barony of Marinus, Atlantia<BR>
* 1996: Moved to Barony of Marinus, Atlantia<BR>
* 1998 Household Badge Registered<BR>
* 2001: Returned to Barony of Seleone, Meridies/Gleann Abhann<BR>
* 2001 Returned to Barony of Seleone, Meridies/Gleann Abhann<BR>
* 2001: Co-founded Sages of Seleone, Local Branch of the Herbal Guild of Meridies<BR>
* 2001 Co-founded Sages of Seleone, Branch Herbal Guild<BR>
* 2002: Lady in Waiting to Baroness Seleone, Isolde die Graue aus dem Lebendhertz, OL<BR>
* 2002 Lady in Waiting to Isolde de Graue<BR>
* 2003: Co-Autocrat, Kingdom Arts & Sciences (4-day event), Kingdom of Meridies<BR>
* 2002 Personal Badge registered<BR>
* 2003: Returned to Barony of Marinus, Atlantia<BR>
* 2003 Co-Autocrat, Kingdom Arts & Sciences, Kingdom of Meridies<BR>
* 2007: Moved to Ansteorra, but inadvertently went inactive<BR>
* 2004 Returned to Barony of Marinus, Atlantia<BR>
 
* 2007 Moved to Ansteorra, but inadvertently went inactive<BR>
====Current====
* 2019 Relocated to the Shire of [[Rosenfeld]] to once again "Live the Dream!"
*2019: Relocated to the Piney Woods of East Texas and once again "Living the Dream!"
*2022: Started playing with the Shire of [[Graywood]].
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====Prior Groups:====
====Prior Groups:====
* Barony of Seleone, Meridies/Gleann Abhann<BR>
* Barony of Seleone, Meridies/Gleann Abhann (1988-1996 and 2001-2003)<BR>
* Barony of Marinus, Atlantia<BR>
* Barony of Marinus, Atlantia (1996-2001 and 2003-2007)
* Shire of [[Rosenfeld]] (2019-2022)
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===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
* William Blackfox Award Nominations A.S. 36 : As Chronicler for A Sealion’s Tale (Seleone, Meridies) awarded an Honorable Mention for “Consistently creating a good, quality newsletter”.
* Creator, Editor, and Contributor to A (Not-Quite-Period) Cookbook – Specialty fundraiser publication for the Barony of Seleone, Meridies. [https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10228342735765965&type=3]
* William Blackfox Awards A.S. 54 - As Chronicler for The Thorny Truth (Rosenfeld, Ansteorra) awarded Best Layout and Design and Best Special Issue Commendation for “Special Resource Sampler” (both of these categories are awarded to both the newsletter and the Chronicler).
* Contributor to the [http://heraldicart.org/jessimond-of-emerickeskepe Heraldicart] project, providing artwork for Heralds and Scribes
* Created A (Not-Quite-Period) Cookbook – Specialty fundraiser publication for the Barony of Seleone, Meridies.
* Founding member of the [[Ansteorran Herbalism and Apothecary Guild]]
* Contributor to the [http://heraldicart.org/jessimond-of-emerickeskepe Heraldicart] project, providing artwork for Heralds
* Created (and continues to create art for) the [https://ansteorra.org/rosenfeld/rosenfeld-roll-2/ Rosenfeld Roll] - A digital Roll of Arms for current members of the Shire of [[Rosenfeld]] as well as In-memorial arms.
* [https://www.facebook.com/media/set/edit/a.10220540823443033 Gleann Abhann Royalty Emblazon Project] – At the request of Queen Danielle de la Roche III, I created twenty digital emblazons that were converted into machine embroidery patches for the GA Cloak of State. (Completed in February 2021)
* Contributor to the Shire of [[Shadowlands]] Complete Roll project by Honorable Lord [[Paedric OMullan]] including the creation of an updated Heraldic Achievement of Arms for the Shire. (Completed in December 2022) [https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10167204319010444&set=p.10167204319010444]
* Commended by the Board of Directors of the SCA in July 2024 for her work with the Farm, Field and Forestry guild.
 
