Some of the expansions can be clicked to go to an explanation,
but you can also look at the
Glossary
itself to find out the meanings of obscure University terminology.
The sources are as printed by Venn in Part I of his work and give brief publication details.
Click on a letter to go to the appropriate part of the list:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W x Y z
| AB | able-bodied seaman Bachelor of Arts (US) |
| Abram, Wm. | A History of Blackburn, 1877 |
| AC | aircraftman |
| ACA | Associate, Institute of Chartered Accountants |
| ADC | Aide-de-Camp |
| Adm. | Admitted |
| Admon. | Administration of effects at a Probate Court |
| AFC | Air Force Cross |
| AG | Adjutant General Attorney General |
| AH | Assistant Head |
| Al. Dub. | Alumni Dublinenses, G.D. Burtchaell & T.U. Sadleir |
| Al. Eton. | R.A. Austen-Leigh, List of Collegers; see also Harwood |
| Al. Oxon. | Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1886, Joseph Foster, 4 vols, 1887- |
| Al. Westmon. | List of the Queen's Scholars of Westminster,...1561-1852, Joseph Welch, 1852 |
| AMS | Army Medical Services Assistant Military Secretary |
| APM | Assistant Provost Marshal |
| AQMG | Assistant Quartermaster-General |
| ARA | Associate of the Royal Academy, London |
| ASC | Army Service Corps |
| Ath. Cant. | see Cooper |
| b. | born |
| BA | Bachelor of Arts |
| Baines (Lancs.) | History of Lancashire, Edward Baines, 4 vols, 1888- |
| Baker (Northants.) | History of Northamptonshire, George Baker, 2 vols, 1822- |
| Baker MSS | The MS. collections of Thomas Baker of St John's; partly at the British Museum, partly at Cambridge University Library |
| BBC | British Broadcasting Corporation |
| BC | British Columbia |
| BCanL | Bachelor of Canon Law; abrogated 1535 |
| BCivL | Bachelor of Civil Law; now expressed as LLB |
| BD | Bachelor of Divinity |
| BEF | British Expeditionary Force |
| Benton, Philip | Rochford Hundred, 1867 |
| Berry | Kent Pedigrees |
| Betham, W. | Baronetage, 1801- |
| Blakeway, J.B. | Sheriffs of Shropshire, 1886 |
| Blanch (Camberwell) | The Parish of Camberwell, W. Harnett Blanch, 1875 |
| Blomefield (Collectanea) | Francis Blomefield, 1750, Notes of monumental inscriptions in the Town and County of Cambridge |
| Blomefield | History of Norfolk, Francis Blomefield, continued by C. Parkin, 2nd ed., 1805-10; 12 vols with index, 1862 |
| Blore | History of Rutland, Thomas Blore, 1811 |
| BMA | British Medical Association |
| Brady, W.M. | Records of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, 1864 |
| Bridges | History of Northamptonshire, John Bridges, continued by Peter Whalley, 2 vols, 1791 |
| Bur. | Buried |
| Burke, L.G. | Landed Gentry, John Burke |
| Burke, Ext. Bart. | Extinct Baronetage, John Burke |
| Burke, Commoners | Commoners, John Burke |
| Burton (Eng. Martyrs) | Lives of the English Martyrs declared venerable, Canon E.H. Burton & Rev. T.H. Pollen |
| Bury School, SHAH | List of boys at Bury School 1550-1900, Bury, 1908 |
| C. | Curate |
| c. | christened |
| CA | Chartered Accountant County Alderman |
| Caius College Biographical History | J. Venn, 1897 |
| Calamy, Edm. | Nonconformist Memorials (Palmer's edition), 1775 |
| Cal. Pat. Rolls | Calendar of Patent Rolls |
| Cambridge Antiquarian Society | Communications and Proceedings, 1841 |
| Cambs. and Hunts. Arch. Soc. | Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Archaeological Society, 1900- |
| Carthew, G.A. | Hundred of Launditch, 3 vols, 1877-79 |
| Carthew, W. and E. | Bradenham, 1883 |
| Cass, F.C. | History of S. Mimms, 1877; of Monken Hadley, 1880; of E. Barnet, 1885 |
| Cautio | A deposit made in early times to ensure the due performance of exercises for degrees |
| CB | Companion, Order of the Bath |
| CBE | Commander, Order of the British Empire |
