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| Abbrev. Plac. | Placitorum Abbreviatio, ed. W. Illingworth (Record Commission, 1811) |
| Abbrev. Rot. Orig. | Rotulorum Originalium in Curia Scaccarii Abbreviatio (Record Commission, 1805) |
| Acct. of Wilts. Schs. | An Account of Schools for the Children of the Labouring Classes in the
County of Wiltshire, H.C. 27 (1859 Sess. 1), xxi (2) |
| Alnwick Castle Mun. | Muniments at Alnwick Castle, Northumb. |
| Alum. Cantab. | Alumni Cantabrigienses, ed. J. and J. A. Venn |
| Alum. Oxon. | Alumni Oxonienses, ed. J. Foster |
| Ann. Mon. | Annales Monastici, ed. H. R. Luard (Rolls Series, 1864–9) |
| Arch. Jnl. | Archaeological Journal |
| Aubrey, Nat. Hist. Wilts, ed. Britton | John Aubrey, Natural History of Wiltshire, ed. John Britton (London,
1847) |
| Aubrey, Topog. Coll. ed. Jackson | The Topographical Collections of John Aubrey, ed. J. E. Jackson (Devizes,
1862) |
| B.L. | British Library |
| Add. Ch. | Additional Charter |
| Add. MS. | Additional Manuscript |
| Cott. MS. | Cottonian Manuscript |
| Eg. Ch. | Egerton Charter |
| Harl. Ch. | Harleian Charter |
| Harl. MS. | Harleian Manuscript |
| Lansd. Ch. | Lansdowne Charter |
| Bk, of Fees | The Book of Fees (H.M.S.O. 1920–31) |
| Boyton Manor Archive | Muniments of the Fane family, formerly at Boyton Manor, now in the
Wiltshire Record Office |
| Bracton's Note Bk. | H. de Bracton, Note Book, ed. F. W. Maitland (London, 1887) |
| Burke, Commoners | J. Burke and others, A History of the Commoners (London, 1833–8) |
| Burke, Ext. & Dorm. Baronetcies | J. Burke and others, Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies |
| Burke, Land. Gent. | J. Burke and others, Landed Gentry |
| Burke, Land. Gent, of Ireland | B. Burke and others, Landed Gentry of Ireland |
| Burke, Peerage | J. Burke and others, A Dictionary of the Peerage |
| Cal. Chanc. Wts. | Calendar of Chancery Warrants preserved in the Public Record Office
(H.M.S.O. 1927) |
| 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. 1643–1660
(H.M.S.O. 1889–92) |
| Cal. Cttee. for Money | Calendar of the Proceedings of the Committee for the Advance of Money,
1642–1646 (H.M.S.O. 1888) |
| 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. 1904–92) |
| Cal. Inq. p.m. Hen. VII | Calendar of Inquisitions post mortem, Henry VII (H.M.S.O. 1898–1955) |
| Cal. Lib. | Calendar of the Liberate Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office
(H.M.S.O. 1916–64) |
| Cal. Papal Reg. | Calendar of Papal Registers: Papal Letters (H.M.S.O. and Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1893–1986) |
| Col. Pat. | Calendar of the Patent Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office
(H.M.S.O. 1891–1986) |
| Cal. S.P. Dom. | Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series (H.M.S.O. 1856–1972) |
| Calamy Revised, ed. Matthews | Calamy Revised: being a Revision of Edmund Calamy's Account of the
Ministers and others Ejected and Silenced, 1660–2, by A. G. Matthews (1934) |
| Camden, Brit. (1806) | W. Camden, Britannia, with additions by R. Gough (1806) |
| Cart. Sax. ed. Birch | Cartularium Saxonicum, ed. W. de G. Birch (1885–93) |
| Cat. Anct. D. | Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds in the Public Record Office
(H.M.S.O. 1890–1915) |
| Cath. Dir. | Catholic Directory of England and Wales |
| Ch. Com. | Church Commissioners |
| Char. Com. | Charity Commission |
| Chron. Rog. de Houedene | Chronica Rogeri de Houedene, ed. W. Stubbs (Rolls Series, 1868–71) |
| Churches of SE. Wilts. | Churches of South-East Wiltshire (Royal Commission on the Historical
Monuments of England, 1987) |
