|
| A.-S. | Anglo-Saxon |
| Acct(s). | Account(s) |
| Acts of P.C. | Acts of the Privy Council of England (H.M.S.O.) |
| Add. Ch. | Additional Charter(s) |
| Add. MS. | Additional Manuscript(s) |
| Alum. Cantab. to 1751 | Alumni Cantabrigienses, Part 1, to 1751, comp. J. Venn and J. A. Venn |
| Alum. Cantab. 1752–1900 | Alumni Cantabrigienses, Part 2, 1752–1900, comp. J. Venn and J. A. Venn |
| Alum. Oxon. 1500–1714 | Alumni Oxonienses, 1500–1714, ed. J. Foster |
| Ann. Cest. | Annales Cestrienses, ed. R. C. Christie (R.S.L.C. xiv) |
| Ann. Rep. | Annual Report |
| App. | Appendix |
| Arch. | Archaeology, -ical |
| Archit. | Architecture, -al |
| Archives and Records, ed. Kennett | Archives and Records of the City of Chester, ed. A. M. Kennett |
| B.L. | British Library |
| Bk(s). | Book(s) |
| Bldg(s). | Building(s) |
| Blk. Prince's Reg. | Register of Edward the Black Prince preserved in the Public Record Office
(H.M.S.O.) |
| Bodl. | Bodleian Library, Oxford |
| Boro. | Borough |
| Brit. | Britain, British |
| Burne, Chester Cath. | R. V. H. Burne, Chester Cathedral from its Founding by Henry VIII to the
Accession of Queen Victoria |
| Burne, Monks | R. V. H. Burne, The Monks of Chester |
| C.A.S. | Chester Archaeological Society |
| C.C.A.L.S. | Cheshire and Chester Archives and Local Studies (formerly Cheshire Record
Office), Duke Street, Chester |
| C.H.H. | Chester History and Heritage (formerly part of Chester City Record Office), St.
Michael's church, Bridge Street Row, Chester |
| C.J. | Journals of the House of Commons |
| Cal. | Calendar |
| Cal. Chart. R. | Calendar of the Charter Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O.) |
| Cal. Ches. Ct. R. | Calendar of County Court, City Court, and Eyre Rolls of Chester, 1259–97, with an
Inquest of Military Service, 1288, ed. R. Stewart-Brown (Chetham Soc. n.s. lxxxiv) |
| Cal. Chester City Cl. Mins. 1603–42. | Calendar of Chester City Council Minutes, 1603–42, ed. M. J. Groombridge (R.S.L.C. cvi) |
| Cal. Close | Calendar of the Close Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O.) |
| Cal. Cttee. for Compounding | Calendar of the Proceedings of the Committee for Compounding, &c., 1643–1660,
preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office
(H.M.S.O.) |
| Cal. Fine R. | Calendar of the Fine Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O.) |
| Cal. Inq. Misc. | Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous (Chancery) preserved in the Public Record
Office (H.M.S.O.) |
| Cal. Inq. p.m. | Calendar of Inquisitions post mortem and other analagous documents preserved in
the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O.) |
| Cal. Lib. | Calendar of the Liberate Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O.) |
| Cal. Papal Pets. | Calendar of Entries in the Papal Registers relating to Great Britain and Ireland:
Petitions to the Pope (H.M.S.O.) |
| Cal. Papal Reg. | Calendar of Entries in the Papal Registers relating to Great Britain and Ireland:
Papal Letters (H.M.S.O. and Irish MSS. Com.) |
| Cal. Pat. | Calendar of the Patent Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O.) |
| Cal. S.P. Dom. | Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, preserved in the Public Record Office
(H.M.S.O.) |
| Cal. Treas. Bks. | Calendar of Treasury Books preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O.) |
| Cal. Treas. Papers | Calendar of Treasury Papers preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office, ed.
