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The Kingdom of the East (or East Kingdom) is one of twenty "Kingdoms" or regions, of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), an international social club dedicated to researching and re-enacting the middle ages "as they ought to have been." Comprising parts of the northeastern USA, all of Atlantic Canada, and Quebec, it is made up of over 50 local groups. It was the second kingdom created in the SCA, split off from the Kingdom of the West.

History

The kingdom was founded in 1968 by XXXX in XXXXplace. Since then, it has grown to over 50 individual groups, with XXXX members across eastern Pennsylvania, eastern New York, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. Within Canada, subjects of the Kingdom hail from Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland.

Local groups

Within the Kingdom, groups are organized hierarchically into Regions, Baronies and Provinces, Cantons (in the case of Baronies), and Ridings (in the case of Provinces). Shires exist as sub-regional entities independent of baronies, and the Crown Principality of Tir Mara (covering the Canadian portions of the Kingdom) counts as a Region under the Kingdom's internal laws. The Crown Province of Østgarðr (New York City) is equivalent to a Barony. Groups are classified based on membership numbers, per the governing documents of the SCA Inc.

Branch Type	Minimum Membership
Kingdom	400
Principality	100
Barony/Province	25
Sub-Baronial	5

The full listing of groups is as follows:

Crown Principality of Tir Mara

• Havre des Glaces (Barony), north-eastern Quebec, established 1994 as a Shire, raised to Barony status 2000
  • (Incipient) Canton d’Artigus

• L'ile du Dragon Dormant (Barony), Montreal QC

• Barony of Ruantallan (Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island)
  • Canton of Distant Shore (Pictou and Colchester counties, Nova Scotia)
  • Canton of Seashire (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
  • Canton of Ynys Y Gwaun (Prince Edward Island)
  • Stronghold of Ravensdale (Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia)

Shires

• Ar n-Eilean-ne (Newfoundland and Labrador)
• Avonmore (South-eastern New Brunswick)
• Lyndhaven (Western New Brunswick)

Northern Region

• Malagentia (Province), Southern Maine
  • Riding of Giggleswick (York County, Maine)
  • Riding of Ravensbridge
• Stonemarche (Barony), New Hampshire
• Endewearde (Barony), Central Maine

Shires

• Coldwood, Plattsburgh, NY
• Glenn Linn, Warren, Washington and parts of Hamilton, Essex, Rensselaer, and Saratoga Counties, NY
• Mountain Freehold, Northwest Vermont
• Northern Outpost, St. Lawrence and Franklin counties, NY
• Panther Vale, Eastern Vermont
• Smithwick, Aroostook and Washington Counties, ME
• Wyndhame, Southeastern Vermont

Central Region

• Barony of Bergental, Western Massachusetts
• Barony Beyond the Mountain, North and East Connecticut
• Barony of the Bridge, Rhode Island
• Barony of Carolingia, Greater Boston, MA
  • Canton of Aschehyrst, western region of the barony
  • Canton of the Towers. northern region
  • Boroughs, which are not official SCA chapters but have representation within the Barony, exist at the various colleges and universities in the Greater Boston region
• Barony of Concordia of the Snows, all or parts of Albany, Greene, Columbia, Saratoga, Schenectady, Fulton, Schoharie, and Hamilton Counties of New York State
• Dragonship Haven, Southwestern Connecticut
  • Canton of Dragon Forge South Central Fairfield County, Connecticut
  • Canton of Sea Tyger's Rhyn, Central-South Connecticut
• Barony of Smoking Rocks, Southeast Massachusetts

Shires

• Anglespur, Rensselaer County NY
• Coill Tuar, Southern Ulster and Northern Orange Counties, NY
• Frosted Hills, Dutchess County NY
• Nordenhalle, Kingston, NY
• Quintavia, Metro-West & Worcester Counties, MA