| CC | County Council City Council Chamber of Commerce County Court |
| CCC | County Cricket Club Corpus Christi College Central Criminal Court |
| CD | Civil Defence |
| CE | Civil Engineer |
| Cecil, House of | see Dennis, G.R. |
| CF | Chaplain to the Forces |
| CH | Companion of Honour |
| Chalmers, A. | Biographical Dictionary, 1812-17 |
| Chapl. | Chaplain |
| Chesters of Chichely | R.E.C. Waters, 1878 |
| Christ's College Biographical Register | T. Peile, 1910- |
| Christ's College History | Tho. Peile |
| CJ | Chief Justice |
| Clare College History | A.R. Wardale |
| Clutterbuck, Robert | History of Hertfordshire, 3 vols, 1815 |
| CM | Master in Surgery (Edinburgh, etc.) |
| CMS | Church Missionary Society |
| CO | Commanding Officer |
| Collect. Top. and Gen. | Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica |
| Collins | Peerage of England, edited by Sir E. Brydges, 9 vols, 1812 |
| Collinson, John | History of Somerset, 3 vols, 1791; index, 1898 |
| ComCLond | Commissary Court of Bishop of London |
| Com. Reg. | Comitia Regia: certain gatherings of the Senate of the University at which royal personages were present and degrees specially conferred |
| ConsCLond | Consistory Court of Bishop of London |
| Cooper, C.H. & Thompson | Athenae Cantabrigienses (1500-1609), 3 vols, 1858- |
| Cooper, C.H. | Annals of Cambridge, 5 vols |
| Copinger, W.A. | History of Buxhall, 1902 |
| Copinger, W.A. | Manors of Suffolk, 1905 |
| COS | Chief of Staff |
| Cotton | Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae |
| Cox, J.C. | Churches of Derbyshire, 1875 |
| CP | Cape Province Civil Power |
| CPC | Clerk of the Privy Council |
| CS | Civil Service |
| CSE | Certificate of Secondary Education |
| CU | Cambridge University Christian Union |
| CUBC | Cambridge University Boat Club |
| Cussans, J.E. | History of Hertfordshire, 3 vols, 1870- |
| d. | died |
| D. and C. Westm. | Court of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster |
| Dallaway, James & Cartwright | History of West Sussex, 2 vols, 1815- |
| DAQMG | Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster-General |
| dau. | daughter (of) |
| Davey, R. | Sisters of Lady Jane Grey, 1911 |
| Davids, T.W. | Nonconformity in Essex, 1863 |
| DC | District Commissioner District Council |
| DD | Doctor of Divinity |
| Dennis, G.R. | House of Cecil, 1914 |
| Derby School Register, 1570-1901 | B. Tacchella, 1902 |
| Devon Notes and Queries | |
| Dewes, Symonds | Extracts from Diary (College Life in time of James I, published 1851) |
| Dexter, H.M. | Congregationalism of the last three hundred years, 1880 |
| DL | Deputy Lieutenant |
| DM | Doctor of Medicine (not Cambridge) |
| DNB | Dictionary of National Biography |
| Dodds, C. | Church History of England, 1737- |
| Douay Diary | edited by Rev. T.F. Knox, 1878; E.H. Burton, 1911 |
| Doughty, K.F. | The Betts of Wortham, 1912 |
| Drake, F. | History of York, 1736 |
| DSC | Distinguished Service Cross |
| DSc | Doctor of Science (not Cambridge) |
| Dukes, T.F. | Antiquities of Shropshire, 1844 |
| Duncumb, John | History of Herefordshire, 1804 |
| Dunn, L. | Visitations of Wales, 1846 |
| Earwaker, J.P. | East Cheshire, 2 vols, 1877 |
| East Anglian | edited by S. Tymms, 4 vols, 1864-71 |
| Eastern Counties Collectanea | |
| EC | East Central |
| EI | East India(n) East Indies |
| EIC | East India Company |
| Elwes, D.G.C. | Castles, etc., of W. Sussex, 1876 |
| Ely Diocesan Register | |
| Ely Episcopal Records | A. Gibbons, 1891 |
| E. Mag. | English Magazine |
| Emmanuel College History | E.S. Shuckburgh |
| Endowments of the University | J.W. Clark, 1904 |
| ER | East Riding |
| Essex Pedigrees | |
| ET | Easter Term |
| Exhib. | Exhibition(er) |
| Extinct Bart. | see Burke |
| Eyton, R.W. | Antiquities of Shropshire, 1854 |
| FA | Football Association |