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====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
Citizen of Seleone - This order is given to those gentles who reside outside of Baronial Lands of Seleone (Gleann Abhann) who have rendered great service and dedication to the Barony of Seleone. It is an honorary bestowal of particular dignity but does not affect their residency status or allow them to vote in Barony-only polling. For those who have received this award and live within the Barony, it is recognized that they will in perpetuity be considered citizens of Seleone, despite changes in residency or activity (or sanity).<BR>
* Citizen of Seleone - This order is given to those gentles who reside outside of Baronial Lands of Seleone (Gleann Abhann) who have rendered great service and dedication to the Barony of Seleone. It is an honorary bestowal of particular dignity but does not affect their residency status or allow them to vote in Barony-only polling. For those who have received this award and live within the Barony, it is recognized that they will in perpetuity be considered citizens of Seleone, despite changes in residency or activity (or sanity).
* [[Silver Pine]] of Graywood - February 25, 2024
=====[https://www.sca.org/the-william-blackfox-awards/ Master William Blackfox Awards]=====
[[File:Blackfox Awards Image.jpg|200px|thumb|left| Master William Blackfox Award Winner]]
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* William Blackfox Awards Honorable Mention for “Consistently creating a good, quality newsletter”, A.S. XXXIV (36) - A Sealion’s Tale, Barony of Seleone (Meridies); Chronicler: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe
* William Blackfox Awards Winner for Best Layout and Design, A.S. LIV (54) - The Thorny Truth, Shire of Rosenfeld; Chronicler: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe
* William Blackfox Awards Commendation for Best Special Issue, A.S. LIV (54) for “Special Resource Sampler” Edition - The Thorny Truth, Shire of Rosenfeld; Chronicler: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe
* William Blackfox Awards Nomination for Best Regular Feature, A.S. LV (55) - For cartoons, articles, columns, etc. which appear regularly in the particular newsletter. Awarded to the creator or feature writer and the newsletter. “Jessimond’s Herbal Elements” - Author: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe; The Thorny Truth, Shire of Rosenfeld. Chronicler: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe
* William Blackfox Awards Commendation, for Best Layout and Design, A.S. LVI (56) - The Thorny Truth, Shire of Rosenfeld; Chronicler: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe
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====Written Works:====
=====Older (pre-2002 – Published in A Sealion’s Tale and Herbal Gatherings)=====
*Making Mustard
*Rose Beads
*Preserving Herbs
*Planting Herbs in Small Spaces
*Mint – A Common Yet Useful Herb
*The Question of Period Soap
*Pieces of Chesse
*Various Event Reports <BR>
=====Recent (2019 to present):=====
*Jessimond’s Herbal Elements
**Sekanjabin – The Thorny Truth (TTT) August 2019
**Mint – A Common but Useful Herb (revamp) TTT October 2019
**Preserving Herbs (revamp) TTT November 2019
*War of the Rams and Coming New Year – TTT December 2019
*Cottage Garden Dreams – TTT January 2020
*Quest for Medieval Roses – TTT February 2020
*On the Importance of Identifying Impertinent “Weeds” – TTT Mar. 2020
*Sources for Heirloom Herb Seeds – TTT April 2020
*Observing and Noting the Cycles of the Season – TTT May 2020
*St. John’s Wort – TTT June 2020
*Horehound – TTT July 2020
*Cucurbits and Gurkensalat – TTT August 2020
*Herb-Infused Simple Syrups – TTT September 2020
*Onion Skin Dye – TTT October 2020
*Conditioner for Wooden Utensils, Dishes, and Cutting Boards – TTT Nov. 2020
*Let’s Deck the Hall! – TTT December 2020
*Eglantine ~ Rosa rubiginosa – TTT February 2021
*Spinach – TTT March 2021
*Rosee ~ Rose Pudding – TTT April 2021
*Prunella – TTT May 2021
*Dying with Prunella – TTT June 2021
*Spice Blends – TTT November 2021
*A Thoroughly Medieval Herb– The Black Star Special A & S Issue Jan. 2022
*Making Mustard (revamp) TTT Feb.2022 – Updated to include photos & recipe <BR>
=====Fretful Scribe=====
*From the Quill of the Fretful Scribe – TTT February 2020
*Please, Spell it Out for Me! – TTT March 2020, Ambassador May 2020
*Encouragement to Explore Geoffrey Chaucer – TTT April 2020
*Anno Societatis – TTT May 2020, Ambassador May 2020, TTT May 2021
*Public Domain Books –Ambassador May 2020
*Fire of Bone – TTT June 2020
*Dog Days of Summer – TTT June 2020
*A Kernel of Truth – TTT August 2020
*Coney and Rabbit and Hare, Oh My! – TTT September 2020
*Ermine – TTT October 2020
*Hatchments – TTT November 2020
*Pomander – TTT December 2020
*Semy / Seme – TTT January 2021
*Nineth or Ninth – TTT April 2021
*Sinister – TTT May 2021
*White Scarves – TTT May 2021
*Assortment of Activities – TTT July 2021
*Kingdom Calendar Coneygarth – TTT August 2021
*Largesse – TTT November 2021, The Black Star March 2022 <BR>
=====Tangled Traditions=====
*Apon the Midsummer Evin – TTT June 2020
*Midsomer’s Eve & the Feast of St. John – TTT June 2020
*St. Swithun’s Day – TTT July 2020
*Of Michaelmas and Quarter Days – TTT September 2020
*The Roots of Hallowe’en – TTT October 2020
*Lebkuchen (German Gingerbread) – TTT December 2020, Greywinds Dec. 2020
*Happy Hogmanay – TTT January 2021
*April Fools! – TTT April 2021
*For That it is Spring – TTT May 2021
*Feast of St. Catherine – TTT November 2021 <BR>
=====Pearl Anniversary Historical Happenings (W/ Tobias of Emerickeskepe)=====
*The Beginning of A String of Events & Pearls of our Past – TTT Jan. 2021
*History of Three Kings - The First Six Years – TTT February 2021
*History of Three Kings - The Next Six Years – TTT March 2021
*History of Three Kings - Ten More Years! – TTT April 2021
*A String of A & S Events – TTT May 2021
*A String of Rapier Events – TTT June 2021 <BR>
=====Stand-alone Articles=====
*Custard Tart with Fyges and Raisouns – TTT January 2020
*Leap Year and the Evolution of the Calendar – TTT February 2020
*Bevy of BLOGS to Beat Back Boredom! – TTT April 2020
*Down the Rabbit Hole! – TTT April 2020
*Mirie it is While Sumer y-last – TTT July 2020
*Autumn Begins – TTT September 2020
*NOTES: Encouragement to Register Your Heraldic Achievement – TTT November 2020, The Black Star ~November 2020
*Meet the Artist: Rosalie’s Medieval Woman – TTT November 2020
*Shire of Rosenfeld .xxx. Celebrating our Pearl Anniversary – TTT Jan. 2021
*Sable Comet of Ansteorra: In Service to Rosenfeld – TTT January 2021
*The Labours of Medieval Calendars – TTT April 2021
*How Shall I Address Thee? Part I ~ Royalty, Nobility, & Gentry – TTT May 2021
*How Shall I Address Thee? Part II ~ Peerages & Associates – TTT June 2021
*Newcomer’s Resources – TTT July 2021
*Discovering the SCA’s First Female Knight – TTT July 2021
*Sable Shield of Ansteorra – TTT November 2021 <BR>


