Honorific
An honorific is a form of address used to people of high rank.
Honorifics in the SCA
The following honorifics are generally accepted throughout the SCA, though there may be some regional variations.
| RANK | HONORIFIC |
| King or Queen | |
| Crown Prince or Princess | Your Royal Highness |
| Duke or Duchess | Your Grace |
| Count or Countess | Your Excellency |
| Viscount or Viscountess | Your Excellency |
| Baron or Baroness | Your Excellency |
| Anybody else | My Lord/My Lady |
Usage
An honorific is something that is attached to the name but is not normally used elsewhere, e.g Mr, Sir, Mrs, Dr, Master. Contrast this with a title or position can appear without the person's name e.g the President, the Earl, and may be asssociated with a particular role or area, eg. the US President, Financial Director, Earl of Cornwall.
Period usage
Note also that medieval English kings were addressed as "Your Grace". "Your Majesty" is found in letters to King Henry VIII after about the time he broke with the Church of Rome (watch the gradual transition from "your grace" to "your highness" and "your majesty" in the letters addressed to Henry by his wives and daughters at http://englishhistory.net/tudor/letters.html). If you have examples of the use of "Your Majesty" before this time, please cite them here.