| Fasti | see Le Neve and Cotton |
| FBA | Fellow of the British Academy |
| FC | Football Club |
| FCS | Fellow of the Chemical Society |
| Fell.-Com. | Fellow Commoner |
| Felsted School | Alumni Felstedienses, G.J.H. Wright, 1903 |
| Felt, J.B. | Ecclesiastical History of New England, 1855- |
| FGS | Fellow of the Geological Society |
| FIA | Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries |
| FIC | Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry |
| Fil. nob. | Filius nobilis: by ancient custom and statute the sons of noblemen (including bishops) had the privilege of proceeding to M.A. at once instead of first taking B.A. |
| Fisher, G.W. | Shrewsbury, 1899 |
| FLS | Fellow of the Linnaean Society |
| FM | Field Marshal |
| FMG | Familiae Minorum Gentium, Joseph Hunter, Harleian Society |
| FMS | Fellow of the Medical Society |
| FO | Field Officer Foreign Office |
| Foley, H. | Records of the English Province of the S.J., 8 vols, 1877- |
| Foss, E. | Judges of England, 1870 |
| Foster, Joseph | see Al. Oxon. |
| Foster, Joseph | London Marriage Licenses, 1887 |
| Foster, Joseph | Lancashire pedigrees |
| Foulis, H. | History of Plots, 1674 |
| Founders and Benefactors of St John's | A.F. Torry, 1888 |
| FPS | Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain |
| FRAeS | Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society |
| FRCP | Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians |
| Frere, W.H. | The Marian Reaction, 1896 |
| FRHistS | Fellow of the Royal Historical Society |
| FRMetS | Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society |
| FRS | Fellow of the Royal Society |
| FRSA | Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts |
| FSA | Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries |
| FSAScot | Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland |
| FSI | Fellow of the Chartered Surveyors' Institution |
| FSS | Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society |
| Fuller, Thomas | History of the University of Cambridge (Prickett), 1840 |
| FZS | Fellow of the Zoological Society |
| Gage, John | Thingoe Hundred, Suffolk, 1838 |
| GCB | Knight/Dame Grand Cross, Order of the Bath |
| GA | Geologists' Association |
| GCH | Knight Grand Cross, Hanoverian Order |
| GE | Great Eastern |
| GEC | Complete Baronetage, G.E. Cockayne Complete Peerage, G.E. Cockayne |
| Genealogical Magazine | |
| Genealogist | G.W. Marshall, 1877- |
| Gent, Tho. | Ripon, 1733 |
| GHQ | General Headquarters |
| Giggleswick School Register | H.L. Mullins, 1913 |
| Glover, Stephen | History of Derbyshire, 1829 |
| G. Mag. | Gentleman's Magazine, 1739-1868 |
| Godfrey, Jo. Tho. | Churches of Nottinghamshire, 1907 |
| GP | General Practitioner |
| GPO | General Post Office |
| Gr. | Grace, or act of the University, mostly for degrees |
| Graves, Jo. | History of Cleveland, 1808 |
| Gray's Inn | Register of Admissions, 1895 Pension Book, 1910 |
| Gr. Bk. | Grace Book, containing the Graces of the University; five volumes have been published, 1454-1588 |
| Gregson, Matthew | History of Lancaster, 1817- |
| GSO | General Staff Officer |
| GWR | Great Western Railway |
| HAC | Honourable Artillery Company |
| Harleian Society | |
| Harvey, W.M. | Willey Hundred, Bedfordshire, 1872 |
| Harwood, Thomas | Alumni Etonenses, 1797 |
| Hasted, Edward | History of Kent, 4 vols, 1778 |
| HBM | His/Her Britannic Majesty's |
| HC | High Commissioner |
| HE | His Excellency |
| HEIC | Honourable East India Company |
| Hennessy, George | Edition of Newcourt's Repertorium, 1898 |
| Herald and Genealogist | J.G. Nichols, 1863- |
| HH | His Highness His Holiness |
| Hill, A.G. | Churches of Cambridgeshire, 1880 |
| Hill, J. Harwood | History of Langton, 1867 History of Market Harborough, 1875 |
