"It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time."

In the fifty second year, on the sixth day, being the feast day of Justina of Padua and of the martyr Saint Apuleus, in the calends of October, let it be evident to all that we, Ioannes and Honig, King and Queen of the East, weary and wounded from battle and yet possessed of good sound mind and the power to order these matters, do instruct that our most beloved and very faithful Michael Acarensis be inducted and ratified as a companion of our very ancient Order of the Pelican, and further do we give unto him the sole right and authority to bear these arms by letters patent: Gules, on a bend sinister between two Crosses Jerusalem argent three crescents gules, and further do we mandate that he shall possess freely without any contestation all those rights and privileges due by custom and law to the said companions.

Having authorized these letters to be drawn up and presented to us as we celebrate the Coronation of Ivan and Matilde in our Barony of Settmour Swamp, we do sign and approve the this present document and wish it to be considered binding and to be valid in perpetuity according to the laws and customs of the East, and also in any other lands, kingdoms, or holdings where he may travail, according to whatever other laws validate them, so thereby to insure that our words and commands do us outlive. In so doing, we have called these sworn witnesses; Svava Thorgierrsdottir, Countess; Mercedes Vera de Calafia, Baroness; Ivan Ulrickson, Knight; Briana de Luna, Mistess; and Christian Wolfe, Master; who were present in their own person and who have at our command duly and firmly validated this document with their personal seals. Let all who hear these words rejoice and exult.

Ionnes and Honig, by strength and grace King and Queen of the East and defenders of Tir Mara, to all to whom these presents shall come greeting. Whereas the companions of the Order of the Maunche was an ancient company which hath enjoyed divers privileges and immunities by virtue of the liberties and customs granted to them by our most royal predecessors, Laeghaire and Ysabeau, and whereas at the time of the making of these letters there are not, in our esteemed judgement, a sufficient number of companions of the order know ye therefore that we of our especial grace certain knowledge and mere motion have willed ordained constituted granted and confirmed by these presents that our very sober and faithful subject Lady Galen of Blackthorne shall be duly and rightfully numbered among the companions of the order of the Maunche in recognition of her skill at the spinning of flax and of wool and further do we confirm and grant unto her the right to bear the following arms: ....., and also further do require that she along with all the said companions must appear from time to time at functions and public occasions bearing the livery and badge of this fraternity, to whit Per pale Or and purpure, a maunch counterchanged. Given by our hand and under our seal in the presence of witnesses and companion of the order on the field at our Great Northeastern War on the eighth day of July Anno Societatis LII in our beloved Province of Malagentia.

In great esteem the world should hold this man
whose heart is vast and laugh rings through the hall.
He greets all whom he meets with great elan,
and instantly befriends the great and small.

Boden Henebry is this dear man's name.
His gentle soul brings joy where'er he goes.
He does not seek advancement or chase fame,
but from his humble heart true kindness flows.

Queen Etheldreda saw this great man's worth.
Before the court he's called with bended knee.
The cheers that greet his name will shake the earth
as she bestows the glove of courtesy.

At Great Northeastern War we gathered here
in Malagentia, in fiftieth year.

Darius Aurelius, by right King of the East, in consort with Etheldreda, our most noble and worthy Queen.

Make known to all, present and future, in any of our territories, principalities, Baronies, shires, cantons and colleges, and any lands held under our Crown, that we, in response to the humble supplications of our beloved and renowned Masters of Defense (now few in number but mighty in voice), and further mindful that when we were called to the headship of this state we cherished the purpose of putting an end to injustice and disorder, in so doing we aimed to adorn this our realm with all the ornaments appropriate to this most storied and illustrious of kingdoms, which we mean to accomplish chiefly and most fully by the elevation of our most worthy and accomplished subjects to the peerages appropriate to their skills and attainments, it having at last been permitted that all our people should enjoy dignity and title in the form and matter which best becomes their service.

Thus, do we recognize and elevate our most dear and most beloved brother and ally Jean Xavier Boullier, Peer of our Realm, Baron of our Court, holder of the Queen's Order of Courtesy, Companion of the Silver Crescent and the Golden Rapier, Companion of the Silvanus Doke and the Silver Feather, beloved servant to our ancestor Queen Brenwen long departed, to the status and dignity of MASTER OF DEFENSE;

Further do We again confirm, award, grant, and bestow his right to bear arms by issuance of these Letters Patent, to whit Vert, a saltire between in fess two suns Or; overall a sword proper, as has been his lawful and honest right and privilege for some years yet past;

