Little Names

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Period Forms:

English: <Hobbe Litel> 1176, <John Littel Johan> 1323, <Roberti litelboie> 1205-6, <John Littlefat> 1289, <Adam Littelloverd> 1270, Middle English Dictionary, s.n. litel <Lyttelfyngre> - 1401, sn Littlebond, Reaney and Wilson.

<Maydeking> "little maid", a nickname, 1327, s.n. Makin, Reaney & Wilson.

See also "Misplaced Names in Reaney and Wilson" - [[1]]

Place Names:

"A Dictionary of British Place-Names" by A.D. Mills has:

• sn. Little Haven <the Lytel hauen> 1578. ‘Little harbour’.
• sn. Langdale, Little Langedenelittle c.1160. ‘Long valley’. OE lang + denu (replaced by OScand. dalr), with lȳtel ‘little’.
• sn. Petherick, Little <Parish of Sanctus Petrocus Minor> 1327. From the dedication of the church to St Petrock.
• sn. Little England Beyond Wales (district) <Ynglond be yond Walys> 1519
• <Little England beyond Wales> 1594.

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Sources:

Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Names Archive" - [[2]] Database of medieval names (from the Medieval Names Archive) - http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/database/

Laurel Name Articles - http:heraldry.sca.org/laurel/

IGI Searches, batches beginning with C, J, K, M (except M17 and M18), or P are acceptable - http://familysearch.org

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Precedents:

Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - [[3]] Morsulus Heralds Website - [[4]] (to search the LoARs and Precedents) Restatement Wiki - [[5]] (restatements of Precedents)

From the <month> <year> LoAR: