|
| a. | acre (s) |
| Abbrev. Rot. Orig. | Rotulorum Originalium Abbreviatio, temp. Hen. III, Edw. I (Record Commission,
1805) |
| Acts of PC | Acts of the Privy Council of England (HMSO, 1890–1964) |
| Acts of PC (Rec. Com.) | Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council of England, 1386–1542 (Record
Commission, 1834–7) |
| Allen, Mount House | T.G. Allen with J. Hiller, Excavation of a Medieval Manor House of the Bishops of
Winchester at Mount House, Witney (Thames Valley Landscapes Monograph No.
13, Oxford, 2002) |
| Alumni Oxon. 1500–1714; | Alumni Oxonienses, 1500–1714; 1715–1886, ed. J. Foster (Oxford, 1888–92) |
| archaeol. | archaeology, archaeological |
| Archaeol. Jnl | Archaeological Journal |
| archit. | architecture, architectural |
| BL | British Library |
| BNC Mun. | Muniments of Brasenose College, Oxford |
| Bampton Hund. R. | Oxfordshire Hundred Rolls of 1279 (Bampton Hundred, Witney Borough), ed. E.
Stone, P. Hyde (ORS 46) |
| Besse, Sufferings | J. Besse, A Collection of the Sufferings of the People called Quakers, from 1650 to
1689 (London, 1753) |
| bdy; bdies | boundary; boundaries |
| Blair, A-S Oxon. | J. Blair, Anglo-Saxon Oxfordshire (1994) |
| Book of Fees | The Book of Fees (HMSO, 1920–31) |
| Blenheim Mun. | Muniments of the duke of Marlborough at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxon. |
| bldg (s) | building (s) |
| Bodl. | Bodleian Library |
| bp | bishop |
| Bp Fell and Nonconf. | Bishop Fell and Nonconformity: Visitation Documents, 1682–3, ed. Mary
Clapinson (ORS 52) |
| Brewer, Oxon. | J. N. Brewer, A topographical and historic description of the county of Oxford
(London, 1819) |
| Brit. | British |
| Burke's Peerage; Extinct Baronetcies; Landed Gentry | J. Burke and others, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage,
Baronetage and Knightage; A History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies; A
Dictionary of the Landed Gentry |
| CE Rec. Centre | Church of England Record Centre, South Bermondsey, London |
| CBA Group 9 | Council for British Archaeology, Regional Group 9 |
| CCC Mun. | Muniments of Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
| CJ | Journals of the House of Commons |
| COS, OPA; PRN; SMR | Centre for Oxfordshire Studies, Central Library, Westgate, Oxford, Oxfordshire:
Photographic Archive; Primary Record Number (in SMR); Sites and Monuments Record |
| Cal. Chart. | Calendar of the Charter Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (HMSO,
1903–27) |
| Cal. Close | Calendar of the Close Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (HMSO,
1892–1963) |
| Cal. Cttee for Compounding | Calendar of the Proceedings of the Committee for Compounding, etc. (HMSO,
1889–92) |
| Cal. Cttee for Money | Calendar of the Proceedings of the Committee for Advance of Money, 1642–56
(HMSO, 1888) |
| Cal. Fine | Calendar of the Fine Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (HMSO, 1911–62) |
| Cal. Inq. Misc. | Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous (Chancery) preserved in the Public Record
Office (HMSO, 1916–68) |
| Cal. Inq. p.m. | Calendar of Inquisitions post mortem preserved in the Public Record Office (HMSO,
1904–87) |
| Cal. Inq. p.m. Hen. VII | Calendar of Inquisitions post mortem, Henry VII (HMSO, 1898–1955) |
| Cal. Lib. | Calendar of the Liberate Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (HMSO,
1917–64) |
| Cal. Papal Regs. | Calendar of Papal Registers: Papal Letters (HMSO, and Irish MSS Com.
1893–1986) |
| Cal. Pat. | Calendar of the Patent Rolls preserved in the Public Office (HMSO, 1891–1986) |
| Cal. QS | Calendar of quarter sessions records in Oxfordshire Record Office by W.J.
