England & Wales Published Wills & Probate Indexes, 1300-1858 abbreviations

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indicates that the record next referred to is additional to other, usually routine items, in the same source.

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enclose document references, and any editorial notes, the latter being in italics

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enclose references to abstracts

A

(a)

according to administration

a

administration

A

Administration bond

A4

administration bond

A5

administration act

AB

Act Book

Abb

Abbey

Abp

Archbishop

ABP 1

Archdeaconry of Bedford Probate Records

Abs

Abstract

Acc

Account in Ely Diocesan Records [A/12]*

AccAP

Account in Administrations Packet

acc rend

account rendered

acct

administrator's account

AccVC

Account among records of Vice-Chancellor's Court

adj

adjoining

acct

account

ad bd

administration bond

adm

administration

admin

administer

admix

administratrix

Admon

administration bond

Admon act

administration act

admor

administrator

AEP

Archdeaconry of Ely Probate

affid

affidavit

Afft

affidavit

aldmn

alderman

alleg

allegation

als

alias

anon

anonymous

apost

apostolic

apoth

apothecary

app

apprentice

AR

Admon register (followed by date, register no. and folio no.)

Archbp

Archbishop

Archd

Archdeacon(ry)

arm

armiger

armor

armourer

arrowsm

arrowsmith

att

attached

AWP

Administration in Wills Packet

AWR

Administration in Will Register

B

b

born

B

Blessed

BA

Bachelor of Arts

bach

bachelor

barber-surg

barber-surgeon

bart

baronet

Berks archd

Berkshire archdeaconry

bd

bond

bd

requiring burial at

BD

Bachelor of Divinity (often shewn in records as 'S.T.B.')

BHRS

Bedfordshire Historical Rccord Society

bk

book

BL

British Library

blacksm

blacksmith

bladesm

bladesmith

BM

British Library Manuscripts Department

boatm.

boatman

Bp, bp

bishop

bpric

bishopric

bro(s)

brother(s)

BRO

Bedfordshire Record Office

BRS

British Record Society

bt

baronet or bought

bur

buried, request to be buried at

Bw

Biggleswade Peculiar

C

CA

Original Consistory Administration (with date)

Cal.

Calendar

carp.

carpenter

CAP

Caveat in Administrations Packet

cath(s)

cathedral(s)

CCAL

Cathedral Archives and Library, Canterbury

Cert, of grant of admon.

certificate of grant of administration

cert, of poverty

certificate of poverty

CG

Caveat in Ely Diocesan Records [G/2/18-22]; see GV below

ch.

leaving benefactions to church at

ch.

church

chap.

chapter

cheesem.

cheesmonger

chir.

chirurgeon

chn.

children

chwdn.

churchwarden

chyd.

churchyard

cit.

citizen

Citn.

citation, citation clerk

clk.

clerk

clothwkr

clothworker

CM

Incomplete or copy will, or other variant item in Will Packet

Co

County or Company

cod.

codicil

coll.

college

Com, comm

commission

Comm

Commisary

cons

consent

Consist

Consistory

cop

copy

coppersm

coppersmith

cordw.

corawainer

cornch.

cornchandler

Coy.

Company

CR

Entry in Ely Diocesan Records: register of caveats [A/7/5]

CP

Complete Peerage

cred

creditor

Ct.

Court

Ct-act

court act

Ct. ppr.

court paper

CUL

Cambridge University Library

curatn

curation

CW

Original Consistory Court Will (with date)

CWP

Caveat in Wills Packet

D

d

date or dated

d

died

d

dorso (for folio numbers or registers)

da(s)

daughter(s)

dat

date or dated

dau

daughter

decln

declaration

dee'd

deceased

Depn

deposition

DD

Doctor of Divinity (often shewn in records as 'S.T.P.')

dioc

diocese

disch

discharged

Doc

Docker, Peculiar of, near Kendal

d of g

deed of gift

dur mn

during minority

E

E.

