Abbreviations
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993
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 |
aft. | after |
arr. | arrondisement |
b. | born |
bap. | baptized |
bef. | before |
bp. | bishop |
bpric. | bishopric |
bro. | brother |
c. | circa |
capt. | captain |
ch. | child(ren) |
c.j. | chief justice |
Co. | Company |
coh. | coheir |
commr. | commissioner |
c.p. | common pleas |
ct. | court |
cttee. | committee |
cr. | created |
d. | died |
da. | daughter(s) |
dep. | deputy |
div. | divorced |
educ. | educated |
er. | elder |
est. | eldest |
event. | eventual |
exec. | executed |
fa. | father |
fl. | flourished |
gdda. | grand daughter |
gdfa. | grandfather |
gds. | grandson |
h. | heir |
I. | Isle |
illegit. | illegitimate |
inf. | infant |
jt. | joint |
j.p. | justice of the peace |
KB | King’s bench |
KG | Knight of the Garter |
kntd. | knighted |
lic. | licence |
lt. | lieutenant |
m. | married |
Mich. | Michaelmas |
o. | only |
poss. | possibly |
prob. | probably |
q. | quorum |
s. | son(s) |
sis. | sister |
s.p. | sine prole |
suc. | succeeded |
surv. | surviving |
v.p. | vita patris |
w. | wife |
wid. | widow |
yr. | younger |
yst. | youngest |
In the footnotes:
acct. | account |
Add. | Additional mss, British Library |
AO | Archive Office |
Arch. | Archaeological |
archs. | archives |
assmt. | assessment |
BL | British Library |
Bodl. | Bodleian Library, Oxford |
Bull. IHR | Bulletin, Institute of Historical Research |
CAD | Calendar of Ancient Deeds |
Cart. | Cartulary |
CCR | Calendar of Close Rolls |
CChR | Calendar of Charter Rolls |
CFR | Calendar of Fine Rolls |
Ch. | Charter |
CIMisc. | Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous |
CIPM | Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem |
consist. | consistory |
convoc. | convocation |
Corporation of London RO, hr | husting roll |
Ibid., hcp | husting common pleas |
Ibid., hpl | husting pleas of land |
Cott. | Cotton mss, British Library |
CP | Complete Peerage |
CPL | Calendar of Papal Registers, Papal Letters |
CPP | Calendar of Papal Registers, Papal Petitions |
CPR | Calendar of Patent Rolls |
CSP Milan | Calendar of State Papers, Milan |
CSP Ven. | Calendar of State Papers, Venice |
DKR | Deputy Keeper’s Report |
DNB | Dictionary of National Biography |
DNW | Dictionary of Welsh Biography |
Econ. HR | Economic History Review |
EETS | Early English Text Society |
Egerton | Egerton mss, British Library |
EHR | English Historical Review |
Grey v. Hastings | Account of the Controversy between Reginald, Lord Grey of Ruthin and Sir Edward Hastings ed. Young |
Harl. | Harleian mss, British Library |
Hil. | Hilary |
HMC | Historical Manuscripts Commission |
HP | History of Parliament |
Issues ed. Devon | Issues of the Exchequer ed. F. Devon |
Lansd. | Lansdowne mss, British Library |
LI Adm. | Lincoln’s Inn Admissions |
N. and Q. | Notes and Queries |
NLW | National Library of Wales |
n.d. | no date |
n.s. | new series |
O.R. | [Official ] Return of Members of Parliament |
PCC | Prerogative Court of Canterbury |
PCC | Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council ed. Nicolas |
PRO | Public Record Office |
PRO Lists | Public Record Office Lists and Indexes |
R. | Royal |
RCHM | Royal Commission on Historical Monuments |
recog. | recognizance |
Reg. | Register |
rep. | report |
Repn. | Representation |
RO | Record Office |
Rot. | Rotuli |
RP | Rotuli Parliamentorum |
Royal | Royal mss, British Library |
Scrope v. Grosvenor | De controversia in curia militari inter Ricardum le Scrope et Robertum Grosvenor ed. Nicolas |
Sloane | Sloane mss, British Library |
Statutes | Statutes of the Realm (1810) |
Stowe | Stowe mss, British Library |
TRHS | Transactions of the Royal Historical Society |
Trin. | Trinity |
VCH | Victoria County History |
UCNW | University College of North Wales |
Wolley | Wolley mss, British Library |