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.

Preliminary paragraphs

abp. archbishop
b. born
bap. baptized
bp. bishop
bro. brother
called called to the bar
ch. child(ren)
c.j. chief justice
coh. coheir
commr. commissioner
c.p. common pleas
contr. contract
ct. court
cr. created
d. died
da. daughter(s)
dep. deputy
diss. dissolved
div. divorced
e. elder, eldest
educ. educated
fa. father
gent. pens. gentlemen pensioner
gov. governor
g.s. grammar school
gd.-fa. grandfather
gd.-s. grandson
h. heir(ess)
h.s. high school
[I] Ireland, Irish
inf. infant
ipm inquisition post mortem
jt. joint
j.p.q. justice of the peace of the quorum
l.c.j. lord chief justice
lic. licence
ld. lt. lord lieutenant
m. married
Mq. Marquess
o. only
PC Privy Council
poss. possibly
prob. probably
rem. removed
rest. restored
ret. retired
s. son(s)
sec. secretary
s.p. sine prole
sis. sister
suc. succeeded
summ. summoned
unm. unmarried
v.p. vita parentis
w. wife
wid. widow
yr. younger
yst. youngest
in the footnotes
Add. Additional mss, British Library
APC Acts of the Privy Council
Bath mss Bath mss, Thynne Pprs.
BL British Library
Bodl. Bodleian Library, Oxford
Bull. IHR Bulletin, Institute of Historical Research
CJ Commons Journals
Collinson thesis P. Collinson, ‘The puritan classical movement in the reign of Elizabeth I’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1957)
Cott. Cotton mss, British Library
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 Scot. Calendar of State Papers, Scotland 1547-74 (4vv)
CSP Scot. ed Thorpe Calendar of State Papers, Scotland 1509-1603 (2vv)
CSP Span. Calendar of State Papers, Spain
CSP Ven. Calendar of State Papers, Venice
D’Ewes A Complete Journal of the ... Lords and ... Commons collected by Sir Simonds D’Ewes (1682)
DKR Deputy Keeper’s Report
DNB Dictionary of Nationa Biography
DWB Dictionary of Welsh Biography
Egerton Egerton mss, British Library
EHR English Historical Review
Fuidge thesis N. M. Fuidge, ‘The personnel of the House of Commons, 1563-7’ (London Univ. M.A. thesis, 1950)
Gabriel thesis R. C. Gabriel, ‘Members of the House of Commons, 1586-7’(London Univ. M.A. thesis, 1954)
Harl. Harleian mss, British Library
HL Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California
HMC Historical Manuscripts Commission
Lansd. Lansdowne mss, British Library
LJ Lords Journals
Mort thesis M. K. Mort, ‘The personnel of the House of Commons in 1601’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1956)
Mousley thesis J. E. Mousley. ‘Sussex country gentry in the reign of Elizabeth’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1956)
N. and Q. Notes and Queries
NLW National Library of Wales
NRA National Register of Archives
n.d. no date
n.s. new series
PCC Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Petyt mss Inner Temple, Petyt mss
Price thesis M. G. Price, ‘English borough representation, 1509-58’ (Oxf. D.Phil. thesis, 1960)
PRO Public Record Office
RO Record Office
Roberts thesis J. C. Roberts, ‘The parliamentary representation of Devon and Dorset, 1559-1601’ (London Univ. M.A. thesis, 1958)
Royal Royal mss, British Library
Rylands John Rylands Library, Manchester
Sloane Sloane mss, British Library
Smith thesis A. H. Smith, ‘The Elizabethan gentry of Norfolk: office-holding and faction’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1959)
Stowe Stowe mss, British Library
VCH Victoria County History
Vis. Visitations
UCNW University College of North Wales