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| Abbrev. Plac. | Placitorum Originalium, ed. W. J. Illingworth (Record Commission 1811) |
| Abbrev. Rot. Orig. | Rotulorum Originalium in Curia Scaccarii Abbreviatio, Henry III-Edward III, ed.
H. Playford (Record Commission 1805–10) |
| Acct. | Account |
| Alum. Cantab. | Alumni Cantabrigienses, ed. J. and J. A. Venn |
| Alum. Oxon. | Alumni Oxonienses, ed. J. Foster |
| Ann. Rep. B. & W. Dioc.
Assoc. S.P.C.K. | Annual Report of the Bath and Wells Diocesan Association of the Society for the
Promotion of Christian Knowledge |
| B.L. | British Library |
| Bk. of Fees | The Book of Fees (H.M.S.O. 1920–31) |
| Cal. Chanc. Wts. | Calendar of Chancery Warrants preserved in the Public Record Office, 1244–1326
(H.M.S.O., 1927) |
| Cal. Chart. R. | Calendar of the Charter Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O.
1903–27) |
| Cal. Close | Calendar of the Close Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O.
1892–1963) |
| Cal. Cttee. for
Compounding | Calendar of the Proceedings of the Committee for Compounding etc. (H.M.S.O.
1911–62) |
| Cal. Cttee. for Money | Calendar of the Proceedings of the Committee for the Advance of Money, 1642–6
(H.M.S.O 1888) |
| 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) |
| Cal. Inq. p.m. | Calendar of Inquisitions post mortem preserved in the Public Record Office
(H.M.S.O. 1904–95) |
| Cal. Inq. p.m. Hen. VII | Calendar of Inquisitions port mortem, Henry VII (H.M.S.O. 1898–1956) |
| Cal. Mem. R. | Calendar of the Memoranda Rolls (Exchequer) preserved in the Public Record
Office, Michaelmas 1326-Michaelmas 1327 (H.M.S.O. 1968) |
| Cal. Papal Pets. | Calendar of Papal Registers: Petitions to the Pope (H.M.S.O. 1896) |
| Cal. Papal Reg. | Calendar of Papal Registers: Papal Letters (H.M.S.O. and Irish Manuscripts
Commission 1893–1998) |
| Cal. Pat. | Calendar of Patent Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O.
1891–1986) |
| Cal. S.P. Dom. | Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series (H.M.S.O. and Public Record Office
Publications 1856–1998) |
| 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) |
| Cat. Anct. D. | Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O.
1890–1915) |
| Char. Com. | Charity Commission |
| Char. Don. | Abstract of Returns of Charitable Donations made in 1787–8, H.C. 511 (1816), xvi |
| Close R. | Close Rolls of the Reign of Henry III preserved in the Public Record Office
(H.M.S.O. 1902–15) |
| Collinson, Hist. Som. | J. Collinson, History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset (3 vols. 1791) |
| Complete Peerage | G. E. C[ockayne] and others, Complete Peerage (2nd. edn. 1910–98) |
| Crockford | Crockford's Clerical Directory |
| Cur. Reg. R. | Curia Regis Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. and Boydell
Press 1922–99) |
| D.N.B. | Dictionary of National Biography |
| Dioc. Dir. | Bath and Wells Diocesan Directory (and Almanack) (1928– ) (Almanack discontinued 1948) |
| Dioc. Kal. | (New) Bath and Wells Diocesan Kalendar (1888–1907) |
| Dom. Bk. ed. Thorn | Domesday Book, Somerset, ed. C. and F. Thorn (1980) |
| Dugdale, Mon. | W. Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum, ed. J. Caley and others (1817–30) |
| Dwelly, Hearth Tax | Dwelly's National Records (i) Hearth Tax for Somerset, 1664–5, ed. R. Holworthy
(1916); (ii) Directory for Somerset (1929–32) |
| Educ. Enq. Abstract | Abstract of Educational Returns, H.C. 62 (1835), xlii |
| Educ. of Poor Digest | Digest of Returns to the Select Committee on the Education of the Poor, H.C. 224
(1819), ix (2) |
| Emden, Biog. Reg. Univ. Camb. | A. B. Emden, A Biographical Register of the University of Cambridge (1963) |
| Emden, Biog. Reg. Univ. Oxf. | A. B. Emden, A Biographical Register of the University of Oxford (1957–74) |
| Eng. Episcopal Acta | English Episcopal Acta, x. Bath and Wells 1061–1205, ed. F. R. Ramsey (British
Academy 1995) |
| Feud. Aids | Inquisitions and Assessments relating to Feudal Aids preserved in the Public Record
Office (H.M.S.O. 1899–1920) |
| Fines Imposed in 1497,
ed. A. J. Howard | Fines Imposed on Persons who assisted the Rebels during the Cornish Rebellion and
the Insurrection of Perkin Warbeck in 1497, ed. A. J. Howard (1986) |
| Geol. Surv. | Geological Survey |
| H.C. | House of Commons |
| H.L. | House of Lords |
| H.M.C. Wells | Royal Commission of Historical Manuscripts, Series 12, Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean and Chapter of Wells (1907–14) |
| Harl. Soc. | Harleian Society |
| Hist. MSS. Com. | Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts |
| Hist. Parl. | History of Parliament |
| Kelly's Dir. Som. | Kelly's Post Office Directory of Somerset |
| L. & P. Hen. VIII | Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the reign of Henry VIII (H.M.S.O.