| Hingeston-Randolph, F.C. | Notes and additions for Walker's Sufferings of the Clergy, for Devon (reprinted from The Church in the West) |
| Historical Register Chronicle | |
| HLI | Highland Light Infantry |
| HM | His/Her Majesty's |
| HMS | His/Her Majesty's Ship |
| HO | Home Office |
| Hoare, Sir R.C. | History of Wiltshire, 1822 |
| Horsfield, T.W. | History of Sussex, 2 vols, 1835 |
| HQ | Headquarters |
| HRH | His/Her Royal Highness |
| HS | High School |
| Hughes, Joseph | History of Meltham, 1866 |
| Hughes, W.O. Hughes | Tonbridge School Register, 1893 |
| Hunter, Joseph | Hallamshire, 1819; S. Yorkshire, 1828- Familiae Minorum Gentium, 1894- |
| Hutchins, J. | History of Dorset, 1861- |
| Hutchinson | Cumberland, Durham |
| Hyde, H.B. | Annals of Bengal, 1901 |
| IA | Indian Army |
| IARO | Indian Army Reserve Officer |
| IBA | International Bar Association Independent Broadcasting Authority |
| ICE | Institution of Civil Engineers |
| ICS | Indian Civil Service |
| IG | Inspector General Instructor in Gunnery |
| Impubes | A student under 14, and consequently not required to take the usual oath at matriculation |
| IMS | Indian Medical Service |
| Incorp. | Incorporation in another University; it conferred the privileges of their degree |
| Inner Temple Admissions | 1547-1660 |
| ISO | (Companion of the) Imperial Service Order |
| IY | Imperial Yeomanry |
| Jacobs | Peerage |
| Jesus College History | A. Gray |
| Jewitt | Reliquary, 1860 |
| JP | Justice of the Peace |
| KB | Knight of the Order of the Bath King's Bench Knight Bachelor |
| Kimber & Johnson | Baronetage, 1771 |
| KC | King's Counsel |
| KCB | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
| KCH | Knight Commander, Hanoverian Order |
| KCL | King's College, London |
| King's College History | A. Austen-Leigh |
| KO | King's Own |
| KP | Knight, Order of St Patrick |
| KT | Knight, Order of the Thistle |
| LC | London Central |
| LCC | London County Council |
| LD | Licentiate in Divinity Lady Day |
| Leics. and Ruts. | Leicestershire and Rutland Notes and Queries |
| Le Neve, John | Monumenta Anglicana, 1717 Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae, 1854 |
| Le Neve, Peter | Knights, Pedigrees of, 1873 |
| Lestrange, John | Eastern Counties Collectanea, 1872 |
| LI | Light Infantry |
| Lib. Cler. Linc. | Liber Cleri Lincolniensis |
| Lic. Med. | Licence to practise medicine |
| Lincolnshire Churches | |
| Lincolnshire Pedigrees | |
| Lincolnshire Notes and Queries | |
| Lincolnshire Presentation Deeds | |
| Lipscombe, George | History of Buckinghamshire, 4 vols, 1847 |
| Lit. Reg. | Litterae Regiae: royal mandates directing the conferring of a degree |
| Litt. Dim. | Letters dimissory from one bishop to another to grant ordinations |
| LLB | Bachelor of [Civil] Laws |
| LM | Licentiate in Midwifery |
| L. Mag. | London Magazine |
| LMS | London Missionary Society London, Midland and Scottish [Railway] |
| LNW | London and North-Western [Railway] |
| Lockhart, A.W. | Exhibitioners from Christ's Hospital, II ed., 1885 |
| Loder, Robert | History of Framlingham, Suffolk. Containing a list of the Masters and Fellows of Pembroke |
| Lodge, Edmund | Life of Sir Julius Caesar, 1827 |
| Lodge, Edmund | Peerage, 1832 |
| London Magazine | |
| LRCP | Licentiate, Royal College of Physicians |
| LRCPE | Licentiate, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh |
| LRCS | Licentiate, Royal College of Surgeons |
| LRCSE | Licentiate, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh |
| LRIBA | Licentiate, Royal Institute of British Architects |
| LRPS | Licentiate, Royal Photographic Society |
| LSA | Licentiate, Society of Apothecaries |
| LSW | London and South-Western [Railway] |
| LT | Lent Term Licentiate in Teaching |
| Lysons, Daniel | Environs of London, 1796 |
| Lyte, H.C. Maxwell | History of Eton, 1911 |
