|
a.d.c.
|
aide-de-camp
|
|
abp.
|
archbishop
|
|
abpric.
|
archbishopric
|
|
acad.
|
academy
|
|
accel.
|
acceleration, writ of
|
|
acct., accts.
|
account, accounts
|
|
adm.
|
admiral
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|
adn.
|
archdeacon
|
|
adv.
|
advocate
|
|
aft.
|
after
|
|
am
|
ante meridian
|
|
amb.
|
ambassador
|
|
app.
|
appendix
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appr.
|
apprentice
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|
arr.
|
arrondissement
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|
art.
|
article
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|
ass.
|
assembly
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assmt.
|
assessment
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|
assoc.
|
association
|
|
asst.
|
assistant
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|
att.
|
attorney
|
|
b.
|
born
|
|
BA
|
Bachelor of Arts
|
|
bap.
|
baptized
|
|
bar.
|
baron
|
|
BCL
|
Bachelor of Civil Law
|
|
BCnL
|
Bachelor of Canon Law
|
|
bd.
|
board
|
|
bdle.
|
bundle
|
|
Beds.
|
Bedfordshire
|
|
bef.
|
before
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|
Berks.
|
Berkshire
|
|
bet.
|
between
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|
bk., bks.
|
book, books
|
|
bor.
|
borough
|
|
bp.
|
bishop
|
|
bpric.
|
bishopric
|
|
Brec.
|
Breconshire
|
|
brig.-gen.
|
brigadier-general
|
|
bro.
|
brother
|
|
bt.
|
Baronet
|
|
Bucks.
|
Buckinghamshire
|
|
bur.
|
buried
|
|
c.
|
circa
|
|
c. bar. exch.
|
chief baron of the exchequer
|
|
c.-in-c.
|
commander-in-chief
|
|
c.j.
|
chief justice
|
|
c.p.
|
common pleas
|
|
Caern.
|
Caernarvonshire
|
|
cal.
|
calendar
|
|
called
|
called to the bar
|
|
Cambs.
|
Cambridgeshire
|
|
capt.
|
captain
|
|
Card.
|
Cardiganshire
|
|
Carm.
|
Carmarthenshire
|
|
cart., carts.
|
cartulary, cartularies
|
|
cat.
|
catalogue
|
|
cath.
|
cathedral
|
|
CB
|
Companion of the Order of the Bath
|
|
cdr.
|
commander
|
|
cf.
|
compare
|
|
ch.
|
child, children
|
|
ch., chs.
|
charter, charters
|
|
chan.
|
chancellor
|
|
chap.
|
chaplain
|
|
chap. ord.
|
chaplain in ordinary
|
|
chron(s).
|
chronicle(s)
|
|
circ.
|
circuit
|
|
cllr.
|
councillor
|
|
Co.
|
company (i.e., trading company)
|
|
co.
|
county (Ireland) (e.g. co. Antrim)
|
|
co. Dur.
|
county Durham
|
|
coh.
|
coheir(ess)
|
|
col.
|
colonel
|
|
Coll.
|
College
|
|
commdt.
|
commandant
|
|
commn.
|
commission
|
|
commr.
|
commissioner
|
|
comp.
|
compiled [by]
|
|
comp.
|
composition
|
|
cons.
|
consecrated
|
|
consist. ct.
|
consistory court
|
|
contr.
|
contract
|
|
convoc.
|
Convocation
|
|
Cornw.
|
Cornwall
|
|
corp.
|
corporation
|
|
corresp.
|
correspondence
|
|
cos.
|
cousin
|
|
coy.
|
company, in regiment
|
|
cr.
|
created
|
|
ct.
|
court
|
|
ct.
|
court
|
|
cttee.
|
committee
|
|
Cumb.
|
Cumberland
|
|
cur.
|
curate
|
|
custos rot.
|
custos rotulorum
|
|
d
|
dorse (of membrane or rotulet)
|
|
d.
|
died
|
|
d.s.p.
|
died without issue (decessit sine prole)
|
|
d.s.p.l.
|
died without legitimate children
|
|
d.s.p.m.
|
died without male issue
|
|
d.s.p.s.
|
died without surviving issue
|
|
d.v.p.
|
died in the lifetime of his father (decessit vita patris)
|
|
da.
|
daughter(s)
|
|
DCL
|
Doctor of Civil Law
|
|
DD
|
Doctor of Divinity
|
|
Denb.
|
Denbighshire
|
|
dep.
|
deputy
|
|
Derbys.
|
Derbyshire
|
|
dioc.
|
diocese
|
|
dir.
|
director
|
|
disp.
|
dispensation
|
|
div.
|
divorced
|
|
doc., docs.
|
document, documents
|
|
Dr.
|
Doctor
|
|
Drag.
|
Dragoons
|
|
E.
|
East
|
|
E.I.
|
East Indies, East India
|
|
ed.
