Note on abbreviations

A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 5 Part 1, Arundel Rape: South-Western Part, Including Arundel. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1997.

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'Note on abbreviations', in A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 5 Part 1, Arundel Rape: South-Western Part, Including Arundel, (London, 1997) pp. xvi-xxi. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol5/pt1/xvi-xxi [accessed 20 April 2024]

NOTE ON ABBREVIATIONS

Among the abbreviations and short titles used the following may require elucidation:
A.C.M. Arundel Castle Manuscripts
A Visit to Arundel Cast. (1851) A Visit to Arundel Castle (Arundel and London, 1851)
Abbrev. Plac. (Rec. Com.) Placitorum in Domo Capitulari Westmonasteriensi asservatorum Abbreviatio, ed. G. Rose and W. Illingworth (Record Commission, 1811)
acct. account
Acts & Ords. of Interr. ed. Firth & Rait Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660, ed. C. H. Firth and R. S. Rait (3 vols., 1911)
Acts of P.C. Acts of the Privy Council of England (H.M.S.O., 1890-1964)
Add. Ch., MS. Additional Charter, Manuscript
Alum. Cantab. to 1751; 1752-1900 Alumni Cantabrigienses, a Biographical List ... to 1900, comp. J. Venn and J. A. Venn, Part 1, to 1751; Part 2, 1752-1900 (10 vols., Cambridge, 1922-54)
Alum. Oxon. 1500-1714; 1715-1886 Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714, ed. J. Foster (4 vols.); 1715-1886 (4 vols.) (Oxford, 1888-92)
Ann. Annual
Antiq. Antiquities, Antiquaries
Arch. Archaeological, Archaeology, Archaeologia
Armada Surv. ed. Lower A Survey of the Coast of Sussex, made in 1587, ed. M. A. Lower (Lewes, 1870)
Arundel Cast. Archives Arundel Castle Archives, ed. F. W. Steer (4 vols., Chichester, 1968-80)
Arundel Rds. The Arundel Roads: Report of the Appeal tried at the West Sussex Quarter Sessions (Brighton, 1851)
B.L. British Library (used in references to documents transferred from the British Museum). Add. MSS. 5670-5711 and 39326-39546 are notes and transcripts made by or for, respectively, Sir William Burrell (d. 1796) and E. H. W. Dunkin (d. 1915)
bd. board
bdle. bundle
Beauties of Eng. and Wales, Suss. The Beauties of England and Wales, vol. xiv, by F. Shoberl, [part 3], Sussex (1813)
Berry, Suss. Geneal. annot. Comber W. Berry, Pedigrees of the Families in the County of Sussex (1830; copy in W.S.R.O., annotated by J. Comber)
Bk. of Fees The Book of Fees (3 vols., H.M.S.O., 1920-31)
bp(ric). bishop(ric)
Breads's Guide Worthing (1865) The Library (Breads) Guide and Handbook to Worthing (1865)
Budgen, Suss. Map (1724) R. Budgen, An Actual Survey of the County of Sussex (1724)
Burke, Land. Gent. J. Burke and others, Landed Gentry
C.I.H.E. Chichester Institute of Higher Education
C.J. Journals of the House of Commons
C.K.S. Centre for Kentish Studies
Cal. Assize Rec. Suss. Eliz. I; Jas. I Calendar of Assize Records, Sussex Indictments, Elizabeth I; James I, ed. J. S. Cockburn (H.M.S.O., 1975)
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)
Cal. Doc. France, ed. Round Calendar of Documents preserved in France, illustrative of the History of Great Britain and Ireland, 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-)
Cal. Inq. p.m. Hen. VII Calendar of Inquisitions post mortem, Henry VII (H.M.S.O., 1898-1955)
Cal. Pat. Calendar of the Patent Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O., 1891-1982)
Cal. S.P. Dom. Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series (H.M.S.O., 1856-1972)
Cal. Treas. Bks. Calendar of Treasury Books (H.M.S.O., 1904-69)
Camd. Soc. Camden Society
Camden, Brit. W. Camden, Britannia
Cant. & York Soc. Canterbury and York Society
Caplan, 'Outline of Nonconf. in Suss.' N. Caplan, 'An Outline of the Origins and Development of Nonconformity in Sussex 1603-1803' (TS. in Dr. Williams's Library, London, and in S.A.S. library)
Caraccioli, Arundel [C. Caraccioli], The Antiquities of Arundel (1766)
Cartland, Arundel Arundel: a Picture of the Past, comp. J. Cartland (Chichester, 1978)
Cat. Anct. D. A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O., 1890-1915)
Cath. Rec. Soc. Catholic Record Society
Char. Com. Charity Commission
Char. Don. Charitable Donations
Chich. Acta (Cant. & York Soc.) The Acta of the Bishops of Chichester, 1075-1207, ed. H. Mayr-Harting (Canterbury and York Society, 1964)
Chich. Dioc. Kal. Chichester Diocesan Kalendar
Chich. Dioc. Regy. Chichester Diocesan Registry
Chron. Chronicle(s)
chwdn. churchwarden
Close R. Close Rolls of the Reign of Henry III preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O., 1902-75)
Colvin, Biog. Dict. Brit. Architects H. Colvin, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 (1978)
Colvin, Biog. Dict. Eng. Architects H. M. Colvin, A Biographical Dictionary of English Architects 1660-1840 (1954)
Com. Commission, common
Complete Peerage G. E. C[okayne] and others, The Complete Peerage ...(2nd edn., 13 vols., 1910-59)
Cong. Yr. Bk. Congregational Year Book
corp. corporation
Crockford Crockford's Clerical Directory
ct. court
Cur. Reg. R. Curia Regis Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O., 1922-91)
D. & C. Dean and Chapter
D.N.B. Dictionary of National Biography
Dallaway, Hist. W. Suss.
