Fret, Fretty, Fretted
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Definitions:
Fret - A charge consisting of a bend and a bend sinister, interlaced with a mascle.
Fretty - A charge (not a field treatment!) consisting of bendlets interlaced with as many bendlets sinister, like a diagonal lattice.
Fretted - Sometime used to describe long narrow charges (such as arrows) that are interlaced in saltire
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| Bend | ![Dictionary of Heraldry]], under the names of Maltravers, Harington/Haverington, and Belhuse/Bellewe.) *The main reason that Gules fretty Or, overall a lion argent conflicts with Gules fretty Or lies not in how we consider fretty, but in how we consider overall charges. So long as overall charges, by definition, can never be primary charges, such conflicts will continue to exist. Such considerations cannot change the evidence, however; the majority of the evidence shows fretty and a fret to be interchangeable charges, artistic variations of one another, and we shall henceforth so treat them. (10 November, 1992 Cover Letter (September, 1992 LoAR), pp. 3-4) *http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/bruce/fret.html Registerability: (Restricted, Reserved, SFPP, OOP) November 2015 - four needles fretted in mascle Angharad verch Rees. The following device associated with this name was registered in November of 2015 (via the East): Gules, four double-pointed knitting needles fretted in mascle and on a chief Or three gouttes de sang. *http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2015/11/15-11lar.html#179 January 2015 - four needles fretted Stæina knýtir - The following badge associated with this name was registered in January of 2015 (via the East): (Fieldless) Four double-pointed knitting needles fretted in mascle purpure. *http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2015/01/15-01lar.html#248 Conflict: October 2008 - nailing is not worth a CD "When fretty has circles at the intersections of the fret overlaps, it is termed 'nailed', such as "Argent fretty sable nailed Or." "Since commenters have found examples of the same device both nailed and not nailed in period, nailing...is not worth a CD." October 2008 LoAR November 1992 - charges over fretty conflict check as overall charges ...The main reason that Gules fretty Or, overall a lion argent conflicts with Gules fretty Or lies not in how we consider fretty, but in how we consider overall charges. So long as overall charges, by definition, can never be primary charges, such conflicts will continue to exist. Such considerations cannot change the evidence, however; the majority of the evidence shows fretty and a fret to be interchangeable charges, artistic variations of one another, and we shall henceforth so treat them. (10 November, 1992 Cover Letter (September, 1992 LoAR), pp. 3-4) *http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/bruce/fret.html January 1992 - no difference between fret vs fretty "There is a CD for the changes to the tertiaries, but by prior Laurel precedent nothing for the change between a fret and fretty" January 1992 LoAR Identifiability: Collected Precedents: * 2nd Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (April 2011 - August 2011) - Collected Armory Precedents * 1st Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (May 2005 - July 2008) - FRET and FRETTY * The 2nd Tenure of François la Flamme (October 2004 - May 2005) - FRET and FRETTY * The Tenure of Shauna of Carrick Point (May 2004 - August 2004) - Collected Armory Precedents * 1st Tenure of François la Flamme (August 2001 - April 2004) - Collected Armory Precedents * The Tenure of Elsbeth Anne Roth (June 1999 - July 2001) - Collected Armory Precedents * The Tenure of Jaelle of Armida (June 1996 - June 1999) - Single HTML Document * 2nd Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (November 1993 - June 1996) - ** the 1st part (Nov 1993 - June 1994) and ** the 2nd part (July 1994 - June 1996) * The Tenure of Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme (June 1992 - October 1993) - Collected precedents * 1st Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (June 1990 - June 1992) - ** the 1st year (June 1990 - June 1991) and ** the 2nd year (July 1991 - June 1992) * The Tenure of Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane (September 1986 - June 1990) - Collected Precedents * The Tenure of Baldwin of Erebor (August 1984 - August 1986) - Single HTML Document * The Tenure of Wilhelm von Schlüssel (August 1979 - August 1984) - Collected Precedents * The Tenure of Karina of the Far West (December 1975 - June 1979) - Collected Precedents * The Early Days (June 1971 - June 1975) - Collected Precedents In the Ordinary * [http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=FRET%3aargent Fret - Argent](/index.php/File:BSB277f64rFastelliFancyFretty.PNG)
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