Survey
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 |
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