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Among the abbreviations and short titles used are the following: |
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Abbrev. Rot. Orig. |
Rotulorum Originalium in Curia Scaccarii Abbreviatio (Record Commission, 1805) |
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Acct. of Wilts. Schs. |
An Account of Schools for the Children of the Labouring Classes in the County of Wiltshire, H.C. 27 (1859 Sess. 1), xxi (2) |
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Acts & Ords. of Interr. ed. Firth & Rait
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Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, ed. C. H. Firth and R. S. Rait |
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Alnwick Castle Mun. |
Muniments at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland |
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Alum. Cantab. |
Alumni Cantabrigienses, ed. J. and J. A. Venn |
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Alum. Oxon. |
Alumni Oxonienses, ed. J. Foster |
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Arch. Jnl. |
Archaeological Journal
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archd. Wilts. |
archidiaconal court of Wiltshire |
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Aubrey, Topog. Colln. ed. Jackson |
The Topographical Collections of John Aubrey, ed. J. E. Jackson (Devizes, 1862) |
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B.L. |
British Library |
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Add. Ch. |
Additional Charter |
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Add. MS. |
Additional Manuscript |
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Add. Roll |
Additional Roll |
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Harl. Ch. |
Harleian Charter |
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Harl. MS. |
Harleian Manuscript |
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Harl. Roll |
Harleian Roll |
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Maps |
Map Library |
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Stowe MS. |
Stowe Manuscript |
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Bk. of Fees
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The Book of Fees (H.M.S.O. 1920-31) |
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Burke, Commoners
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J. Burke and others, A History of the Commoners (London, 1833-8) |
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Burke, Ext. & Dorm. Baronetcies
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J. Burke and others, Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies
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Burke, Land. Gent. |
J. Burke and others, Landed Gentry
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Burke, Peerage
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J. Burke and others, A Dictionary of the Peerage
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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
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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
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Calendar of the Proceedings of the Committee for Compounding, etc. 1643-1660 (H.M.S.O. 1889-92) |
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Cal. Cttee. for Money
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Calendar of the Proceedings of the Committee for the Advance of Money, 1642-1646 (H.M.S.O. 1888) |
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Cal. Doc. France, ed. Round |
Calendar of Documents preserved in France, illustrative of the History of Great Britain, ed. J. H. Round (H.M.S.O. 1899) |
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Cal. Fine R. |
Calendar of the Fine Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1911-62) |
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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. 1904-95) |
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Cal. Inq. p.m. Hen. VII
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Calendar of Inquisitions post mortem, Henry VII (H.M.S.O. 1898-1955) |
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Cal. Lib. |
Calendar of the Liberate Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1916-64) |
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Cal. Papal Pets. |
Calendar of Papal Registers: Petitions to the Pope (H.M.S.O. 1896) |
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Cal. Papal Reg. |
Calendar of Papal Registers: Papal Letters (H.M.S.O. and Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1893-1994) |
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Cal. Pat. |
Calendar of the Patent Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1891-1986) |
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Cal. S.P. Dom. |
Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series (H.M.S.O. 1856-1972) |
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Calamy Revised, ed. Matthews |
Calamy Revised: being a Revision of Edmund Calamy's Account of the Ministers and others Ejected and Silenced, 1660-2, by A. G. Matthews (1934) |
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Camd., Camd. Soc. |
Camden Series, Camden Society |
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Cat. Anct. D. |
Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1890-1915) |
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Cat. of Drawings Colln. of R.I.B.A. |
Catalogue of the Drawings Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects: a Cumulative Index, ed. J. Bettley |
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Cath. Rec. Soc. |
Catholic Record Society |
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Ch. Com. |
Church Commissioners |
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Char. Com. |
