Abbreviations

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982
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
calledcalled 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
PCPrivy 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
AOArchive Office
APC Acts of the Privy Council
archs.archives
BLBritish 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. ThorpeCalendar 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)
EETSEarly English Text Society
EgertonEgerton 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
MIMonumental inscription
N. and Q. Notes and Queries
NLWNational Library of Wales
NRANational Register of Archives
n.d.no date
n.s.new series
OR [Official] Return of Members of Parliament
PCCPrerogative Court of Canterbury
PPC Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council
PROPublic 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
RORecord Office
Rot. Parl. Rotuli Parliamentorum
RoyalRoyal mss, British Library
SloaneSloane mss, British Library
SP Hen. VIII State Papers, Henry VIII
Statutes Statutes of the Realm (1810)
StoweStowe mss, British Library
TRHS Transactions of the Royal Historical Society
Val. Eccles. Valor Ecclesiasticus
VCH Victoria County History
UCNWUniversity College of North Wales

Ref Volumes: 1509-1558

Author: S. T. Bindoff

End Notes