| Close R. | Close Rolls of the Reign of Henry III preserved in the Public Record Office
(H.M.S.O. 1902–75) |
| Complete Peerage | G. E. C[ockayne] and others, The Complete Peerage (2nd edn. 1910–59) |
| Compton Census | The Compton Census of 1616: a critical edition, ed. A. Whiteman (British
Academy Records of Social and Economic History, N.S. X) |
| T. Cox, Magna Brit. | T. Cox, Magna Britannia Antiqua et Nova (London, 1738) |
| Crockford | Crockford's Clerical Directory |
| Cur. Reg. R. | Curia Regis Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1922–79) |
| D. & C. Sar. | Dean and chapter of Salisbury |
| D. & C. Windsor Mun. | Muniments of the dean and canons of St. George's chapel, Windsor |
| D. & C. Winton. Mun. | Muniments of the dean and chapter of Winchester |
| D.N.B. | Dictionary of National Biography |
| Dugdale, Mon. | W. Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum, ed. J: Caley and others (1817–30) |
| Educ. Enq. Abstract | Abstract of Returns relative to the State of Education in England, H.C. 62
(1835), xliii |
| Educ. of Poor Digest | Digest of Returns to the Select Committee on the Education of the Poor, H.C.
224 (1819), ix (2) |
| Ekwall, Eng. Place-Names | E. Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names (4th edn.
1960) |
| Endowed Char. Wilts. | Endowed Charities of Wiltshire, H.C. 273 (1908), lxxx (northern division); H.C. 273–i (1908), lxxxi (southern division) |
| Eton Coll. Mun. | Muniments of Eton College, Bucks. |
| Ex. e Rot. Fin. | Excerpta e Rotulis Finium in Turri Londinensi asservati, ed. Charles Rob-
erts (Record Commission, 1835) |
| Feud. Aids. | Inquisitions and Assessments relating to Feudal Aids preserved in the Public
Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1899–1920) |
| Finberg, Early Wessex Chart. | H. P. R. Finberg, Early Charters of Wessex (Leicester, 1964) |
| First Pembroke Survey, ed. Straton. | Survey of the Lands of William, First Earl of Pembroke, ed. C. R. Straton
(Roxburghe Club, 1909) |
| G.E.C. Baronetage | G. E. C[ockayne], Complete Baronetage (1900—9) |
| G.P.L., Treas. Solicitor | Government Property Lawyers, records of the Treasury Solicitor, Taunton |
| G.R.O. | General Register Office |
| Gent. Mag. | Gentleman's Magazine (1731–1867) |
| Geol. Surv. | Geological Survey |
| H.C. | House of Commons |
| H.M.S.O. | Her (His) Majesty's Stationery Office |
| Harl. Soc. | Harleian Society |
| Hist. MSS. Com | Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts |
| Hist. Parlc | The History of Parliament |
| Hoare,Mod. Wilts | Sir Richard Colt Hoare and others, The History of Modern Wiltshire
(London,1822–43) |
| Inq. Non | Nonarum Inquisitiones in Curia Scaccarii, ed. G. Vandersee (Record Commission, 1807) |
| Kelly's Handbk. | Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes |
| L.J. | Journals of the House of Lords |
| L. & P. Hen. VIII | Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII
(H.M.S.O. 1864–1932) |
| Lamb. Palace Libr. | Lambeth Palace Library |
| Land Util. Surv. | Land Utilisation Survey |
| Lewis, Topog. Diet. Eng. | S. Lewis, Topographical Dictionary of England |
| Lond. Gaz. | London Gazette |
| Longleat Mun. | Longleat House Muniments |
| Misc. Herald, et Geneal. | Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica |
| N.S. | New Series |
| Nat. Soc. Inquiry, 1846–7 | Result of the Returns made to the General Inquiry made by the National
Society, 1846–7 (1849) |
| Nightingale, Wilts. Plate | J. E. Nightingale, Church Plate of Wiltshire (Salisbury, 1891) |
| O.S. | Ordnance Survey |
| J. Ogilby, Brit. | J. Ogilby, Britannia (1675) |
| Orig. Rec. ed. G. L.