Dallaway & Cartwright, Hist. W. Suss.
J. Dallaway and E. Cartwright, A History of the Western Division of the County of Sussex (2 vols., 1815-32)
Dally, Bognor (1828) [R. Dally], The Bognor, Arundel and Littlehampton Guide (Chichester, 1828)
Dioc. Diocesan, Diocese
Dir. Directory
dist. district
Dugdale, Mon. W. Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum, ed. J. Caley and others (6 vols., 1817-30)
E.H.R. English Historical Review
E.S.R.O. East Sussex Record Office
Educ. Enq. Abstract Education Enquiry Abstract, H.C. 62 (1835), xli
Educ. List 21 Board of Education, List 21 (H.M.S.O.)
Educ. of Poor Digest Digest of Returns to the Select Committee on the Education of the Poor, H.C. 224 (1819), ix (2)
Elphick, Bells G. P. Elphick, Sussex Bells and Belfries (Chichester, 1970)
Elwes & Robinson, W. Suss. D. G. C. Elwes and C. J. Robinson, A History of the Castles, Mansions, and Manors of Western Sussex (1876)
Emden, Biog. Reg. Univ. Camb. to 1500 A. B. Emden, A Biographical Register of the University of Cambridge to 1500 (Cambridge, 1963)
Emden, Biog. Reg. Univ. Oxf. to 1500 A. B. Emden, A Biographical Register of the University of Oxford to A.D. 1500 (3 vols., Oxford, 1957-9)
Eng. P.N. Elements (E.P.N.S.) A. H. Smith, English Place-Name Elements (English Place-Name Society, vols. xxv-xxvi, 1956)
Eustace, Arundel G. W. Eustace, Arundel: Borough and Castle (1922)
Evans, Worthing (1805, 1814) J. Evans, Picture of Worthing (1805; 2nd edn., 2 vols., Worthing, 1814)
Excursions through Suss. (1822) Excursions through Sussex, illustrated with Engravings (publ. Longman & Co., 1822)
Feud. Aids Inquisitions and Assessments relating to Feudal Aids preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O., 1899-1920)
1st Rep. Com. Mun. Corp. First Report of the Royal Commission on Municipal Corporations, H.C. 116, Appendix II (1835), xxiv
G.E.C. Baronetage G. E. C[okayne], Complete Baronetage (6 vols., 1900-9)
G.R.O. General Register Office
Gardner, Suss. Map (1778-83) T. Yeakell and W. Gardner, An Actual Topographical Survey of the County of Sussex (1778-83)
Gardner, Suss. Map (1795) W. Gardner, T. Yeakell, and T. Gream, A Topographical Map of the County of Sussex ... (1795)
Gent. Mag. The Gentleman's Magazine (1731-1867)
Geog. Geographical, Geography
Geol. Surv. Geological Survey
Goodliffe, Littlehampton (1903) W. Goodliffe, Littlehampton and Arundel, with their Surroundings (Littlehampton, Arundel, and London, 1903)
Greenwood, Suss. Map (1825) C. and J. Greenwood, Map of the County of Sussex ... (1825)
H.B.M.C. Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission
H.C. House of Commons
H.L.R.O. House of Lords Record Office
H.M.S.O. Her (His) Majesty's Stationery Office
High Stream of Arundel A Description of the High Stream of Arundel, ed. J. Fowler (Littlehampton, 1929)
Hillier, Arundel (1847, 1851) G. Hillier, A Day at Arundel (Arundel, 1847; 2nd edn., London, 1851)
Hist. Historical, History
Hist. MSS. Com. Historical Manuscripts Commission
Horsfield, Hist. Suss. T. W. Horsfield, The History, Antiquities, and Topography of the County of Sussex (2 vols., Lewes, 1835)
hosp. hospital
hund. hundred
Ind. Industrial, Industry
Inq. Non. (Rec. Com.) Nonarum Inquisitiones in Curia Scaccarii, ed. G. Vanderzee (Record Commission, 1807)
Jesse, Agric. of Suss. R. H. B. Jesse, A Survey of the Agriculture of Sussex (Royal Agricultural Society of England, 1960)
Jnl. Journal
Kelly's Dir. Suss. The Post Office Directory of the Six Home Counties; The Post Office Directory of Sussex; Kelly's Directory of Sussex
Kimpton, Arundel (c. 1890, 1893, 1897, 1903) Kimpton's Popular Guide to Arundel (Arundel, c. 1890; 1893; 1897; 1903)
