?Timothy de Carmain de Perillos?

"Tim Carmain claims he "obtained" his title from the "Imperial 
government of Vietnam". Vietnam is currently ruled by a communist 
regime and this "Imperial government" is apparently trying to seize 
power in that state and restore it to the descendants of its ousted 
leaders, the Nguyen dynasty (removed from power in 1945). Should the 
Vietnam war have been successful, the family would have been one of 
the prime claimants to power."

(: Insert the sound of my chortal here. 

Timothy has viciously attacked me in the templar group at yahoo. He 
had to admit my Rosamond kin were in a book of peerage and were from 
Rosemont, the same place that the Prince of Monaco took the title 
Comte de Rosemont, a title Timothy says Grimaldis do not deserve.

Jon Presco

"Timothy de Carmain de Perillos" is in reality one Timothy B. 
Carmain, until recently a clerk at a Californian University, working 
as an admission administrator for an MBA programme (now apparently 
working as a set designer in the Los Angeles movie and theatre 
scene). After trying to lay claim to the title of "de Foix" in the 
mid 90s, he was quickly nicknamed "de Faux" by expert genealogists; 
as a result, he tried to lay claim to other estates before, from 
2000 onwards, trying to lay claim to the title of "count of 
Perillos". Carmain is one of several people involved in a growing 
trend of trying to lay claim to various titles, most often in France 
(fertile ground as all noble titles were done away with during the 
French Revolution), in what is in all cases nothing more than a 
money-making scheme, or as seems to be the case with Carmain, 
attention seeking. One interesting claim of Carmain is that he 
claims to be a genealogist, with his area of expertise French 
medieval genealogy. Amazingly, Carmain has not only never visited 
France, he is not even able to speak or write French, let alone 
medieval French. Of course, he has also never visited Perillos. More 
recently, he has allied himself with people seeking to lay claim to 
Vietnamese nobility. If it is attention "de Carmaing de Perillos" 
wants, then we wanted to give him his 3 minutes of glory. Enough 
said?

March 5, 2004: Further developments in the Carmain saga

First: one minor error crept into last week's report. The letters 
from Tim Carmain were not postmarked "London", as they were sent as 
emails.

Also, because of the extreme nature of the complaint, certain local 
police stations felt ill-equipped to deal with the complaint, which 
as a result was only officially submitted on March 2, 2004. The 
complaint was submitted solely against Tim Carmain, and not against 
other individuals in London (as was understood to be the case, in 
the assumption we were dealing with letters being posted from 
there). The police have now begun their enquiry, which will 
hopefully reveal whether these are the actions of a single person 
(Timothy Carmain), or are part of a concerted effort to discredit 
the activities of the Société Perillos and some of its members, 
particularly André Douzet. 

Tim Carmain claims he "obtained" his title from the "Imperial 
government of Vietnam". Vietnam is currently ruled by a communist 
regime and this "Imperial government" is apparently trying to seize 
power in that state and restore it to the descendants of its ousted 
leaders, the Nguyen dynasty (removed from power in 1945). Should the 
Vietnam war have been successful, the family would have been one of 
the prime claimants to power. 

One "colleague" of our count de Perillos in this organisation is one 
Joseph Crisp II, who is the front man for the Royalist Party of 
America! George Bush, beware ? he is after your job! Others live in 
Spain, Eastern Europe and Great Britain (London). In 2002, this 
Vietnamese family also resurrected the "Imperial Order of the Dragon 
of Annam", which seems to be a new methodology to gather interest 
for their cause.

Contrary to this modern extravaganza, it should be noted that the 
official title of Perillos became extinct in the 16th century. The 
title passed through the lords of Durban, as noted by the research 
done by Dr. Courrent in the 20th century. Courrent was also the 
doctor who attended Saunière late in life. After the lords of 
Durban, another local family passed on the title through their 
generations. No doubt, they will not enjoy the fact that someone 
from America is now trying to lay claim to it! 

As in the case of "Perellos y Roccaful", the title of the 
grandmaster of the Order of Malta, that title was purchased, and not 
transmitted by any bloodline. In such cases, the hereditary value of 
the title is void. Timothy Carmain has invented a series of 
illusionary descendants, through an alleged female line, which are 
both unknown to all genuine genealogists, but which by default would 
prove he has no right to claim the title ? which is specifically 
reserved for male descendants, as centuries of French history attest.
Of course, the "Imperial government of Vietnam" has no authority to 
distribute this title and might itself be a victim in this sherade. 
See however http://www.geocities.com/vietmonarchy/imperialstaff.html 
[link no longer active - SP] and other pages on their site for 
details of their activities.

