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{{Territory
|name=Flaming Gryphon
|device=[[Image:Fgarms.gif|300px]]
|devicecaption=Arms of the Barony of Flaming Gryphon
|founded=1979
|modernlocation=Southwest Ohio}}

==About==
Flaming Gryphon is a [[Barony]] located in the [[South Oaken]] region. It covers Southwest Ohio, north of the Barony of [[Fenix]].

==Territories==
The original shires were given permission to call themselves [[Marche|Marches]] because they formed a Barony from groups that had been part of [[Middle Marches]]. 

The Barony is comprised of 4 [[Shires]].
*Marche of [[Winged Hills]] (Greater Dayton, OH)
*Shire of [[Havenhold]] (Springfield, OH)
*Canton of [[Hawkes Keye]] (Butler and Warren Counties, OH)
*Shire of [[Norborough]] (Troy, OH)
 
As of 2017, we have 3 dormant shires:
*Marche of the [[Unicorn]] (now the Miami University Medieval Club)
*Marche of [[Flaming Sword]] (Middletown, OH)
*College of [[St. Joan]] (University of Dayton)
 
In 2023, the [[Incipient]] Shire under our sponsorship, Shire of [[Grenemere]] (Celina, OH), opted to disband.
 
Another of the original shires later became the Barony of [[Fenix]].

[[Image:Fg-livery.jpg|thumb|Livery of Flaming Gryphony]]

==Coat of Arms and Livery of the Barony==
Blazon: Ermine, in bend sinister a gryphon stooping Or, enflamed proper, and a laurel wreath palewise vert.

While ''stooping'' is no longer considered a true heraldic position, the Arms have been grandfathered in and allowed to stay as registered. According to the first Baron, Syr [[Lorimer MacAltin|Lorimer MacAltin of the Garioch]], the idea for the design is that the Gryphon is pouncing on the laurel wreath The flames were to evoke the speed and direction of the Gryphon, and are reminiscent of flames painted on cars.

All members of the Barony may wear the Livery of the Barony, which is blazoned: Per pale ermine and Or.

==Barons and Baronesses==
[[Flaming Gryphon Baronage]]

The current Baron and Baroness of Flaming Gryphon are [[Timothy the Just]] and [[Elizabeta Alegreza Foscari]].

The previous Barons and Baronesses have been:

* Baron Syr [[Lorimer MacAltin|Lorimer MacAltin of the Garioch]] (8/18/1979 to 3/7/1987, founding Baron) and Baroness Ealasaid of the Isles (7/10/1982 - 3/7/1987)
* Baron Syr Berach de Winterbourne (3/7/1987 to 4/17/2004) and Baroness Myfanwy of Ceredigion (9/19/1987 to 4/17/2004)
* Baron [[Nicholas of Wicklow]] and Baroness [[Soffya von Kulpe]] (4/17/2004 - 4/12/2009).
* Baron Syr Kyppyn Kirkcaldy and Duchesse [[Sabine de Rouen]] (4/12/2009 - 4/2/2011).
* Baron [[Dafydd Blaidd]] and Baroness Meriel Fitzwilliam (4/2/2011 - 4/2/2016).
* Baron [[Edward Foxley]] and Baroness [[Allegra Ginevra Soave da Napoli]] (4/2/2016 - 7/17/2021)

==Baronial Orders and Awards==
* The Award of the [[Flaming Brand]]- Given for service to the Barony. Recipients may wear the badge of the award, blazoned: ''Ermine, a torch proper''. May be given more than once.
* The Award of the [[Gryphon's Plume]] - Given for excellence in arts or sciences. Recipients may wear the badge blazoned: ''Ermine, a feather bendwise Or enflamed gules''. May be given more than once
* The Order of the [[Gryphon's Spear]] - Given for service to the Barony and the Kingdom at the Pennsic War. The five principal members are known as the Gold Company. Recipients may wear the badge of the order blazoned: ''(Fieldless) A gryphon passant maintaining a spear palewise sable''.
* [[Sable Shield]] - Given to all authorized heavy-weapons fighters. Members are known as Companions, Soldiers or Tourniers of the Sable Shield, and may wear the badge of the order blazoned: ''Per pale ermine and Or, an inescutcheon sable''.
* [[Academie de Griffe]] - Given to all authorized rapier combatants of the Barony. Recipients may war the badge of the order, blazoned: ''Per pale ermine and Or, an eagle's jambe fesswise reversed sustaining in chief a sword fesswise sable''. The current rapier champion of the Barony is known as the Capitaine de Grif.
* The Award of the [[Gryphon's Fire]] - Given for long and distinguished service to the Barony.
* The Award of the [[Gryphon's Treasure (Tressure)]] - Given for service to the Barony by a minor. Recipients may wear the badge of the award, blazoned: ''Per pale ermine and Or, a double tressure gules''.
* [[Baroness' Cypher]] - Given by the Baroness for exhibiting courteous behavior at all times. Recipients may wear a stylized badge consisting of the Baroness' initial combined with the letter 'B' and may style themselves as a Bearer of the Baroness' Cypher (BBC). This recognition may be received multiple times.
* The [[Order of St. Crispin]] - Given for exemplary efforts in authenticity. The first five members will be known as the "Hand of St. Crispin". Members may style themselves as Companion of the Order of St. Crispin (CSC) and wear the badge of order, blazoned: ''Per pale ermine and Or, in pale two shoes reversed sable''.
* [[Guardsmen of Flaming Gryphon]] - Given to all archers who submit a score of forty or higher on the Royal Round, or serve as one of the baronial archery champions.
* The [[Order of the Ermine Heart]] - Given to those who have served the barony as baroness. Blazon: ''(Fieldless) A heart per pale ermine and Or enflamed to chief proper.''

==History==

===Baronial History===
An article about the first 45 years of the Flaming Gryphon has been posted to the MidRealm History Page:
[https://history.midrealm.org/2024/10/the-history-of-the-barony-of-flaming-gryphon-on-its-45th-anniversary/ History of the Barony of Flaming Gryphon]

===Heraldry History===
The name Barony of the Flaming Gryphon was registered with the SCA College of Heralds in October of 1979. 
The heraldic device "Ermine, in bend sinister a gryphon stooping Or, enflamed proper, and a laurel wreath palewise vert." was registered in July of 1980

==Legacy Medallions of the Barony==
The Barony has 3 [[Flaming Gryphon Peerage Legacy Medallions]], a medallion on a chain for the Order of the Pelican and a laurel wreath medallion with names of the recipients embroidered on the collar for the Order of the Laurel.

==External Links==
[http://flaminggryphon.midrealm.org/ Website]
 [https://www.facebook.com/BaronyofFlamingG Official Facebook Page]
 [https://twitter.com/flaminggryphon Twitter]
 [http://discord.gg/39QjUyb8 Discord]

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