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A.-S. |
Anglo-Saxon |
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Abbrev. Plac. (Rec. Com.) |
Placitorum Abbreviatio, ed. W. J. Illingworth, (Record Commission, 1811) |
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Abbrev. Rot. Orig. (Rec. Com.) |
Rotulorum Originalium in Curia Scaccarii Abbreviatio, ed. H. Playford (Record Commission, 1805) |
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acct. |
account |
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Acts & Ords. of Interr. ed. Firth & Rait |
Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660, ed. C. H. Firth and R. S. Rait (H.M.S.O. 1911) |
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Acts of P.C. |
Acts of the Privy Council of England (H.M.S.O. 1890-1964) |
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Admin. |
Administrative |
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Agric. |
Agriculture/Agricultural |
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Agric. Hist. Rev. |
Agricultural History Review
|
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Alum. Cantab. to 1751; 1752-1900
|
Alumni Cantabrigienses, to 1751; 1752-1900, ed. J. Venn and J. A. Venn (Cambridge, 1922-7, 1940-54) |
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Alum. Oxon. 1500-1714; 1715-1886
|
Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714; 1715-1886, ed. J. Foster (Oxford 1888-92) |
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Antiq. |
Antiquaries |
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App. |
Appendix |
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Arch. |
Archaeology/Archaeological |
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Archit. |
Architecture/Architectural |
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Axten, 'Hist. Public Transport in Colch. Area' |
E. G. Axten, 'A History of Public Transport in the Colchester Area', MS. in private possession; photocopy in E.R.O. Colchester |
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B.L |
British Library |
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Bapt. |
Baptist |
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bd. |
board |
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bdle. |
bundle |
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biog. |
biographical |
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bk. |
book |
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Bk. of Fees
|
The Book of Fees (H.M.S.O. 1920-31) |
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bldg. |
building/buildings |
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bp. |
bishop |
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Bodl. |
Bodleian Library, Oxford |
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Brit. |
Britain/British |
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Burke, Land. Gent. |
J. Burke and others, Landed Gentry
|
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C.A.G. Bull. |
Colchester Archaeological Group, Bulletin
|
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C.J. |
Journals of the House of Commons (H.M.S.O.) |
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Cal. |
Calendar |
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Cal. Assize Rec. Essex, Eliz. I
|
Calendar of Assize Records, Essex Indictments, Elizabeth I, ed. J. S. Cockburn (H.M.S.O. 1978) |
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Cal. Assize Rec. Essex, Jas. I
|
Calendar of Assize Records, Essex Indictments, James I, ed. J. S. Cockburn (H.M.S.O. 1985) |
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Cal. Chancery Warrants
|
Calendar of Chancery Warrants Preserved in the Public Record Office 1244-1326 (H.M.S.O. 1927) |
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Cal. Chart. R. |
Calendar of the Charter Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1903-27) |
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Cal. Close
|
Calendar of the Close Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1892-1963) |
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Cal. Cttee. for Compounding
|
Calendar of the Proceedings of the Committee for Compounding, etc. (H.M.S.O. 1889-92) |
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Cal. Cttee. for the Advance of Money
|
Calendar of the Committee for the Advance of Money, 1642-56 (H.M.S.O. 1888) |
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Cal. Doc. in France
|
Calendar of Documents preserved in France (H.M.S.O. 1899) |
|
Cal. Fine R. |
Calendar of the Fine Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1911-62) |
|
Cal. Inq. Misc. |
Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous (Chancery) preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1916-68) |
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Cal. Inq. p.m. |
Calendar of Inquisitions post mortem preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1904-74) |
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Cal. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Com.) |
Calendarium Inquisitionum post mortem sive escaetarum (Record Commission, 1806-28) |
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Cal. Inq. p.m. Hen. VII
|
Calendar of Inquisitions post mortem, Henry VII (H.M.S.O. 1898-1955) |
|
Cal. Lib. |
Calendar of the Liberate Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1917-64) |
|
Cal. Mem. R. |
Calendar of the Memoranda Rolls (Exchequer) preserved in the Public Record Office: Michaelmas 1326-Michaelmas 1327 (H.M.S.O. 1968) |
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Cal. Papal Reg. |
Calendar of the Papal Registers: Papal Letters (H.M.S.O. and Irish MSS. Com. 1891-1986) |
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Cal. Papal Pets. |
Calendar of Entries in the Papal Registers relating to Great Britain and Ireland, Petitions to the Pope, 1342-1419 (H.M.S.O. 1896) |
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Cal. Pat. |
Calendar of the Patent Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1891-1982) |
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Cal. S.P. Dom. |
Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series (H.M.S.O. 1856-1972) |
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Cal. Treas. Bks. |
Calendar of Treasury Books 1660-1718 (H.M.S.O. 1904-57) |
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Camd., Camd. Soc. |
Camden Series, Camden Society |
|
Cart. St. John of Jerusalem
|
The Cartulary of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem in England: Secunda Camera, Essex, ed. M. Gervers (Records of Social and Economic History, new series vi) |
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Cat. |
Catalogue |
|
Cat. Anct. D. |
A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1890-1915) |
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ch. |
church |
|
Ch. Bells Essex
|
C. Deedes and H. B. Walters, The Church Bells of Essex (1909) |
|
Ch. Plate Essex
|
G. M. Benton, F. W. Galpin, and W. J. Pressey, The Church Plate of Essex (1926) |
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Char. |
Charity/Charities |
|
Char. Com. |
Charity Commission for England and Wales, Haymarket, London |
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chart. |
charter/charters |
|
Chelm. |
Chelmsford |
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Chelm. Dioc. Yr. Bk. |
Diocese of Chelmsford, Year Book
|
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Chron. |
Chronicle
|
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chwdn. |
churchwarden |
|
Close R. |
Close Rolls of the Reign of Henry III preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1902-75) |
|
Colch. |
Colchester |
|
Colch. Cart. |
Cartularium Monasterii Sancti Johannis Baptiste de Colecestria, ed. S. A. Moore (Roxburghe Club, 2 vols. 1897) |
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Colch. Gaz. |
Colchester Gazette
|
|
Colch. Expr. |
Colchester Express
|
|
Colch. Mus. |
Colchester Museums, Resource Centre, 14 Ryegate Road, Colchester |
|
Coll. |
College |
|
colln. |
collection/collections |
|
Colne Cart. |
Cartularium Prioratus de Colne, ed. J. L. Fisher (Essex Archaeological Society, 1946) |
|
Com. |
Commission, Commissioners |
|
Complete Peerage
|
G. E. C[ockayne] and others, The Complete Peerage (2nd edn. 1910-59) |
|
Compton Census, ed. Whiteman |
The Compton Census of 1676: a critical edition, ed. Anne Whiteman (British Academy, c. 1986) |
|
Corp. |
Corporation |
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ct. |
court |
|
cttee. |
committee |
|
Cur. Reg. R. |