Finally, we should add that it is not the first time that Timothy 
Carmain has made wild accusations against our organisation. Last 
year, he made a complaint with the local authorities that André 
Douzet was planning to steal the "treasure of Perillos" (nature 
unspecified) and "disturb the dead". He added that he alone could 
lay claim to that treasure, this because of his title of count de 
Perillos! The mind boggles?


 February 27, 2004: Project Proposal under review

Recently, Societe Perillos gave a project proposal of the work it 
envisions to perform over the next few years to the local 
authorities. These are currently reviewing the proposal before 
feeding back. Ideas include an exposition, walks, and 
restoration/preservation work in and around the village, including 
the cave Oursu. We will keep you informed of any further 
developments in our efforts to preserve the village and promote its 
history. 


 February 27, 2004: Wild accusations from California

It is not news, but we think it is interesting information, if only 
because it seems our previous news item was the direct cause for 
this development. Following the news that the church of Perillos was 
pillaged, one "Timothy de Carmaing de Perillos" claimed that André 
Douzet and the mayor of Opoul-Perillos were behind the crime. 
Together with an aide in London (United Kingdom), "de Carmaing de 
Perillos" wrote to all mayors of the department, "informing" them of 
this allegation, which of course did not hold up as most of the 
allegation was actually not conform with the known details of the 
crime ? it needs no further elucidation that the allegation itself 
is preposterous. 
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the gendarmerie (national police) were 
informed, but by the mayor and Mr. Douzet and a complaint was made 
against "de Carmaing de Perillos" and associates. Because "de 
Carmaing de Perillos" and aide are not French residents, the 
complaint will at the moment have no further effect, until either 
party decides to visit France, when the police will "invite" them to 
a private audience, or until the nature of their allegations reaches 
a more serious (in the sense of litigious) nature. 



 February 15, 2004: Perillos church broken into

During the first week of February, the Perillos church was broken 
into. Minor damage to furniture occurred and a cross from the altar 
were stolen. The authorities believe they know who is behind the 
crime, but knowing and proving are two different things. 

As a result of this crime, access to the church out of season can 
only occur via the Societe Perillos or via the mayor of Opoul-
Perillos, provided staff are able to accompany the visitors. 
Unaccompanied access is no longer possible. 

 Calendar dates

This year, May will be another busy period for Perillos. On May 1, 
there is the Chronodrome experiment. On May 31, the Monday of 
Pentecost, the village will see the annual mass being celebrated, 
with the Black Madonna statue present. 

March 29, 2004: 1666, underground bases and Revelation in Amsterdam

The English branch of Société Perillos was the prime mover behind 
last weekend's Nexus Conference in Amsterdam. No surprise therefore 
that a few speakers had topics of interest, specifically Stuart 
Urban and Richard Sauder. Stuart Urban is the writer and director of 
the movie Revelation, released in 2002, and currently available on 
video/DVD. This 7 million pound budget movie was filmed in several 
locations, including Rennes-le-Château. It features the quest 
throughout the ages to experience the divine nature of Jesus, 
including figures such as Isaac Newton and the "Grand Master" of the 
Knights Templar. Urban stated that when filming on location in St 
John's Co-Cathedral in Valleta, Malta, the team was amazed to see 
the many alchemical symbols on the tombstones of the Grandmasters of 
the Order. Of course, Ramon de Perellos y Roccaful was one of these 
grandmasters. When the church officials realised what they were 
exactly filming, the crew was asked to stop filming. Urban noted how 
the movie revealed the first account of this alchemical imagery 
being used on those graves. The movie itself also revolves around 
the "loculus", an object specifically made for the movie, which 
Urban had brought with him to show to the audience and to explain 
the alchemical imagery that had gone into the design. 

Richard Sauder has investigated the US government's involvement with 
underground tunnels and bases. Though focused on the US, Sauder made 
it clear that such structures exist in all countries ? including 
France. Of course, you can wonder whether some of the modern enigma 
of Perillos, such as the mysterious power supply, monitoring 
stations, etc. might have to do with this, specifically as a 
military base is nearby. At the speakers' dinner we asked Sauder 
whether the military had any preference for a specific type of rock 
formation to build these bases in. He stated limestone and granite 
were their favourite types of rock, but with money being no issue 
(costs of an underground base have been estimated at approx. 3 
billion dollars), they can be located anywhere.
 
Finally, though Valery Uvarov did not speak on a related subject, he 
did mention how Cassini, the man behind the Zero Meridian and the 
French observatory, had observed a mystery celestial object in the 
sky in 1666? a number well-known to Perillos! He observed it again, 
and other astronomers in the 17th and 18th century did the same, 
before the object, possibly another planet in our solar 
system "hiding" behind the sun, "disappeared".
 
Any further developments on these or other topics will, of course, 
be reported on as they happen?





 
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