Ealdormere--Armored Combat:Kingdom marshalate

Kingdom marshalate

General

1. Kingdoms must document their marshalate structure and process for the authorization of marshals for this discipline.
2. The general Society requirements for marshals, authorities and responsibilities are found in:
   1. Marshalate - Overview, and
   2. Marshalate - Responsibilities and chain of command.

Ealdormere's marshalate structure

Kingdom Earl Marshal

1. The Kingdom Earl Marshal must meet all Society requirements.
2. The Kingdom Earl Marshal is the representative of the Society Marshal in Ealdormere.
3. Is warranted directly by the Society Marshal and the Crown.
4. Reports to the Society Marshal every quarter, and participates in Society Marshal’s meetings and discussion groups.
5. Represents the Marshalate on the Privy Council.
   1. The Earl Marshal is required to attend one Privy Council meeting per reign. Attendance at all meetings is encouraged.
   2. It is the duty and responsibility of the Earl Marshal to represent and present any concerns of the Deputy Kingdom Marshals to the Privy Council, and to convey any information from the Privy Council to the Deputy Kingdom Marshals.
6. The Earl Marshal and the appropriate Deputy Kingdom Marshal must be in agreement on any proposed changes to a martial activity in Ealdormere. This is to ensure that the Earl Marshal is aware of the change and that the change would not violate Society laws or safety of the participants. Should the Earl Marshal and the Deputy Kingdom Marshal not agree, the Crown will arbitrate.
7. Ultimately responsible for ensuring that the administrative duties of the marshalate are being met at the Society level. The Earl Marshal must strive to ensure that any proposed changes to martial activities are legal and safe. The policies of the Deputy Kingdom Marshals are under their own jurisdiction, and the Earl Marshal should attempt to allow the Deputy Kingdom Marshals as much authority and leeway in their discipline as possible.
8. Warranted within the Kingdom in a martial discipline and shall be the chief administrative officer for martial activities within the Kingdom.
9. The Earl Marshal and the Crown must sign warrants each reign, at Coronation, for all marshals in the Kingdom, including those of the Deputy Marshals.
10. Is marshal-in-charge of Ealdormere Crown Tournament, or will designate an alternate marshal-in-charge subject to the prior approval of the Crown, in accordance with Kingdom Law.
11. Must appoint an Emergency Deputy, as required by Kingdom Law.
12. The Earl Marshal shall appoint Deputy Kingdom Marshals as needed. Openings for these positions should be well advertised beforehand.

Deputy Kingdom Marshal

1. Warranted by the Kingdom Earl Marshal.
2. Determines the rules and policies governing their respective disciplines in Ealdormere, consistent with the decisions of the Society Marshal and the Board of Directors of the SCA, Inc, Ealdormere Kingdom Law, and these policies. Changes to policies must be approved by the Privy Council.
3. Determines the equipment standards of Ealdormere consistent with the decisions of the Society Marshal and the Board of Directors of the SCA, Inc.
4. Determines the qualifications necessary for warranting as a marshal, including the Marshal in Training process.
5. Maintains the Kingdom handbook for their discipline, and ensure that it is kept up to date.
6. Maintains as far as possible a full complement of marshals at all levels throughout the Kingdom, and to nominate suitable persons to fill vacant positions in the marshalate.
7. Grants authorizations in Ealdormere, and to determine the authorization categories and requirements.
8. Appoints a Minister of the Lists who will ensure that an accurate list of authorizations, and that a valid, i.e. no older than 7 years, waiver is kept on file.
9. Revokes, when necessary, without limit, authorizations and warrants, to ban persons from participation, or to apply other lesser sanctions as is seen fit, and to advise such actions may be appealed to the Lawspeaker, in accordance with Kingdom Law
10. Keeps an accurate list of warranted marshals, and marshals in training.
11. Reports to the Kingdom Earl Marshal every quarter, not later than 10 Mar, 10 June, 10 September and 10 December, with number of participants, number of warranted marshals, status of any experimental weapons programs, injuries, and any other issues that the Kingdom Earl Marshal should be aware of.
12. Provides three signed copies of the warranted marshals list to the Kingdom Earl Marshal each Coronation for approval by the Crown.
13. Reports to their Society superior as required, and to act as Ealdormere’s representative in meetings and discussion groups.
14. Reviews decisions of other marshals if appealed appealed to the Deputy Marshal, and then the Lawspeaker, in accordance with Kingdom Law.

Baronial Marshal

1. Acts as a conduit for information between the Deputy Marshal and the local Group Marshals.
2. Should be an experienced marshal who can keep an eye on the activities of the groups under them and provide advice to the marshals who report to them.

Group Marshal

1. A Warranted Marshal of a Canton, March, Shire, Stronghold, or College who has the responsibility for fostering communication within the local group, and between the local group and their superiors. The Group Marshal reports to the local seneschal, and the Baronial Marshal if applicable.
2. Responsible for training, or of ensuring that a qualified, experienced individual is found to undertake the training of new members.
3. Supervises marshal activities at events hosted by their group and submit all required reports to the appropriate superior officers.