1864–1932) |
| Lond. Gaz. | London Gazette |
| Nat. Soc., Inquiry, 1846–7 | Results of the Returns made to the General Inquiry made by the National Society,
1846–7 (1849) |
| O.N.S. | Office of National Statistics |
| Orig. Rec. of Early Nonconf.
ed. G. L. Turner | Original Records of Early Nonconformity, ed. G. L. Turner (1911–14) |
| P.O. Dir. Som. | Post Office Directory of Somerset |
| P.R.O. | Public Record Office |
| P.R.S. | Pipe Roll Society |
| Pigot, Nat. Com. Dir. | Pigot's National Commercial Directory |
| Plac. De Quo Warr. | Placita de Quo Warranto, ed. W. Illingworth and J. Caley (Record Commission
1818) |
| Pole MS. | Transcript of the Collections of Sir William Pole, V.C.H. Office, Taunton |
| Proc. Som. Arch. Soc. | Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society (from 1968
Somerset Archaeology and Natural History) |
| R.E.E.D. | Records of Early English Drama |
| Red Bk. Exch. (Rolls Ser.) | Red Book of the Exchequer, ed. H. Hall (Rolls Series 1896) |
| Reg.-Gen. | Registrar-General |
| Rep. Com. Char. | Report of the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales |
| Rep. Com. Eccl. Revenues | Report of the Royal Commission on Ecclesiastical Revenues [67], H.C. (1835), xxii |
| Rep. Com. Children and Women
in Agric. | Report of the Royal Commission on Children, Young Persons, and Women in Agriculture [4202 and 4202–I], H.C. (1868–9), xiii |
| Rep. Som. Cong. Union (1896) | Annual Report of the Somerset Congregational Union and of the Evangelist Society
presented at the One-Hundredth Anniversary (1896) |
| Rot. Chart. (Rec. Com.) | Rotuli Chartarum, 1199–1216, ed. T. D. Hardy (Record Commission 1837) |
| Rot. Cur. Reg. (Rec. Com.) | Rotuli Curiae Regis, 6 Richard I to 1 John, ed. F. Palgrave (Record Commission
1835) |
| Rot. Hund. (Rec. Com.) | Rotuli Hundredorum temp. Hen. III and Edw. I (Record Commission 1812–18) |
| Rot. Litt. Claus. (Rec. Com.) | Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum, 1204–27, ed. T. D. Hardy (Record Commission
1833–44) |
| S.D.N.Q. | Somerset and Dorset Notes and Queries |
| Sanders, Eng. Baronies | I. J. Sanders, English Baronies, 1066–1327 (1963) |
| Som. C.C. | Somerset County Council |
| Som. C.C. Sites and Mons. Rec. | Somerset County Council Sites and Monuments Record |
| Som. Incumbents, ed. Weaver | Somerset Incumbents, ed. F. W. Weaver (1889) |
| Som. Protestation Returns,
ed. Howard and Stoate | Somerset Protestation Returns and Subsidy Rolls, ed. A. J. Howard and T. L. Stoate
(1975) |
| Som. Studies Libr. | Somerset Studies Library, Taunton |
| Som. Wills, ed. Brown | Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills etc., copied from the Manuscript Collections of the
late Revd. F. Brown (1887–90) |
| S.R.O. | Somerset Record Office, Obridge Road, Taunton |
| S.R.S. | Somerset Record Society (below, p. xv for complete list) |
| Surveys of Glastonbury, ed. Stacy | Surveys of the Estates of Glastonbury Abbey, ed. N. E. Stacy (2001) |
| Tax. Eccl. (Rec. Com.) | Taxatio Ecclesiastica Anglie et Wallie auctoritate P. Nicholai IV circa 1291 (Record
Commission 1801) |
| V.C.H. | Victoria County History |
| Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.) | Valor Ecclesiasticus, temp. Hen. VIII (Record Commission 1810–34) |
| Walker Revised,
ed. A. G. Matthews | Walker Revised: being a Revision of John Walker's Sufferings of the Clergy during
the Grand Rebellion, 1642–60, ed. A. G. Matthews |
| Youngs, Local Admin. Units | F. A. Youngs, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England: i. Southern
England (1979) |