Originally compiled by Baron Eógan mac Ailpein
What follows is the registered heraldry and awards for the Barony of Windmasters’ Hill.
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Baronial Name
| Name | Registered | Eogan’s Notes |
| Barony of Windmasters’ Hill | August 1979 | |
| Barony of Windmaster’s Hill | October 1979 | Alternate spelling |
| Shire of Windmasters’ Hill | from January 1976 to August 1979 | Old shire name |
Baronial Arms
| Image | Blazon | Registered | Eogan’s Notes |
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Per chevron Azure and Vert, in chief two boreae addorsed and conjoined and in base a winged cat passant, forepaw extended, wings elevated and addorsed, all Argent, within overall a laurel wreath Or | October 1979 | Current Arms |
Baronial Populace Badges
| Image | Blazon | Registered | Eogan’s Notes |
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(Fieldless) A winged cat passant extended Purpure | January 1976 | |
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(Fieldless) A winged cat passant, forepaw extended, wings elevated and addorsed, Argent | October 1979 | The badge most commonly used by the populace |
Baronial Orders (Non-Polling)
A person can only be inducted into any one order once
| Image | Name | Blazon | Registered | Eogan’s Notes |
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Order of Kitty Hawk Order of Kittyhawk (alternative spelling) |
(Fieldless) A winged cat sejant affronty facing to sinister, wings displayed, Argent | August 1979 (blazon) October 1979 (order name) April 1982 (alternate spelling) |
For service to the Barony |
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Order of Boreas | (Fieldless) Two boreae addorsed and conjoined Argent | October 1979 Name re-registered April 1982 |
For excellence in Arts & Sciences |
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Order of Don Quixote | Per chevron Azure and Vert, a windmill Argent | August 1979 (Blazon) October 1979 (Name) April 1982 (Name re-registered) |
For service to the Barony above and beyond sanity |
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Order of St. Nicholas | Per chevron Azure and Vert, a wooden shoe proper fimbriated Or between three bezants Or | August 1979 (Blazon) October 1979 (Name) |
For service by a child to the barony or by an adult for the children of the barony |
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Order of the Tempest | Gules, a winged domestic cat salient to sinister and maintaining a sword palewise Argent | April 1990 | For excellence in martial activities NB: The sword should not penetrate the edge of the red field |
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Order of the Aeolus | (Fieldless) an annulet Or pellety | November 2007 | For those that distinguished themselves at martial activity while not having yet reached 18 years of age |
Baronial Awards
All of these awards can be given more than once
| Image | Name | Blazon | Registered | Eogan’s Notes |
| Baronial Award of Excellence | No badge NB:the baronage typically gives the receipient a personal token or gift |
Un-Registered | For excellence in any field of endeavor at Their Excellencies’ discretion | |
| Baroness’ Award of Courtesy | No badge The Barones typically gives the receipient a personal token or gift |
Un-Registered | Given by the Baroness to recognize noteworthy courtesy | |
| Honorary Baronial Citizenship | No badge The baronage typically gives the receipient a scroll |
Un-Registered | For a notable person who is moving out of the Barony or a notable person who lives outside Windmasters’ Hill but who does service in this Barony | |
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Award of the Eurus | (Fieldless) an annulet Vert platy | November 2007 | Given for single noteworthy act of service |
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Award of the Hurt | (Fieldless) an annulet Argent hurty | February 2011 | Given to someone injured in service to the Barony |
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Award of the Torteau | (Fieldless) an annulet Gules platy | February 2011 (blazon) September 2013 (name). |
Given for a single effort of distinction on the fighting field Originally named the Scirroco. Renamed Torteau when Scirroco could not pass. |
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Award of the Notus | (Fieldless) an annulet Azure platy | February 2011 | Given for a single wonder of Arts and Sciences |
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Companion of the Golden Ladle |
Per chevron azure and vert, two ladles in saltire Or.