===Affiliations:===
===Affiliations:===
* Married to [[Tobias of Emerickeskepe]]
* Married to Lord [[Tobias of Emerickeskepe]]
* Daughter of [[Ladislaus de Brody]] (deceased)
* Daughter of Baron [[Ladislaus de Brody]] (deceased)
* Daughter of [[Zehle Dübel]]
* Daughter of Lady [[Zehle Dübel]] (deceased)
* Sister of Deborah of Haleshaven
* Sister of Baroness Deborah of Haleshaven, OP
* Co-founder of [[House Emerickeskepe]]
* Co-founder of [[Emerickeskepe]]
* Protégé of Duchess Diana of the Isles, OP
* Premiere Protégé of Duchess Diana of the Isles (Gleann Abhann), OP (1996 to May 2024)
* Protégé of [[Rhiannon ferch Cian]] as of Steppes Warlord 2024
* Apprentice of [[Rhiannon ferch Cian]] as of Steppes Warlord 2024
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===Mundane Information:===
===Mundane Information:===
Blog:  [http://dancingmoonfarmsteadblog.wordpress.com dancingmoonfarmsteadblog.wordpress.com]<BR>
Facebook: [https://www.facebook.com/DancingMoonFarmstead/ https://www.facebook.com/DancingMoonFarmstead/]<BR>
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====In Case of Court:====
====In Case of Court:====
* If at all possible, Jessimond prefers to receive any awards or recognitions privately, rather than in a full court.
* If at all possible, Jessimond would prefer that her spouse, [[Tobias of Emerickeskepe]], be notified ahead of time so that he may be with her if/when an award is presented.
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Latest revision as of 20:34, 21 July 2024

