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The Order of the Marshal, knightings
« on: 2011-11-21, 14:46:55 »

For those who don't know, we just had our second round of accolades in The Order of the Marshal. This past weekend, several of us traveled out to WV to conduct two knightings at a Catholic church, with a castle overlooking from the nearby hill.

Sir Nathan's ceremony was conducted by his priest, with a Catholic knighting rite that was translated from Latin. Afterward, we did Sir James' ceremony, which he wrote as a variant of our "standard" ceremony form. He opted to include the colée (the buffet) in his ceremony, which we agreed to do as a sort of shoving punch to the shoulder area of the chest.

Afterward, we had a lunch provided by Sir Nathan's family, and then returned to James's place for an afternoon of swordplay and test-cutting, followed by a dinner outing at the local Applebee's.

Much fun was had by all, and I think we definitely need to plan on having more swordy days. :) That's harder to do during the winter, but we can always have movie days instead when the weather is poor.

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Sir Nathan, please pass along my heartfelt thanks to your family for providing the lunch. I wasn't expecting that. And to your priest for accommodating us!

Sir James, let me thank you personally for offering up your yard to use for our afternoon festivities. What a great time we all had. It was a great day all around!
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Re: The Order of the Marshal, knightings
« Reply #1 on: 2011-11-22, 23:05:42 »
Sir James, let me thank you personally for offering up your yard to use for our afternoon festivities. What a great time we all had. It was a great day all around!

It was my pleasure. There will be more of them in the future. :)
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Re: The Order of the Marshal, knightings
« Reply #2 on: 2011-11-23, 01:36:06 »
A heartfelt congratulations to those who received the accolade last weekend!
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Re: The Order of the Marshal, knightings
« Reply #3 on: 2011-11-23, 02:29:29 »
Yes, more swordy days!  ;D
And Fr Leonard thought it was very neat, as he is fan of history also.
And the lunch surprised me too!  :D

I would thank you, Sir Ed, Sir William, and Sir Brian for your sponsorship.  :)
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« Reply #4 on: 2011-11-23, 11:53:35 »
sorry to have missed it :(

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Re: The Order of the Marshal, knightings
« Reply #5 on: 2011-11-23, 14:08:28 »
May I also commend and congratulate again our two newest knights of the Order and echo Sir Edward’s gratitude towards Fr Leonard and your family’s surprise luncheon Sir Nathan and truly appreciate your hospitality Sir James for our afternoon activities!  :)

sorry to have missed it :(

Well you were almost there by proxy Sir Wolf but we couldn’t capture that rare saber-toothed bunny.  ;)
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Re: The Order of the Marshal, knightings
« Reply #6 on: 2011-11-23, 15:08:00 »
Yes, more swordy days!  ;D
And Fr Leonard thought it was very neat, as he is fan of history also.
And the lunch surprised me too!  :D

I would thank you, Sir Ed, Sir William, and Sir Brian for your sponsorship.  :)

You are a most worthy addition to the Order, Sir Nathan, as is Sir James- but we knew that before you two were ever sponsored.  :)
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Re: The Order of the Marshal, knightings
« Reply #7 on: 2011-11-26, 03:13:49 »
Thank you Sir William and Sir Brian. It is my honor to be accounted as brethren, in leauge with Knights such as yourselves.

May I also commend and congratulate again our two newest knights of the Order and echo Sir Edward’s gratitude towards Fr Leonard and your family’s surprise luncheon Sir Nathan and truly appreciate your hospitality Sir James for our afternoon activities!  :)

sorry to have missed it :(

Well you were almost there by proxy Sir Wolf but we couldn’t capture that rare saber-toothed bunny.  ;)

Yes, with, SHARP, POINTY TEETH!!!!
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« Reply #8 on: 2011-11-26, 15:21:57 »
Congratulations, Sir Nathan.

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« Reply #9 on: 2011-11-27, 02:19:22 »
I thank you Sir John  :)
I am glad to see that you are among the order's ranks as well.
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Re: The Order of the Marshal, knightings
« Reply #10 on: 2012-01-02, 22:01:28 »
I tried to send a message to Sir Matthew to see when he is planning to be knighted, but maybe I'm not doing the messaging correctly. I met him at the PA Ren Faire this past October. I know he's from north of me, so I thought if he wanted to get knighted at the same time as me...it's less distance for you guys to travel.

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« Reply #11 on: 2012-01-07, 03:32:44 »
I got your message, Sir John, but I have been very busy and just have not had time to return it. I'll send my reply in a minute here. Even though this is the "off season" here in Pa., I find myself as busy or busier than when Faire season was in full swing!

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Re: The Order of the Marshal, knightings
« Reply #12 on: 2012-01-22, 19:01:57 »
Fellow knights,

Sir Edward said that I need three knights to sponsor me for my knighting. I have tried to show you all that I am an active member contributing to the organization with my "knight of the week." Are there 3 knights who would sponsor me? I would like to get knighted this spring, and am fixing up a "knighting room" in a William Marshal/Modern Chivalry theme...and my dining room as a medieval banquet room. After the knighting ceremony, we can toast with a bottle of Mead that I got from the PA Ren Faire, then have pizza (with medieval music in the background). After the pizza, I will show the movie I made about knights (lasts 1 1/2 hours) and is called: "The Tale of Sir John and the Rascals of Bihor." Please let me know if you are interested in sponsoring me. I will be glad to answer any questions that you may have.

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Re: The Order of the Marshal, knightings
« Reply #13 on: 2012-01-23, 04:40:21 »
Fellow knights,

Sir Edward said that I need three knights to sponsor me for my knighting. I have tried to show you all that I am an active member contributing to the organization with my "knight of the week." Are there 3 knights who would sponsor me? I would like to get knighted this spring, and am fixing up a "knighting room" in a William Marshal/Modern Chivalry theme...and my dining room as a medieval banquet room. After the knighting ceremony, we can toast with a bottle of Mead that I got from the PA Ren Faire, then have pizza (with medieval music in the background). After the pizza, I will show the movie I made about knights (lasts 1 1/2 hours) and is called: "The Tale of Sir John and the Rascals of Bihor." Please let me know if you are interested in sponsoring me. I will be glad to answer any questions that you may have.

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Sir John,

I sent you a message back on 11/27 which said:

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One last thing - I saw you posted in the Knight of the Week thread that you were nominated for membership - I wanted to make sure that you know I made the nomination, but others agreed, you have all the sponsors you needed, and you are an official member of the Order. Sir Edward sent you a message to let you know - I hope you received it. Congratulations and welcome to the Order.

I did not receive any reply to it, so I am not sure if you saw it or not. You were sponsored as a Yeoman in the Order on November 22nd 2011 by myself and Sir Nathan. The guidelines say you need to be a Yeoman for 90 days before being knighted; by spring it will have been well past the 90 days and at that point you will be eligible for sponsorship as a knight. I don't foresee any problems in you getting 3 sponsors; it is just a matter of time until the 90 days have passed, and can't occur before then.

I would like to be at your knighting ceremony, however I have conflicts for 3 out of 4 weekends in Feb and every weekend in March (birthday, then out of state wedding, then theoretically honeymoon for 2-ish weeks). April is completely open for me, though. Did you have a particular weekend in mind during the spring you'd like to have your knighting?
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Re: The Order of the Marshal, knightings
« Reply #14 on: 2012-01-23, 15:08:46 »
My congratulations goes out to Sir Nathan!

I am proud of you my brother in arms and I hope you continue to live your life by the Code of Chivalry.

My congratulations is extended to Sir James as well.

To say that this is a reminder of who we are and what we strive to become would be enough to summarize these two knightings.

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