Precedence table for Lochac

Information about precedence can be found in the following sources:

Corpora on awards (PDF, large-ish, go to section VIII "Personal awards and titles") ["Corpora"]
Awards section of the laws of the kingdom of Lochac ["Lochac law"] (this page was compiled from the September 2004 version that was the latest published version in March 2005, and hasn't been cross-checked for changes)
Awards section of the Caidan book of law excerpted into HTML (original available off the Caidan seneschal's page) ["Caid law"]
Arms and orders section of the Code of laws of the kingdom of the West ["West law"]

A small example of a format for a roll of precedence is:

NZ records in the Caidan OP (Word 97, 52 KB)

Class	Kingdom	Award	Rubric
Patent of Arms	SCA-wide	Duchy	Royal Peerages earned in the Kingdom of Lochac are accompanied by Patents of Arms. [Lochac law] There shall be a rebuttable presumption that those serving as Monarchs of Caid for a full reign, without removal by the Board of Directors, or otherwise, have met the requirements for a Patent of Arms. [Caid law] Royal Peerages earned in the Kingdom of the West shall be accompanied by Patents of Arms. [West law]
		County
		Chivalry	The Crown may establish the order of precedence within the peerage according to the laws and customs of the kingdom. However, the Chivalry, the Laurel, and the Pelican are of equal precedence and must be considered as one group. [Corpora]
		Laurel
		Pelican
GoA+	Lochac	Lochac Company of Archers	Membership in this Company shall carry a Grant of Arms. Membership in this Order shall carry a Grant of Arms, which will take precedence before simple Grants of Arms. The precedence of the Order shall be combined with that of the White Scarf of Lochac. [Lochac law]
	Lochac	White Scarf of Lochac	Membership in this Order shall carry a Grant of Arms, which will take precedence before simple Grants of Arms. The precedence of the Order shall be combined with that of the Lochac Company of Archers. [Lochac law]
	Caid	Order of the Crescent	The Crown shall award the Order of the Crescent, the Order of the Lux Caidis, the Order of the Gauntlet of Caid, the Order of Chiron and the Order of the White Scarf of Caid to those it deems deserving. These Orders shall be equal in rank, shall be ranked above the Grant of Arms, and shall carry a Grant of Arms if the recipient has not already received a Grant. [Caid law]
		Order of the Lux Caidis
		Order of the Gauntlet of Caid
		Order of Chiron
		Order of the White Scarf of Caid
Grant (GoA)	SCA-wide	[simple Grant of Arms]
	West	Royal Company of Archers	Membership in this Order shall carry a Grant of Arms. [West law]
	West	Royal Company of Yeomen	Membership in this Order shall carry a Grant of Arms. [West law]
AoA++	Lochac	Court Baron/ess	This title carries with it an Award of Arms, and those entitled shall stand in precedence between holders of Grants of Arms and Orders of Achievement [Lochac law]
AoA++	West	Order of the Western Lily	Membership in this Order will carry with it an Award of Arms, and members shall stand in precedence between holders of Grants of Arms and holders of Leaves of Achievement. [West law]
AoA+	Lochac	Order of the Golden Tear	[These awards are known as "Orders of Achievement"] Membership in these Orders will carry with it an Award of Arms, and members shall stand in precedence between holders of Grants of Arms and holders of Awards of Arms.
		Order of the Lily
		Order of the Rapier
		Order of the Hasta Belli
		Order of the Nock
		Miles Regni
		The Promethean Flame
	Caid	Order of the Dolphin	The Crown shall award the Order of the Dolphin, the Order of the Harp Argent, the Order of the Crescent Sword, the Order of the Argent Arrow, and the Order of the Duelist to those it deems deserving. These Orders shall be equal in rank, shall be ranked between the Award of Arms and the Grant of Arms, and shall carry an Award of Arms if the recipient is not already armigerous.
		Order of the Harp Argent
		Order of the Crescent Sword
		Order of the Argent Arrow
		Order of the Duelist
	West	Order of the Leaf of Merit	[These awards are known as "Leaves of Achievement"] Membership in these Orders will carry with it an Award of Arms, and members shall stand in precedence between holders of Grants of Arms and holders of Awards of Arms who also hold the title Court Baron/Baroness. [West law]
	West	Order of the Rose Leaf
AoA(+)	West	Court Baron/ess	This title carries with it an Award of Arms, and those entitled shall stand in precedence between holders of Leaves of Achievement and holders of Awards of Arms. [West law]
Award of Arms (AoA)	SCA-wide
Non- armigerous	Lochac	Lochac Order of Grace	In addition to the armigerous Orders, the Crown may create orders that do not in themselves convey the right to bear arms. [Lochac law]
		Order of the Rowan
		Order of the Shining Helm
		Order of the Southern Cross
		Prix Jongleur
		Royal Cyphers
		Mouse Guard
	Caid	L'Honneur de la Chanson	The following non-armigerous Orders and awards shall be given by the Crown to those it deems deserving. [Caid law]
		Corde de Guerre
		Crossed Swords
		Order of the Vanguard of Honor
		Order of the Acorn
		Legion of Courtesy	The Consort reserves and has the sole right to award the Legion of Courtesy to those found deserving. [Caid law]
	West	Queen's Order of Grace	In addition to the armigerous Orders, the Crown may create orders, which do not in themselves convey the right to bear arms. At present, these include the Queen's Order of Grace, the Order of the Queen's Cypher, the Order of Valor, Knight Banneret, the Order of the Golden Poppy, Defender of the West, Pillar of the West, Order of the Silver Mantle, Royal Page of the West, the Order of the King's Lance, the Wreath of Valor, the Wreath of Chivalry, the Western Roll of Honor, the Order of the Golden Acorn, the Muckin' Great Clubbe, the Old Battered Helm, the WKPM (West Kingdom Paragons of Merriment), the Order of the Noble Manor, and the Order of the Queen's Treasure. [West law]
		Order of the Queen's Cypher
		Order of Valor
		Knight Banneret
		Order of the Golden Poppy
		Defender of the West
		Pillar of the West
		Order of the Silver Mantle
		Royal Page of the West
		Order of the King's Lance
		Wreath of Valor
		Wreath of Chivalry
		Western Roll of Honor
		Order of the Golden Acorn
		Muckin' Great Clubbe
		Old Battered Helm
		WKPM (West Kingdom Paragons of Merriment)
		Order of the Noble Manor
		Order of the Queen's Treasure

Still to come:

Lochac principality awards
Defunct awards such as the Pilgrim's Order of Grace.

Notes:

Lochacan law doesn't currently determine precedence between patent awards. It grants patents to the royal peerages, but at the moment there's nothing to say that a duchy outranks a county, or that either outranks a bestowed peerage.

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Page created: 10 March 2005
Last updated: 24 February 2007
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