Note on abbreviations

A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 13, Bampton Hundred (Part One). Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1996.

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'Note on abbreviations', in A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 13, Bampton Hundred (Part One), (London, 1996) pp. xix-xxiv. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol13/xix-xxiv [accessed 19 March 2024]

NOTE ON ABBREVIATIONS

Among the abbreviations and short titles used, the following may require elucidation:

A.-S. Anglo-Saxon
Abbrev. Plac. (Rec. Com.) Placitorum Abbreviatio (Record Commission, 1811)
Abbrev. Rot. Orig. (Rec. Com.) Rotulorum Originalium Abbreviatio, temp. Hen. III, Edw. I (Record Commission, 1805)
Acts of P. C. Acts of the Privy Council of England (H.M.S.O. 1890-1964)
Acts of P.C. (Rec. Com.) Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council of England, 1386-1542 (Record Commission, 1834-7)
Alum. Oxon. 1500-1714; 1715-1886 Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714; 1715-1886, ed. J. Foster (Oxford, 1888-92)
B.L. British Library
B.N.C. Mun. Muniments of Brasenose College, Oxford
Bampton Hund. R. Oxfordshire Hundred Rolls of 1279 (Bampton Hundred, Witney Borough), ed. E. Stone, P. Hyde (O.R.S. xlvi)
Baptist Union Corpn. Records of the Baptist Union Corporation at Baptist House, Didcot, Oxon.
Besse, Sufferings J. Besse, A Collection of the Sufferings of the People called Quakers, from 1650 to 1689 (1753)
Bk. of Fees The Book of Fees (H.M.S.O. 1920-31)
Blenheim Mun. Muniments of the duke of Marlborough at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxon.
Blk. Prince's Reg. Register of Edward the Black Prince (H.M.S.O. 1930-33)
Bodl. Bodleian Library
bp. bishop
Bp. Fell and Nonconf. Bishop Fell and Nonconformity: Visitation Documents, 1682-3, ed. Mary Clapinson (O.R.S. lii)
Brewer, Oxon. J. N. Brewer, A topograghical and historical description of the county of Oxford (1819)
Burke, Peerage; Ext. & Dorm. Baronetcies; Land. Gent. J. Burke and others, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage; A History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies; A Dictionary of the Landed Gentry
C.B.A. Group 9 Council for British Archaeology, Regional Group 9
C.C.C. Mun. Muniments of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
C.J. Journals of the House of Commons
C.O.S., OPA; PRN; SMR Centre for Oxfordshire Studies, Central Library, Westgate, Oxford, Oxfordshire Photographic Archive; Primary Record Number; Sites and Monuments Record
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. 1889-92)
Cat. Cttee. for Money Calendar of the Proceedings of the Committee for Advance of Money, 1642-56 (H.M.S.O. 1888)
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)
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. 1904-87)
Cal. Inq. p.m. Hen. VII Calendar of Inquisitions post mortem, Henry VII (H.M.S.O. 1898-1955)
Cal. Lib. R. Calendar of the Liberate Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1917-64)
Cal. Papal Reg. Calendar of Papal Registers: Papal Letters (H.M.S.O. and Irish MSS. Com. 1893-1986)
Cal. Pat. Calendar of the Patent Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1891-1986)
Cal. Q.S. Calendar of quarter sessions records in the Oxfordshire Record Office by W. J. Oldfield
Cal. S.P. Dom. Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series (H.M.S.O. 1856-1972)
Camd., Camden Soc. Camden Series, Camden Society
Cart. Sax. ed. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum, ed. W. de Gray Birch (1883-99)
Cart. St. Frid. The Cartulary of the Monastery of St. Frideswide at Oxford, ed. S. R. Wigram (O.H.S. xxviii, xxxi)
Cat. Anct. D. Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1890-1915)
Cath. Rec. Soc. Catholic Record Society
Ch. and Chapel, 1851 Church and Chapel in Oxfordshire, 1851. The Return of the Census of Religious Worship, ed. Kate Tiller (O.R.S. lv)
Ch. Bells Oxon. F. Sharpe, The Church Bells of Oxfordshire (O.R.S. xxviii, xxx, xxxii, xxxiv)
Ch. Ch. Arch. Archives of Christ Church, Oxford
Ch. Com. Rec. Records of the Church Commissioners at Millbank, London
Chant. Cert. Chantry Certificates and Edwardian Inventories of Church Goods, ed. Rose Graham (O.R.S. i)
Char. Com. Charity Commission
Char. Don. Abstract of Returns relative to Charitable Donations for the Benefit of Poor Persons, H.C. 511 (1816), XVI
chwdn. churchwarden
Close R. Close Rolls of the Reign of Henry III preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1902-15)
Complete Peerage G. E. C[okayne] and others, The Complete Peerage (2nd edn. 1910-59)
Compton Census, ed. Whiteman The Compton Census of 1676, ed. A. Whiteman (Records of Social and Economic History, n.s. x)
Courage Arch., Bristol Courage Brewery archives at Counterslip, Bristol
Crockford Crockford's Clerical Directory
ct. court
Cur. Reg. R. Curia Regis Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1922-79)
D. & C. Exeter Archives of the dean and chapter of Exeter cathedral
D.N.B. Dictionary of National Biography
Davis, Oxon. Map (1797) R. Davis, A New Map of the County of Oxford (1797)
Dep. Kpr's. Rep. Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records (1840-1958)
Deserted Villages of Oxon. K. J. Allison, M. W. Beresford, and J. G. Hurst, Deserted Villages of Oxfordshire (Leicester Univ. Dept. of English Local History, Occasional Papers, no. 17)
Dir. Directory
Dugdale, Mon. W. Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum, ed. J. Caley and others (1817-30)
E.E.T.S. Early English Text Society
E.H.R. English Historical Review
E.P.N.S. English Place-Name Society
Econ. H.R. Economic History Review
Educ. of Poor Digest Digest of Returns to the Select Committee on the Education of the Poor, H.C. 224 (1819), ix (B)
Emden, O.U. Reg. to 1500 A. B. Emden, Biographical Register of the University of Oxford to A.D. 1500 (1957-9)
Emden, O.U. Reg. 1501-40 A. B. Emden, Biographical Register of the University of Oxford A.D. 1501 to 1540 (1974)
Evans, Ch. Plate J. T. Evans, Church Plate of Oxfordshire (1928)
Ex. e Rot. Fin. (Rec. Com.) Excerpta e Rotulis Finium, Hen. III (Record Commission, 1835-6)
Eynsham Cart. Cartulary of Eynsham Abbey, ed. H. E. Salter (O.H.S. xlix, li)
Farrar, Honors W. Farrar, Honors and Knights' Fees (3 vols. 1923-5)
Feud. Aids Inquisitions and Assessments relating to Feudal Aids preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1899-1920)
G. E. C. Baronetage G. E. C[okayne], Complete Baronetage (1900-9)
Gent. Mag. Gentleman's Magazine
Geol. Surv. Geological Survey
Giles, Hist. Bampton J. A. Giles, History of the Parish and Town of Bampton (2nd edn. with supplement, 1848)
Glasscock, Subsidy 1334 R. E. Glasscock, The Lay Subsidy of 1334 (1975)
Godstow Eng. Reg. English Register of Godstow Nunnery, ed. A. Clark (E.E.T.S. orig. ser. 129, 130, 149)
Grundy, Saxon Oxon G. B. Grundy, Saxon Oxfordshire (O.R.S. xii)
H.C. House of Commons
