Abbreviations
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982
Available from Boydell and Brewer
Available from Boydell and Brewer
This section of the Survey provides a list of the abbreviations used in the volumes for this period, in addition to standard and self-explanatory abbreviations, Please note that there are separate lists for the preliminary paragraphs (the family and education and career elements) and for the notes.
In the preliminary paragraphs:
abp. | archbishop |
abpric. | archbishopric |
adm. | admission, admitted |
adv. | advocate |
apptd. | appointed |
b. | born |
bap. | baptized |
bef. | before |
bp. | bishop |
bpric. | bishopric |
bro. | brother |
c. | circa |
called | called to the bar |
ch. | child(ren) |
c.j. | chief justice |
coh. | coheir |
commr. | commissioner |
c.p. | common pleas |
ct. | court |
cr. | created |
d. | died |
da. | daughter(s) |
dep. | deputy |
depr. | deprived |
disp. | dispensation |
div. | divorced |
educ. | educated |
fa. | father |
fac. | faculty |
gent. pens. | gentleman pensioner |
gov. | governor |
g.s. | grammar school |
h. | heir |
[I] | Ireland, Irish |
illegit. | illegitimate |
inf. | infant |
inst. | installed |
i.p.m. | inquisition post mortem |
jt. | joint |
j.p.q. | justice of the peace of the quorum |
kntd. | knighted |
l.c.j. | lord chief justice |
lic. | licence |
ld. lt. | lord lieutenant |
m. | married |
nom. | nominated |
o. | only |
PC | Privy Councillor |
prob. | probably |
rem. | removed |
rest. | restored |
ret. | retired |
s. | son(s) |
sec. | secretary |
sis. | sister |
suc. | succeeded |
summ. | summoned |
surv. | surviving |
unm. | unmarried |
w. | wife |
wid. | widow |
yr. | younger |
yst. | youngest |
In the footnotes:
Add. | Additional mss, British Library |
admon. | admonition, letters of administration |
AO | Archive Office |
APC | Acts of the Privy Council |
archs. | archives |
BL | British Library |
Bodl. | Bodleian Library, Oxford |
Bull. IHR | Bulletin, Institute of Historical Research |
Cal. Border Pprs. | Calendar of Letters and Papers, Borders of England and Scotland |
Carew Pprs. | Calendar of Carew Manuscripts, Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth |
CCR | Calendar of Close Rolls |
CChR | Calendar of Charter Rolls |
CFR | Calendar of Fine Rolls |
Ch. | Charter |
CIPM Hen. VII | Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII |
CJ | Commons Journals |
consist. | consistory |
corresp. | correspondence |
Cott. | Cotton mss, British Library |
CP and CR Ire. | Calendar of Patent and Close Rolls, Ireland |
CPR | Calendar of Patent Rolls |
CSP Dom. | Calendar of State Papers, Domestic |
CSP For. | Calendar of State Papers, Foreign |
CSP Ire. | Calendar of State Papers, Ireland |
CSP Rome | Calendar of State Papers, Rome |
CSP Scot. | Calendar of State Papers, Scotland 1547-74 (4vv) |
CSP Scot. ed. Thorpe | Calendar of State Papers, Scotland 1509-1608 (2vv) |
CSP Span. | Calendar of State Papers, Spanish |
CSP Ven. | Calendar of State Papers, Venetian |
DKR | Deputy Keeper’s Report |
DNB | Dictionary of National Biography |
DWB | Dictionary of Welsh Biography |
Dwnn, Vis. | The Heraldic Visitation of Wales and Part of the Marches between 1586 and 1613... by Lewys Dwnn ed. S. R. Meyrick (Welsh Manuscript Society 1846) |
EETS | Early English Text Society |
Egerton | Egerton mss, British Library |
EHR | English Historical Review |
Griffith, Peds. | J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Caernarvonshire Families |
Hamilton Pprs. | Hamilton Papers. Letters and Papers illustrating the Political Relations of England and Scotland in the 16th Century |
Harl. | Harleian mss, British Library |
HMC | Historical Manuscripts Commission |
Lit. Rems. Edw. VI | Literary Remains of Edward VI (Roxburghe Club 1857) |
LJ | Lords Journals |
LP Hen. VIII | Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII |
MI | Monumental inscription |
N. and Q. | Notes and Queries |
NLW | National Library of Wales |
NRA | National Register of Archives |
n.d. | no date |
n.s. | new series |
OR | [Official] Return of Members of Parliament |
PCC | Prerogative Court of Canterbury |
PPC | Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council |
PRO | Public Record Office |
PRO Lists | Public Record Office Lists and Indexes |
Q. Sess. | Quarter Sessions |
R. | Royal |
RCHM | Royal Commission on Historical Monuments |
rep. | repertory, report |
RO | Record Office |
Rot. Parl. | Rotuli Parliamentorum |
Royal | Royal mss, British Library |
Sloane | Sloane mss, British Library |
SP Hen. VIII | State Papers, Henry VIII |
Statutes | Statutes of the Realm (1810) |
Stowe | Stowe mss, British Library |
TRHS | Transactions of the Royal Historical Society |
Val. Eccles. | Valor Ecclesiasticus |
VCH | Victoria County History |
UCNW | University College of North Wales |