- 1969-1970
- Cadet John Houghton, now His Grace, the Duke of Númenor, founds "The
Ancient and Honourable Order of St. King Edward the Confessor," and a
College of Arms to supervise its heraldry, at Culver Military Academy, Culver,
Indiana, USA.
Cadet Houghton and Cadet Lewis Kopp, now Sir Lewis Kopp, K.F.A., O.E.,
discuss mutual interests in J. R. R. Tolkien.
- 1970-1971
- A group of Cadet Houghton's friends are formalized as "The Fellowship
of the Galadhrim"
- 1971-1972
- Houghton, as a Harvard undergradaute, meets John Lynch, now His Grace, the
Duke of Anorien, Earl Marshal; the College of Arms is expanded; first talk
of a Privy Council. Numeration of years of the Fourth Age is arbitrarily resumed
at 7525, as from March of 1972.
- 7525
- Basic principles of the restoration established--Gondor and Arnor to be
restored as one modern monarchical state in the absence of the King. The office
of Steward is not restored, but vested in a commission; the commission, in
turn, delegates its authority to two Deputies-Regent--Houghton and Alan Goldman,
another Harvard undergraduate, later to be His Highness, the Duke of Ithilien,
Lord Great Steward. Houghton is Lord President of the Councils and Goldman,
Lord Chancellor; they summon others to constitute the larger Privy Council.
The Deputies-Regent, on behalf of the Commission, create various peerages,
taking territorial designations from Gondor and Arnor, with the exception
of Houghton's two senior titles, which are taken from the former kingdom
of Númenor and its sacred mountain, the Meneltarma. The Order of St. Edward
is renamed the Most Noble Order of the Flame of Anor, and the Order of Knights-bachelor
of the Realms of Middle-earth, now the Most Illustrious Order of Beren and
Luthien, is founded.
- 7526
- The first Council-General of the restoration meets on New Year's Day. It
disbands the Armed Forces, suspends the summoning of representatives from
the Elven kingdoms, and charters the Worshippfull Companie of Freemen of the
Shire, granting the Companie authority to seek a further charter as a Harvard
undergraduate organization.
The Companie holds its first Elessar Award contest, for a speech in defense
of fantasy (one contestant is the disguised Dick Plotz, already famous in
Tolkien fandom and later to become a Freeman of the Shire himself). Riddle
Contest is held to choose the Mayor of the Shire.
After the First Council General: (l. to r.) The Duke of Anorien, Earl
Marshal; The Duchess of Belfalas, Mistress of the Robes; The Duke of Ithilien,
Lord Chancellor; The Duke of Númenor, Lord President; The Baron Min-Rimmon,
Osgiliath Herald; Sir Alexander Cassel Dill, Bart., Lord Great Chamberlain.
- 7527
- The second Council-General establishes the current form of Government. The
Privy Council establishes the Administrative Areas and Palatine Duchies.
- 7528
- The Regent, the Steward and their classmates are graduated from Harvard.
Short-lived war, then short-lived treaty, with the East Kingdom of the Society
for Creative Anachronism. Treaty of mutual recognition with His Serene Highness
the Grand Duke of Lithuania.
The Earl Marshal awaits opening of the Third Council-General.
- 7529
- The Lord Great Steward founds the newsletter, Chronicles of the Restoration.
First negotiations with the Sultan of Occussi-Ambeno.
- 7530
- The Council-General passes the Omnibus Financial Act. Occussi-Ambeno Treaty
signed.
- 7531
- The Lord Great Chamberlain refuses to license Bakshi's The Lord of the
Rings film for public performance.
- 7532
- H.S.H. the Grand Duke of Lithuanian cedes sovereignty over 1000 acres of
land on the Baltic coast north of Memel to H.A.M. government, with provisions
to protect rights of current property owners. Negotiations begun by the Lord
Great Chamberlain result in Numenor-Lassenor Compact of 7532, under which
the Commonwealth of Esgaroth puts itself under H.A.M. Crown and protection.
Adoption of the Human Rights Declaration of 7532, making human rights a cornerstone
of the Kingdoms' and Commonwealth's foreign policy.
Mitchell Earleywine, Kurt Richter and Andrew Friedman obtain charter for
Caras Anduinad, municipality (and later city) for H.A.M. subjects in the
city and county of St. Louis, MO, USA.
- 7535
- Relations with Occussi-Ambeno broken off in protest at activities of the
Sultanate's Royal Hallucinogenic Mushroom Factory. Wedding of the Duke and
Duchess of Ithilien.
- 7537
- Treaty with the Kings of Rhovanion, led by Louis Epstein, Tar-Morondil.
The Earl Marshal, as Cambridge King of Arms, reads the Writ of Summons
at the Council-General of 7537; in the background, Captain Jefferson D.
Mills.
His Grace the Regent and the Thain of the Shire at the Council-General
of 7538.
- 7541
- Institution of the Starkhorn Bequest, in which Councillors-General make
a contribution to some charity helping the poor of the area in which the Council
is meeting.
- 7545
- Legislative Sessions Act makes Council-General meetings biennial.
- 7546
- The Secretary of State negotiates the Keble College Compact, providing for
mutual recognition between the Council-General and the Grand Council of Forodrim
(headquartered in Sweden), both of which claim to be the government of Gondor
and Arnor until the King Return.
- 7549
- His Highness the Lord Great Steward renounces that office and his several
peerages, dignities and honors. Summoned by His Grace the Regent, the Council-General
appoints the Duchess of Belfalas, Lady President, and Marquess of Mirkwood,
Lord Chancellor, to serve as Lords Commissioners for the Office of Lord Great
Steward until a special session of the Council-General, scheduled for 7550.
His Grace and the M. Hon., The Thain of the Shire are appointed a Nominating
Committee to recommend a new Lord Great Steward to the Council-General.
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