Abbreviations

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Introduction

This section lists all the abbreviations used in the text or apparatus of CIRCLE. There are four lists.

  • Text: List of abbreviations that are used within the text of CIRCLE.
  • Apparatus: List of abbreviations used in the footnotes.
  • Index: List of abbreviations used in the index.
  • Repositories: List of abbreviations for archival repositories used in manuscript references.


Please consult the ‘Bibliography’ section for a list of abbreviations used in citing manuscript and printed sources.

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Text

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife

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Apparatus

The following abbreviations and symbols appear in the apparatus to CIRCLE:

  • c. = circa 
  • ch. = chapter [plural: chs] 
  • CR = close roll 
  • d = dorso [not italicized] 
  • ed. = edited by / editor / edition 
  • Edw. = Edward 
  • Eng. = English 
  • f. = folio [plural: ff] 
  • Hen. = Henry 
  • m. = membrane [plural: mm] 
  • MP = member of parliament
  • MS =  manuscript [plural: MSS]
  • p. = page [plural: pp] 
  • pl. = plate(s) 
  • PR = patent roll 
  • r = recto [not italicized] 
  • Ric. = Richard 
  • s.n. = sub nomine [under the name of]
  • s.v. = sub verbo [under the word]
  • v = verso [not italicized] 
  • § = item no. Plural: §§
  • †  = died
  • equals sign = alternative edition or reference
  • X = saltire: denotes the period within which an event occurred, which cannot be dated more precisely

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Index

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • (a)dio. = (arch)diocese
  • bar. = barony
  • bro. = brother
  • CB =  common bench
  • (C)J = (chief) justice
  • (C)JCB = (chief) justice of the Dublin bench
  • clk = clerk
  • co. = county
  • coll. customs = collector of customs
  • dau. = daughter
  • dep. = deputy
  • dk = duke
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • GC = great council
  • Gov. = governor
  • g.s. = great seal
  • hosp. = hospital
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • J. itinerant = justice itinerant
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • KP = keeper of the peace
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • lib. = liberty of
  • memo. = memoranda
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • parl. = parliament
  • s. = son
  • sis = sister
  • T. = treasurer
  • w. = wife

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Repositories

  • BL = British Library [formerly British Museum], London 
  • Bodl. = Bodleian Library, Oxford 
  • COA = College of Arms, London 
  • DIAS = Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 
  • GO = Genealogical Office, Dublin 
  • HMC = Historical Manuscripts Commission (Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts) 
  • IMC = Coimisiún Láimhscríbhinní na hÉireann (The Irish Manuscripts Commission) 
  • ITS = Irish Texts Society 
  • Lamb. = Lambeth Palace Library, London 
  • NAI = National Archives of Ireland [formerly PROI], Dublin 
  • NLI = National Library of Ireland, Dublin  
  • PRO = Public Record Office, London [now included within TNA] 
  • PROI = Public Record Office of Ireland, Dublin [now NAI]
  • PRONI = Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast 
  • RC(I) = Record Commission (of Ireland) 
  • RHS = Royal Historical Society 
  • RIA = Royal Irish Academy, Dublin 
  • RSAI = Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 
  • TCD = Trinity College, Dublin 
  • TNA = The National Archives of the United Kingdom [including former PRO], Kew