Curia Regis Rolls perserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1922-79) |
|
D.N.B. |
Dictionary of National Biography
|
|
Davids, Nonconf. in Essex
|
T. W. Davids, Annals of Evangelical Nonconformity in Essex from the time of Wycliffe to the Restoration (1863) |
|
Dept. of Env., Buildings List |
Department of the Environment, 'List of Buildings of Architectural and Historic Importance' |
|
Dict. |
Dictionary |
|
dioc. |
diocese/diocesan |
|
Dir. |
Directory
|
|
doc. |
document/documents |
|
Dugdale, Mon. |
W. Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum, ed. J. Caley and others (6 vols. 1817-30) |
|
E.A.T. |
Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society (Essex Archaeology and History from 3rd series iv, 1972) |
|
E.C.C. |
Essex County Council |
|
E.C.L. Chelm. |
Essex County Library, Local Studies Collection at Chelmsford Library |
|
E.C.L. Colch. |
Essex County Library, Local Studies Collection at Colchester Library |
|
E.C.S. |
Essex County Standard (Essex Standard 1831-92) |
|
E.H.R. |
English Historical Review
|
|
E.J. |
Essex Journal
|
|
E.R. |
Essex Review
|
|
E.R.O. |
Essex Record Office |
|
E.S.A.H. |
Essex Society for Archaeology and History (formerly Essex Archaeological Society); Library at Albert Sloman Library, University of Essex |
|
Econ. H.R. |
Economic History Review
|
|
eccl. |
ecclesiastical |
|
edn. |
edition |
|
Educ. |
Education |
|
Educ. Enq. Abstract
|
Abstract of Answers and Returns relative to the State of Education in England, H.C. 62 (1835), xli |
|
Educ. of Poor Digest
|
Digest of Returns to the Select Committee on the Education of the Poor, H.C. 224 (1819), ix (1) |
|
Ekwall, Eng. Place-Names
|
E. Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Placenames (4th edition, 1960) |
|
Elem. |
Elementary |
|
Eng. |
England/English |
|
enq. |
enquiry |
|
Essex Map (1777) |
J. Chapman and P. André, Map of Essex from an actual survey taken in 1772, 1773, and 1774 (1777) |
|
Essex Tel. |
Essex Telegraph (1858-1908), Essex County Telegraph (1908-1951) |
|
Essex Wills
|
F. G. Emmison, Essex Wills, vols. i-xi (1982-2000) |
|
Eve. Gaz. |
Evening Gazette
|
|
Feet of F. Essex
|
Feet of Fines for Essex (vols. i-iv Essex Archaeological Society, 1899-1964; vols. v-vi ed. F. G. Emmison, 1991-3) |
|
Feud. Aids
|
Inquisitions and Assessments relating to Feudal Aids preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1899-1920) |
|
G.B. |
Great Britain |
|
Gent. Mag. |
Gentleman's Magazine
|
|
Geol. Surv. |
Geological Survey |
|
govt. |
government |
|
Guildhall |
Guildhall Library, London |
|
H.C. |
House of Commons |
|
H.L. |
House of Lords |
|
H.M.S.O. |
Her (His) Majesty's Stationery Office |
|
Hist. |
History/Historical |
|
Hist. Essex by Gent. |
A New and Complete History of Essex by a Gentleman (6 vols. 1769-72) |
|
Hist. MSS. Com. |
Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts |
|
hund. |
hundred |
|
inf. |
information |
|
Intro. |
Introduction |
|
Inq. Non. (Rec. Com.) |
Nonarum Inquisitiones in Curia Scaccarii: Temp. Regis Edwardi III (Record Commission, 1807) |
|
Jnl. |
Journal
|
|
L.J. |
Journals of the House of Lords (H.M.S.O.) |
|
L. & P. Hen. VIII
|
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII (H.M.S.O 1864-1932) |
|
Lamb. Pal. Libr. |
Lambeth Palace Library, London |
|
Lond. |
London |
|
Lond. Gaz. |
London Gazette
|
|
M.I. |
monumental inscription |
|
man. |
manor/manorial |
|
Med. Essex Community
|
The Medieval Essex Community: The Lay Subsidy of 1327, ed. J. C. Ward (Essex Record Office, 1983) |
|
Min. |
Ministry |
|
mins. |
minutes |
|
Morant, Essex
|
P. Morant, The History and Antiquities of Essex (2 vols. 1768) |
|
mun. |
muniments |
|
mus. |
museum |
|
MS./MSS. |
Manuscript/Manuscripts |
|
n.d. |
no date |
|
N.M.R. |
English Heritage, National Monuments Record, Great Western Village, Kemble Drive, Swindon. |
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n.s. |
new series |
|
Nat. |
National |
|
Nat. Soc. |
Records of the National Society for Promoting Religious Education, Church of England Record Centre, Bermondsey, London |
|
Nat. Soc., Inquiry 1846-7
|
Results of the Returns made to the General Inquiry made by the National Society, 1846-7 (1849) |
|
Newcourt, Repertorium
|
R. Newcourt, Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense (2 vols. 1710) |
|
Nonconf. |