L. & I. Soc. List and Index Society series
L. & P. Hen. VIII Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII (H.M.S.O., 1864-1932)
L.G.B. Prov. Order(s) Conf. Act Local Government Board Provisional Order(s) Confirmation Act
L.J. Journals of the House of Lords
Lamb. Pal. Libr. Lambeth Palace Library
Le Neve, Fasti, ... Chich. J. Le Neve, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae, ... Chichester Diocese, ed. J. M. Horn
Lewis, Topog. Dict. Eng. S. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England
Lond. Gaz. London Gazette
Lower, Hist. Suss. M. A. Lower, A Compendious History of Sussex (2 vols., Lewes, 1870)
M.A.F.F., agric. statistics, 1975 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food, parish summaries of statistics for 1975
Magna Britannia [T. Cox], Magna Britannia Antiqua & Nova (6 vols., 1730)
man. manor, manorial
Mins. Educ. Cttee. 1854-5 Minutes of the Education Committee of the Privy Council, 1854-5 [1926], H.C. (1854-5), xlii
mkt. market
mon. monument(al)
MS., MSS. Manuscript, Manuscripts
Mus. Museum
N.M.R. National Monuments Record
N.R.A. Man. Doc. Reg. National Register of Archives, Manorial Documents Register
Nairn & Pevsner, Suss. I. Nairn and N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Sussex (1965)
Nat. Soc. Inquiry, 1846-7, Suss. Result of the Returns to the General Inquiry made by the National Society ... 1846-7 (1849)
Norden, Suss. Map (1595) J. Norden, Map of Sussex (1595)
O.E.D. Oxford English Dictionary
O.S. (Nat. Grid) Ordnance Survey (National Grid)
Oxf. Oxford
P.N. Suss. (E.P.N.S.) The Place-Names of Sussex, ed. A. Mawer and F. M. Stenton (English Place-Name Society, vols. vi-vii, 1929-30)
P.R.O. Public Record Office
Parl. Parliament(ary)
Pat. R. Patent Rolls of the Reign of Henry III preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O., 1901-3)
Petch, 'Arundel Coll.' R. B. K. Petch, 'The Organisation of a College of Secular Priests as illustrated by the Records of the College of Holy Trinity, Arundel 1380-1544' (London University M.A. thesis, 1942)
Pigot, Nat. Com. Dir. (1832-4) Pigot and Co.'s National London and Provincial Commercial Directory for 1832-3-4
Pipe R. Pipe Rolls
Pla. Place
Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.) Placita de Quo Warranto ... in Curia Receptae Scaccarii Westm. asservata, ed. W. Illingworth and J. Caley (Record Commission, 1818)
Plans of Arundel Cast. Plans Elevations and Particular Measurements of Arundel Castle in Sussex, ed. F. W. Steer (Arundel, 1976)
Poor Law Abstract, 1818 Abstract of Returns to Orders of the House of Commons relative to Assessments for the Relief of the Poor, H.C. 82 (1818), xix
Priv. Act Private Act
Proc. Proceedings
Public Elem. Schs. 1875-6, 1907 Public Elementary Schools 1875-6, H.C. 133 (1875), lix; 1907 [Cd. 3901], H.C. (1908), lxxxiv
rec. record(s)
Red Bk. Exch. (Rolls Ser.) The Red Book of the Exchequer, ed. H. Hall (3 vols., Rolls Series, 1896)
Reg. Register
Reg. Regum Anglo-Norm. Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum 1066-1154, ed. H. W. C. Davis and others (4 vols., 1913-69)
Rep. Com. Eccl. Revenues Report of the Commissioners appointed ... to inquire into the Ecclesiastical Revenues of England and Wales [67], H.C. (1835), xxii
Rep. Com. on Children and Women in Agric. First Report of the Commissioners on the Employment of Children, Young Persons, and Women in Agriculture, Appendix part II [4068-1], H.C. (1867-8), xvii
