Scroll Text - Mikael ibn Melhem ibn Yusuf al-Uqlidsi - Gage 2023
Kingdom of AEthelmearc - Martial Award
Salutations to all gentles these present letters from Andreas and Kallista to the Coronets, Nobles and freemen of Our domain, greetings. It has come to Our notice the tremendous skill of armor and shield, of sword and spear, within the tourney and upon the field and with all the noble skill of arms that a man shall learn. Thus, be it known that we have given and granted, and by these presents do give and grant for us and our heirs to our wellbeloved subject, Mikael ibn Melhem ibn Yusuf al-Uqlidsi, entrance into our Order of the Gage and do grant him arms that he shall bear from this day until the world's end without let or hindrance. In witness whereof we have caused to be made these Our letters. Witnessed at the Bog Three Day, the 15th day of July, AS 58 in the Barony of St Swithin's Bog.
based on the "Letters Patents of King Henry the Seventh Granted unto Iohn Cabot and his Three Sonnes, Lewis, Sebastian and Sancius for the the Discouerie of New and Unknowen Lands" and a letter from Henry VII to the dean and chapter of Wells, dated April 9, 1495.
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