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2017 | Given in recognition for excellence in cooking. |
Baronial Guilds
| Image | Name | Blazon | Registered | Eogan’s Notes |
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Calligraphers and Illuminators Guild | Per chevron Azure and Vert, a boreas blowing in bend surmounted by a quill pen in bend sinister Or | October 1979 | This guild was awarded a Silver Nautilus for excellence in the arts by TRMs Logan and Arielle, so this badge is often displayed with the Silver Nautilus badge attached below |
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Needlework Guild | Argent, fretty Azure, a pair of scissors opened in saltire, points to base, Or | August 1979 | |
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Windmasters’ Hill Baronial Archer Corps | Per pale Vert and Purpure, a winged cat passant, forepaw extended and maintaining a sheaf of arrows inverted, wings elevated and addorsed, Argent | Un-Registered Formed in 1976 |
The badge is not required to be registered as the arrows are not sufficient to cause a clear difference |
| Flagon and Cask | The baronial brewing and vinting guild was estab-lished in the early 2000s. It has no passed heraldry. |
Former Awards
| Image | Name | Blazon | Registered | Eogan’s Notes |
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Award of Purple Kitty Award of the Purple Heart |
Purpure, a winged cat passant, forepaw extended and bandaged, wings elevated and addorsed, Argent | Un-Registered | For people injured in service to the Barony |
| Award of Cat’s Meow | (Fieldless) a cat’s head couped Argent | Un-Registered | Given for service to the barony which does not yet warrant a Kittyhawk by Baroness Lucia | |
| Award of Dormant Kittyhawk | (Fieldless) a winged cat dormant Argent | Un-Registered | For members of the Barony who have the ability to fall asleep anywhere |
Canton Arms
| Image | Canton | Blazon | Registered |
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Elvegast | Per chevron azure and vert; in chief two aeoli with breaths conjoined at fess point argent; in base a laurel wreath Or. | Name and Arms: August 1979 |
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Kapellenberg | Per chevron inverted argent and azure, a tower azure and a laurel wreath Or. | Name: June 1981
Arms: October 1982, Reblazoned June 1998 |
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Buckston-on-Eno | Per bend wavy vert and azure, a hart counterspringing argent, environed of a laurel wreath Or. | Name: April 1982
Arms: August 1979 |
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Attilium | Per fess embattled gules and argent, two crosses moline Or and a laurel wreath azure.
(Former heraldry, released in 2002: Gules, a laurel wreath and in chief four yak tails palewise argent.) |
Name: December 1982
Arms: September 2002 |
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Nimenefeld | Gules, a garb within a laurel wreath and on a chief Or a demi-sun gules. | Name: November 2000
Arms: March 2006 |
Baronial Populace Badges
| Image | Canton | Blazon(s) | Registered |
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Elvegast | (Fieldless) Two Aeoli with breaths conjoined, argent.
Additional Badge: Gules, a bend sinister of five lozenges conjoined argent. |
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Kapellenberg | Azure, three towers conjoined in pall inverted argent. | October 1982
Reblazoned June 1998 |
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Buckston-on-Eno | Vert, a stag’s head couped and sinister facing, Or and a ford proper. | July 1989 |
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Attilium | (Fieldless) An ypotryll passant Or. | March 2014 |
Heraldic Definitions
What follows is NOT a complete list of heraldic definitions. It is a list of those terms for the heraldry used by the Barony of Windmasters’ Hill.
| Term | Definition |
| Aeolus | Greek god the keeper of the winds |
| Annulet | A ring. The emblem of strength. The Romans represented Liberty by it |
| Argent | Silver or White |
| Azure | Blue |
| Boreas | Greek god of the north wind |
| Eurus | Greek god of the east wind |
| Fieldless | A design which may be presented on any background, for example, a maker’s mark.. |
| Fimbriated | An ordinary, or charge, having an edge or Bordure all round it, in our case it is border Or all around a wooden shoe. |
| Fretty | An even number of pieces crossing bendways, dexter and sinister, and interlacing each other. |
| Gules | Red |
| Hurt | An azure roundel |
| Hurty | A semy of Hurts |
| Notus | Greek god of the south wind |
| Or | Gold or Yellow |
| Pellet | A Sable roundel. Also known as gunstones or ogresses |
| Pellety | A semy of Pellets. |
| Plate | An Argent roundel |
| Platy | A semy of Plates. |
| Purpure | Purple |
| Roundel | Round figures which may be charged with any figure. In blazon change their names according to the different tinctures of which they are composed, except when they are counter-changed. When Or (gold or yellow) they are called Bezants. When Argent (silver or white) = Plates. Gules (red)= Torteau. Azure (blue)= Hurts. Vert (green)= Pomeis. Sable (black)= Pellets, Gunstones or Ogresses. Purpure = Golpes. Tenné = Oranges. Barry wavy, Argent and Azure = Fountains. These figures are all globular, except the bezant, plate, and fountain. |
| Sable | Black |
| Scirocco | A Mediterranean wind that comes from the Sahara and reaches hurricane speeds in North Africa and Southern Europe |
| Semy | This means that the Field, Charge, Crest, or Supporter, is strewed over with figures, such as roses, stars, etc. When strewed with fleur-de-lis it is then termed Semée-de-lis. |
| Vert | Green |
| Zephyros | Greek god of the west wind |
This site was created by Baron Eógan mac Ailpein, Silver Hare Herald (Gene Bonar) and is maintained by the Baronial Webminister.
It was last updated on 5 December 2016.