H.L. House of Lords
H.M.S.O. Her (His) Majesty's Stationery Office
Harl. Soc. Harleian Society
Hearth Tax Oxon. Hearth Tax Returns for Oxfordshire, 1665, ed. Maureen Weinstock (O.R.S. xxi)
Hist. MSS. Com. Historical Manuscripts Commission
Hodgson, Q.A.B. C. Hodgson, Account of the Augmentation of Small Livings by the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne (2nd edn. 1845)
Incl. Inclosure
Inq. Non. (Rec. Com.) Nonarum Inquisitiones in Curia Scaccarii (Record Commission, 1807)
Jefferys, Oxon. Map (1767) T. Jefferys, The County of Oxford (1767)
Jnl. R. Agric. Soc. Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society
L. & I. Soc. List and Index Society
L. & P. Hen. VIII Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII (H.M.S.O. 1864-1932)
L.J. Journals of the House of Lords
L.R.S. Lincoln Record Society
Land Util. Surv. Reports of the Land Utilisation Survey of Britain: pt. 56, Oxfordshire, by Mary Marshall (1943)
Leland, Itin. ed. Toulmin Smith Itinerary of John Leland, ed. L. Toulmin Smith (1907-10)
Lewis, Topog. Dict. Eng. (1840) S. Lewis, Topographical Dictionary of England (1840)
Line. Coll. Mun. Muniments of Lincoln College, Oxford
Lond. Gaz. London Gazette
Lunt, Val. Norw. Valuation of Norwich, ed. W. E. Lunt (1926)
Magd. Coll. Mun. Muniments of Magdalen College, Oxford
McClatchey, Oxon. Clergy D. McClatchey, Oxfordshire Clergy, 1777-1869 (1960)
Misc. Gen. et Her. Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, ed. J. J. Howard, W. B. Bannerman, and A. W. Hughes Clarke (1868-1938)
N. & Q. Notes and Queries
N.M.R. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England): National Monuments Record
N.R.A. National Register of Archives
O.A.H.S. Proc. Proceedings of the Oxford Society for Promoting the Study of Gothic Architecture, 1839-59; and of the Oxford Architectural and Historical Society, 1860-1900
O.A.S. Rep. Reports and Transactions of the North Oxfordshire Archaeological Society, 1853-86, and of the Oxfordshire Archaeological Society 1887-1949
O.H.S. Oxford Historical Society
O.R.C.C. Oxfordshire Rural Community Council
O.R.O. Oxfordshire Archives, formerly the Oxfordshire County Record Office
O.R.S. Oxfordshire Record Society
O.S. Ordnance Survey
Oldfield, 'Clerus Oxf. Dioc.' MS. index to clergy of Oxford diocese by W. J. Oldfield in Oxfordshire Archives
Orr, Oxon. Agric. J. Orr, Agriculture in Oxfordshire (1916)
Oseney Cart. Cartulary of Oseney Abbey, ed. H. E. Salter (O.H.S. lxxxix-xci, xcviii, ci)
Oxf. Chron. Oxford Chronicle
Oxf. Jnl. Jackson's Oxford Journal
Oxf. Jnl. Synopsis 'Chronological Synopsis and Index to Oxon. Items in Jackson's Oxford Journal 1753-80', ed. E.C. Davies; '1781-90', ed. E. H. Cordeaux (Typescripts 1967, 1976: copies in Central Library, Westgate, Oxford and the Bodleian Library)
Oxon. Fines Feet of Fines for Oxfordshire, 1195-1291, ed. H. E. Salter (O.R.S. xii)
Oxon. Poll, 1754 The Poll of the Freeholders of Oxfordshire, taken at Oxford on 17-23 April 1754
Oxon. Visit. Visitations of Oxfordshire in 1566, 1574, and 1634, ed. W. H. Turner (Harl. Soc. v)
P.N. Oxon. (E.P.N.S.) Margaret Gelling, Place-Names of Oxfordshire (English Place-Name Soc. xxiii-xxiv)
P.O. Arch. Post Office archives at Mount Pleasant, London
P.R.O. Public Record Office
P.R.S. Pipe Roll Society
Par. Colln. Parochial Collections by Anthony Wood and Richard Rawlinson, ed. F. N. Davis (O.R.S. ii, iv, xi)
Parker, Eccl. Top. J. H. Parker, Ecclesiastical and Architectural Topography. Oxfordshire (1850)
