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A.-S. |
Anglo-Saxon |
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Abbrev. Plac. |
Placitorum Abbreviatio (Record Commission, 1811) |
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Abbrev. Rot. Orig. |
Rotulorum Originalium Abbreviatio, temp. Hen. III, Edw. I (Record Commission, 1805) |
| acct. |
account |
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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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Agric. Hist. Rev. |
Agricultural History Review
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Alum. Cantab. to 1751; 1752-1900
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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
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Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714, 1715-1886, ed. J. Foster (Oxford, 1888-92) |
| Antiq. |
Antiquaries |
| App. |
Appendix |
| Arch. |
Archaeology, Archaeological |
| B.A.R. |
British Archaeological Reports |
| B.L. |
British Library |
| Bapt. |
Baptist |
| bd. |
board |
| biog. |
biographical |
| bk. |
book |
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Bk. of Fees
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The Book of Fees (H.M.S.O. 1920-31) |
| Bodl. |
Bodleian Library |
| Brit. |
Britain, British |
| Britnell, Growth and Decline
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R. H. Britnell, Growth and Decline in Colchester, 1300-1525 (1986) |
| Brown, Colch. 1815-1914
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A. F. J. Brown, Colchester 1815-1914 (1980) |
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Bull. Inst. Hist. Res. |
Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research
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C.J. |
Journals of the House of Commons
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Cal. Assize Rec. Essex, Eliz. I
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Calendar of Assize Records, Essex Indictments, Elizabeth I, ed. J. S. Cockburn (H.M.S.O. 1978) |
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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 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) |
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Cal. Exch. Jews
|
Plea Rolls of the Exchequer of the Jews (Jewish Historical Society of England, 1905-92) |
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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. 1904-87) |
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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. 1917-64) |
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Cal. Mem. R. |
Calendar of Memoranda Rolls, 1326-7 (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. S.P. Scot. |
Calendar of State Papers relating to Scotland (Edinburgh, 1898-1969) |
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Cal. S.P. Ven. |
Calendar of State Papers and Manuscripts relating to English Affairs in Venice and Northern Italy (H.M.S.O. 1864-1947) |
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Cal. Treas. Bks. |
Calendar of Treasury Books 1660-1718 (H.M.S.O. 1904-69) |
| Camd., Camd. Soc. |
Camden Series, Camden Society |
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Cart. Sax. ed. Birch |
Cartularium Saxonicum, ed. W. de Gray Birch (1883-99) |
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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. Anct. D. |
A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1890-1915) |
| ch. |
church |
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Ch. Bells Essex
|
C. Deedes and H. B. Walters, The Church Bells of Essex (1909) |
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Ch. Plate Essex
|
G. M. Benton, F. W. Galpin, and W. J. Pressey, The Church Plate of Essex (1926) |
| Char. |
Charity |
| 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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Close R. |
Close Rolls of the Reign of Henry III preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1902-75) |
| Colch. |
Colchester |
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Colch. Arch. Rep. |
P. Crummy, Colchester Archaeological Reports (Colchester Archaeological Trust, 1981-, in progress) |
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Colch. Cart. |
Cartularium Monasterii Sancti Johannis Baptiste de Colecestria, ed. S. A. Moore (Roxburghe Club, 2 vols. 1897) |
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Colch. Charters
|
Charters of the Borough of Colchester, trans. W. G. Benham (Colchester Borough Council, 1904) |
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Colch. Gaz. |
Colchester Gazette (from 1970 Evening Gazette) |
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Colch. Expr. |
Colchester Express
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| Colch. Institute |
Colchester Institute, Sheepen Road, Colchester |
| Colch. Mus. |
Colchester Museums, Resource Centre, 14 Ryegate Road, Colchester |
| Coll. |
College |
| colln. |
collection(s) |
| Com. |
Commission, Commissioners |
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Complete Peerage
|
G. E. C[ockayne] and others, The Complete Peerage (2nd edn. 1910-59) |
| Corp. |
Corporation |
| ct. |
court |
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Cur. Reg. R. |
Curia Regis Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1922-79) |
| cttee. |
committee |
|
D.N.B. |
Dictionary of National Biography
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| Davids, Nonconf. in Essex
|
T. W. Davids, Annals of Evangelical Nonconformity in Essex from the time of Wycliffe to the Restoration (1863) |
| Dict. |
Dictionary |
| dioc. |
diocese |
|
Dir. |
Directory
|
| Dugdale, Mon. |
W. Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum, ed. J. Caley and others (6 vols. 1817-30) |
|
E.A.T. |
Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society (from 3rd series iv, 1972, Essex Archaeology and History) |