Turner | Original Records of Early Nonconformity under Persecution and Indulgence,
ed. G. L. Turner (1911–14) |
| P.N. Wilts. (E.P.N.S.) | J. E. B. Gover, Allen Mawer, and F. M. Stenton, Place-Names of
Wiltshire (English Place-Name Society, xvi) |
| P.R.O. | Public Record Office (see above, p. xv) |
| P.R.S., Pipe R. Soc. | Pipe Roll Society |
| Pat. R. | Patent Rolls of the Reign oj Henry 111 preserved in the Public Record Office
(H.M.S.O. 1901–3) |
| Pevsner, Wilts. (2nd edn.) | Nikolaus Pevsner, Buildings of England: Wiltshire, revised by Bridget
Cherry (1975) |
| Phillipps, Wilts. Inst. | Institutiones Clericorum in Comitatu Wiltoniae, ed. Sir Thomas Phillipps
(priv. print. 1825) |
| Pigot, Nat. Com. Dir. | Pigot, National Commercial Directory |
| Plac. de Quo Warr. | Placita de Quo Warranto, ed. W. Illingworth and J. Caley (Record Commission, 1818) |
| Poor Law Abstract, 1804 | Abstract of Returns relative to the Expense and Maintenance of the Poor
(printed by order of the House of Commons, 1804) |
| Poor Law Abstract, 1818 | Abstract of Returns relative to the Expense and Maintenance of the Poor,
H.C. 82 (1818), xix |
| Poor Law Com. 1st Rep. | First Annual Report of the Poor Law Commissioners for England and Wales,
H.C. 500 (1835), xxxv |
| Poor Law Com. 2nd Rep. | Second Annual Report of the Poor Law Commissioners for England and
Wales, H.C. 595 (1836), xxix (1) |
| Poor Rate Returns, 1816–21 | Poor Rate Returns, 1816–21, H.C. 556, Supplementary Appendix (1822), v |
| Poor Rate Returns, 1822–4 | Poor Rate Returns, 1822–4, H.C. 334, Supplementary Appendix (1825), iv |
| Poor Rate Returns, 1825–9 | Poor Rate Returns, 1825–9, H.C. 83 (1830–1), xi |
| Poor Rate Returns, 1830–4 | Poor Rate Returns, 1830–4, H.C. 444 (1835), xlvii |
| Princ. Regy. Fam. Div. | Principal Registry of the Family Division, Somerset House |
| Proc. before the Justices | Proceedings before the Justices of the Peace in the 14th and 15th centuries, ed.
B. H. Putnam (Ames Foundation, 1938) |
| R.O. | Record Office |
| Rec. Com. | Record Commission |
| Red Bk. Exch. Reg. | The Red Book of the Exchequer, ed. H. Hall (Rolls Series, 1896)
Register |
| Reg. Chichele | The Register of Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury, ed. E. F. Jacob
(Canterbury and York Society, 1934–47) |
| Reg. Ghent | Registrum Simonis de Gandavo, Diocesis Saresbiriensis, ed. C. T. Flower
and M. C. B. Dawes (Canterbury and York Society, 1934) |
| Reg. Hallum | The Register of Robert Hallum, Bishop of Salisbury, ed. J. Horn (Canterbury and York Society, 1982) |
| Reg. Martival | The Registers of Roger Martival, Bishop of Salisbury, ed. K. Edwards and
others (Canterbury and York Society, 1959–75) |
| Reg. Regum Anglo-Norm. | Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum, 1066–1154, ed. H. W. C. Davis and
others (1913–69) |
| Reg. St. Osmund | Vetus Registrum Sarisberiense alias Dictum Registrum Sancti Osmund Episcopi, ed. W. H. R. Jones (Rolls Series, 1883–4) |
| Rep. Com. Eccl. Revenues | Report of the Commissioners appointed to Inquire into the Ecclesiastical
Revenues of England and Wales [67], H.C. (1835), xxii |
| Return of Non-Provided Schs. | Return of Schools Recognised as Voluntary Public Elementary Schools, H.C.
