Abbreviations
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981
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. 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 |