|
edited by
|
|
edn.
|
edition
|
|
educ.
|
educated
|
|
esp.
|
especially
|
|
esq.
|
esquire
|
|
et al.
|
and others
|
|
et seq.
|
and the pages/folios that follow
|
|
etc.
|
et cetera
|
|
etc.
|
et cetera
|
|
event.
|
eventual
|
|
exch.
|
exchequer
|
|
exec.
|
executed
|
|
f., ff.
|
folio, folios
|
|
fa.
|
father
|
|
fac.
|
faculty
|
|
fam., fams.
|
family, families
|
|
fell.
|
Fellow
|
|
fell. comm.
|
fellow commoner
|
|
fl.
|
flourished (floruit)
|
|
FRS
|
Fellow of the Royal Society
|
|
FSA
|
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
|
|
Ft.
|
Foot regiment (e.g. 65 Ft.)
|
|
g.s.
|
grammar school
|
|
GB
|
Great Britain
|
|
GCB
|
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
|
|
Gds.
|
Guards
|
|
gen.
|
genealogy and words derived
|
|
gen.
|
general
|
|
gent. pens.
|
gentleman pensioner
|
|
gent., gents.
|
gentleman, gentlemen
|
|
Glam.
|
Glamorganshire
|
|
Glos.
|
Gloucestershire
|
|
gov.
|
governor
|
|
grandda.
|
grand daughter
|
|
grandfa.
|
grandfather
|
|
grands.
|
grandson
|
|
Gren.
|
Grenadier
|
|
gt.
|
great
|
|
h.
|
heir(ess)
|
|
h.s.
|
high school
|
|
Hants
|
Hampshire
|
|
Herefs.
|
Herefordshire
|
|
Herts.
|
Hertfordshire
|
|
Hil.
|
Hilary
|
|
hon.
|
honorary
|
|
Hon.
|
Honourable
|
|
hosp.
|
hospital
|
|
hosp.
|
hospital
|
|
Hunts.
|
Huntingdonshire
|
|
i.p.m.
|
inquisition post mortem
|
|
illegit.
|
illegitimate
|
|
inc.
|
including
|
|
incorp.
|
incorporated
|
|
indep.
|
independent
|
|
inf.
|
infant
|
|
ins.
|
insurance
|
|
inst.
|
installed
|
|
[I]
|
Ireland
|
|
Is.
|
island(s)
|
|
j.c.p.
|
justice of the common pleas
|
|
j.k.b.
|
justice of the King’s Bench
|
|
j.p.
|
justice of the peace
|
|
j.p.q.
|
justice of the peace of the quorum
|
|
jt.
|
joint
|
|
jun.
|
junior
|
|
k.b.
|
King’s Bench
|
|
KB
|
Knight of the Bath
|
|
KC
|
King’s Counsel
|
|
KCB
|
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
|
|
Kent
|
Kent
|
|
KG
|
Knight of the Garter
|
|
kntd.
|
knighted
|
|
KP
|
Knight of St Patrick
|
|
kpr.
|
keeper
|
|
KT
|
Knight of the Thistle
|
|
l.c.b.
|
lord chief baron of the Exchequer
|
|
l.c.j.
|
lord chief justice
|
|
l.c.j.c.p.
|
lord chief justice common pleas
|
|
Lancs.
|
Lancashire
|
|
ld. kpr.
|
lord keeper
|
|
ld. lt.
|
lord lieutenant
|
|
Leics.
|
Leicestershire
|
|
lic.
|
licence
|
|
Lincs.
|
Lincolnshire
|
|
LLB
|
Bachelor of Common Law
|
|
LLD
|
Doctor of Common Law
|
|
lt.
|
lieutenant
|
|
ltcy.
|
lieutenancy
|
|
m.
|
married
|
|
m., mm.
|
membrane, membranes
|
|
MA
|
Master of Arts
|
|
maj.
|
major
|
|
mat.
|
maternal
|
|
matric.
|
matriculated
|
|
MD
|
Master of Divinity
|
|
Mdx.
|
Middlesex
|
|
mems.
|
memoirs; memorials
|
|
Merion.
|
Merionethshire
|
|
mic.
|
microfilm
|
|
Mich.
|
Michaelmas
|
|
min., mins.
|
minute, minutes
|
|
misc.
|
miscellanea; miscellaneous; miscellany
|
|
Mon.
|
Monmouthshire
|
|
Mont.
|
Montgomeryshire
|
|
MP, MPs
|
Member of Parliament, Members of Parliament
|
|
MP[I]
|
Member of the Irish Parliament
|
|
mq.
|
Marquess
|
|
Mr., Mrs.
|
Mr, Mrs
|
|
ms, mss
|
manuscript, manuscripts
|
|
muns.
|
muniments
|
|
n.
|
note
|
|
N.
|
North
|
|
n.d.
