Outlands Order of the Stag Wording

Proclaim to all gentles and nobles and let it be known by these present letters that We, ______ and _______, King and Queen of these mighty Outlands, send due Commendations and Greetings.

We hope not only to embellish, but to increase the dignity of the Outlands when We dispense titles of honor among noble, discreet and valiant persons. Wherefore We have directed the regard of Our consideration to _______, who has rendered to us and Our Kingdom not only useful but fruitful and honorable service.

Hence We do prefer and create [him/her], by Grant of Arms, a Stag of the Outlands. { [He/She] shall receive all honors, duties and privileges as are conveyed by this station. } The College of Arms having approved: <BLAZON> for [his/her] sole and unique use, the Honorable [Lord/Lady] ______ shall bear these Arms as a sign of Our high favor. {We further grant [him/her] the right to bear the insignia of the order: Vert, two stags combatant sustaining between them a column argent, a bordure engrailed Or.}

Done by Our hand this ____ day of _____, Anno Societatis _____ being _____ Gregorian.

_____ King _____ Queen

Being required by Their Majesties to make search in the records of my office for the Arms of the aforementioned gentle, I do find that [he/she] may lawfully bear the Arms herein mentioned.

White Stag Principal Herald

ALTERNATIVE:

We, ________, by Right of Arms, King, and __________, by Grace and Courtesy, Queen of these fair Outlands, give due Commendations and Greetings to all good gentles and nobles to whom these present letters shall come.

Finding Ourselves in receipt of many good reports of the fruitful and honorable works and virtuous deeds of Our Subject, _______, We are minded to prefer and create [him/her], by Grant of Arms, as a Stag of the Outlands. Know that the Honorable [Lord/Lady] ______ shall receive all honors, duties and privileges as are conveyed with such station. The College of Arms having approved: <BLAZON>, for [his/her] sole and unique use, [he/she] shall bear these Arms as a sign of Our high favor. {We further grant [him/her] the right to bear the insignia of the order: Vert, two stags combatant sustaining between them a column argent, a bordure engrailed Or.}

We have signed these present letters with Our royal signs manual {in Our Barony/Shire of [NAME OF CHAPTER] at [EVENT],} this _____ day of ______, Anno Societatis _____, being _____ in the common reckoning of years.

_____ King _____ Queen

I, White Stag Principal Herald, do attest by my signature that this document bears true Arms.

Signature of Herald

[Source: Kingdom of the Outlands Scribe’s Handbook (pdf)]