Abbreviations

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 8, Bristol, Gloucester, Oxford and Peterborough Dioceses. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1996.

Citation:

'Abbreviations', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 8, Bristol, Gloucester, Oxford and Peterborough Dioceses, ed. Joyce M Horn (London, 1996), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol8/x [accessed 19 April 2025].



abp.	archbishop
abpc.	archbishopric
ant.	antiquities
app.	appendix
apptd.	appointed
archdcn.	archdeacon
archdcnry	archdeaconry
B.A.	bachelor of arts
B.C.L.	bachelor of civil law (Oxon.)
B.Cn.L.	bachelor of canon law (until 1535)
B.D.	bachelor of divinity
B.M.	bachelor of medicine (Oxon.)
bp.	bishop
bpc.	bishopric
Brit. Libr.	British Library
c.	clause
c.	circa
cath.	cathedral
chap.	chapel
coll.	collated, collated
comp.	compiled by
conf.	confirmation, confirmed
cons.	consecrated, consecration
d.	death, die, died
depriv.	deprivation, deprived
dioc.	diocese
ed.	edited by, edition
el.	elect, elected, election
enthr.	enthroned, enthronement
exch.	exchange, exchanged
f.	folio
gr.	grant, granted
hist.	historical, history
instal.	installation, installed
instit.	admitted and instituted
Lamb.	Lambeth Palace library
libr.	library
lic.	licence
LL.B.	bachelor of civil law (Cantab.)
M.A.	master of arts
M.D.	doctor of medicine (Cantab.)
m.i.	memorial inscription
mand.	mandate
MS.	manuscript
n.d.	no date
occ.	occur, occurrence, occurs
P.R.O.	Public Record Office, London
PR	parish register
preb.	prebend, prebendary
pres.	present, presentation, presented
PRT	parish register transcript
pubd.	published
R.O.	record office
reg.	register
rept.	report
res.	resign, resignation, resigned
resid.	residentiary
s.d.	same day
ser.	series
soc.	society
stat.	statute
succ.	succeeded, succession
temps.	temporalities
trans.	translated, translation
vac.	vacant