|
no date
|
|
n.s.
|
new series
|
|
née
|
born as [with maiden name]
|
|
nem. con.
|
nemine contradicente
|
|
nom.
|
nominated
|
|
Norf.
|
Norfolk
|
|
Northants.
|
Northamptonshire
|
|
Northumb.
|
Northumberland
|
|
Notts.
|
Nottinghamshire
|
|
nr.
|
near
|
|
NS
|
new style
|
|
o.
|
only, other
|
|
Oxon.
|
Oxfordshire
|
|
p., pp.
|
page, pages
|
|
p.a.
|
per annum
|
|
par.
|
parish
|
|
par. ch.
|
parish church
|
|
parl.
|
parliament; parliamentorum
|
|
parl.
|
parliamentarian
|
|
parlty.
|
parliamentary
|
|
parlty.
|
parliamentary
|
|
paroch.
|
parochial
|
|
pat.
|
paternal
|
|
PC
|
Privy Councillor
|
|
ped., peds.
|
pedigree, pedigrees
|
|
Pemb.
|
Pembrokeshire
|
|
plenip.
|
plenipotentiary
|
|
pm
|
post meridian
|
|
poss.
|
possibly
|
|
posth.
|
posthumous
|
|
pprs.
|
papers, papers
|
|
preb.
|
prebend, prebendary
|
|
pres.
|
president
|
|
priv. sec.
|
private secretary
|
|
prob.
|
probably
|
|
Prot.
|
Protestant
|
|
pt.
|
part
|
|
q. sess.
|
quarter sessions
|
|
q.m.g.
|
quarter master general
|
|
QC
|
Queen’s Counsel
|
|
r
|
recto (no stop)
|
|
r.-adm.
|
rear-admiral
|
|
RA
|
Royal Artillery
|
|
Rad.
|
Radnorshire
|
|
RC
|
(Roman) Catholic
|
|
recs.
|
records
|
|
rect.
|
rector
|
|
recvr.
|
receiver
|
|
reg.
|
register
|
|
Regt.
|
Regiment
|
|
rem.
|
removed
|
|
rep.
|
report
|
|
rep.
|
representative
|
|
rep. peer [I]
|
representative peer of Ireland
|
|
rep. peer [S]
|
representative peer of Scotland
|
|
res.
|
resigned
|
|
rest.
|
restored
|
|
ret.
|
retired
|
|
Rev.
|
Reverend
|
|
RN
|
Royal Navy
|
|
rot., rots.
|
rotulet, rotuli
|
|
roy.
|
royalist
|
|
[S]
|
Scotland
|
|
s.
|
Sons(s)
|
|
S.
|
South
|
|
s.c.j.
|
Senator of the College of Justices (of Scotland)
|
|
s.p.
|
sine prole (without issue)
|
|
s.p.m
|
(without male issue)
|
|
s.p.s.
|
(without surviving issue)
|
|
Salop
|
Shropshire
|
|
sch.
|
school
|
|
sec.
|
secretary
|
|
sen.
|
senior
|
|
sgt.
|
sergeant (military/Household)
|
|
sis.
|
sister
|
|
sjt.
|
serjeant (-at-arms, -at-law)
|
|
Som.
|
Somerset
|
|
sqdn.
|
squadron
|
|
St.
|
Saint
|
|
Staffs.
|
Staffordshire
|
|
suc.
|
succeeded
|
|
Suff.
|
Suffolk
|
|
summ.
|
summoned (to Lords)
|
|
Surr.
|
Surrey
|
|
surv.
|
surviving
|
|
Suss.
|
Sussex
|
|
tp.
|
troop
|
|
transcript
|
transcript
|
|
treas.
|
Treasurer
|
|
Trin.
|
Trinity
|
|
typescript
|
typescript
|
|
unfol.
|
unfoliated
|
|
Univ.
|
University
|
|
unm.
|
unmarried
|
|
unnumb.
|
unnumbered
|
|
unpag.
|
unpaginated
|
|
utd.
|
united
|
|
v
|
verso, dorse of a folio
|
|
v.
|
vice (in a title, as in vice-admiral, vice-chancellor)
|
|
v.p.
|
vita patris (in the life of his father)
|
|
vic.
|
vicar
|
|
vice
|
vice (i.e., in the place of)
|
|
visct.
|
viscount
|
|
vol.
|
volume
|
|
vol.
|
volunteer
|
|
W.
|
West
|
|
w.
|
wife
|
|
W.I.
|
West Indies, West Indian
|
|
Warws.
|
Warwickshire
|
|
Westmld.
|
Westmorland
|
|
wid.
|
widow
|
|
Wilts.
|
Wiltshire
|
|
Worcs.
|
Worcestershire
|
|
Yorks.
|
Yorkshire.
|
|
yr.
|
younger
|
|
yst.
|
youngest
|
Historical Abbreviations
