Order of Precedence

The order of Precedence is a listing of all the people who have received awards within the SCA, ordered from the highest ranking to the lowest. Ranking (or precedence) is determined by the highest level of award received, and the date an award of that level was first given to the recipient. The earlier a person received an award, the higher they appear on the order of precedence.

The ranking of awards in Lochac, from highest to lowest, are:

• Duke and Duchess
• Count and Countess
• Viscount and Viscountess
• Other peers
• Grant of Arms
• Court Baronets
• Orders of Achievement
• Award of Arms
• non-armigerous awards

Note that if person A had received a laurel and a pelican in the last year, an person B had received a laurel three years ago, person B would be ranked higher, having reached peerage level first. The fact that someone has obtained a second award at a certain level does not add to their precedence.

Sitting Royalty rank above all others on the Order of Precedence. Individual kingdoms may have additional ranks as well as slight variations with respect to Court Baronets.

The Order of Precedence can be located at:

• An Tir http://www.antirheralds.org/awards/OP/op.html
• Lochac http://www.sca.org.au/herald/php/OP.php