Society for Creative Anachronism

The Board of Directors is seeking feedback on the proposed addition to Corpora: Section IV.A, Royalty-Selection. A previous version was put out for comment in 2023. The majority of commentary received was favorable to the concept but not necessarily to the specific language. This rewritten proposal attempts to address those concerns. Additionally, principalities have been added to be in line with other rights, privileges, and restrictions of Principality royalty.

It is clearly stated in the Rules of the List in Corpora that all combatants must be acceptable to the Crown. This is an authority that has great importance in Royal Lists. It is also important to note that the Crown should not, whether intentionally or otherwise, attempt to influence the outcome a Royal List by using that authority. On multiple occasions a Crown has barred or attempted to bar a swath of people from competing in the Royal Lists based on factors such as geographical location, household affiliation, membership in a particular order, or simply rejecting well over half the letters of intent, giving the distinct impression that this action would control the outcome of the tourney. In 2022, the Society Seneschal issued a Corpora interpretation barring this practice which was upheld by the Board. This proposed language would add and define this restriction to Corpora directly, and also to require the Crown to state a reason to an individual to whom they have refused entry if the individual requests it.

Proposed language:

IV. ROYALTY

4. The Crown may refuse entry into the Royal Lists as either combatant or consort, on an individual basis only, for cause stated only to the person denied entry. Entry into the Royal Lists may not be denied to identifiable groups of people, or to a large enough number of entrants that it materially affects the size of the list.

5. The Coronet of a Principality may deny entry as stated above, only with the approval of the Crown.

Corpora, including the By-Laws, can be found in its entirety can be found here: https://www.sca.org/resources/document-library/govdocs/

Please email all commentary to [email protected] and use the title “Royalty Selection” in the subject line.

NOTE: Do not use attachments in your commentary. Attachments will cause your message to be marked as spam, and it will be bounced.

In lieu of email, commentary may be sent by US Mail, Postage-Prepaid, to:

Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc.
RE: Royalty Selection
P.O. Box 611928
San Jose, CA 95161

Commentary regarding this proposed Corpora change, whether sent by email or US Mail, must be received by the Board no later than June 30, 2024.

Commentary Request – Corpora Addition – Royalty Selection (Refusals)

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