Further do we also confirm and command his right and duty to display the badge of the Masters of Defense, three rapiers in pall inverted tips crossed, upon his person and upon all manner of goods, and all of them, in such form and manner that any lord, baron, chatelaine, serf, count, viscount, king or subject of any realm known or unknown may at all times and in all places recognize him as a member of this said order, cloaked as he is in its dignity;

Further it is our pleasure that he will for now and always possess and enjoy such honors, authorities, prerogatives, pre-eminences, franchises, liberties and other immunities that have traditionally accompanied any such title and dignity, and that those estates, incomes, and licenses which he does now possess or shall possess in future will be protected by us and our heirs and successors to such extent as we are able and is just, so that he may continue to maintain the style, titles, and dignities of the peerage, that he may be at all times and in all places accepted and recognized as the equal of any peer of this or any realm known;

Thus do we, by our special favor, power, and royal authority, issue, authorize and approve these letters, issued on this date and duly registered as the law requires, signed by our hands, and further bearing witness that the said Jean Xavier Boullier has been duly and joyfully received by the order as is customary by our peers of the realm, given at (place) upon the (date) day of (month), being Anno Societatis L in the common reckoning.

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I believe you should be able to see a photo of the finished scroll here. Words turned into an actual physical object by Mistress Nataliia Anastasiia Evgenova Sviatoslavina vnuchka.

Unto our noble servant, Baron Rowen Cloteworthy, Troubadour Herald, we greet you well.

Forasmuch as we have of late had many diverse and astonishing reports of your acts, and being that we have long known of your dutiful and diligent service to our persons and to the administration of Our Kingdom, both now and in the time of our predecessors of blessed memory departed, and forasmuch as it is the duty of the crown to recognize and provide due and just reward for those our subjects of especial fidelity, valor, virtue, and great ability, do we command unto you that it be our express pleasure and will that, upon the allegiance and duty you owe unto us, that you do forthwith and under penalty of banishment and our grave displeasure, upon the receipt of these letters duly signed, sealed, and read forth publically as all the people assembled duly saw, that upon the twenty second of March, being the feast of Saint Epaphroditus and Saint Lea, you do make your repair back again into our presence and present yourself humbly unto us, our court then being convened and arrayed in Majesty in the Barony of Settmour Swamp, along with those persons and witnesses that you are desirous to speak to us on your behalf, that we may further and with our most excellent Majesty, upon receipt of sufficient testimony of your good life and virtuous works, and upon further examination of your witnesses, being first sworn in due form and arrayed as aforesaid with such outward tokens and symbols of their station as they have right to bear, evaluate your fitness for induction into our most ancient and noble ORDER OF THE PELICAN, letting you further understand that if you shall refuse thus to appear in our court at the appointed time and in suitable estate that we will not fail to proceed against you, according to those laws of our Kingdom that we are bound to uphold. And further do we command that these our letters, or the duplicate of them, shall be to you for this passage, and shall comprise sufficient warrant and discharge of your duty in this behalf.

Signed by us, Kenric and Avelina, rightful King and Queen of the East Kingdom, on the eight day of March, as we sit in state upon the occasion of the tournament held to select our Bardic Champions, in our Barony of Bergental.

As the illumination from this scroll was taken from the Codex Manesse, a 14th century liederhandschrift (or medieval songbook) which features a great deal of German Minnesang poetry, I chose to write the scroll text in the form of a Minnesang poem. The scroll text is loosely based on the poem 'Tanzweise' by Walther von der Vogelweide, whose portrait appears on leaf 124r of the Codex. Although I cannot confirm that 'Tanzweise' is one of the poems preserved in the Codex, it is a work that would have been immediately familiar to the owners of this book.

Here's a link to the source (in English translation)

( 'Lady,' they said, 'this garland wear )

To all and singular to whom these presents come from His Excellency Rowen Cloteworthy, Brigantia Principal Herald, greetings. Whereas their majesties Kenric and Avelina do firmly order that this memorial shall be issued under their hand and seal, in order that we should duly establish and record under lawful authority that one Zelda of Hadchester, gentlewoman, in recognition of her good service to Their shire of Hadchester and her care in the keeping of Their accounts, hath been awarded the right to bear Arms, namely: (space for ams) as are deemed suitable to be borne and used by her with their due and proper difference and accord to the laws of arms. Issued this 16th day of June upon the occasion of the Palio and the choosing of the Equestrian Champions in our Barony of Stonemarche.

Because a couple of people asked, here is the text of Sir Oscad's scroll. I did not have his blazon when I wrote it, but I know Eva added it when she actually inscribed the text.

