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*Silver Tower (outstanding service) [[Image: | *Silver Tower (outstanding service) [[Image:Silvertower.png|50px]] | ||
*Bronze Tower (service) [[Image: | *Bronze Tower (service) [[Image:Bronzetower.png|50px]] | ||
*Ivory Tower (arts) [[Image: | *Ivory Tower (arts) [[Image:Ivorytower.png|50px]] | ||
*Iron Tower (martial arts) [[Image: | *Iron Tower (martial arts) [[Image:Irontower.png|50px]] | ||
A [http://settmourswamp.eastkingdom.org/historyawards.html list of award recipients] is on-line. | A [http://settmourswamp.eastkingdom.org/historyawards.html list of award recipients] is on-line. | ||
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Barony of Settmour Swamp |
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File:Device SSwamp.gif Arms of the Barony of Settmour Swamp |
Information |
Founded: October 1979 |
Location: Somerset, Morris, Essex, Union, Warren, Hunterdon, and northern Middlesex counties in NJ, USA |
Settmour Swamp is one of the oldest, largest, and most active Baronies in the East Kingdom, and runs 4-9 events each year. Their annual Mudthaw event typically attracts between 500-700 attendees, and features the largest double-elimination armored tournament in the East Kingdom, with over 100 combatants.
Overview
Meaning: The group's name comes from the original two counties covered by the group: SomerSET and MORRis; also, the area is home to New Jersey's Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.
Established: as a Shire in October 1979; elevated to Barony in 1981
Blazon: Per fess argent and vert, a tower bendwise counterchanged sable and argent, in sinister chief a laurel wreath vert.
Heraldic officer's title: Sinking Tower Pursuivant
Awards:
- Silver Tower (outstanding service)
- Bronze Tower (service)
- Ivory Tower (arts)
- Iron Tower (martial arts)
A list of award recipients is on-line.
Newsletter: The Mudpuppy
Fighting Unit(s): Part of the Wetlands Alliance
Seneschal: Emeline Patterson
Territories of Settmour Swamp
The Canton of Gryphonwald, Settmour's first canton, covers northern Middlesex county.
The Canton of Marwick was founded in 1988 and covers Union County and the towns of Warren, Watchung, and Bound Brook. The canton is currently inactive.
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