J. Redington |
| Cart. Chester Abbey | The Chartulary or Register of St. Werburgh's Abbey, Chester, ed. J. Tait (2 vols.,
Chetham Soc. n.s. lxxix, lxxxii) |
| cat. | catalogue |
| Cat. Anct. D. | A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O.) |
| Cath. | Cathedral |
| Census | printed reports of the decennial Census of Population |
| Cent. | Century, Centuries |
| Ch. | Charter(s) or Church |
| Charters of A.-N. Earls | The Charters of the Anglo-Norman Earls of Chester, c. 1071–1237, ed.
G. Barraclough (R.S.L.C. cxxvi) |
| Ches. Chamb. Accts. | Accounts of the Chamberlains and other Officers of the County of Chester, 1301–60,
ed. R. Stewart-Brown (R.S.L.C. lix) |
| Ches. Hist. | Cheshire History |
| Ches. in Pipe R. | Cheshire in the Pipe Rolls, 1158–1301, ed. R. Stewart-Brown and M. H. Mills
(R.S.L.C. xcii) |
| Chester Chron. | Chester Chronicle [newspaper] |
| Chester City Cl. Mins. | Chester City Council Minutes [printed and bound volumes from 1896] |
| Chester Customs Accts. | Chester Customs Accounts, 1301–1566, ed. K. P. Wilson (R.S.L.C. cxi) |
| Chrons. | Chronicles |
| Cl. | Council |
| Close R. | Close Rolls of the Reign of Henry III preserved in the Public Record Office
(H.M.S.O.) |
| Colln. | Collection |
| Complete Peerage | G. E. C[okayne] and others, The Complete Peerage (2nd edn. 1910–98) |
| Ct. R. | Court Roll |
| Cttee. | Committee |
| D.K.R. | Reports of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records |
| D.N.B. | Dictionary of National Biography |
| Diary of Henry Prescott | The Diary of Henry Prescott, LL.B., Deputy Registrar of Chester Diocese, ed. J. Addy
and P. McNiven (3 vols., R.S.L.C. cxxvii, cxxxii, cxxxiii) |
| Dir. | Directory |
| Domesday Surv. Ches. | Domesday Survey of Cheshire, ed. J. Tait (Chetham Soc. n.s. lxxv) |
| E.E.T.S. | Early English Text Society |
| E.H.R. | English Historical Review |
| Eccl. | Ecclesiastical |
| Econ. H.R. | Economic History Review |
| Eg. | Egerton |
| Eng. | England, English |
| f./ff. | folio, -s |
| Fam. | Family |
| G.E.C. Baronetage | G. E. C[okayne], Complete Baronetage |
| Gastrell, Not. Cest. | Notitia Cestriensis, or Historical Notices of the Diocese of Chester, by [Francis]
Gastrell [Bishop of Chester], ed. F. R. Raines, i (Chetham Soc. [1st ser.], viii) |
| Gent. Mag. | Gentleman's Magazine |
| H.C. | House of Commons |
| H.L. | House of Lords |
| Harl. | Harleian |
| Harris, Chester | B. E. Harris, Chester (Bartholomew City Guides, 1979) |
| Hemingway, Hist. Chester | J. Hemingway, History of the City of Chester (2 vols., 1831) |
| Hewitt, Med. Ches. | H. J. Hewitt, Medieval Cheshire: A Social and Economic History of Cheshire in the
Reigns of the Three Edwards (Chetham Soc. n.s. lxxxviii) |
| Hist. | History, Historical |
| Hist. Soc. | Historical Society |
| Hughes, Stranger's Handbk. (1856) [1882] | T. Hughes, The Stranger's Handbook to Chester ([1st edn.] 1856) [1882 edn.] |
| Ind. | Industry, -ies, -ial |
| Irel. | Ireland |
| J.C.A.S. | Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society (formerly called Journal of the Chester
and North Wales Architectural, Archaeological, and Historic Society, and variants) |
| Jnl. | Journal |
| Johnson, 'Aspects' | A. M. Johnson, 'Some Aspects of the Political, Constitutional, Social, and
Economic History of the City of Chester, 1550–1662' (Oxf. Univ. D. Phil. thesis,
1971) |
| Jones, Ch. in Chester | D. Jones, The Church in Chester, 1300—1540 (Chetham Soc. 3rd ser. vii) |
| King's Vale Royal | The Vale-Royall of England, Or, the County Palatine of Chester Illustrated (publ.
