These resources relate to names and naming practices used before
the 17th century. The articles are grouped according to the modern
countries to which the information they contain relate.
This brief list of place names derived from the Old English names for
various types of workers might be useful if you're interested in finding
an interesting name for a branch or if constructing a toponymic byname
using an unusual place name or one that relates to your interests.
Fiants were warrants from the sovereigns of England and
Ireland (or their representatives) to the Court of Chancery concerning a
variety of legal matters. In the late 19th century those of the
Tudor monarchs were organized, summarized, and indexed, and calendars of
their contents were published by the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records
in Ireland. This little article includes links to online scans of
the calendars and a few preferatory remarks to help you evaluate their
reliability as sources for Anglicized Irish and English given names,
bynames/surnames, and place names.
Seven house names and an equal number of surnames incorporating house
names are given, with links to the pages in a multi-volume armorial in the
collection of the Bavarian State Library on which they are found. Some are
Latinized; others are purely Italian.
Roughly 90 place names recorded in a multi-volume armorial in the
collection of the Bavarian State Library are transcribed, and links are
given to scans of the manuscript pages on which they appear. Some are
Latinized; others are purely Italian.
The surnames of several thousand armigers from two dozen cities in what is
now Italy are listed in alphabetic order, with links to the page(s) on
which each is seen in a multi-volume armorial in the collection of the
Bavarian State Library. Some are Latinized; others are purely in Italian.
Instruction on the proper use of Italian nouns, adjectives, articles, and
prepositions published in 1611 by the official Reader of the Italian
Tongue to Anne of Denmark (queen consort of Scotland, England, and
Ireland), written in Early Modern English.