East

EA

Administration in Ely Diocesan Records [A/7/1]*

EDR

Ely Diocesan Records

EI

Inventory in Ely Diocesan Records [A/7/1]*

EIC

East India Company

end

endorsed

erron

erroneous

esq

esquire

EW

Will in Ely Diocesan Records [A/7/1]

Exc

Excommunication

exhib

exhibited

Exch

Exchange

exix(s)

executrix(-trices)

exor(s)

executor(s)

F

(f)

formerly

f

father

Fac

Facsimile (BRO reference for copies)

Fel.

Fellow (of a college)

fellm

fellmonger

FFHS

Federation of Family History Societies

fisherm

fisherman

fishm

fishmonger

fmly

formerly

frag

fragment

frat

fraternity

fruit

fruiterer

G

GAP

Guardianship papers in Bonds and Inventories

GAR

Records of guardianship in Consistory Administrations Register

gen.

general

gent.

gentleman

gentw.

gentlewoman

GG

Guardianship records in EDR G/2/18-22 (see GV below)

GL

Guildhall Library

Gldh.

Guildhall

GMR

Guildford Muniment Room

gnt.

grant

goldsm.

goldsmith

Gov.

Governor

GR

Entry in Ely Diocesan Records: register of tuitions [A/7/4]

grdchn

grandchildren

grdda

grand-daughter

grdf

grandfather

grds

grands

Gt

Great

gtgrds

great grandson

guard

guardianship

GV

Entry in Ely Diocesan registers of administrations, caveats and grants of tuition included in the general licence registers, 1563-1620, 1660-1694; [EDR G/2/18-22]

GWP

Guardianship papers in Wills Packet

GWR

Records of guardianship in Consistory Wills Register

H

h.

husband

haberdr.

haberdasher

HALS

Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies

haymgr.

haymakaer

Hosp.

Hospital

HRO

Hampshire Record Office

husb.

husbandman

I

(i)

according to inventory

I+

More than one such document

I

Document, other than administration bond or inventory, boxed with Bonds and Administrations

I

Inventory

In

Inventory

In+

Inventory and other document (as above)

inf

infant

innh.

innholder

intest.

intestate

Inv

inventory

iromn.

ironmonger

ironsm.

ironsmith

ironwkr.

ironworker

IT; InT

As I and 'In' above, but filed with Thorney Bonds and Inventories

IWP

Inventory in Wills Packet

IWR

Inventory in Will Register PCC Prerogative Court of Canterbury

J

juris. Lond.

in the jurisdiction of London

jun.

junior

K

K.

King

k('s)

kinsman, kinswoman

Kt.

knight

L

lab

labourer

Letters of admon.

letters of administration

la

lane

lab

labourer

Lambt

Lambert

LB

Leighton Buzzard Peculiar

LBLAD

London Borough of Lambeth Archives Department

l/c

list of contents

Ld

Lord

leathers

leatherseller

leg

legatee

let

letter

lic

licentiate

lighterm

lighterman

LLD

Doctor of Laws

LPL

Lambeth Palace Library

Lt

Litle

(Ltd)

limited

ltd admon

limited administration

M

m

mother

MA

Master of Arts

maltm

maltman

mar

mariner

mat

maternal

mcht

merchant

MD

Doctor of Medicine

Mem

Memorandum

Memo

Memorandum

-mgr

-monger

-mkr

-maker

Mkt.

Market

mn

minority

Mon

monition

monast

monastery

monitn

monition

mr

master

N

n.

name

N.

