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| Abbrev. Plac. | Placitorum Abbreviatio, ed. W. Illingworth (Record Commission, 1811) |
| 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) |
| Acts of P. C. | Acts of the Privy Council of England (H.M.S.O. 1890–1964) |
| Alum. Cantab. | Alumni Cantabrigienses, ed. J. and J. A. Venn |
| Alum. Oxon. | Alumni Oxonienses, ed. J. Foster |
| 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. MS. = Additional Manuscript |
| Eg. Ch. = Egerton Charter |
| Harl. Ch. = Harleian Charter |
| Lansd. Ch. = Lansdowne Charter |
| Bodl. Libr. | Bodleian Library |
| Bk. of Fees | The Book of Fees (H.M.S.O. 1920–31) |
| 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, Ext. & Dorm. Peerages | J. Burke and others, Extinct and Dormant Peerages |
| Burke, Land. Gent. | J. Burke and others, Landed Gentry |
| Burke, Peerage | J. Burke and others, A Dictionary of the Peerage |
| 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.
1643–60 (H.M.S.O. 1889–92) |
| Cal. Cttee. for Money | Calendar of the Proceedings of the Committee for the Advance of Money,
1642–6 (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. 1904–88) |
| Cal. Inq. p.m. Hen. VII | Calendar of Inquisitions post mortem, Henry VII (H.M.S.O. 1898–1955) |
| Cal. Papal Reg. | Calendar of Papal Registers: Papal Letters (H.M.S.O. and Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1893–1986) |
| Cal. 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) |
| Cat. Anct.D. | Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds in the Public Record Office
(H.M.S.O. 1890–1915) |
| Ch. Com. | Church Commissioners |
| Char. Com. | Charity Commission |
| Close R. | Close Rolls of the Reign of Henry III preserved in the Public Record
Office (H.M.S.O. 1902–75) |
| Coll. Topog. et Gen. | Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica, (London, 1834–43) |
| Colvin, Brit. Architects | H. Colvin, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840
(1978) |
| Complete Peerage | G. E. C[ockayne] and others, The Complete Peerage (2nd edn. 1910–59) |
| Compton Census | The Compton Census of 1676: 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. N. B. | Dictionary of National Biography |
| Dugdale, Baronage | W. Dugdale, The Baronage of England (London, 1675–6) |
| Dugdale, Mon. | W. Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum, ed. J. Caley and others (London,
1817–30) |
| E. H. R. | English Historical Review |
| 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. |
| Eulogium Hist. | Eulogium (Historiarum sive Temporis): Chronicon ab Orbe Condito
usque ad Annum Domini MCCCLXVI; a Monacho quodam Malmesburiensi Exaratum, ed. F. S. Haydon (Rolls Series, 1858) |
| 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) |
| G. E. C. Baronetage | G. E. C[ockayne], Complete Baronetage (1900–9) |
| G.R.O. | General Register Office |
| Geneal. | The Genealogist (1877–1919) |
| 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. Parl. | The History of Parliament |
| Hoare, Mod. Wilts. | Sir Richard Colt Hoare and others, The History of Modem Wiltshire
(London,1822–43) |
| Inq. Non. | Nonarum Inquisitiones in Curia Scaccarii, ed. G. Vandersee (Record
Commission, 1807) |
| Jnl. Brit. Arch. Soc. | Journal of the British Archaeological Association |
| Kelly's Dir. | Kelly's Directory |
| 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 |
| Leland, Itin. ed. Toulmin
Smith | Itinerary of John Leland, ed. L. Toulmin Smith (1907–10) |
| Lewis, Topog. Dict. Eng. | S. Lewis, Topographical Dictionary of England |
| Lond. Gaz. | London Gazette |
| Longleat Mun. | Longleat House Muniments |
| Medieval Arch. | Medieval Archaeology |
| N. S. | New Series |
| Nat. Bldgs. Rec. | National Buildings Record (formerly National Monuments Record) of
the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments of England |
| 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 |
| O. S. D. | Ordnance Survey Drawings |
| 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. xiv) |
| P.R.S., Pipe R. Soc. | Pipe Roll Society |
| Pat. R. | Patent Rolls of the Reign of Henry III 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, Mon. Inscriptions N. Wilts. | Sir Thomas Phillipps, Monumental Inscriptions in Wiltshire (North
Wiltshire) (priv. print. 1821) |
| 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. 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 App. (1822), v |
| Poor Rate Returns, 1822–4 | Poor Rate Returns, 1822–4, H.C. 334, Supplementary App. (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 |
| R.O. | Record Office |
| Red Bk. Exch. | The Red Book of the Exchequer, ed. H. Hall (Rolls Series, 1896) |
| Reg. | 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. Langton | The Register of Thomas Langton, Bishop of Salisbury, ed. D. P. Wright
(Canterbury and York Society, 1985) |
| Reg. Malm. | Registrum Malmesburiense, ed. J. S. Brewer and C. T. Martin (Rolls
Series, 1879–80) |
| 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 Son-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, 1199–1216, 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. Hund. | Rotuli Hundredorum temp. Hen. III & Edw. I, ed. W. Illingworth
and J. Caley (Record Commission, 1812–18) |
| Rot. Litt. Claus. | Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum, 1204–1227, ed. T. D. Hardy (Record
Commission, 1833–44) |
| Rot. Litt. Pat. | Rotuli Litterarum Patentium, 1201–16, ed. T. D. Hardy (Record Commission, 1835) |
| Rot. Parl. | 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. Sicholai IV circa
A.D. 1291, ed. S. Ayscough and J. Caley (Record Commission, 1802) |
| Topog. and Gen. | The Topographer and Genealogist, ed. J. G. Nichols (London, 1846) |
| Univ. Brit. Dir. | Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce, and Manufacture,
ed. P. Barfoot and J. Wilkes (1791–8) |
| V.&A. Mus. | Victoria and Albert Museum |
| V.C.H. | Victoria County History |
| Valor Eccl. | Valor Ecclesiasticus temp. Hen. 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 |
| 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) |
| Wm. of Malmesbury, Gesta
Regum Angl. | Willelmi Malmesbiriensis Monachi de Gestis Regum Anglorum Libri
Quinque; Historiae Novellae Libri Tres, ed. W. Stubbs (Rolls Series,
1887–9) |
| Williams, Cath. Recusancy | J. A. Williams, Catholic Recusancy in Wiltshire, 1660–1791 (Catholic
Record Society, 1968) |
| Dr. Williams's Libr. | Dr. Williams's Library, 14 Gordon Square, London W.C. 1 |
| 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. Q. Sess. Rec. ed.
Cunnington | Records of the County of Wiltshire from the Quarter Sessions Rolls of
the 17th Century, ed. B. H. Cunnington (Devizes, 1932) |
| Wilts. Tracts | Collections of tracts in W.A.S. Libr. |