Oldfield |
| Cal. SP Dom. | Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series (HMSO, 1856–1972) |
| Camd., Camden Soc. | Camden Series, Camden Society |
| Cant. & York Soc. | Canterbury and York Society |
| Cat. | Catalogue |
| Cat. Ancient Deeds | Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds in the Public Record Office (HMSO,
1890–1915) |
| Cath. Rec. Soc. | Catholic Record Society |
| Ch. and Chapel, 1851 | Church and Chapel in Oxfordshire, 1851. The Return of the Census of Religious
Worship, ed. Kate Tiller (ORS 55) |
| Ch. Bells Oxon. | F. Sharpe, The Church Bells of Oxfordshire (ORS 28, 30, 32, 34) |
| Ch. Ch. Mun. | Muniments of Christ Church, Oxford |
| Chant. Cert. | Chantry Certificates and Edwardian Inventories of Church Goods, ed. Rose
Graham (ORS 1) |
| Char. Com. | Charity Commission |
| Char. Don. | Abstract of Returns relative to Charitable Donations for the Benefit of Poor Persons
(Parl. Papers 1816 (511), xvi) |
| Close | Close Rolls of the Reign of Henry III preserved in the Public Record Office (HMSO,
1902–15) |
| Complete Baronetage | G.E. C[okayne], Complete Baronetage (Exeter, 1900–9) |
| Complete Peerage | G.E. C[okayne] and others, The Complete Peerage (2nd edn, 1910–59) |
| Compton Census, ed. Whiteman | The Compton Census of 1676, ed. A. Whiteman (Records of Social and Economic
History, n.s. x) |
| Crockford | Crockford's Clerical Directory |
| cttee | committee |
| Cur. Reg. | Curia Regis Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (HMSO, 1922–79) |
| DNB | Dictionary of National Biography |
| Davis, Oxon. Map (1797) | R. Davis, A New Map of the County of Oxford (1797) |
| Dep. Kpr's Rep. | Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records (1840–1958) |
| Deserted Villages of Oxon. | K.J. Allison, M.W. Beresford, and J.G. Hurst, Deserted Villages of Oxfordshire
(Leicester Univ. Dept of English Local History, Occasional Papers, no. 17) |
| Dict. | Dictionary |
| Dir. | Directory |
| DoE, Revised Hist. Bldgs List | Department of Environment, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic
Interest: copies in COS |
| Dugdale, Mon. | W. Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum, ed. J. Caley and others (1817–30) |
| EETS | Early English Text Society |
| EHR | English Historical Review |
| EPNS | English Place-Name Society |
| Educ. of Poor Digest | Digest of Returns to the Select Committee on the Education of the Poor (Parl. Papers
1819 (224), ix B) |
| Emden, OU Reg. to 1500 | A.B. Emden, Biographical Register of the University of Oxford to AD 1500 (Oxford,
1957–9) |
| Emden, OU Reg. 1501–40 | A. B. Emden, Biographical Register of the University of Oxford AD 1501 to 1540
(Oxford, 1974) |
| Eng. | England |
| Evans, Ch. Plate | J.T. Evans, Church Plate of Oxfordshire (Oxford, 1928) |
| Excerpta e Rot. Finium | Excerpta e Rotulis Finium, Hen. III (Record Commission, 1835–6) |
| Eynsham Cart. | Cartulary of Eynsham Abbey, ed. H.E. Salter (OHS 49, 51) |
| Farrer, Honors | W. Farrer, Honors and Knights' Fees (3 vols, London, 1923–5) |
| Feudal Aids | Inquisitions and Assessments relating to Feudal Aids preserved in the Public Record
Office (HMSO, 1899–1920) |
| Gent. Mag. | Gentleman's Magazine |
| Geol. Surv. | Geological Survey |
| Giles, Hist. Witney | J.A. Giles, History of Witney, with Notices of the Neighbouring Parishes and