North

(N)

nuncupative will

n. d.

no date

(ns)

signs as

n. y.

no year

neph

nephew

n of k

next of kin

not pub

notary public

nr

near

nuncup

nuncupative

nunc w

nuncupative will

O

opp.

opposite

O W

Original Will

P

p.

page

(p)

according to record of probate

P A B

Probate Act Book

par.

parish

pat.

paternal

PCC

Prerogative Court Canterbury

pd.

paid

perpet.

perpetual

petn

petition

pewt.

pewterer

PGR

Probate in EDR G/2/18-22 (see GV above)

physn.

physician

plast.

plasterer

poult.

poulter (poulterer)

pr

prove(ed)

prerog

prerogative

prev.

previous

Pri

Priory

PRO

Public Record Office

prob

probate

prob act

probate act

prof

professor

prop'y

property

PWR

Probate (only) in Will Register

Q

Q

Queen

R

r

river

R

Register of wills or admons. (followed by date, register no., and folio no.)

R

registered copy of will

RAP

Renunciation in Administrations Packet

Rav

Ravenstonedale, Peculiar of

RE

Royal Exchange

recv'd

receivede

ref

reference

reg

register(ed)

rel

relict

ren

renounced, renunciation

Renun

renunciation

Ret

receipt

Revoc. of cav.

revocation of caveat

Revoc. of renun.

revocation of renunciation

rn

renounced, renunciation

RO

Record Office (so BRO is Bedfordshire Record Office)

RWP

Renunciation in Wills Packet

S

s

son

S

South

SAC

Surrey Archaeological Collections

Sarum.

court of the Bishop of Salisbury

sched

schedule

schoolm.

schoolmaster

scriv.

scrivener

sen.

senior

sent

sentence

seq'd.

sequestered

servt.

servant

sig

signed/signature

sjt.

sister

soc.

society

spin.

spinster

SRO

Surrey Record Office

sub

suburbs (of London)

Swk

Southwark

swn.

sworn

T

(t)

bequeathes unpaid tithes to

T

Tuition bond

tallowch.

tallowchandler

ten(s).

tenement(s)

Tern

Temple Sowerby, Peculiar of

test.

Testament or Testamentary

testor.

testator

timberm.

timbermonger

ThA

Original Thorney Administration bond

Tn. act

tuition act

Tn. bond

tuition bond

ThR

Registers of Thorney Peculiar (with page). Note that the Thorney registers contain copies of both wills and administrations

ThW

Original Thorney Will

V

VAC

Consistory Administrations Register (with no. and folio or page no.)

valuatn

valuation

VC

Consistory Court Will Register (with no. of register, and of folio or page)

W

W

see CM

W

West

W

original will

w

wife

war

warrant

Warrant for admon

warrant for administration

waxch

waxchandler

wid

widow(er)

widr

widower

woodm

woodmonger

woolm

woolman

woolmgr

woolmonger

Y

yeo

yeoman

A

A H Bark

All Hallows Barking by the Tower of London

A H Brd

All Hallows, Bread St.

A H Gt

All Hallows the Great

A H H La

All Hallows, Honey Lane

A H Ldn W

All Hallows London Wall

A H Ls

All Hallows the Less

A H L St

All Hallows, Lombard St.