Charity Commission |
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Chron. Mon. Abingdon
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Chronicon Monasterii de Abingdon, ed. J. Stevenson (Rolls Series, 1858) |
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Close R. |
Close Rolls of the Reign of Henry III preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1902-75) |
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Colln. Topog. et Geneal. |
Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica (London, 1834-43) |
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Complete Peerage
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G. E. C[ockayne] and others, The Complete Peerage (2nd edn. 1910-59) |
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Compton Census
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The Compton Census of 1676: a critical edition, ed. A. Whiteman (British Academy Records of Social and Economic History, N.S. x) |
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cons. Sar. |
consistory court of Salisbury |
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Crockford
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Crockford's Clerical Directory
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Cur. Reg. R. |
Curia Regis Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1922-91) |
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D. & C. Windsor Mun. |
Muniments of the dean and canons of St. George's chapel, Windsor |
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D. & C. Winton. Mun. |
Muniments of the dean and chapter of Winchester |
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D.N.B. |
Dictionary of National Biography
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Dugdale, Mon. |
W. Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum, ed. J. Caley and others (1817-30) |
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Educ. Enq. Abstract
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Abstract of Returns relative to the State of Education in England, H.C. 62 (1835), xliii |
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Educ. of Poor Digest
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Digest of Returns to the Select Committee on the Education of the Poor, H.C. 224 (1819), ix (2) |
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Endowed Char. Wilts. |
Endowed Charities of Wiltshire, H.C. 273 (1908), lxxx (northern division); H.C. 273-i (1908), lxxxi (southern division) |
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Ex. e Rot. Fin. |
Excerpta e Rotulis Finium in Turri Londinensi asservatis, ed. C. Roberts (Record Commission, 1835-6) |
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Feud. Aids
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Inquisitions and Assessments relating to Feudal Aids preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1899-1920) |
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Finberg, Early Wessex Chart. |
H. P. R. Finberg, Early Charters of Wessex (Leicester, 1964) |
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First Pembroke Survey, ed. Straton |
Survey of the Lands of William, First Earl of Pembroke, ed. C. R. Straton (Roxburghe Club, 1909) |
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G.E.C. Baronetage
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G. E. C[ockayne], Complete Baronetage (1900-9) |
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Gent. Mag. |
Gentleman's Magazine (1731-1867) |
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Geol. Surv. |
Geological Survey |
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H.C. |
House of Commons |
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H.M.S.O. |
Her (His) Majesty's Stationery Office |
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Harl. Soc. |
Harleian Society |
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Hist. MSS. Com. |
Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts |
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Hist. Parl. |
The History of Parliament
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Hoare, Mod. Wilts. |
Sir Richard Colt Hoare and others, The History of Modern Wiltshire (London, 1822-44) |
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Inq. Non. |
Nonarum Inquisitiones in Curia Scaccarii, ed. G. Vandersee (Record Commission, 1807) |
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L.J. |
Journals of the House of Lords
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L. & P. Hen. VIII
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Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII (H.M.S.O. 1864-1932) |
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Land Util. Surv. |
Land Utilisation Survey |
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Le Neve, Fasti
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J. Le Neve, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae (revised edition issued by the Institute of Historical Research) |
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Leland, Itin. ed. Toulmin Smith |
Itinerary of John Leland, ed. L. Toulmin Smith (1907-10) |
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Lewis, Topog. Dict. Eng. |
S. Lewis, Topographical Dictionary of England
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Lond. Gaz. |
London Gazette
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Lond. Metro. Archives |
Corporation of London, London Metropolitan Archives |
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Longleat Mun. |
Longleat House Muniments |
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Misc. Geneal. et Her. |
Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica (London, 1866-1938) |
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N.S. |
New Series |
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Nat. Soc. Inquiry, 1846-7 |