Hamlets (London, 1852) |
| Glasscock, Subsidy 1334 | R.E. Glasscock, The Lay Subsidy of 1334 (Oxford, 1975) |
| Godson, Witney Map (1814–16) | S. Godson, Plan of the Manor of Witney 1814–16: copy in Bodl. (R) MS C 17:49
(276); with accompanying surveys in Blenheim Mun., E/P/30 and E/P/31 |
| Grundy, Saxon Oxon. | G. B. Grundy, Saxon Oxfordshire (ORS 15) |
| HC | House of Commons |
| HL | House of Lords |
| HMC | Historical Manuscripts Commission, since 2003 part of the National Archives |
| HMSO | Her (His) Majesty's Stationery Office |
| ha. | hectare (s) |
| Harl. Soc. | Harleian Society |
| Hearth Tax Oxon. | Hearth Tax Returns for Oxfordshire, 1665, ed. Maureen Weinstock (ORS 21) |
| Hodgson, QAB | C. Hodgson, Account of the Augmentation of Small Livings by the Governors of the
Bounty of Queen Anne (2nd edn, London, 1845) |
| Hyde, 'Winchester Manors' | P. Hyde, 'Winchester Manors at Witney and Adderbury, Oxfordshire, in the later
Middle Ages' (Oxford University B Litt thesis, 1954) |
| incl. | inclosure |
| inv. | inventory |
| Jefferys, Oxon. Map (1767) | T. Jefferys, The County of Oxford (1767) |
| Jnl Royal Agric. Soc. | Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society |
| L&I Soc. | List and Index Society |
| L&P Hen. VIII | Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII (HMSO,
1864–1932) |
| LJ | Journals of the House of Lords |
| LRS | Lincoln Record Society |
| Land Util. Surv. | Reports of the Land Utilisation Survey of Britain: pt 56, Oxfordshire, by Mary
Marshall (1943) |
| Leland, Itin. (ed. Toulmin Smith) | Itinerary of John Leland, ed. L. Toulmin Smith (1906–10) |
| Lewis, Topog. Dict. Eng. (1840) | S. Lewis, Topographical Dictionary of England (1840) |
| Lond. Gaz. | London Gazette |
| Lunt (ed.), Val. Norw. | Valuation of Norwich, ed. W.E. Lunt (Oxford 1926) |
| Magd. Coll. Mun. | Muniments of Magdalen College, Oxford |
| Milne, Oxon. Tokens | J.G. Milne (ed.), Catalogue of Oxfordshire Seventeenth-Century Tokens (Oxford,
1935) |
| Misc. Gen. et Her. | Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, ed. J. J. Howard and W.B. Bannerman
(London, 1868–1938) |
| mkt (s) | market (s) |
| mon. | monument(s) |
| Monk, Hist. Witney | W. J. Monk, History of Witney (Witney, 1894) |
| New Coll. Arch. | Archives of New College, Oxford |
| Nonarum Inquisitiones | Nonarum Inquisitiones in Curia Scaccarii (Record Commission, 1807) |
| N & Q | Notes and Queries |
| NMR | English Heritage, National Monuments Record, Swindon |
| NRA | National Register of Archives |
| nonconf. | nonconformity |
| OAHS Proc. | Proceedings of the Oxford Society for Promoting the Study of Gothic Architecture, 1839–59; and of the Oxford Architectural and Historical Society,
1860–1900 |
| OAS Rep. | Reports and Transactions of the North Oxfordshire Archaeological Society,
1853–86, and of the Oxford Archaeological Society 1887–1949 |
| OHS | Oxford Historical Society |
| ORCC | Oxfordshire Rural Community Council |
| ORO | Oxfordshire County Record Office |
| ORS | Oxfordshire Record Society |
| OS | Ordnance Survey |
| Oldfield, 'Clerus Oxf. Dioc.' | MS index to clergy of Oxford diocese by W. J. Oldfield in Oxfordshire Record
Office |
| Oldham, 'Vestry Book' | C. R. Oldham, 'The Witney Vestry Book 1793–1823; a Study of the Old Poor
Law in Oxfordshire' (unpublished typescript, 1931): copy in COS |