Group Marshal-in-Training

1. Warranted and may supervise local practices.
2. The warrant is subject to a six-month probationary period; after that period, the warrant extends for an additional one and one half years by which time the Group Marshal-in-Training must have completed the Marshal-in-Training process or they will need to start over.
3. Must not conduct tournaments, run authorizations, or act as marshal-in-charge of an event.
4. The Group Marshals-in-Training must complete the same process as a marshal-in-training for advancement to full warranted status.
5. Under exceptional circumstances, and only with the specific written permission of the Kingdom Earl Marshal and associated Deputy Kingdom Marshal the requirement: "In order to become a Marshal-in-Training the applicant must be or have been authorized in that discipline, if applicable" may be waived. This is only to be used when an isolated group does not have a local authorized participant available and is intended to allow isolated groups the opportunity to develop a core of authorized participants. Once that core is established, it is expected that those individuals will become warranted marshals as soon as practical and take on the duties of the office.

Marshal at Large

1. Warranted
2. Not responsible for a specific group
3. Performs all field duties; assisting or running authorizations, inspections, supervising marshals-in-training, and manning the list ropes.
4. Must be paid member of the SCA.
5. Must be at least 18 years of age.

Marshal-in-training

1. A prospective marshal-in-training must first contact the appropriate Kingdom Deputy Marshal and request to be made a marshal-in-training.
2. The marshal-in-training applicant must be, or have been authorized in that discipline, if applicable.
3. A marshal-in-training is under the tutelage of that discipline marshal's office and is subject to instruction and correction by any authorized marshal of that discipline.
4. After each training session the marshal-in-training must have the training form signed by the Ealdormerian marshal-in-charge, or whichever Ealdormere marshal supervised their activities at that event.
5. Calls holds for safety reasons.
6. Assists marshals with armor and weapon inspections.
7. Assists marshals on the field during combat.
8. Can marshal pick-up and practice fights.
9. Must be paid members of the SCA.
10. Must be at least 18 years of age.

Marshal-in-charge of an event

1. The marshal-in-charge of an official event must be a fully warranted marshal. The Marshal-in-Charge must be acceptable to the Group Marshal, Group Seneschal, and autocrat. The marshal-in-charge is the person considered responsible for the event's activities by the Kingdom Deputy Marshal.
2. The marshal-in-charge is responsible for conducting authorizations and ensuring that the appropriate paperwork is completed.
3. The marshal-in-charge of an event may have to discipline an individual. As a representative of the Crown and the Deputy Marshal, the marshal-in-charge may remove a participant from the lists or range, remove a warranted marshal, or prohibit the presence of other persons who have martial related activities. Any such action must be reported in detail to the Kingdom Deputy Marshal at the earliest available opportunity.
4. The marshal-in-charge may also suspend an authorization card for the duration of the event. The marshal-in-charge in that case must immediately notify the appropriate Kingdom Deputy Marshal. This decision may be appealed to a Marshal's Court.
5. In the event of a serious violation of the rules, the marshal-in-charge may halt the martial activity over which they has authority from occurring at the event in its entirety. This would include shutting down the list field, range, and any informal "pick-up" style combat. Such action must be reported to the event autocrat immediately, and a detailed report made to the Kingdom Deputy Marshal, Kingdom Earl Marshal, and Kingdom Seneschal. Any further violation will be handled by the event autocrat.

Minister of the List

1. Maintains a database that contains, at minimum, the following information: modern name, SCA name, waiver date, expiration date, phone number and authorized weapon forms.
2. Issues authorization cards once they have received confirmation of passed authorization and a signed waiver.
3. Renews authorization cards once they have received confirmation of a passed reauthorization, and provided that they have a waiver on file which will be no more than 7 years old at time of expiry.
4. Keeps waivers on file for 7 years.
5. Supplies the database to the relevant Kingdom Deputy Marshal and Kingdom Earl Marshal quarterly or when requested by the Kingdom Deputy Marshal or Kingdom Earl Marshal.

Ealdormere's marshal authorization process

Authorization (warranting)

1. A warranted marshal, who has worked with the marshal-in-training, must recommend authorization (warranting) of the prospective marshal to the Kingdom Deputy Marshal of the discipline.
2. The Kingdom Deputy must review the fully completed marshal-in-training form to ensure the marshal-in-training has marshaled at no less than 3 events, excluding practices.
3. The Kingdom Deputy must agree to authorize (warrant) the marshal-in-training and ask the Crown to authorize (warrant) the marshal-in-training.

Prerequisites

1. Under the supervision of an authorized (warranted) marshal, the marshal-in-training must perform tournament marshaling at a minimum of 3 events. This includes armor inspection, weapon inspection, watching from the field and heralding the salutes and lay-on.
2. The marshal-in-training must be, or previously has been, authorized in the discipline.
3. Must be recommended by an authorized (warranted) marshal.