| E.C.L. Colch. |
Essex County Library, Local Studies Collection held at Colchester Library |
|
E.C.S. |
Essex County Standard (Essex Standard 1831-92) |
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E.H.R. |
English Historical Review
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E.J. |
Essex Journal
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E.R. |
Essex Review
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| E.R.O. |
Essex Record Office |
| E.S.A.H. |
Essex Society for Archaeology and History (formerly Essex Archaeological Society) |
| eccl. |
ecclesiastical |
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Econ. H.R. |
Economic History Review
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| Educ. |
Education |
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Educ. Enq. Abstract
|
Abstract of Answers and Returns relative to the State of Education in England, H.C. 62 (1835), xliii |
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Educ. of Poor Digest
|
Digest of Returns to the Select Committee on the Education of the Poor, H.C. 224 (1819), ix (2) |
| Eng. |
England, English |
| enq. |
enquiry |
| Essex C.C. |
Essex County Council |
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Essex Map (1777) |
J. Chapman and P. André, Map of Essex from an actual survey taken in 1772, 1773, and 1774 (1777) |
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Essex Tel. |
Essex Telegraph (1858-1908), Essex County Telegraph (1908-1951) |
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Feet of F. Essex
|
Feet of Fines for Essex (Essex Archaeological Society, 5 vols. 1899-1991) |
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Feud. Aids
|
Inquisitions and Assessments relating to Feudal Aids preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1899-1920) |
| G.L.R.O. |
Greater London Record Office |
| G.R.O. |
General Register Office, later Office of Population Censuses and Surveys |
| Gant, 'Hist. Berechurch' |
L. H. Gant, 'History of Berechurch', MS. in possession of the Friends of Colchester Museum |
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Gent. Mag. |
Gentleman's Magazine
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| Geol. Surv. |
Geological Survey |
| Guildhall |
London, Guildhall Library |
| H.C. |
House of Commons |
| H.L. |
House of Lords |
| H.M.S.O. |
Her (His) Majesty's Stationery Office |
| Hist. |
History, Historical |
| Hist. MSS. Com. |
Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts |
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Jnl. |
Journal
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L.J. |
Journals of the House of Lords
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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 |
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Lond. Gaz. |
London Gazette
|
| man. |
manor, manorial |
| Min. |
Ministry |
| mins. |
minutes |
| Morant, Colch. |
P. Morant, The History and Antiquities of Colchester (1768 edn. in The History and Antiquities of Essex) |
| Morant, Essex
|
P. Morant, The History and Antiquities of Essex (2 vols. 1768) |
| Mun. |
Muniments |
| mus. |
museum |
| Nat. |
National |
| Newcourt, Repertorium
|
R. Newcourt, Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense (2 vols. 1710) |
|
O.E.D. |
Oxford English Dictionary
|
| O.S. |
Ordnance Survey |
|
P.N. Elements
|
A. H. Smith, English Place-Name Elements (English Place-Name Society, xxv, xxvi, 1956) |
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P.N. Essex
|
P. H. Reaney, The Place-Names of Essex (English Place-Name Society, xii, 1935) |
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P.O. Dir. Essex
|
The Post Office Directory of Essex
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| P.R.O. |
Public Record Office |
| P.R.S. |
Pipe Roll Society |
| par. |
parish |
| parl. |
parliament, parliamentary |
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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) |
| Pevsner, Essex
|
N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England, Essex (2nd edn. 1965) |
| Phillips, Ten Men
|
A. Phillips, Ten Men and Colchester: Public Good and Private Profit in a Victorian Town (1985) |
|
Pipe R. |
Pipe Rolls (Pipe Roll Society and other publications) |
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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 |
| priv. print. |
privately printed |
|
Proc. |
Proceedings
|
| 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 |
|
Reg. Baldock
|
Registrum Radulphi Baldock, Gilberti Segrave, Ricardi Newport et Stephani Gravesend, episcoporum Londoniensium (Canterbury & York Society, 1911) |
|
Reg. Regum Anglo-Norm. |
Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum, ed. H. W. C. Davies and others (1913-69) |
| Rep. |
Report |
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32nd Rep. Com. Char. |
32nd Report of the Commissioners for Inquiring concerning Charities, H.C. 108 (1837), xxv |
| Rolls Ser. |
Rolls Series |
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Rot. de Ob. et Fin. |
Rotuli de Oblatis et Finibus (Record Commission, 1835) |
|
Rot. Hund. |
Rotuli Hundredorum temp. Hen. III & Edw. I (Record Commission, 1812-18) |
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Rot. Litt. Claus. |
Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum, 1204-27 (Record Commission, 1833-44) |
|
Rot. Litt. Pat. |
Rotuli Litterarum Patentium, 1204-16 (Record Commission, 1835) |
|
Rot. Parl. |
Rotuli Parliamentorum (1783, 1832) |
| sch. |
school |
| Sel. |
Select |
| Smith, Eccl. Hist. Essex
|
H. Smith, The Ecclesiastical History of Essex under the Long Parliament and Commonwealth [c. 1931] |
|
Tax. Eccl. |
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 |
|
V.C.H. |
Victoria County History
|
|
Valor Eccl. |
Valor Ecclesiasticus temp. Hen. VIII auctoritate regia institutus (Record Commission, 1810-34) |
| Westm. Abbey Mun. |
Westminster Abbey Muniments |