How it works
Press New group name and a body of medieval town life, Weavers or Freemen, is set over an opener and an emblem: a heraldic tincture or a feast day, then a charge or a trade tool. For stories, tabletop games and costume fairs.
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Name it after your town or patron
Write the name in Your town or patron, Aldmere for one, and it takes the opener’s place: The Weavers of the Aldmere Martlet. Tap a part, then its padlock, to keep it; a new press changes what is left. Print 30 group names gives a quiz or fair team a page to choose from.
Tinctures, quarter days and charges
In heraldry vert is green and purpure is purple, says Wikipedia’s article on tinctures; both are openers here. Lady Day and Michaelmas are two of the four old English quarter days. A martlet, an escallop and a fleur-de-lis are charges, the emblems that occupy the field of a shield.
Questions and answers
What are good names for a medieval team?
The Weavers of the Vert Martlet, The Mummers of the Michaelmas Wheatsheaf, The Freemen of the Slightly Rusty Trowel and The Minstrels of the Ill-Tuned Lute. Each sets one body word over an opener and an emblem from this page’s lists.
Are these the names of medieval groups from history?
No, they are invented. No order of knighthood, crusade or religious order is on the lists, and on October 4, 2026 a script found no name of ours among those linked on Wikipedia’s pages on orders of chivalry and military orders.
Can a quiz or fair team use these medieval team names?
Yes. Trades, feast days and tools make medieval names for teams at a quiz night or in a classroom unit, and medieval names for a group at a costume fair. Hold the body word and each team gets a name of the same kind.