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Registered Name: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe
Resides: Graywood
Status: Active
Joined SCA: 1988
Order of Precedence
Jessimond of Emerickeskepe
Heraldry

Pean, a winged stag lodged reguardant wings elevated and addorsed argent.
Device Graphic by Jessimond herself


The Honourable Lady Jessimond of Emerickeskepe

Pronouns: She/Her

Additional Registered Heraldry:

Rose Aversant Personal Badge


Personal Badge: (Fieldless) An oak wreath fructed proper.
Additional Badge: (Fieldless) In pall three hares courant conjoined at the ears Or within and conjoined to a chaplet of oak leaves fructed proper.
Additional Badge: (Fieldless) Within and conjoined to a joscelyn wreathed sable and argent with five bells Or an edelweiss proper.
Additional Badge: (Fieldless) A rose aversant gules slipped and leaved vert within and conjoined to a four lobed cornice Or.

Achievement:

Mantling: Or and pean
Helm: Great helm argent, faces affronty
Crest: Within and conjoined to a joscelyn wreathed sable and argent with five bells Or an edelweiss proper
Motto: Tempus Vincit Omnia which translates from Latin into modern English as Time Conquers All


Offices:

  • Local Offices Held
    • Prior Historian – Barony of Seleone, Meridies/Gleann Abhann pre-1996
    • Prior Steward – Barony of Seleone, Meridies/Gleann Abhann pre-1996
    • Prior Chronicler – Barony of Seleone, Meridies/Gleann Abhann +/-1995-ish?
    • Prior Chronicler - Barony of Seleone, Meridies/Gleann Abhann 2001-2003
    • Prior Chronicler - Shire of Rosenfeld October 2019 to November 2021
    • Prior Herald - Shire of Rosenfeld February 2020 to June 2022
    • Interim Chronicler - Shire of Graywood June 2023 to September 2023
    • Interim Minister of Arts and Sciences - Shire of Graywood September 2023 to October 2023
    • Historian - Shire of Graywood March 2023 to present
  • Regional Offices Held
    • Prior Reporting Deputy Chronicler - Western Region of Meridies (Principality of Gleann Abhann) 2002-ish
    • Deputy to the Central Regional Guild Coordinator - Ansteorra Herbalism and Apothecary Guild July 2019 to present
    • Eclipse Herald (Central Regional) January 2023 to present
    • Central Regional Minister of Arts and Sciences November 2023 to present
  • Kingdom Offices Held
    • Prior Chronicler – Herbal Guild of Meridies 2002-ish
    • Directory Deputy, Ansteorra October 2021 to December 2023
    • Premiere Deputy MoAS for Ansteorra's Farm, Field, and Forester Special A & S Focus Group May 2024 to present


Persona History:

Jessimond is an Englishwoman living between 1339 - 1399.
After discovering all things Chaucerian during high school, and later discovering that I am a direct descendant of John of Gaunt, I am naturally drawn to this place and time.


Interests:

  • Heraldic art - Especially Heraldic Achievements
  • Various and sundry arts of croft and cottage - basket weaving, cordage making, crafting needles and pins from thorns
    • Housewifery - Sewing, cookery, cheese making, and smoking meats
    • Herbalism - Gardening (all aspects), apothecary, lotions and ointments, soap making, teas/tisanes, dye stuffs, etc.
    • Animal Husbandry - Herder of goats, mules, and chickens
    • Foraging in field, forest, and hedgerow!
    • Woodwork - Specifically spoon making and other common items. My preferred method is to use hand tools (many I make myself) and shave horses (collaboratively made with my husband)
  • Calendars - I simply love everything about them, most especially Julian Calendars in all their exciting forms!