Rep. Educ. Cttee. 1859-60, 1865-6, 1871-2, 1878-9, 1885-6, 1893-4 Report of the Education Committee of the Privy Council, 1859-60, H.C. (1859-Sess. 1), xxi; 1865-6 [3666], H.C. (1866), xxvii; 1871-2 [C. 601], H.C. (1872), xxii; 1878-9 [C. 2342-1], H.C. (1878-9), xxiii; 1885-6 [C. 4849-1], H.C. (1886), xxiv; 1893-4 [C. 7437-1], H.C. (1894), xxix
Res. Research
Return of Non-Provided Schs. Return of Non-Provided Schools, H.C. 178 (1906), lxxxviii
Rev. Review, Revue
Rom. Roman
Rot. Cur. Reg. (Rec. Com.) Rotuli Curiae Regis. Rolls and Records of the Court held before the King's Justiciars or Justices, 6 Richard I-1 John, ed. F. Palgrave (2 vols., Record Commission, 1835)
Rot. Hund. (Rec. Com.) Rotuli Hundredorum temp. Hen. III & Edw. I in Turri Londinensi, et in Curia Receptae Scaccarii Westm. asservati, ed. W. Illingworth and J. Caley (2 vols., Record Commission, 1812-18)
Rot. Litt. Claus. (Rec. Com.) Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum in Turri Londinensi asservati, 1204-27, ed. T.D.Hardy (2 vols., Record Commission, 1833-44)
Rot. Litt. Pat. (Rec. Com.) Rotuli Litterarum Patentium in Turri Londinensi asservati, 1201-16, ed. T. D. Hardy (Record Commission, 1835)
Rot. Parl. Rotuli Parliamentorum ... (6 vols., [1783])
S.A.C. Sussex Archaeological Collections (1848-)
S.A.S. Sussex Archaeological Society
S.C.M. Sussex County Magazine (1926-56)
S.I.A.S. Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society
S.M.R. Sites and Monuments Record
S.N.Q. Sussex Notes and Queries (1926-71)
S.R.S. Sussex Record Society series (1902-)
Schs. Inquiry com. Report of Schools Inquiry Commission [3966], H.C. (1867-8), xxviii
Schs. Parl. Grants, 1900-1 Schools in Receipt of Parliamentry Grants, 1900-1 [Cd. 703], H.C. (1901), lv
ser. series
Soc. Social, Society
Spec. Special
Surr. Surrey
Surv. survey
Suss. Fam. Historian Sussex Family Historian (1973-)
Suss. in 20th Cent. Sussex in the 20th Century (publ. W. T. Pike & Co., Brighton, 1910)
Suss. Ind. Arch. (1972) Sussex Industrial Archaeology, a Field Guide, comp. J. Hoare and J. Upton (Sussex Industrial Archaeology Study Group, 1972)
Suss. Ind. Arch. (1985) Sussex Industrial Archaeology, a Field Guide, ed. B. Austen and others (Chichester, 1985)
Suss. Ind. Hist. Sussex Industrial History (Journal of the Sussex Industrial Archaeology Study Group, later Society, 1970/1-)
Suss. Poor Law Rec. Sussex Poor Law Records, ed. J. M. Coleman (Chichester, 1960)
Tax. Eccl. (Rec. Com.) Taxatio Ecclesiastica Angliae et Walliae auctoritate P. Nicholai IV circa A.D. 1291, ed. S. Ayscough and J. Caley (Record Commission, 1802)
Tierney, Arundel M.A. Tierney, The History and Antiquities of the Castle and Town of Arundel (2 vols., 1834)
TS. Typescript
Univ. Brit. Dir. The Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce, and Manufacture, ed. P. Barfoot and J. Wilkes (5 vols., 1791-8)
V.C.H. Victoria County History
Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.) Valor Ecclesiasticus temp. Henr. VIII auctoritate regia institutus, ed. J. Caley and J. Hunter (Record Commission, 1810-34)
Visit. Visitation
Visitors' Guide to Arundel (1868) Visitors' Guide to Arundel Castle, Church, &c., &c. (Arundel, 1868)
W.S.R.O. West Sussex Record Office
W. Suss. C.C. West Sussex County Council
W. Suss. Gaz. West Sussex Gazette
White, Geol of Brighton and Worthing H. J. O. White, Memoirs of the Geological Survey. The Geology of the Country near Brighton and Worthing (H.M.S.O., 1924)
Wright, Arundel (1817) C. Wright, The Antiquities and Description of Arundel Castle (Brighton and London, 1817)
Wright, Arundel (1818) C. Wright, The History and Description of Arundel Castle (1818)
Young, Agric. of Suss. A. Young, General View of the Agriculture of the County of Sussex (1813, reprinted 1970)