Abbreviations used

Lincoln Wills: Volume 1, 1271-1526. Originally published by British Record Society, London, 1914.

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'Abbreviations used', in Lincoln Wills: Volume 1, 1271-1526, (London, 1914) pp. xiii. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lincoln-wills/vol1/xiii [accessed 15 April 2024]

ABBREVIATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS

GENERAL

Adm. Administration
D. & C. misc. Dean and Chapter miscellaneous wills (see page ix)
Halliwell J. O. Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words
L.R.S. Publications of the Lincoln Record Society
N.E.D. A New English Dictionary
Reg. Episcopal Registers of the Diocese of Lincoln
Subsidy, 1526 Subsidy collected in the Diocese of Lincoln, 1526, ed. Rev. H. Salter
Var. Various (see page viii)

In the names of persons and places italics have been used when contractions have been extended.

The year of our Lord is given throughout the volume according to the old style, thus following the usage of the original records.

OFFICIALS OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS, BEFORE WHOM THE WILLS WERE PROVED

B.H. Higdon, Brian, ll.d., commissary and official of the arch-deaconry of Lincoln
C 1. Clifton, William, ll.b., commissary and official of the arch-deaconry of Lincoln
C 2. Clifton, William, ll.b., commissary of the archdeaconries of Lincoln and Stow
D. Draycottes, Anthony, doctor of decrees, commissary and official of the archdeaconry of Lincoln
H. Halam, Robert, doctor of decrees, commissary and official of the archdeaconry of Lincoln
P. Pryn, John, doctor of decrees, commissary and official of the archdeaconry of Lincoln
R. Rayne, John, doctor of decrees, ll.d., vicar-general of the bishop of Lincoln
S 1. Smyth, William, ll.b., commissary-general of the bishop of Lincoln in the archdeaconry of Lincoln
S 2. Smyth, William, ll.b., commissary and official of the archdeaconry of Lincoln
W 1. Witter, William, doctor of decrees, official of the bishop of Lincoln
W 2. Witter, William, doctor of decrees, commissary and official of the bishop of Lincoln, in the archdeaconry of Lincoln