Result of the Returns made to the General Inquiry made by the National Society, 1846-7 (1849) |
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Nightingale, Wilts. Plate
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J. E. Nightingale, The Church Plate of Wiltshire (Salisbury, 1891) |
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O.S. |
Ordnance Survey |
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Orig. Rec. ed. G. L. Turner |
Original Records of Early Nonconformity under Persecution and Indulgence, ed. G. L. Turner (1911-14) |
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P.N. Berks. (E.P.N.S.) |
M. Gelling, Place-Names of Berkshire (English Place-Name Society, xlix-li) |
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P.N. Wilts. (E.P.N.S.) |
J. E. B. Gover, A. Mawer, and F. M. Stenton, Place-Names of Wiltshire (English Place-Name Society, xvi) |
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P.R.O. |
Public Record Office (see above, pp. xv-xvi) |
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P.R.S. |
Pipe Roll Society |
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Pat. R. |
Patent Rolls of the Reign of Henry III preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1901-3) |
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Pevsner, Lond. NW. |
B. Cherry and N. Pevsner, Buildings of England: London 3, North West
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Pevsner, Wilts. (2nd edn.) |
N. Pevsner, Buildings of England: Wiltshire, revised by B. Cherry (1975) |
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Phillipps, Wilts. Inst. |
Institutiones Clericorum in Comitatu Wiltoniae, ed. Sir Thomas Phillipps (priv. print. 1825) |
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Plac. de Quo Warr. |
Placita de Quo Warranto, ed. W. Illingworth (Record Commission, 1818) |
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Poor Law Abstract, 1804; 1818
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Abstract of Answers and Returns relative to the Expense and Maintenance of the Poor, H.C. 175 (1804), i; H.C. 82 (1818), xix |
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Poor Law Com. 1st Rep. |
First Annual Report of the Poor Law Commissioners for England and Wales, H.C. 500 (1835), xxxv |
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Poor Law Com. 2nd Rep. |
Second Annual Report of the Poor Law Commissioners for England and Wales, H.C. 595 (1836), xxix (1) |
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Poor Rate Returns, 1816-21
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Poor Rate Returns, 1816-21, H.C. 556, Supplementary Appendix (1822), v |
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Poor Rate Returns, 1822-4
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Poor Rate Returns, 1822-4, H.C. 334, Supplementary Appendix (1825), iv |
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Poor Rate Returns, 1825-9
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Poor Rate Returns, 1825-9, H.C. 83 (1830-1), xi |
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Poor Rate Returns, 1830-4
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Poor Rate Returns, 1830-4, H.C. 444 (1835), xlvii |
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Princ. Regy. Fam. Div. |
Principal Registry of the Family Division of the High Court of Justice |
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R.O. |
Record Office |
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Rec. Com. |
Record Commission |
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Red. Bk. Exch. |
The Red Book of the Exchequer, ed. H. Hall (Rolls Series, 1896) |
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Reg. Ghent
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Registrum Simonis de Gandavo, Diocesis Saresbiriensis, ed. C. T. Flower and M. C. B. Dawes (Canterbury and York Society, 1934) |
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Reg. Hallum
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The Register of Robert Hallum, Bishop of Salisbury, ed. J. Horn (Canterbury and York Society, 1982) |
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Reg. Langham
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Registrum Simonis Langham, Cantuariensis Archiepiscopi, ed. A. C. Wood (Canterbury and York Society, 1952-6) |
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Reg. Langton
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The Register of Thomas Langton, Bishop of Salisbury, ed. D. P. Wright (Canterbury and York Society, 1985) |
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Reg. Martival
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The Register of Roger Martival, Bishop of Salisbury, ed. K. Edwards and others (Canterbury and York Society, 1959-75) |
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Reg. Pontoise
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Registrum Johannis de Pontissara, Diocesis Wyntoniensis, ed. C. Deedes (Canterbury and York Society, 1913-24) |
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Reg. Regum Anglo-Norm. |
Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum, 1066-1154, ed. H. W. C. Davis and others (1913-69) |
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Reg. St. Osmund
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Vetus Registrum Sarisberiense alias Dictum Registrum Sancti Osmund Episcopi, ed. W. H. R. Jones (Rolls Series, 1883-4) |
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Reg. Waltham
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The Register of John Waltham, Bishop of Salisbury, ed. T. C. B. Timmins (Canterbury and York Society, 1994) |
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Rep. Com. Eccl. Revenues
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Report of the Commissioners appointed to Inquire into the Ecclesiastical Revenues of England and Wales [67], H.C. (1835), xxii |
