History of Parliament Online SEARCH RESEARCH EXPLORE GALLERY SCHOOLS ABOUT Home Explore > Commonly Used Abbreviations Commonly used abbreviations a.d.c. aide-de-camp abp. archbishop abpric. archbishopric acad. academy accel. acceleration, writ of acct., accts. account, accounts adm. admiral adn. archdeacon adv. advocate aft. after am ante meridian amb. ambassador app. appendix appr. apprentice arr. arrondissement art. article ass. assembly assmt. assessment assoc. association asst. assistant att. attorney b. born BA Bachelor of Arts bap. baptized bar. baron BCL Bachelor of Civil Law BCnL Bachelor of Canon Law bd. board bdle. bundle Beds. Bedfordshire bef. before Berks. Berkshire bet. between bk., bks. book, books bor. borough bp. bishop bpric. bishopric Brec. Breconshire brig.-gen. brigadier-general bro. brother bt. Baronet Bucks. Buckinghamshire bur. buried c. circa c. bar. exch. chief baron of the exchequer c.-in-c. commander-in-chief c.j. chief justice c.p. common pleas Caern. Caernarvonshire cal. calendar called called to the bar Cambs. Cambridgeshire capt. captain Card. Cardiganshire Carm. Carmarthenshire cart., carts. cartulary, cartularies cat. catalogue cath. cathedral CB Companion of the Order of the Bath cdr. commander cf. compare ch. child, children ch., chs. charter, charters chan. chancellor chap. chaplain chap. ord. chaplain in ordinary chron(s). chronicle(s) circ. circuit cllr. councillor Co. company (i.e., trading company) co. county (Ireland) (e.g. co. Antrim) co. Dur. county Durham coh. coheir(ess) col. colonel Coll. College commdt. commandant commn. commission commr. commissioner comp. compiled [by] comp. composition cons. consecrated consist. ct. consistory court contr. contract convoc. Convocation Cornw. Cornwall corp. corporation corresp. correspondence cos. cousin coy. company, in regiment cr. created ct. court ct. court cttee. committee Cumb. Cumberland cur. curate custos rot. custos rotulorum d dorse (of membrane or rotulet) d. died d.s.p. died without issue (decessit sine prole) d.s.p.l. died without legitimate children d.s.p.m. died without male issue d.s.p.s. died without surviving issue d.v.p. died in the lifetime of his father (decessit vita patris) da. daughter(s) DCL Doctor of Civil Law DD Doctor of Divinity Denb. Denbighshire dep. deputy Derbys. Derbyshire dioc. diocese dir. director disp. dispensation div. divorced doc., docs. document, documents Dr. Doctor Drag. Dragoons E. East E.I. East Indies, East India ed. edited by edn. edition educ. educated esp. especially esq. esquire et al. and others et seq. and the pages/folios that follow etc. et cetera etc. et cetera event. eventual exch. exchequer exec. executed f., ff. folio, folios fa. father fac. faculty fam., fams. family, families fell. Fellow fell. comm. fellow commoner fl. flourished (floruit) FRS Fellow of the Royal Society FSA Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries Ft. Foot regiment (e.g. 65 Ft.) g.s. grammar school GB Great Britain GCB Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Gds. Guards gen. genealogy and words derived gen. general gent. pens. gentleman pensioner gent., gents. gentleman, gentlemen Glam. Glamorganshire Glos. Gloucestershire gov. governor grandda. grand daughter grandfa. grandfather grands. grandson Gren. Grenadier gt. great h. heir(ess) h.s. high school Hants Hampshire Herefs. Herefordshire Herts. Hertfordshire Hil. Hilary hon. honorary Hon. Honourable hosp. hospital hosp. hospital Hunts. Huntingdonshire i.p.m. inquisition post mortem illegit. illegitimate inc. including incorp. incorporated indep. independent inf. infant ins. insurance inst. installed [I] Ireland Is. island(s) j.c.p. justice of the common pleas j.k.b. justice of the King’s Bench j.p. justice of the peace j.p.q. justice of the peace of the quorum jt. joint jun. junior k.b. King’s Bench KB Knight of the Bath KC King’s Counsel KCB Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Kent Kent KG Knight of the Garter kntd. knighted KP Knight of St Patrick kpr. keeper KT Knight of the Thistle l.c.b. lord chief baron of the Exchequer l.c.j. lord chief justice l.c.j.c.p. lord chief justice common pleas Lancs. Lancashire ld. kpr. lord keeper ld. lt. lord lieutenant Leics. Leicestershire lic. licence Lincs. Lincolnshire LLB Bachelor of Common Law LLD Doctor of Common Law lt. lieutenant ltcy. lieutenancy m. married m., mm. membrane, membranes MA Master of Arts maj. major mat. maternal matric. matriculated MD Master of Divinity Mdx. Middlesex mems. memoirs; memorials Merion. Merionethshire mic. microfilm Mich. Michaelmas min., mins. minute, minutes misc. miscellanea; miscellaneous; miscellany Mon. Monmouthshire Mont. Montgomeryshire MP, MPs Member of Parliament, Members of Parliament MP[I] Member of the Irish Parliament mq. Marquess Mr., Mrs. Mr, Mrs ms, mss manuscript, manuscripts muns. muniments n. note N. North n.d. no date n.s. new series née born as [with maiden name] nem. con. nemine contradicente nom. nominated Norf. Norfolk Northants. Northamptonshire Northumb. Northumberland Notts. Nottinghamshire nr. near NS new style o. only, other Oxon. Oxfordshire p., pp. page, pages p.a. per annum par. parish par. ch. parish church parl. parliament; parliamentorum parl. parliamentarian parlty. parliamentary parlty. parliamentary paroch. parochial pat. paternal PC Privy Councillor ped., peds. pedigree, pedigrees Pemb. Pembrokeshire plenip. plenipotentiary pm post meridian poss. possibly posth. posthumous pprs. papers, papers preb. prebend, prebendary pres. president priv. sec. private secretary prob. probably Prot. Protestant pt. part q. sess. quarter sessions q.m.g. quarter master general QC Queen’s Counsel r recto (no stop) r.-adm. rear-admiral RA Royal Artillery Rad. Radnorshire RC (Roman) Catholic recs. records rect. rector recvr. receiver reg. register Regt. Regiment rem. removed rep. report rep. representative rep. peer [I] representative peer of Ireland rep. peer [S] representative peer of Scotland res. resigned rest. restored ret. retired Rev. Reverend RN Royal Navy rot., rots. rotulet, rotuli roy. royalist [S] Scotland s. son(s) S. South s.c.j. Senator of the College of Justices (of Scotland) s.p. sine prole (without issue) s.p.m. (without male issue) s.p.s. (without surviving issue) Salop Shropshire sch. school sec. secretary sen. senior sgt. sergeant (military/Household) sis. sister sjt. serjeant (-at-arms, -at-law) Som. Somerset sqdn. squadron St. Saint Staffs. Staffordshire suc. succeeded Suff. Suffolk summ. summoned (to Lords) Surr. Surrey surv. surviving Suss. Sussex tp. troop transcript transcript treas. Treasurer Trin. Trinity typescript typescript unfol. unfoliated Univ. University unm. unmarried unnumb. unnumbered unpag. unpaginated utd. united v verso, dorse of a folio v. vice (in a title, as in vice-admiral, vice-chancellor) v.p. vita patris (in the life of his father) vic. vicar vice vice (i.e., in the place of) visct. viscount vol. volume vol. volunteer W. West w. wife W.I. West Indies, West Indian Warws. Warwickshire Westmld. Westmorland wid. widow Wilts. Wiltshire Worcs. Worcestershire Yorks. Yorkshire. yr. younger yst. youngest © Crown copyright and The History of Parliament Trust 1964-2020 Terms & Conditions Privacy & Cookies FAQs Abbreviations Contact Us