Esclarmonde de Porcairages
Dame Esclarmonde de Porcairages
Device: Quarterly argent and purpure, a chalice Or between two mullets purpure
Badge: Purpure, a snail Or (An intentional cant: escargot for Esclarmonde).
Current Local Branch: Shire of Wyewood
Preferred time period: 14th century
Interests: Esclarmonde enjoyes embroidery (especially opus anglicanum), handsewing, armorial heraldry, voice healdry, creating period hairstyles, and fingerloop braiding.
Offices Held (in reverse chronological order): - Chatelaine of the shire of Wyewood, Spring 2010 to present - Deputy to Argent Scroll Herald, An Tir Heraldic Education, fall 2007 to present - Argent Scroll Herald, An Tir Heraldic Education, fall 2005 to fall 2007 - Local Branch Pursuivant, the shire of Wyewood, fall 2003 to fall 2005 - Exchequer, shire of Rockwall, Northshield, spring 1995 to spring 1997 - Deputy Seneschal, the shire of Rockwall, Northsheild, fall 1996 to spring 1997 - Deputy Chronicler, the shire of Rockwall, Northsheild, spring 1995 to spring 1996
Awards: Award of Arms, Jambe de Lion, Goutte de Sang, Laurel
Other accomplishments: Esclarmonde is the author of The Compleat Anachronist Issue No. 144 and 145: Unveiling the Truth: Medieval Women's Hairstyles