René Basille

René giving her Gingerbrede presentation at Winter's Tourney
Information
Resides: Shire of Lionsdale Date Started: July 1992 Awards: Visit the Order of Precedence to access a list of this person's awards.
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DONUM CIBI SERVITIA DONUM or “Gift of food, gift of service” - René's Personal Motto

Persona

René was born in Nottingham, England in the Year of our Lord 1341. Her parents, Robert and Anna, were staplers who ran their own small store at the edge of the city.

When René was 15 she was married to Richard Spenser, a regular customer of her father's. Soon after their marriage, the people in Nottingham started getting sick and dying. Richard packed his new wife up in their small wagon and headed east ... but not before René's parents succumbed to the disease running rampant through Nottingham.

The newly married couple got as far as Grantham, where they found an inn, in desperate need of care and new ownership. Richard put everything they owned into the business, and they rebuilt it into a thriving roadside inn – The Brewer's Yeast.

In 1357, René gave birth to their first son, Edward.

In 1369, both Richard and Edward were called to war, leaving René home alone to care for the inn and their livestock.

In 1370, she received a letter letting her know that both her husband and son were killed in the war.

Now a widow, she manages the inn on her own, spending most of her time in the kitchens, creating new creations for her clientele.

Interests

cooking
weaving
sewing
painting

History

1992 Joined the SCA
1992 – 1994 Dragonward for Eisenmarche (unofficial)
1993 – 1996 Served at Banquets
- Eisenmarche Shire Banquet
- Lions Gate Baronial Banquet
1997 – 1999 Founding member and Seneschal of the Canton of Wyvern Hold in the Middle Kingdom (Canton now defunct)
2000 - Seamstress for newcomers clothing in Bitter End
2000 – 2003 Pied Piper for Eisenmarche
- Creator of Toad Hall (Child / Youth Page and Lady in waiting Program for our Younger generation)
-  Presented Toad Hall to Eisenmarche council, program was rejected by council
2000 – 2004 - Webspinner for Eisenmarche
2002 - Demo Co-ordinator for Bowen Island Medieval Days for Eisenmarche
2002 – 2012 - Founding creator/owner of SCA Lost
- 2002 purchased Domain name SCALost (dot) com
- 2007 moved Domain over to poetscove (dot) net / scalost
- 2012 closed SCA Lost (Facebook group created by someone else)
2003 - Taught Fingerloop braiding for A&S Nights in Eisenmarche
2003 - Gate duty for first Tir Righ Coronet/Investiture
- two back to back 12 hour shifts while site was being set up and first court was being held
2003 - Became Apprentice Heavy Marshal
- under the tutelage of Companion Aaron of the Black Mountains
2003 - Received Award of Arms
2004 - Drop Dead Deputy for The Toad publication (while Chronicler was having a baby)
- two issues of The Toad, illustrated and written
2004 - Received Traverse Board
2004 - Became A&S Champion for Shire of Eisenmarche
2004 - Compiled and Published Eisenmarche: A History
2004 - Helped repair and create award necklaces for the Principality of Tir Righ
2004 - Royal Nanny for Prince Kheron Azov and Princess Ksenia Einarsdottir
2005 - Held/hosted banner making workshop for new Tir Righ / An Tir populace banners
- donated banners to Eisenmarche
2005 - Autocrat for Eisenmarche Shire banquet
2005 - Constable in Charge for Tir Righ September Coronet
2006 - Kitchen staff for Lions Gate Newcomers’ Event
- helped pick up ingredients for the lunches
- serving and cleaning
2007 - Taught Beginner’s Hand Sewing at Clinton
2009 - Became a Jr. Target Archery Marshal
2011 - 2012 - Became The Principality of Tir Righ Heraldic Education Deputy (left due to serious illness)
2013 - Became Lionsdale Arts and Sciences Officer
2013 - Became Merchant Coordinator for Tir Righ June Coronet
2013 - Became Tir Righ Red Flame Herald
2013 - Event Steward for Odin's Playground in Lionsdale
2013 - Received a Goutte de Sang
2014 - Stepped down as Lionsdale Arts and Sciences Officer
- Stepped up as Lionsdale Chatelaine
2014 - Became Lionsdale Champion of Arts & Sciences
2015 - Became Lionsdale Champion of Bardic Arts
2015 - Stepped down as Tir Righ Red Flame
2015 - Stepped up as Lionsdale Herald 2015 - Became TUTR Coordinator for August Investiture in Lionsdale
2015 - Event Steward for Odin's Playground in Lionsdale
2022 - Became Wulfstan Meistari Hrafnsson's Student

Awards

Award of Arms – February 07, 2004 AS XXXVIII
Traverse Board – April 10, 2004 AS XXXVIII
Goutte de Sang – September 07, 2013 AS XLVIII
Princess' Talon of Favour – February 01, 2014 AS XLVIII
l'Etoille d'Argent - June 21, 2014 AS XLIX