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Sir Lucan, by grace and valor king of the East and Emperor ever agust, and Jana, lady of the Rose and of the Garnet, by the said grace King and Queen of Ostgardr and Owlsherst, An Dubhaigeainn and Ar-n-Eilean-ne, Ruantallan and Seashire, Coldwood and Malagentia, Carolinga, and all those lands encompassed there between, count and countess of the East, Duke and Duchess, and Prince and Princess of Tir Mara, Greetings.

Be it manifest and known to all who shall see this public instrument, that here on the site of the Great Pennsic War, in the month of August, in the XLVI year since the founding of the world, in the presence of our Counts and Countesses, Barons, Chatelaines, members of our council, of the very exalted and very powerful princes here assembled, and the combined might and valor of the Knights and Masters of Arms of the Known World,

that our noble and faithful Oscad de Segovia, having done nothing unbeseeming an honest man or done anything unworthy of his place, striving always and in all things to behave in a gentle, righteous, and just manner, who hath for many years given good and faithful service to the Kings and Queens of the Middle and the East, being, as he is, a noble companion of the Dragon's Tooth, the Red company, and the Gold Mace, and of the Order of the Tyger's Combattant, holder of the Purple Fret and the Doe's Grace, and many other worthy and well-deserved decorations of esteem besides, having many and often times on the field of battle and in other places and at other times proven by act and deed his prowess and bravery, and given the word of these witnesses here presented, who, with public declaration and testimony, swearing in the presence of our nobles with all the solemn forms to his fitness, gentility, service, talents, gifts, and chivalric virtues,

Therefore, having seen and understood the testimony here given, and every part and parcel of it, and being certain and assured by our Noble Companions of the Order of Chivalry of his fitness, and being certain and assured of everything set forth herein, and desiring to observe and fulfill our duty to recognize, elevate, and reward those persons whose deeds of valor and chivalry are commended unto us, thus do we, Lucan and Jana, confirm, approve, and ratify, in good faith and without deception, this instrument as outward token and memorial of the elevation of our Noble Oscad de Segovia as a Companion of Our order of Chivalry, and further do we award, grant, ratify, confirm, and give unto him and for his sole use arms by Letters Patent, to whit: ----------. and further do we give, grant, and approve unto him all those very ancient rights, and each of them and every one of them that are due to him as a companion of this order, asking only that he shall, forever and ever, keep, observe, and fulfill, really and effectively, in good faith, renouncing all deception, mental reservation, and subterfuge, those duties and responsibilities which now become his.

All the foregoing, and every part and parcel of it, promised and affirmed by us, and being entirely binding on our heirs, according as it shall be enacted, ordained, adjudged, and determined by them, just as, and as completely as if it had been enacted, determined, and concluded by them themselves, that they, jointly and severally, will keep, observe, and fulfill all the aforesaid, and each part and parcel of it, really and in fact, this instrument shall nevertheless be and remain firm, stable, and valid, forever and ever. Therefore, in testimony of truth, We made this our sign here, which is thus:


Source Material: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/16th_century/mod003.asp

Below are the words to Baron Angus Pembridge's you're-not-a-landed-baron-anymore scroll. It is a scroll which awards nothing, but in a very longwinded way.

( Words Signifying Nothing )

To all those that these present letters reading, hearing, or seeing, Rowen Brigantia, principal herald of arms of these Eastern lands, otherwise called Rowen Cloteworthy, baron, send due and humble recommendation and greeting a it appertaineth to this business.

For so much as it is understood for certain that every person, base or noble, within the kings lands who does perform laudable virtuous and commendable acts is entitled to those gifts which are within the natural virtuous and commendable reach of the crown, and that the most convenient and most honorable ways and means possible to exalt and prefer such virtuous persons is to honor and give most excellent laud and recommendation to them as can be thought or contrived by the giving or awarding of arms, thus do I, by express command of Edward, Knight, Prince of Tir Mara and eighty-third in the unbroken line of Kings of the East, and further by express command of Marguerite, most noble, wise, and virtuous queen, the said Brigantia Herald make especial note for the preserving and increase theof of her honor, that one Marie D’Agencour, gentlewoman of Malagentia is hereby entitled to for evermore have and hold such arms as have been devised and ordained to and for her, to whit:

and having commanded Our Heralds to devise in form and manner unique and suitable arms, do thereby confirm that these arms now be and to her hereafter shall be hers and hers alone for evermore to have and to hold, occupy and rejoice without any impediment, interruption, lette or impeachment of virtue evermore. As memory and token of this gift, we have caused the present letters to be made, bound, and confirmed by the authority of our testimony and by the signatures and witness of Syr Gryffith, Count and Aikaterine, Countess and heirs to the Eastern Throne. Done at Malagentia, being the 18th day of September in the first year of our reign, AS XLV, upon the occasion of the festival of the harvest moon.