Timeline of Activity:

First Twenty Odd Years

  • 1988: Joined the SCA
  • 1993: First time as Autocrat – (then) Canton of Seleone, Meridies
  • 1996: Moved to Barony of Marinus, Atlantia
  • 2001: Returned to Barony of Seleone, Meridies/Gleann Abhann
  • 2001: Co-founded Sages of Seleone, Local Branch of the Herbal Guild of Meridies
  • 2002: Lady in Waiting to Baroness Seleone, Isolde die Graue aus dem Lebendhertz, OL
  • 2003: Co-Autocrat, Kingdom Arts & Sciences (4-day event), Kingdom of Meridies
  • 2003: Returned to Barony of Marinus, Atlantia
  • 2007: Moved to Ansteorra, but inadvertently went inactive

Current

  • 2019: Relocated to the Piney Woods of East Texas and once again "Living the Dream!"
  • 2022: Started playing with the Shire of Graywood.


Prior Groups:

  • Barony of Seleone, Meridies/Gleann Abhann (1988-1996 and 2001-2003)
  • Barony of Marinus, Atlantia (1996-2001 and 2003-2007)
  • Shire of Rosenfeld (2019-2022)


Populace Provided Information:


Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:

  • Creator, Editor, and Contributor to A (Not-Quite-Period) Cookbook – Specialty fundraiser publication for the Barony of Seleone, Meridies. [1]
  • Contributor to the Heraldicart project, providing artwork for Heralds and Scribes
  • Founding member of the Ansteorran Herbalism and Apothecary Guild
  • Created (and continues to create art for) the Rosenfeld Roll - A digital Roll of Arms for current members of the Shire of Rosenfeld as well as In-memorial arms.
  • Gleann Abhann Royalty Emblazon Project – At the request of Queen Danielle de la Roche III, I created twenty digital emblazons that were converted into machine embroidery patches for the GA Cloak of State. (Completed in February 2021)
  • Contributor to the Shire of Shadowlands Complete Roll project by Honorable Lord Paedric OMullan including the creation of an updated Heraldic Achievement of Arms for the Shire. (Completed in December 2022) [2]
  • Commended by the Board of Directors of the SCA in July 2024 for her work with the Farm, Field and Forestry guild.


Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:

  • Citizen of Seleone - This order is given to those gentles who reside outside of Baronial Lands of Seleone (Gleann Abhann) who have rendered great service and dedication to the Barony of Seleone. It is an honorary bestowal of particular dignity but does not affect their residency status or allow them to vote in Barony-only polling. For those who have received this award and live within the Barony, it is recognized that they will in perpetuity be considered citizens of Seleone, despite changes in residency or activity (or sanity).
  • Silver Pine of Graywood - February 25, 2024
Master William Blackfox Awards
Master William Blackfox Award Winner


  • William Blackfox Awards Honorable Mention for “Consistently creating a good, quality newsletter”, A.S. XXXIV (36) - A Sealion’s Tale, Barony of Seleone (Meridies); Chronicler: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe
  • William Blackfox Awards Winner for Best Layout and Design, A.S. LIV (54) - The Thorny Truth, Shire of Rosenfeld; Chronicler: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe
  • William Blackfox Awards Commendation for Best Special Issue, A.S. LIV (54) for “Special Resource Sampler” Edition - The Thorny Truth, Shire of Rosenfeld; Chronicler: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe
  • William Blackfox Awards Nomination for Best Regular Feature, A.S. LV (55) - For cartoons, articles, columns, etc. which appear regularly in the particular newsletter. Awarded to the creator or feature writer and the newsletter. “Jessimond’s Herbal Elements” - Author: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe; The Thorny Truth, Shire of Rosenfeld. Chronicler: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe
  • William Blackfox Awards Commendation, for Best Layout and Design, A.S. LVI (56) - The Thorny Truth, Shire of Rosenfeld; Chronicler: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe


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In Case of Court:

  • If at all possible, Jessimond prefers to receive any awards or recognitions privately, rather than in a full court.
  • If at all possible, Jessimond would prefer that her spouse, Tobias of Emerickeskepe, be notified ahead of time so that he may be with her if/when an award is presented.


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