| MA | Master of Arts Military Assistant |
| Maclean, Sir John | Trigg Minor, 1868 |
| Magdalene College History | E.K. Purnell |
| Manning, O. & Bray | History of Surrey, 1804 |
| Masters, Robert | History of Corpus Christi, 1752, edited by J. Lamb, DD, 1831 |
| Matr. | Matriculated/Matriculation |
| Mayor, Prof. J.E.B. | |
| Maxwell-Lyte | see Lyte |
| MC | Military Cross |
| MCC | Marylebone Cricket Club |
| McCall, H.B. | Churches of Richmondshire |
| ME | Mining Engineer |
| MFH | Master of Fox Hounds |
| MGram | Master of Grammar: an ancient degree long obsolete, conferred on schoolmasters |
| MI | Monumental Inscription Military Intelligence |
| MIAgrE | Member, Institution of Agricultural Engineers |
| MIAM | Member, Institute of Administrative Management |
| MIBiol | Member, Institute of Biology |
| MICE | Member, Institution of Civil Engineers |
| MIChemE | Member, Institution of Chemical Engineers |
| Midds. Ped. | Middlesex Pedigrees |
| MIE | Member, Institution of Engineers Member of the Order of the Indian Empire |
| MIEE | Member, Institution of Electrical Engineers |
| MIERE | Member, Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers |
| Migr. | Migrated |
| Mil. | Military Militia |
| MIMarE | Member, Institute of Marine Engineers |
| MIMechE | Member, Institution of Mechanical Engineers |
| MIMinE | Member, Institute of Mining Engineers |
| MIMM | Member, Institution of Mining and Metallurgy |
| Min | Minister Ministry |
| MInstCE | Member, Institution of Civil Engineers |
| MIProdE | Member, Institution of Production Engineers |
| Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica | J.J. Howard, 1868 |
| MIStructE | Member, Institution of Structural Engineers |
| MIT | Massachussetts Institute of Technology |
| MLC | Member of the Legislative Council |
| MO | Medical Officer |
| Morant, P. | History of Essex, 1768 |
| MP | Member of Parliament |
| MR | Master of the Rolls |
| MRAC | Member, Royal Agricultural College |
| MRAeS | Member, Royal Aeronautical Society |
| MRAS | Member, Royal Asiatic Society |
| MRCGP | Member, Royal College of General Practitioners |
| MRCOG | Member, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| MRCP | Member, Royal College of Physicians |
| MRCPath | Member, Royal College of Pathologists |
| MRCPE | Member, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh |
| MRCS | Member, Royal College of Surgeons |
| MRCSE | Member, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh |
| MRCVS | Member, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons |
| MRI | Member, Royal Institution |
| MRIA | Member, Royal Irish Academy |
| MRPharmS | Member, Royal Pharmaceutical Society |
| MRSC | Member, Royal Society of Chemistry |
| MS | Master of Surgery |
| MT | Michaelmas Term Motor Transport |
| Mumford, A.A. | History of Manchester Grammar School, 1919 |
| Munk, W. | Roll of the College of Physicians, 1878 |
| Muskett, J.J. | Suffolk Manorial Families, 1894- |
| N. and Q. | Notes and Queries |
| n.c. | no certificate [women's colleges only; in earlier times, women who passed the Tripos examination were not awarded a degree (because they were women) but were awarded a Certificate instead] |
| Nash, T.R. | History of Worcestershire, 1781-82 |
| NB | North Britain (i.e. Scotland) Nota Bene |
| NC | Newnham College [but see also n.c. above] |
| NE | North East |
| Newcourt, B. | Repertorium (London Diocese), 1708- |
| Newton, Alderman | Journal |
| NI | Northern Irish/Ireland Native Infantry |
| Nicholas, T. | Annals of the County Families of Wales, 1872; Peerage of England |
| Nichols, J. | History of Leicestershire |
| Nichols, J.G. | Herald and Genealogist, 1862 |
| Nightingale, Benj. | The ejected of Cumberland and Westmorland, 1911 |
| Norcliffe, C.B. | History of Snaith, 1861 |