Parker, Guide Guide to the Architectural Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Oxford [ed. J. H. Parker and W. Grey] (1846)
Pat. R. Patent Rolls of the Reign of Henry III preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1900-3)
Pevsner, Oxon. Jennifer Sherwood and Nikolaus Pevsner, Buildings of England: Oxfordshire (1974)
Pipe R. Pipe Roll
Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.) Placita de Quo Warranto (Record Commission, 1818)
Poor Abstract, 1777; 1787 Reports of Select Committees on Poor Laws, 1775-7 and 1787, H.C. Series 1, vol. ix
Poor Abstract, 1804; 1818 Abstract of Answers and Returns relative to the Expense and Maintenance of the Poor, H.C. 175 (1804), i; H.C. 82 (1818), xix
Protestation Rtns. and Tax Assess. Oxfordshire and North Berkshire Protestation Returns and Tax Assessments 1641-2, ed. J Gibson (O.R. S. lix)
R.O. Record Office
Reading Cart. Reading Abbey Cartularies, i, ed. B. R. Kemp (Camden 4th ser. xxxi)
Rec. Com. Record Commission
Red Bk. Exch. (Rolls Ser.) Red Book of the Exchequer, ed. H. Hall (Rolls Series, 1896)
Reg. Regum Anglo-Norm. Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum 1066-1154, ed. H. W. C. Davies and others (1913-69)
Rep. Com. Char. Reports of the Commissioners for Charities (1819-40), indexed in H.C. 279 (1840), xix (2)
Rot. Chart. (Rec. Com.) Rotuli Chartarum, 1199-1216 (Record Commission, 1837)
Rot. Cur. Reg. (Rec. Com.) Rotuli Curiae Regis, 6 Richard I to 1 John (Record Commission, 1812-18)
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. Lib. (Rec. Com.) Rotuli de Liberate, regnante Johanne (Record Commission, 1844)
Rot. Litt. Claus. (Rec. Com.) Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum, 1204-27 (Record Commission, 1833-44)
Rot. Litt. Pat. (Rec. Com.) Rotuli Litterarum Patentium, 1201-16 (Record Commission, 1835)
Rot. Parl. Rotuli Parliamentorum [1783]
Sanders, Eng. Baronies I. J. Sanders, English Baronies, 1086-1327 (Oxford, 1960)
Secker's Corresp. The Correspondence of Thomas Secker, bishop of Oxford 1737-58, ed. A. P. Jenkins (O.R.S. lvii)
Secker's Visit. Articles of Enquiry at the Primary Visitation of Dr. Thomas Secker, 1738, ed. H. A. Lloyd Jukes (O.R.S. xxxviii)
Ser. Series
Skelton, Antiq. Oxon. J. Skelton, Illustrations of the Principal Antiquities of Oxfordshire (1823)
Stapleton, Cath. Miss. B. Stapleton, Oxfordshire Post-Reformation Catholic Missions (1906)
Subsidy 1526 Subsidy Collected in the Diocese of Lincoln in 1526, ed. H. E. Salter (O.H.S. lxiii)
Tax. Eccl. (Rec. Com.) Taxatio Ecclesiastica Anglie et Wallie ... circa A.D. 1291 (Record Commission, 1801)
Trans. Transactions
Univ. Brit. Dir. ii Universal British Directory [1793]
V.C.H. Victoria County History
Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.) Valor Ecclesiasticus, temp. Hen. VIII (Record Commission, 1810-34)
Visit. Dioc. Linc. Visitations in the Diocese of Lincoln 1517-31, ed. A. Hamilton Thompson (L.R.S. xxxiii, xxxv, xxxvii)
Wilb. Letter Bks. The Letter Books of Samuel Wilberforce 1843-68, ed. R. K. Pugh (O.R.S. xlvii)
Wilb. Visit. Bishop Wilberforce's Visitation Returns, 1854, ed. E. P. Baker (O.R.S. xxxv)
Witney Ct. Bks. Calendar of the Court Books of the Borough of Witney 1538-1610, ed. J. L. Bolton and Marjorie M. Maslen (O.R.S. liv)
Wood's Life The Life and Times of Anthony Wood, antiquary, of Oxford 1632-95, ed. A. Clark (O.H.S. xix, xxi, xxvi, xxx, xl)
Young, Oxon. Agric. A. Young, General View of the Agriculture of Oxfordshire (1809 and 1813)