English Sign Names From 17th Century Tradesman's Tokens

© 2007-2010 by Kathleen M. O'Brien. All rights reserved.
Version 1.2, updated 12 March 2010

Pattern Breakdowns:

• Patterns Including:
  • the Name of an Animal
  • the Name of an Animal + "Head"
  • the Name of an Item
  • a Generic Description of a Person
  • the name of a Specific Person
  • References to Classical Mythology
  • References to Religious Stories
  • Other Familiar References
  • Two Unrelated Animals or Items
  • Two Related Animals or Items
  • the name of a Specific Location
  • the name of a Guild or Other Organization + "Arms"

• Names that do not fit into one of these specific patterns

Patterns Including: a Generic Description of a Person Person: Number + Person: Person + "Head": Black Boy Black Boys   Black Friar     Blackmoor's   Blackmoor's Head [Brewer] Two Brewers   [Cook] Two Cooks   Dairymaid     [Drayman] Two Draymen   Gray Friar     King   King's Head [Maiden]   Maiden's Head [Mariner] Three Mariners   Naked Boy     [Nun] Three Nuns   [Poet]   Poet's Head New Virginian     [Queen] Three Queens Queen's Head [Saracen]   Saracen's Head Soldier     Sultaness     Tallow Chandler		Patterns Including: the name of a Specific Person Specific Person: Person + "Head": (Specific Person) Black Prince   Cardinal Wolsey   Guy of Warwick   Morat   [Palgrave] Palgrave's Head [Prince Rupert] Prince Rupert's Head Roxelana   Sir Thomas Gresham   Sulieman   Tarlton   Will Somers
Patterns Including: References to Religious Stories Adam and Eve Devil and [Saint] Dunstan's Garden Lion and Lamb Saint Alban Saint Christopher Saint Clement [Saint] George Saint John / Saint John's Head Saint Paul's Head Saint Peter and Saint Paul Salutation Saul Samson		Patterns Including: References to Classical Mythology Fleece Flying Horse Hercules Hercules' Pillars Mermaid Patterns Including: Other Familiar References Bird in Hand Fortune Green Man Have At It Labor in Vain
Patterns Including: Two Unrelated Animals or Items Bell and Black Horse Bell and Three Cranes Bull and Mouth Cock and Bull Cock and Horses Dagger and Magpie Eagle and Child Green Man and Ball Green Man and Still Hammer and Crown Hand and Holly Bush Heart and Ball Horns and Horseshoe Leg and Star Lion and Ball Lion and Key Mitre and Rose Son and Moor's Head Sun and Red Cross Swan and Bridge Swan and Sugar [Loaf?] Sword and Ball Three Sugar Loaves Turnstile Tobacco Roll and Hoop Wheat Sheaf and Sugar Loaf		Patterns Including: Two Related Animals or Items Anchor and Mariner Bear and Ragged Staff Coach and Horses Dog and Bear Dog and Duck Dog's Head in Pot Ewe and Lamb Fox and Goose Hen and Chickens Man in the Moon Rose and Crown Shepherd and Dog Sword and Buckler
Patterns Including: the name of a Specific Location Antwerp Camden House City of Norwich Jersey Castle Jerusalem [Royal] Exchange York City Patterns Including: the name of a Guild or Other Organization + "Arms" Butchers' Arms Cooks' Arms Coopers' Arms Dyers' Arms Glovers' Arms Prince's Arms Watermens' Arms		Names that do not fit into one of these specific patterns Bacon Shop Bodice Maker Cellar Coffee House Old Coffee House West Country Coffee House The Colt's ... Green Lattice Man at the Wood Next Boat Old Bunch [of Grapes] Old Prison Royal Oak Speaker Frigate Sparrows' Nest Three Crowned Needles Whitington's Cat Wiltshire Shepherd World's End

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