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Return of Non-Provided Schs. |
Return of Schools Recognised as Voluntary Public Elementary Schools, H.C. 178-xxxi (1906), lxxxviii |
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Returns relating to Elem. Educ. |
Returns relating to Elementary Education, H.C. 201 (1871), lv |
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Rot. Chart. |
Rotuli Chartarum in Turri Londinensi asservati, ed T. D. Hardy (Record Commission, 1837) |
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Rot. Cur. Reg. |
Rotuli Curiae Regis, 6 Richard I to 1 John, ed. F. Palgrave (Record Commission, 1835) |
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Rot. Hund. |
Rotuli Hundredorum temp. Hen. III & Edw. I, ed. W. Illingworth (Record Commission, 1812-18) |
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Rot. Litt. Claus. |
Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum in Turri Londinensi asservati, ed. T. D. Hardy (Record Commission, 1833-44) |
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Rot. Litt. Pat. |
Rotuli Litterarum Patentium in Turri Londinensi asservati, ed. T. D. Hardy (Record Commission, 1835) |
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Rot. Parl. |
Rotuli Parliamentorum [1783] |
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Sar. Almanack
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The Sarum Almanack and Diocesan Kalendar
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Sar. Chart. and Doc. |
Charters and Documents illustrating the History of the Cathedral, City, and Diocese of Salisbury, in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries, etc. ed. W. Dunn Macray (Rolls Series, 1891) |
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Sar. Dioc. Dir. |
The Sarum Diocesan Directory
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Sar. Jnl. |
Salisbury Journal
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Soane Mus. |
Sir John Soane's Museum, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London |
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Tax. Eccl. |
Taxatio Ecclesiastica Angliae et Walliae auctoritate P. Nicholai IV circa A.D. 1291, ed. T. Astle, S. Ayscough, and J. Caley (Record Commission, 1802) |
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Topog. and Geneal. |
The Topographer and Genealogist (London, 1846-58) |
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V.C.H. |
Victoria County History
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val. |
valuation |
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Valor Eccl. |
Valor Ecclesiasticus temp. Hen. VIII, ed. J. Caley and J. Hunter (Record Commission, 1810-34) |
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W.A.M. |
Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine
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W.A.S. (Libr.) |
Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (Library in the Museum, Long Street, Devizes) |
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W.N. & Q. |
Wiltshire Notes and Queries (Devizes, 1896-1917) |
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W.R.O. |
Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office |
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Principal classes used: |
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A Quarter Sessions records |
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D Salisbury Diocesan records |
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EA Enclosure Awards |
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F County Council records |
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G Records of Rural District, Borough, and other councils |
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J Hospital records |
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L Delegated and presented public records |
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W.R.S. |
Wiltshire Record Society (formerly Records Branch of W.A.S.) |
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Walker Revised, ed. Matthews |
Walker Revised: being a Revision of John Walker's Sufferings of the Clergy during the Grand Rebellion, 1642-60, ed. A. G. Matthews |
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Walters, Wilts. Bells
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H. B. Walters, The Church Bells of Wiltshire (Devizes, 1927-9) |
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Williams, Cath. Recusancy
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J. A. Williams, Catholic Recusancy in Wiltshire, 1660-1791 (Catholic Record Society, 1968) |
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Wilts. Cuttings |
Volumes of newspaper and other cuttings in W.A.S. Libr. |
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Wilts. Gaz. |
Wiltshire Gazette
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Wilts. Inq. p.m. 1242-1326 |
Abstracts of Wiltshire Inquisitiones post mortem in the reigns of Henry III, Edward I, and Edward II, 1242-1326, ed. E. A. Fry (Index Library, xxxvii) |
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Wilts. Inq. p.m. 1327-77 |
Abstracts of Wiltshire Inquisitiones post mortem in the reign of Edward III, 1327-77, ed. Ethel Stokes (Index Library, xlviii) |
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Wilts. Inq. p.m. 1625-49 |
Abstracts of Wiltshire Inquisitiones post mortem in the reign of Charles I, 1625-49, ed. G. S. and E. A. Fry (Index Library, xxiii) |
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Wilts. Q. Sess. Rec. ed. Cunnington |
Records of the County of Wiltshire from the Quarter Sessions Rolls of the 17th Century, ed. B. H. Cunnington (Devizes, 1932) |
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Winch. Coll. Mun. |
Muniments of Winchester College, Hampshire |