D. King, 1656; facsimile reprint 1972): [i]=[W. Smith], The Vale-Royall of
England; [ii] = [W. Webb], A Description of the City and County Palatine of
Chester, [iii] = [S. Lee], Chronicon Cestrense |
| King's Works | The History of the King's Works, ed. H. M. Colvin |
| L. & P. Hen. VIII | Letters & Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII, preserved in
the Public Record Office, the British Museum, and elsewhere in England (H.M.S.O.) |
| L.J. | Journals of the House of Lords |
| Plan of Chester | A. de Lavaux, Plan of the City and Castle of Chester [1745] |
| List of Clergy, 1541–2 | A List of Clergy for Eleven Deaneries of the Diocese of Chester, 1541–2, ed. W. F.
Irvine (R.S.L.C. xxxiii) |
| Lond. | London |
| Lond. Gaz. | London Gazette |
| Lucian, De Laude Cestrie | Liber Luciani de Laude Cestrie, ed. M. V. Taylor (R.S.L.C. lxiv) |
| Lysons, Ches. | D. and S. Lysons, Magna Britannia: Cheshire |
| m./mm. | membrane, -s |
| Mins. | Minutes |
| Morris, Chester | R. H. Morris, Chester in the Plantagenet and Tudor Reigns |
| Morris, Siege of Chester | R. H. Morris, The Siege of Chester, 1643—6, ed. P. H. Lawson [also published in
J.C.A.S. xxv] |
| MS. | Manuscript |
| n.s. | new series |
| O. E.D. | Oxford English Dictionary |
| O.S. | Ordnance Survey |
| o.s. | old series |
| orig. ser. | original series |
| Ormerod, Hist. Ches. | G. Ormerod, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, revised and
enlarged edn. by T. Helsby (1882) |
| Oxf. | Oxford |
| P. & G. Dir. Chester | Phillipson and Golder, Directory for Chester and its Immediate Neighbourhood
[various edns.] |
| P.N. Ches. | The Place-Names of Cheshire, ed. J. McN. Dodgson (English Place-Name Society) |
| P.R.O. | Public Record Office, Kew |
| Par. | Parish |
| Parl. | Parliament, -ary |
| pers. comm. | personal comment |
| Pevsner, Ches. | N. Pevsner and E. Hubbard, The Buildings of England: Cheshire |
| Proc. | Proceedings |
| Q. Sess. | Quarter Sessions |
| R.O. | Record Office |
| R.S.L.C. | Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire |
| Rec. Ser. | Record Series |
| Red Bk. Exch. | The Red Book of the Exchequer, ed. H. Hall |
| REED: Chester | Records of Early English Drama: Chester, ed. L. M. Clopper |
| Reg. | Register(s) |
| Rep. | Report |
| 31st Rep. Com. Char. | Thirty-first Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Enquire Concerning
Charities, H.C. 103 (1837–8), xxiv |
| Rep. Com. Mun. Corp. | Reports from Commission on Municipal Corporations in England and Wales, H.C.
116 (1835), xxvi |
| Rev. | Review |
| rot./rott. | rotulet, -s |
| s.n. | under the name |
| s.v./s.vv. | under the word/words |
| Sel. Cases in K.B. | Select Cases in the Court of King's Bench, ed. G. O. Sayles (7 vols., Selden Soc.) |
| Sel. R. Chester City Cts. | Selected Rolls of the Chester City Courts, Late 13th and Early 14th Centuries, ed.
A. Hopkins (Chetham Soc. 3rd ser. ii) |
| ser. | series |
| Sheaf | The Cheshire Sheaf [preceded by series number, followed by volume number
within the series] |
| Soc. | Society |
| sqq. | and following pages |
| T.H.S.L.C. | Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire |
| T.L.C.A.S. | Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society |
| TS. | Typescript |
| Univ. | University |
| V.C.H. | Victoria County History |
| Valor Eccl. | Valor Ecclesiasticus, tempore Henr. VIII (Record Commission) |