| Norfolk Archaeology | Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, 1847- |
| Northants. Notes and Queries | |
| NR | North Riding |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NW | North West |
| NWR | North Western Railway |
| NZ | New Zealand |
| N&Q | Notes and Queries |
| OC | Officer Commanding |
| Oliver, V.L. | History of Antigua, 1894 |
| Ord, J.W. | History of Cleveland, 1846 |
| Ordo | Ordo senioritatis: order of seniority in the Mathematical Tripos |
| Ormerod, G. | History of Cheshire, 1882- |
| OTC | Officers Training Corps |
| Oundle School Register | |
| Papal Petitions | Calendar of |
| Patent Rolls | Calendar of |
| Paver | Yorkshire Marriage Licenses (Yorkshire Archaeological Society) |
| PC | Privy Councillor Perpetual Curate Police Constable |
| PCC | Prerogative Court of Canterbury Parochial Church Council |
| PCY | Prerogative Court of York |
| Peile, Thomas | Biographical Register of Christ's College, 1910 |
| Penny, Frank | The Church in Madras, 1904 |
| pens. | pensioner |
| PGM | Past Grand Master [of Masons] |
| Phillimore, W.P.W. | Nottinghamshire Pedigrees |
| Phillips, Thomas | History of Shrewsbury, 1779 |
| PI | Philippine Islands |
| Pits, John | De Rebus Anglicis, 1619 |
| Plantaganet-Harrison, G.H. | History of Yorkshire, 1879 |
| PM | Post-Master Provost Marshal |
| PMO | Principal Medical Officer |
| PO | Petty Officer Pilot Officer Post Office |
| Political State of Great Britain | |
| Poulson, George | Holderness, 2 vols, 1840-41 |
| PRA | President of the Royal Academy |
| Prior, A.H. | Mansfield Church, 1906 |
| PS | Permanent/Private Secretary Privy Seal |
| PT | Physical Training |
| QC | Queen's Counsel |
| QM | Quartermaster |
| QMG | Quartermaster-General |
| QMS | Quartermaster-Sergeant |
| R. | Rector |
| RA | Royal Academy/Academician Royal Artillery Rear Admiral |
| Radford, L.B. | History of Holt, 1909 |
| RAF | Royal Air Force |
| RAMC | Royal Army Medical Corps |
| RAS | Royal Agricultural/Asiatic/Astronomical Society |
| RASC | Royal Army Service Corps |
| Rastall, W.D. | History of Southwell, 1787 (William Dickinson) |
| RBA | Royal Society of British Artists |
| RC | Roman Catholic |
| RCM | Royal College of Music |
| RCP | Royal College of Physicians |
| RCS | Royal College of Surgeons |
| RD | Royal Dragoons Royal Naval Reserve Decoration Rural Dean |
| RDC | Royal Defence Corps Rural District Council |
| RE | Royal Engineers Right Excellent |
| Records, S.J. | see Foley |
| Records, S.P.G. | Digest of, 1893 |
| Repton School Register | G.S. Messiter, 1910 |
| RFA | Royal Field Artillery Royal Fleet Auxiliary |
| RFC | Royal Flying Corps Rugby Football Club |
| RGA | Royal Garrison Artillery |
| RGS | Royal Geographical Society |
| RHA | Royal Horse Artillery Royal Hibernian Academy |
| RHS | Royal Horticultural Society |
| RI | Royal Irish |
| RM | Royal Marines Resident Magistrate |
| RMA | Royal Military Academy Royal Marine Artillery |
| RMC | Royal Military College |
| RMS | Royal Mail Steamer/Service |
| RN | Royal Navy |
| RNAS | Royal Naval Air Service |
| RNC | Royal Naval College |
| RND | Royal Naval Division |
| RNR | Royal Naval Reserve |
| RNVR | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
| RO | Receiving/Relieving Officer |
| Robinson, C.J. | Mansions of Herefordshire, 1873 |
| Robinson, Snaith | see Norcliffe |
| RP | Reformed Presbyterian |
| RS | Royal Society Royal Scots |
| RSM | Regimental Sergeant-Major Royal School of Mines Royal Society of Medicine Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain |
| RSO | Resident Surgical Officer |
| RTO | Railway Transport Officer |
| Rutland Magazine | |
| RV | Rifle Volunteers |
| RW ... | Royal West ... |
| s. | son (of) |
| SA | South Africa/America Southern Australia |
| Salt, Wm | Archaeological Society (Staffordshire), 1880- |
