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Resides: Shire of Mountain Freehold (formerly of the Barony of Stonemarche)
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Introduction

I first joined the SCA in 2001, when I assisted Lady Marielle de Chalon in founding the UNH Medieval and Renaissance Club (later to become the Incipient College of St Cuthbert). I served alternately as Vice President or Minister of Arts & Sciences there for the next six years.

I received my AoA in 2005 at Northern Lights 14 for my work with the College, as well as my research in period maritime navigational equipment. At Great Northeastern War 2008, I was made a companion of the order of the Maunche.

I currently reside in Mountain Freehold, but was originally from the Barony of Stonemarche and still think fondly of that place and its people.

Please note: I'm not "Elinor Strangewayes of Dorset" - that's someone else entirely.

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Research and Projects

I won three categories at Northern Lights 15: Herbalism and Period Science, with a Powder for the Cough and Metalwork for a floating brass plate Period Compass. I also submitted a Medicine for an Ague.

I won the Research Paper category at Northern Lights 16 with my article "Desirous to See the Strange Things of the World": The Curious Voyage of M. Hore. This paper explored the 1536 voyage of Richard Hore to Newfoundland, which is a fascinating story both for the myth - cannibalism, shipwreck, piracy - and the actuality: Admiralty court intrigue, nationalistic propaganda, and 16th century concepts of "civilized" behavior. Other entries that year included the first draft of my period drinking chocolate and a rendition of Ravenscroft's 1611 song "I Have House and Land in Kent."

Ongoing Major Research:

- Chocolate consumption in period

- Late period maritime life, technology, and material culture. Currently I am focusing on fishermen and fishing technology.

- English colonial and entrepreneurial efforts in the New World (yes, this is solidly period by even the most rigid definition of the SCA's end date, and it was quite profitable. There were English fishing vessels returning from Newfoundland as early as 1502, when the Gabriel of Bristol sold its thirty-six tons of fish for £180 in a time period when an English household servant could expect to make £2-5 in a year.)

- The absorption of New World foodstuffs into Old World foodways

- 16th century English and German costuming, especially funky hats and ruffs.

I autocratted the College's Old Hampshire Faire event for three years, and co-autocratted it once. I served as the A&S coordinator for Harper's Retreat in 2007 and have judged the research paper and report categories at Northern Lights. My household and I have made a point of offering our services as security and gophers at Birka for at least the last three years.

Classes I have taught:
Late Period English Rounds
Period Sea Chanteys & How to Tell Them Apart
So You Wanna Be a Pirate, or Late Period Maritime Technology
The Making and Drinking of Chocolate (in two parts)

Projects of which I'm proud:
The compass
A quadrant
A sounding lead (Some of my information is here, but I haven't posted any pictures of my reproduction yet.)
My early 16th century German Dress
An embroidered schaube
My big Elizabethan ruffs and Tudor hats, especially the Gable hoods.

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