Nonconformity/Nonconformist |
|
O.E.D. |
Oxford English Dictionary
|
|
O.S. |
Ordnance Survey |
|
Oxf. |
Oxford |
|
P.N. Elements
|
A. H. Smith, English Place-name Elements (English Place-name Society, xxv, xxvi, 1956) |
|
P.N. Essex
|
P. H. Reaney, The Place-names of Essex (English Place-name Society, xii, 1935) |
|
P.O. Dir. Essex
|
The Post Office Directory of Essex
|
|
P.R.O. |
Public Record Office |
|
P.R.S. |
Pipe Roll Society |
|
par. |
parish |
|
parl. |
parliamentary/parliament |
|
Pat. R. |
Patent Rolls of the Reign of Henry III preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1901-3) |
|
Pevsner, Essex
|
N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England, Essex (2nd edn. 1965) |
|
Pipe R. |
Pipe Rolls
|
|
Poor Law Abstract, 1804
|
Abstract of Returns relative to the Expence and Maintenance of the Poor (printed by order of the House of Commons, 1804) |
|
Poor Law Abstract, 1818
|
Abstract of Returns to Orders of the House of Commons relative to Assessments for Relief of the Poor, H.C. 82 (1818), xix |
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priv. print. |
privately printed |
|
Proc. |
Proceedings
|
|
pt. |
part |
|
R. |
Royal |
|
R.C.H.M. Essex
|
Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex (4 vols. 1916-23) |
|
R.O. |
Record Office |
|
Rec. |
Records |
|
Rec. Com. |
Record Commission |
|
Red Bk. Exch. |
The Red Book of the Exchequer, ed. H. Hall (Rolls Series, 1896) |
|
Reg. Baldock
|
Registrum Radulphi Baldock, Gilberti Segrave, Ricardi Newport et Stephani Gravesend, episcoporum Londoniensium, A.D. MCCCIVMCCCXXXVIII (Canterbury & York Soc. 1911) |
|
Reg. Regum Anglo-Norm. |
Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum, ed. H. W. C. Davies and others (1913-69) |
|
Reg. Sudbury
|
Register of Simon Sudbury, ed. R. C. Fowler and C. Jenkins (Canterbury & York Soc. 2 vols. 1927-8) |
|
Rep. |
Report |
|
32nd Rep. Com. Char. |
32nd Report of the Commissioners for inquiring concerning charities, H.C. 108 (1837), xxv |
|
Rolls Ser. |
Rolls Series |
|
Rot. Chart. (Rec. Com.) |
Rotuli Chartarum in Turri Londinensi asservati, ed. T. D. Harvey (Record Commission, 1837) |
|
Rot. de Dominabus (Pipe R. Soc.) |
Rotuli de Dominabus et Pueris et Puellis de xii Comitatibus (Pipe Roll Soc. xxxv) |
|
Rot. de Ob. et Fin. (Rec. Com.) |
Rotuli de Oblatis et Finibus (Record Commission, 1835) |
|
Rot. Hund. (Rec. Com.) |
Rotuli Hundredorum temp. Hen. III & Edw. I (Record Commission, 1812-18) |
|
Rot. Litt. Claus. (Rec. Com.) |
Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum, 1204-27 (Record Commission, 1833-44) |
|
Rot. Litt. Pat. (Rec. Com.) |
Rotuli Litterarum Patentium 1204-16 (Record Commission, 1835) |
|
Rot. Parl. |
Rotuli Parliamentorum (H.M.S.O. 1783, 1832) |
|
SMR |
Sites and Monuments Record (from 2000 Essex Heritage Conservation Record), held in Planning Division of Essex County Council Environmental Services Directorate |
|
S.P.C.K. |
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, records at Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone Road, London |
|
Sanders, Eng. Baronies
|
I. J. Sanders, English Baronies: a study of their origins and descent, 1086-1327 (1960) |
|
sch. |
school |
|
Sel. |
Select |
|
ser. |
series |
|
Smith, Eccl. Hist. Essex
|
H. Smith, The Ecclesiastical History of Essex under the Long Parliament and Commonwealth (c. 1931) |
|
Suff. |
Suffolk |
|
Suppl. |
Supplementary |
|
TS. |
typescript |
|
Tax. Eccl. (Rec. Com.) |
Taxatio Ecclesiastica Angliae et Walliae auctoritate P. Nicholai IV circa A.D. 1291 (Record Commission, 1802) |
|
Trans. R.H.S. |
Transactions of the Royal Historical Society
|
|
uncat. |
uncatalogued |
|
univ. |
university |
|
V.C.H. |
Victoria County History
|
|
Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.) |
Valor Ecclesiasticus temp. Hen. VIII auctoritate regia institutus (Record Commission, 1810-34) |
|
visit. |
visitation |
|
Visit. Essex
|
The Visitations of Essex, 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612, and 1634, ed. W. C. Metcalfe (Harleian Society, 2 parts, 1878, 1879) |
|
Wright, Essex
|
T. Wright, The History and Topography of the County of Essex (2 vols. 1836) |
|
Youngs, Admin. Units of Eng. |
F. A. Youngs, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, vol. I (Royal Historical Society, Guides and Handbooks no. 10, 1979) |