| Orr, Oxon. Agric. | J. Orr, Agriculture in Oxfordshire (Oxford, 1916) |
| Oseney Cart. | Cartulary of Oseney Abbey, ed. H. E. Salter (OHS 89–91, 98, 105) |
| Oxf. Chron. | Oxford Chronicle |
| Oxf. Dioc. Yr Bk | Oxford Diocesan Year Book (Oxford, 1858–) |
| Oxf. Jnl | Jackson's Oxford Journal |
| Oxf. Jnl Synopsis | 'Chronological Synopsis and Index to Oxon. Items in Jackson's Oxford Journal
1753–80', ed. E. C. Davies; '1781–90', ed. E. H. Cordeaux (Typescripts 1967,
1976: copies in Central Library, Westgate, Oxford and the Bodleian Library) |
| Oxon. Fines | Feet of Fines for Oxfordshire, 1195–1291, ed. H. E. Salter (ORS 12) |
| Oxon. Poll, 1754 | The Poll of the Freeholders of Oxford, taken at Oxford on 17–23 April 1754 |
| Oxon. Visit. | Visitations of Oxfordshire in 1566, 1574, and 1634, ed. W. H. Turner (Harl. Soc. 5) |
| Oxon. Wills | Some Oxfordshire Wills, ed. J. R. H. Weaver and A. Beardwood (ORS 39) |
| PN Oxon. (EPNS) | Margaret Gelling, Place-Names of Oxfordshire (English Place-Name Soc. 23–4,
1953–4) |
| PO Arch. | Post Office archives at Mount Pleasant, London |
| PRO | former Public Record Office, since 2003 part of the National Archives |
| PRS | Pipe Roll Society |
| par. | parish; parochial |
| Par. Colln | Parochial Collections by Anthony Wood and Richard Rawlinson, ed. F. N. Davis
(ORS 2, 4, 11) |
| Pat. | Patent Rolls of the Reign of Henry III preserved in the Public Record Office (HMSO,
1900–3) |
| Pevsner, Oxon. | Jennifer Sherwood and Nikolaus Pevsner, Buildings of England: Oxfordshire
(Harmondsworth, 1974) |
| Pipe R | Pipe Roll |
| Plac. de Quo Warr. | Placita de Quo Warranto (Record Commission, 1818) |
| Placit. in Domo Capit. Abbrev. | Placitorum in Domo Capitulari Westmonasteriensi Asservatorum Abbreviatio
(Record Commission, 1811) |
| Plummer and Early, Blanket Makers | A. Plummer and R. E. Early, The Blanket Makers 1669–1969: a History of Charles
Early & Marriott (Witney) Ltd. (London, 1969) |
| Plummer, Witney Blanket Ind. | A. Plummer, The Witney Blanket Industry: the Records of the Witney Blanket
Weavers (London, 1934) |
| Poll Taxes 1377–81, ed. Fenwick | Poll Taxes of 1377, 1379 and 1381, pt. 2: Lincs.-Westmorland, ed. C. C. Fenwick
(British Academy Records in Social and Economic Hist. n.s. 29, 2001) |
| Poor Abstract, 1777; 1787 | Reports of Select Committees on Poor Laws, 1775–7 and 1787 (Parl. Papers, HC
Series 1, vol. ix) |
| Poor Abstract, 1804; 1818 | Abstract of Answers and Returns relative to the Expense and Maintenance of the
Poor (Parl. Papers 1804 (175), i; 1818 (82), xix) |
| Prob. Recs. Oxon. 1516–1732 | Probate Records of the Courts of the Bishop and Archdeacon of Oxford 1516–1732,
ed. E. Cheyne and D. M. Barratt (British Rec. Soc. 93–4, 1981–85) |
| Prob. Recs. Oxon. 1733–1857 | Index to the Probate Records of the Courts of the Bishop and Archdeacon of Oxford
1733–1857, ed. D. M. Barratt, J. Howard-Drake, and M. Priddey (ORS 61, 1997) |
| Protestation Rtns and Tax Assess. | Oxfordshire and North Berkshire Protestation Returns and Tax Assessments
1641–2, ed. J. Gibson (ORS 59) |
| Queen's Coll. Mun. | Muniments of the Queen's College, Oxford |
| RCHM | Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England |
| RO | Record Office |
| RS | Rolls Series |
| Rec. Com. | Record Commission |
| Rec. Witney | Record of Witney (the Newsletter of the Witney and District Hist. and Archaeol.