178–xxxi (1906), lxxxviii |
| Returns relating to Elem. Educ. | Returns relating to Elementary Education, H.C. 201 (1871), lv |
| Rot. Chart. | Rotuli Chartarum, ed. T. D. Hardy (Record Commission, 1837) |
| Rot. Cur. Reg. | Rotuli Curiae Regis, 6 Richard I to 1 John, ed. F. Palgrave (Record
Commission, 1835) |
| Rot. de Ob. et Fin. | Rotuli de Oblatis et Finibus in Turri Londinensi asservati, ed. T. D. Hardy
(Record Commission, 1835) |
| Rot. Hund. | Rotuli Hundredorum temp. Hen. Ill & Edw. I, ed. W. Illingworth and J.
Caley (Record Commission, 1812–18) |
| Rot. Lib. | Rotuli de Liberate ac de Mists et Praestitis regnante Johanne, ed. T. D.
Hardy (Record Commission, 1844) |
| Rot. Litt. Claus. | Rotuli Litter arum Clausarum, ed. T. D. Hardy (Record Commission,
1833–44) |
| Rot. Litt. Pat. | Rotuli Litter arum Patentium, ed. T. D. Hardy (Record Commission, 1835) |
| Rot. Normanniae | Rotuli Normanniae in Turri Londinensi asservati, ed. T. D. Hardy (Record
Commission, 1835) |
| Rot. Pad. | Rotuli Parliamentorum [1783] |
| Sar. Chart. and Doc. | Charters and Documents illustrating the History of the Cathedral, City, and
Diocese of Salisbury, in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries, etc. ed. W.
Dunn Macray (Rolls Series, 1891) |
| Soc. Antiq. | Society of Antiquaries of London |
| Tax. Eccl. | Taxatio Ecclesiastica Angliae et Walliae auctoritate P. Nicholai IV circa
A.D. 1291, ed. S. Ayscough and J. Caley (Record Commission, 1802) |
| Treas. Solicitor | Records of the Treasury Solicitor, Queen Anne's Chambers, 28 Broadway,
London |
| Univ. Brit. Dir. | Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce, and Manufacture, ed. P.
Barfoot and J. Wilkes (1791–8) |
| V.C.H. | Victoria County History |
| Valor Eccl. | Valor Ecclesiasticus temp. Henr. VIII, ed. J. Caley and J. Hunter (Record
Commission, 1810–34) |
| W.A.M. | Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine |
| W.A.S. (Libr.) | Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (Library in the
Museum, Long Street, Devizes) |
| W.N. & Q. | Wiltshire Notes and Queries (Devizes, 1896–1917) |
| W.R.O. | Wiltshire Record Office
Principal classes used:
A Quarter Sessions records
D Salisbury Diocesan records
EA Enclosure Awards
F County Council records |
| G Rural District and Borough Council records
L Charity Commission records |
| W.R.S. | Wiltshire Record Society (formerly Records Branch of W.A.S.) |
| Walker Revised, ed. Matthews | Walker Revised; being a Revision of John Walker's Sufferings of the Clergy
during the Grand Rebellion, 1642–60, ed. A. G. Matthews |
| Walters, Wilts. Bells | H. B. Walters, Church Bells of Wiltshire (Devizes, 1927–9) |
| Williams, Cath. Recusancy | J. A. Williams, Catholic Recusancy in Wiltshire, 1660–1791 (Catholic
Record Society, 1968) |
| Williamstrip Mun. | Muniments of Earl St. Aldwyn at Williamstrip House, Coln St. Aldwyns,
Glos. |
| Wilts. Cuttings | Volumes of newspaper and other cuttings in W.A.S. Libr. |
| Wilts. Inq. p.m. 1242–1326 | Abstracts of Wiltshire Inquisitiones post mortem in the reigns of Henry III,
Edward I, and Edward II, 1242–1326, ed. E. A. Fry (Index Library,
xxxvii) |
| Wilts. Inq. p.m. 1327–77 | Abstracts of Wiltshire Inquisitiones post mortem in the reign of Edward III,
1327–77, ed. Ethel Stokes (Index Library, xlviii) |
| Wilts. Inq. p.m. 1625–49 | Abstracts of Wiltshire Inquisitiones post mortem in the reign of Charles I,
1625–49, ed. G. S. and E. A. Fry (Index Library, xxiii) |
| Wilts. Tracts | Collections of tracts in W.A.S. Libr. |
| Winch. Coll. Mun. | Muniments of Winchester College, Hants |