A H Sta

All Hallows Staining

Ald

Aldgate

A Sts

All Saints

B

Beds

Bedfordshire

Berks

Berkshire

BL

British Library

Bpg, Bpsgate

Bishopsgate

Br. Bdge

Bridge

Bucks

Buckingshamshire

C

Camb

Cambridge

Cambs

Cambridgeshire

Cards

Cardiganshire

Carms

Carmarthenshire

C I

Channel Islands

Ches

Cheshire

Chch

Christchurch

Cle

Clerkenwell

Cornw

Cornwall

Cov

Coventry

CUL

Cambridge University Library

Cumb

Cumberland

D

Debhs

Denbighshire

Derbs

Derbyshire

Dur, Durh

Durham

Du

Dutch

E

E

East

E I

East India

Eng

England

F

Flem

Flemish

Fr

French

G

Glos

Gloucestershire

Gldh

Guildhall

Gn

Green

Gt

Great

H

Hants

Hampshire

Herefs

Herefordshire

Herts

Hertfordshire

H T Pri

Holy Trinity Priory

H T Gt

Holy Trinity the Great

Hunts

Huntingdonshire

Hunts

Huntingdonshire

I

It

Italian

J

Jerus

Jerusalem

L

la

lane

Lancs

Lancashire

Ldn, Lond

London

Leics

Leicestershire

Lich

Lichfield

Linc

Lincoln

Lincs

Lincolnshire

LPL

Lambeth Palace Library

Lt

Little

M

Mdx

Middlesex

Monm

Monmouthshire

Mont

Montgomeryshire

N

N

North

N'hants

Northamptonshire

N'humb

Northumberland

Norf

Norfolk

Notts

Nottinghamshire

O

Oxon

Oxfordshire

P

Pemb

Pembrokeshire

R

Radnors

Radnorshire

S

S

South

Salop

Shropshire

St

Saint

St Alb

St Alban Wood St

St Alph

St Alphage

St And

Saint Andrew

St And Bn

St. Andrew Baynard or St. Andrew by the Wardrobe

St And Hol

St Andrew Holbom

St And Hub

St. Andrew Hubbard

St And Und

St Andrew Undershaft

St An St Ag

St Anne & St Agnes, Aldersgate

St Ant

St Antholin

St Aug

St. Augustine

St Aug Pap

St. Augustine Papey

St Bt R E

St Bartholomew, Royal Exchange

St Bt Hosp

St. Bartholomew's Hospital

St Bt Pr

St. Bartholomew's Priory

St Bnt F

St. Benet Fink

St Bnt Gr

St. Benet Gracechurch St.

St Bnt P W

St. Benet Paul's Wharf

St Bnt Sh

St. Benet Shetehog

St Bot Alders

St. Botolph, Aldersgate

St Bot Ald

St. Botolph, Aldgate

St Bot Bil

St. Botolph, Billingsgate

St Bot Bpg

St. Botolph, Bishopgate

St Bri

St. Bride, Fleet St.

St Chr

St. Christopher

St Cle D

St. Clement Danes

St Cle E

St. Clement, Eastcheap

St Di Bk

St. Dionis Backchurch

St Dun

St. Dunstan

St D E

St. Dunstan in the East

St D W

St. Dunstan in the West

St Ed K

St. Edmund the King

St. Eth

St. Ethelburga

St F V

St. Faith the Virgin by St. Paul

St Gab

St. Gabriel

St Geo

St. George, Botolph Lane

St Gi

St. Giles, Cripplegate

St Gi F

St. Giles in the Fields

St Gre

St. Gregory

St Hel

St. Helen, Bishopgate

St Jas Clerk

St. James Clerkenwell

St Jas Ga

St. James Garlickhithe

St Jn B

St. John the Baptist

St Jn Fri

St. John the Evangelist Friday St

St Jn Hosp

St. John's Hospital

St Jn Wa

St. John, Walbrook

St Jn Zr

St. John Zachary

St Ka Co

St. Katherine Coleman, Fenchurch St

St Ka Cr

St. Katherine Cree

St Ka To

St. Katherine by the Tower

St Law Je

St. Lawrence Jewry

St Law Po

St. Lawrence Pountney

St Leo Ea

St. Leonard, Bastcheap

St Leo Fo

St. Leonard, Foster Lane

St Leo Sh

St. Leonard, Shoreditch

St Mag M

St. Magnus the Martyr, London Bridge

St Marg F St Hill

St. Margaret, Fish St. Hill

St Marg L

St. Margaret, Lothbury

St Marg M

St. Margaret Moses

St Marg Pa

St. Margaret Pattens

St Mart Fields

St. Martin in the Fields

St Mart le G

St. Martin le Grand

St Mart Lu

St. Martin, Ludgate

St Mart Org

St. Martin Orgar

St Mart Out

St. Martin Outwich

St Mart Pom

St. Martin Pomeroy

St Mart V

St. Martin Vintry

St M

St. Mary

St Mary Ab

St. Mary Abchurch

St Mary Alb

St. Mary Aldermanbury

St Mary Alm

St. Mary Aldermary

St Mary Ax

St. Mary Axe

St Mary Bot

St. Mary Bothaw

St Mary Clerk

St. Mary Clerkenwell

St Mary Col

St. Mary Colechurch

St Mary H

St. Mary at Hill

St M M

St. Mary Magdalen

St M M Mi

St. Mary Magdalen, Milk St.