Soc.): copies in COS |
| Red Book Exch. (RS) | Red Book of the Exchequer, ed. H. Hall (Rolls Series, 1896) |
| Reg. Regum Anglo-Norm. | Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum 1066–1154, ed. H. W. C. Davies and others
(1913–69) |
| Rep. Com. Char. | Reports of the Commissioners for Charities (1819–40), indexed in Parl. Papers
1840 (279), xix (2) |
| Rodwell, Hist. Towns Oxon. | K. Rodwell (ed.), Historic Towns in Oxfordshire (Oxford, 1975) |
| Rot. Chart. | Rotuli Chartarum, 1199–1216 (Record Commission, 1837) |
| Rot. Cur. Reg. | Rotuli Curiae Regis, 6 Richard I to 1 John (Record Commission, 1812–18) |
| Rot. de Oblatis et Finibus | Rotuli de Oblatis et Finibus (Record Commission, 1835) |
| Rot. Hund. | Rotuli Hundredorum temp. Hen. III & Edw. I (Record Commission, 1812–18) |
| Rot. Lib. | Rotuli de Liberate, regnante Johanne (Record Commission, 1844) |
| Rot. Litt. Claus. | Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum, 1204–27 (Record Commission, 1833–44) |
| Rot. Litt. Pat. | Rotuli Litterarum Patentium, 1201–16 (Record Commission, 1835) |
| Rot. Parl. | Rotuli Parliamentorum [1783] |
| s.a. | sub anno (under the year) |
| SMR | Oxfordshire Sites and Monuments Record, located in COS |
| Sanders, Eng. Baronies | I. J. Sanders, English Baronies, 1086–1327 (Oxford, 1960) |
| sch. | school |
| Secker's Corresp. | The Correspondence of Thomas Secker, bishop of Oxford 1737–58, ed. A. P. Jenkins
(ORS 57) |
| Secker's Visit. | Articles of Enquiry at the Primary Visitation of Dr Thomas Secker, 1738, ed. H. A.
Lloyd Jukes (ORS 38) |
| ser. | series |
| Schumer, Wychwood (1984 edn; 1999 edn) | The Evolution of Wychwood to 1400: Pioneers, Frontiers and Forests (University of
Leicester, Department of English Local History Occasional Papers 6, 1984;
revised edn Wychwood Press, 1999) |
| Skelton, Antiq. Oxon. | J. Skelton, Illustrations of the Principal Antiquities of Oxfordshire (Oxford, 1823) |
| Smith, 'Reminiscences' | William Smith, 'Reminiscences of Witney' (TS transcript (1972) of MS dated 14
Nov. 1872): copy in COS, 920 SMIT |
| sqq | and pages (or folios) following |
| Subsidy 1526 | Subsidy Collected in the Diocese of Lincoln in 1526, ed. H. E. Salter (OHS 63) |
| Tax. Eccl. | Taxatio Ecclesiastica Anglie et Wallie . . . circa AD 1291 (Record Commission,
1801) |
| Trans. | Transactions |
| Univ. Brit. Dir. | Universal British Directory of Trade and Commerce (London, 1790–[1798]) |
| Univ. Coll. Arch. | Archives of University College, Oxford |
| VCH | Victoria County History |
| Valor Eccl. | Valor Ecclesiasticus, temp. Hen. VIII (Record Commission, 1810–34) |
| Visit. Dioc. Linc. | Visitations in the Diocese of Lincoln 1517–31, ed. A. Hamilton Thompson (LRS
33, 35, 37) |
| Wilb. Letter Bks | The Letter Books of Samuel Wilberforce 1843–68, ed. R. K. Pugh (ORS 47) |
| Wilb. Visit. | Bishop Wilberforce's Visitation Returns, 1854, ed. E. P. Baker (ORS 35) |
| Winch. PR 1208–9, ed. Hall | Pipe Roll of the Bishopric of Winchester, 1208–9, ed. H. Hall (London, 1903) |
| Winch. PR 1210–11, ed. Holt | Pipe Roll of the Bishopric of Winchester, 1210–11, ed. N. R. Holt (Manchester,
1964) |
| Winch. PR 1301–2, ed. Page | Pipe Roll of the Bishopric of Winchester, 1301–2, ed. M. Page (Hants Rec. Ser. 14,
1996) |
| Winch. PR 1409–10, ed. Page | Pipe Roll of the Bishopric of Winchester, 1409–10, ed. M. Page (Hants Rec. Ser. 16,
1999) |
| Witney Ct. Bks | Calendar of the Court Books of the Borough of Witney 1538–1610, ed. J. L. Bolton
and Marjorie M. Maslen (ORS 54) |
| Witney Methodist Ch. deeds | Deeds of Witney Methodist Church, 1652–1982, consulted by kind permission
of the minister (1995) |
| 'Witney Par. Diary' | Witney Parish Diary from 1864, in possession of the incumbent; consulted by
kind permission of Canon R. E. Meredith |
| Wood's Life | The Life and Times of Anthony Wood, Antiquary, of Oxford 1632–95, ed. A. Clark
(OHS 19, 21, 26, 30, 40) |
| Young, Oxon. Agric. | A. Young, General View of the Agriculture of Oxfordshire (London, 1813) |