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 |
| 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 |
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