St M M O F

St. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish St.

St Mary Mat

St. Mary Matfellon (Whitechapel)

St M Mo

St. Mary Mounthaw

St M So

St. Mary Somerset

St Mary St

St. Mary Staining

St Mary Wch

St. Mary Woolchurch

St Mary Wln

St. Mary Woolnoth

St Mat

St. Matthew, Friday St

St Mich Bas

St. Michael Bassishaw

St Mich Cor

St. Michael, Cornhill

St Mich Cro

St. Michael, Crooked Lane

St Mich le Q

St. Michael le Queue

St Mich Pat

St. Michael, Paternoster Royal

St Mich Qh

St. Michael, Queenhithe

St Mich W

St. Michael, Wood St.

St Mil Bre

St. Mildred, Bread St.

St Mil Po

St. Mildred, Poultry

St Nich Ac

St. Nicholas Acon

St Nich Co

St. Hichdas Cole Abbey

St Nich Ol

St. Nicholas Olave

St Nich Sh

St. Nicholas Shambles

St Ol Ha

St. Olave, Hart St.

St 01 Je

St. Olave, Old Jewry

St Ol Si

St. Olave, Silver St.

St P

St. Paul's Cathedral

St Pan

St. Pancras, Mdx.

St Pan So

St. Pancras, Soper Lane

St Pet Cor

St. Peter, Cornhill

St Pet P W

St. Peter, Paul's Wharf

St Pet Vinc

St. Peter sa Vincula

St Pet le P

St. Peter la Poer

St Pet Wp

St. Peter le Cheap or Westcheap

Str

Street

St Sep

St. Sepulchre, Newgate

St Ste Co

St. Stephen, Coleman St.

St Ste Wa

St. Stephen, Walbrook

St Swi

St. Swithin by London

St Tho Ac

St. Thomas of Acon

St Tho Ap

St. Thomas the Apostle

St.Ved

St. Vedast, Foster Lane

Som

Somerset

Staffs

Staffordshire

Suff

Suffolk

Suss

Sussex

W

W

West

Warws

Warwickshire

Westm

Westminster

Westmld

Westmorland

Wilts

Wiltshire

Worc

Worcester

Worcs

Worcestershire

Y

Yorks

Yorkshire

A

Albt.

Albert

Alex.

Alexander

And.

Andrew

Anth.

Anthony

B

Barth.

Bartholomew

C

Cath.

Catherine

Chas.

Charles, Cristofer

Chris.

Christopher, Cristofer

D

Dthy.

Dorothy

E

Edm.

Edmund

Edw.

Edward

Eliz.

Elizabeth

G

Geoff.

Geoffrey

Geo.

George

Gilbt.

Gilbert

Greg.

Gregory

H

Hy.

Henry

J

Jas.

James

Jn.

John

Jos.

Joseph

K

Kath.

Katherine

L

Lau., Law.

Laurence, Lawrence

M

Mgt., Margt.

Margaret

Mart.

Martin

Matt.

Matthew

Mich.

Michael

N

Nath.

Nathaniel

Nic., Nich., Nych.

Nicolas, Nicholas, Nycholas

P

Per.

Pers(c)ival

Pet.

Peter

R

Reg.

Reginald

Rd.

Richard

Robt.

Robert

S

Sam.

Samuel

Steph. or Stev.

Stephen or Steven

T

Thos., Tho.

Thomas

W

Wm.

William