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== Persona ==
== Persona ==
Kendrick is an Englishman living in the time after the Norman conquest of England. Although Kendrick does not remember the world before the Normans, his grandfather tells stories of the great days and heroes of true England.   
Kendrick is a Saxon theign living in the time of transition in the Kingdom of Wessex. CE 600.   


Kendrick was fostered and then served as squire for many years before being called home at the death of his father. Kendrick did not inherit his father's estates because the land and village were seized by the church in 1179 and given to Geoffrey Plantagenet before he was made Bishop of Lincoln. But, by 1189, Geoffrey had not been ordained a priest and Pope Lucius III ordered Geoffrey to resign or be ordained.  
Ethelberht holds the throne of Kent and will be the first Christianized king in England. Kendrick is interested in the new religion but finds his familiar ways more helpful in making sense of the world.  Wessex is spreading north and east to include lands and forests near Kingston on the Thames which puts us in conflict between Wessex and Kent. Kendrick's holding by the river Thames includes fertile hills and profitable forests leading to his interests in the forester's guild and expects all freemen and peasants on his land to practice archery which will protect his lands whichever way the wind blows among the great kings of the time.


Geoffrey was one of Henry II's illegitimate sons but Geoffrey served Henry well leading campaigns in the north supressing an uprising by Henry's legitimate sons. Kendrick served under Geoffrey's banner in that uprising and earned some renown as a thoughtful and lucky strategist. Henry II made Geoffrey Chancellor of England and Geoffrey resigned as Bishop thus releasing Kendrick's family lands and in 1190, Kendrick was made a Baron and given an additional great estate in service to the Crown.  After a few years the burden of such a large holding was gratefully passed to another and Kendrick now lives on a very small and profitable holding far from his birth lands.
       
== Offices & Positions ==
== Offices & Positions ==



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Information
Resides: Barony of Carolingia
Status: still here!
Awards: Order of Precedence
Heraldry
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Vert, a pall argent surmounted by an oak leaf Or, a bordure engrailed argent.
Award & Office Badges
unnamed fighting award, arts and sciences, Pharos, AoA, GoA, Augmentation of arms, Golden Dolphin
exchequer, seneschal, marshal, herald, web minister, chronicler

Introduction

Baron Kendrick del Grenewode, 3rd baron of Caer Mear in the Kingdom of Atlantia (retired), now of Carolingia in the East Kingdom. Companion of the Golden Dolphin for service to the Barony of Caer Mear and also having served as a regional seneschal in the Kingdom of Atlantia.

Persona

Kendrick is a Saxon theign living in the time of transition in the Kingdom of Wessex. CE 600.

Ethelberht holds the throne of Kent and will be the first Christianized king in England. Kendrick is interested in the new religion but finds his familiar ways more helpful in making sense of the world. Wessex is spreading north and east to include lands and forests near Kingston on the Thames which puts us in conflict between Wessex and Kent. Kendrick's holding by the river Thames includes fertile hills and profitable forests leading to his interests in the forester's guild and expects all freemen and peasants on his land to practice archery which will protect his lands whichever way the wind blows among the great kings of the time.

Offices & Positions

  • Exchequer, Barony of Caer Mear, Kingdom of Atlantia, 1987
  • Seneschal, Barony of Caer Mear, 1989
  • Baron, Barony of Caer Mear 5/25/1991
  • Rattan Marshal, at large, Kingdom of Atlantia
  • Web Minister, Barony of Caer Mear
  • Herald, Barony of Caer Mear and now at large
  • Regional Seneschal, Kingdom of Atlantia, Central Region (Virginia)
  • Chronicler, Barony of Carolingia, 11/01/2018

Event Staff

  • Asst. Head Cook, Fall Hunt, Barony of Caer Mear
  • Head Cook,
  • Autocrat, Baronial Summer Celebration, Barony of Caer Mear
  • Head Cook,
  • Autocrat, Ruby Joust 1, Barony of Caer Mear

Projects & Publications

  • Name of Project/Publication, Other info, mm/dd/yyyy
  • List in Chronological order, oldest to newest
  • Paternoster
  • Camp Cover-ups including the famous rock
  • Gothic Table
  • White Pie
  • Quick Mead in the style of Duke Gyrth
  • Strawberry Wine, Strawberry Cordial, Strawberry Ketsup
  • Period Cooking at Pennsic
  • Dutch Sauces


In Case of Court

I do not like surprises, you can tell me!

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