| SC | Staff College/Corps Senior Counsel |
| SCA | Society of Catholic Apostolate |
| schol. | scholar |
| Scott-Mayor | Admissions to St John's College, 1630-1767, commenced by Prof. J.E.B. Mayor, continued by Mr R.F. Scott |
| SE | South East(ern) |
| Searle, W.G. | History of Queens' College, 1867 |
| Sedburgh School Register | 1546-1909 |
| Serjeant, J. | see Felsted |
| SH | Senate House |
| SHAH | see Bury St Edmund's School |
| Shaw, Stebbing | History of Staffordshire, 1798 |
| Shaw, W.A. | History of the English Church, 1640-60, 1900 The Knights of England, 1905 |
| Sheard, Michael | Records of Batley, 1894 |
| Sidney College History | G.M. Edwards |
| Simpson, Rob. | History of Derbyshire, 1826 |
| sizar | sizar: lowest of the three ranks in which students were matriculated |
| SJ | Society of Jesus [Jesuits] |
| SL | Sergeant/Solicitor at Law |
| s.p. | sine prole = without children |
| SPG | Society for the Propagation of the Gospel |
| S.P.G. Records | Digest, 1893 |
| s.p.m. | sine prole mascula = without male heirs |
| SS | Steamship |
| SSC | Solicitor to the Supreme Court |
| Staffs. Pedigrees | Harleian Society Publications |
| Stainton Parish Register | |
| St Catharine's College History | G.F. Browne |
| St John's College History | J.B. Mullinger |
| Stokes, H.P. | Bedells, Chaplains |
| STP | Sanctae Theologiae Professor = Doctor of Divinity |
| St Paul's School Register | R.B. Gardiner, 1884 |
| Strypes, Jo. | Annals of the Reformation, 4 vols, 1824 |
| Suckling, A. | History of Suffolk, 1846- |
| Suffolk Manorial Families | J.J. Muskett |
| Sup. | Supplicat: 'request' from College authorities for a candidate to be awarded a degree |
| Surrey Archaeological Collections | |
| Surtees, Ro. | History of Durham, 4 vols, 1816 |
| Sussex Archaeological Collections | 1848 |
| SW | South West(ern) South Wales |
| Sweeting, W.D. | Peterborough Churches, 1868 |
| TA | Territorial Army |
| TCD | Trinity College Dublin |
| TCF | Temporary Chaplain to the Forces |
| TD | Territorial Decoration |
| Temple, Inner | Admissions till 1660 |
| TF | Territorial Force |
| Thoresby, Ralph | Ducatus Leodiensis, 1816 |
| Thoroton, Ro. | History of Nottinghamshire, 3 vols, 1797 |
| Topographer, The | 1789-91 |
| Topographer and Genealogist | |
| Trinity College Admission Register | W.W. Rouse Ball & J.A. Venn |
| Trinity Hall, History of | H.E. Malden |
| Trollope, Edw. | Sleaford, 1872 |
| TS | Training Ship |
| Turnor, Edmund | History of Grantham, 1806 |
| UDC | Urban District Council |
| Urwick, W. | Nonconformity in Hertfordshire, 1884 |
| US | United States |
| V. | Vicar |
| VC | Victoria Cross |
| VCC | Vice-Chancellor's Court, Cambridge |
| VCH | Victoria County History |
| VD | Victorian Decoration |
| Ven. | Venerable |
| Venn Family Annals | |
| Venn, John | Biographical History of Caius College, 3 vols, 1897- |
| Vet. | Veterinary |
| VG | Vicar-General |
| Visitations, Heralds' | mostly published by the Harleian Society |
| v.p. | vita patris = in the lifetime of the father |
| Walker, J. | Sufferings of the Clergy, 1714 |
| Walker, T.A. | Admissions to Peterhouse from 1615-1912 |
| Ward, John | Gresham College, 1740 |
| Ward, John | Stoke-upon-Trent, 1843 |
| Waters, R.E. Chester | Chester of Chicheley, 1878 |
| Westminster Abbey Registers | |
| Whitaker, T.D. | Loidis, 1816; Craven, 1878; Richmond, 1823 |
| WI | West Indian/Indies |
| Williams, B.H. | West Country Families, 1916 |
| Willis, Browne | Bangor, 1721; St Asaph, 1801; St Davids, 1717; Llandaff, 1719 |
| Wilts. Archaeological Magazine | 1853 |
| WO | Warrant Officer War Office |
| WR | Western Region West Riding |
| Yeo. | Yeomanry |
| YMCA | Young Men's Christian Association |
| Yorks. Archaeological Journal | 1870- |
| Yorks. Bibliographer | |
| Yorks. Genealogist | |
| Yorks. Schools |