Knighting
of Sir Morven of Carrick
September 28, 1975
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[Excerpted from the History of the West Kingdom, for September Crown Tourney, September 27-28, 1975The knights of the West then petitioned the Crown to knight Morven of Carrick, which King Douglas did. The achievement includes Morven's arms: "Chequy gules and Or, a bear statant erect sable" coupled with the achievement of a Knight, "helmed, and mantled gules, doubled Or." |
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Here, Sir William the Lucky reads the ceremony, as King Terrence accepts Morven's oath of fealty. |
Here, King Terrence dubs the new-made Knight. |
Here, King Terrence places the chain around Sir Morven's neck. |
Sir Morven is greeted by his fellow Knights. |
The pictures are from the collection of the late THL Eyana bat-David nicChlurain
Description
of this event, © Copyright 1980 by William R. Keyes (Wilhelm von
Schlüssel)
This is from The History of the West Kingdom, Volume 1 (the only volume
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